Marty McFly tries to get CERN to make like a tree

[bigpern23]

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/man-arrested-at-large-hadron-collider-claims-hes-from-the-future-49305387/

Time traveler tries to interrupt the flow of Mountain Dew to the Large Hadron Collider, is arrested and later disappears from his cell, presumably returning to the future via his time travel device which is .... no, not a Mr. Coffee, but a blender.

The money quote:

"Countries do not exist where I am from. The discovery of the Higgs boson led to limitless power, the elimination of poverty and Kit-Kats for everyone. It is a communist chocolate hellhole and I'm here to stop it ever happening."

The man is clearly deranged. I mean, who tries to STOP Kit-Kats for everyone?

 

[Starman]

I look forward to living in our communist chocolate hellhole. Yum!

 

[e4]

story is dated April 1, 2010

 

[bigpern23]

You don't really understand time travel, do you? :P

 

[Ace]

story is dated April 1, 2010

That was a mistake. Should be April 1, 3010

 

[NDub]

I posted this on my Facebook the other day. It was a nice chuckle. I'm not sure if that's a legit timestamp or just a running gag the site has, but it's still funny.

Time travel is fascinating. It'd be awesome if this was a true news story. He could probably be discredited, yes, but what if? They thought Kyle Reese was crazy, too!

 

[TigerVols]

Anyone catching/caught Brian Greene's Fabric of the Cosmos on Nova this past month?

I've read both of his books and seen every quantum physics show I can catch on TV, but these are the best I've ever seen. For the time travel portion, he uses the same loaf-of-bread illustration that he used in his first book, only this time it made complete sense to me.

Basically he explained the long-discussed belief that time travel could indeed be possible, especially back to the past...but then again, scientists wonder why there's no obvious proof that we've ever been visited from someone "in the future."

Other than the time-travel stuff, he also did a great job explaining the theory that's really gathering steam: That the known universe -- us and everything around us -- is actually a hologram of information contained in a distant location, most likely a giant black hole.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I look forward to when the world lives in harmony thanks to Wyld Stallions music.

 

[Football_Bat]

I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.

Oh wait, that's Coke. For Mountain Dew you have to reach up a cheetah's asshole.

 

[NDub]

Anyone catching/caught Brian Greene's Fabric of the Cosmos on Nova this past month?

I've read both of his books and seen every quantum physics show I can catch on TV, but these are the best I've ever seen. For the time travel portion, he uses the same loaf-of-bread illustration that he used in his first book, only this time it made complete sense to me.

Basically he explained the long-discussed belief that time travel could indeed be possible, especially back to the past...but then again, scientists wonder why there's no obvious proof that we've ever been visited from someone "in the future."

Other than the time-travel stuff, he also did a great job explaining the theory that's really gathering steam: That the known universe -- us and everything around us -- is actually a hologram of information contained in a distant location, most likely a giant black hole.

Now, you've got me interested. This show was on Fridays at 9 p.m., which is my Fringe time. Although, I should have just set the DVR. I'd really like to see it.

 

[TigerVols]

It's a four parter. They are still in rotation on PBS stations (judging by my DVR) but you can also watch them here:

http://to.pbs.org/oyDfIg

I watched the final one last night and it jumps into the multiverse theory. I had no idea it was so widely regarded as fact now -- that right now, somewhere in another universe, people are reading SportsJournalists.com but wearing different shirts, or the room color's different, etc.

 

[TrooperBari]

It's a four parter. They are still in rotation on PBS stations (judging by my DVR) but you can also watch them here:

http://to.pbs.org/oyDfIg

I watched the final one last night and it jumps into the multiverse theory. I had no idea it was so widely regarded as fact now -- that right now, somewhere in another universe, people are reading SportsJournalists.com but wearing different shirts, or the room color's different, etc.

"Regarded as fact" might be a little strong. Multiverse theory is still awfully hard to test.

