Time Machines...

[32-20-Blues]

Did you ever think it would be cool to go back in time to 1962 or 1963, and play the Beatles some of their stuff from Revolver or Sgt Peppers (from 4 or 5 years later), and they'd be all like, "Oh groovy man, your songs are like how we want to sound," and then they'd let you join the band, and you could be all like, "How do you like me now, Dad? Huh? And you said I wouldn't amount to anything. Now I'm a FRICKEN' BEATLE!!!"

[muttley600]

Yeh, but I wouldn't be a Beatle. The survival odds are not too good.

[mshilarious]

I would go back to the Pet Sounds sessions, and tell them they'd get a much warmer sound if they stopped using those modern tape machines and U47s and sang into a horn attached to a wax cylinder

[The Ghost of FM]

I would go back to 1960 and talk my parents out of having any more children.

Cheers!

[dwillis45]

I'd go back and stand on the grassy knoll and yell, "Conspiracy, conspiracy!"

[Greg_L]

I'd go back to 1955 in a DeLorean and make sure my parents hooked up at the school dance so I don't disappear from photographs.

[JMarcomb]

ive thought about going back to the late 50's and early 60's and stocking up on blackface fenders and stratocasters

hg wells. time machine was a cool movie btw

[Crumbles]

a time machine will never be invented because if it is invented in the future, we would have had a raving loony come back and claim to be from the future by now

[JMarcomb]

Originally Posted by watermelon

a time machine will never be invented because if it is invented in the future, we would have had a raving loony come back and claim to be from the future by now

although i think its impossible... there is the possibility of parallel universes and wormholes to other dimensions .. and dont get me started on quantum foam as an acoustic insulation

[JMarcomb]

here is the wormhole formula if you feel like getting to work

ds^2= - c^2 dt^2 + dl^2 + (k^2 + l^2)(d \theta^2 + \sin^2 \theta \, d\phi^2

[dwillis45]

Originally Posted by watermelon

a time machine will never be invented because if it is invented in the future, we would have had a raving loony come back and claim to be from the future by now

It was invented. I know because I seen it on the television. Maybe they ever had Sherman and Peabody on Aussie TV.

[cusebassman]

I've had the same thought about going back just to buy cool vintage gear when it was still new. Mainly because I am probably entirely too obsessed with music gear. Plus, they might wonder where I got the 50 dollar bills that have 1990's and 2000's dates on them

You could also do what was done to the DeLorean to an oil tanker, and start nabbing gas from the past

Of course, why would I ever think to go back and stop, say, Hitler? I just want guitars and recording gear!

[rory]

Don't forget the crystals.

[legionserial]

I'd go back in time and make sure the mother of the Chief Executive of the piece of shit company I work for is exposed to as much Thalydimide as possible during pregnancy.

[Slowrider]

Originally Posted by dwillis45

It was invented. I know because I seen it on the television. Maybe they ever had Sherman and Peabody on Aussie TV.

Of course....the Wayback Machine!

[brendandwyer]

i would go back exactly 27 minutes in the past and make sure NOT to suggest chinese food for lunch

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by brendandwyer

i would go back exactly 27 minutes in the past and make sure NOT to suggest chinese food for lunch

[Crumbles]

Originally Posted by dwillis45

It was invented. I know because I seen it on the television. Maybe they ever had Sherman and Peabody on Aussie TV.

it was on rocky and bullwinkle. did they have their own show over there?

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by cusebassman

Of course, why would I ever think to go back and stop, say, Hitler? I just want guitars and recording gear!

Go back and get Les Paul's first electric guitar, then strangle Hitler with one of the strings.

Problems solved!

(as commission, just get me his first multitrack recorder)

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by cusebassman

I've had the same thought about going back just to buy cool vintage gear when it was still new. Mainly because I am probably entirely too obsessed with music gear. Plus, they might wonder where I got the 50 dollar bills that have 1990's and 2000's dates on them

And that reminds me of my absolute favorite time travel story, "Of Time and Third Avenue" by Alfred Bester. I still get chills up and down my spine when I read it, even though it's only 5 pages long and I've read it at least 88 times.

[COOLCAT]

i'd go straight back to 57 and find out if Buddy Holly wanked Peggy Sue for real...i got to know

[kid klash]

Speaking of time machines, have you ever heard of John Titor? He's probably the best documented time traveler in the world. Pretty interesting read, especially the schematics and descriptions of his time machine :

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/...s_project.html

[VomitHatSteve]

As long as the U.S. patent office holds any kind of sway over things, time travel will not be invented: http://www.google.com/patents?id=krA...s_maxy_is=2007
Everyone knows that shortly after time travel is invented, there will be a race to reach the patent office before the other guy. This will continue until someone shows up (had showed up) outside the patent office the day it opens with a time machine blueprint (and probably a pile of corpses).

[Crumbles]

Originally Posted by VomitHatSteve

As long as the U.S. patent office holds any kind of sway over things, time travel will not be invented: http://www.google.com/patents?id=krA...s_maxy_is=2007
Everyone knows that shortly after time travel is invented, there will be a race to reach the patent office before the other guy. This will continue until someone shows up (had showed up) outside the patent office the day it opens with a time machine blueprint (and probably a pile of corpses).

Because only an American can invent it

[rayc]

I loved Peabody & Sherman, the Wayback Machine: Sherman being his BOY had SO many layers of meaning! Calvin & the Col, Bullwinkle, Crusader Rabbit, Johnny What's myletter & his dog Bandit & what was that a space one one with the VERY static pictures & the double exposed lips of folk toing the talking?
We had a full roster of US cartoonies downunder - they formed my rather screwed up identity along with Skippy, Homicide, Whiplash & the essential Jap Series STARMAN, The samurai & Phantom Agents.