 

[TigerVols]

It's a four parter. They are still in rotation on PBS stations (judging by my DVR) but you can also watch them here:

http://to.pbs.org/oyDfIg

I watched the final one last night and it jumps into the multiverse theory. I had no idea it was so widely regarded as fact now -- that right now, somewhere in another universe, people are reading SportsJournalists.com but wearing different shirts, or the room color's different, etc.

"Regarded as fact" might be a little strong. Multiverse theory is still awfully hard to test.

Yeah, it was a little strong...I agree. But, still, it had more credibility than I realized. Or at least the me in this universe realized. The me in the other one probably was far more clued in. And handsomer.

 

[NDub]

It's a four parter. They are still in rotation on PBS stations (judging by my DVR) but you can also watch them here:

http://to.pbs.org/oyDfIg

I watched the final one last night and it jumps into the multiverse theory. I had no idea it was so widely regarded as fact now -- that right now, somewhere in another universe, people are reading SportsJournalists.com but wearing different shirts, or the room color's different, etc.

"Regarded as fact" might be a little strong. Multiverse theory is still awfully hard to test.

Yeah, it was a little strong...I agree. But, still, it had more credibility than I realized. Or at least the me in this universe realized. The me in the other one probably was far more clued in. And handsomer.

Ironic that I watch "Fringe," a show with a multiverse, in the same time slot of the same evening as this show.

Thanks for the link.

 

[Brian]

The multiverse makes sense to me. I think it's a real possibility. But I hope we never have a way to prove it. I just don't know if the world will ever be prepared for the realization that we're essentially holograms. I just envision murder rates skyrocketing. For now, it's really smart peaceful people and losers like me with nothing better to do who contemplate it. I don't want the entire world thinking about it.

And I love Brian Greene's work on television and in books. Although I still chuckle thinking of his name and envisioning Brian Austin Greene writing books about theoretical physics.

 

[NDub]

Has anyone seen "Another Earth?" It was an indie release, so I caught it in a small theater in Atlanta back in July. It came out on DVD/Blu-Ray on Tuesday. Anyway, it basically posits the question: What if there is another you out there? Would that person make the same decisions (mistakes, wise moves, etc.) as you? Would that person be better than you? What would you do if you met that person? It's a neat movie. Mike Cahill and Brit Marling might be staples in the biz for years to come.

Trailer:

 

[spikechiquet]

Has anyone seen "Another Earth?" It was an indie release, so I caught it in a small theater in Atlanta back in July. It came out on DVD/Blu-Ray on Tuesday. Anyway, it basically posits the question: What if there is another you out there? Would that person make the same decisions (mistakes, wise moves, etc.) as you? Would that person be better than you? What would you do if you met that person? It's a neat movie. Mike Cahill and Brit Marling might be staples in the biz for years to come.

Trailer:

Just saw the trailer for this before the Win-Win DVD I got on netflix...added it to my que...won't be out until 12/27

 

[TrooperBari]

The multiverse makes sense to me. I think it's a real possibility. But I hope we never have a way to prove it. I just don't know if the world will ever be prepared for the realization that we're essentially holograms. I just envision murder rates skyrocketing. For now, it's really smart peaceful people and losers like me with nothing better to do who contemplate it. I don't want the entire world thinking about it.

And I love Brian Greene's work on television and in books. Although I still chuckle thinking of his name and envisioning Brian Austin Greene writing books about theoretical physics.

And here I was, thinking murder rates would skyrocket when people actually started saying nice things about Sliders.

 

[Starman]

Let's forget about this idiot and talk about cool time-travel movies.

I always thought "Frequency" with Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel was pretty cool, showing how time travel could in theory generate an almost infinite number of "alternate realities" depending on what gets changed.

 

[TigerVols]

I never read science-fiction books but I did read a fantastic time-travel one called Re-Play, which I believe has some buzz about it.

I understand it holds the record for the longest-in-turnaround book-to-movie in Hollywood history. It's 20-30 years old and still not made, although people continue to try.