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ok its not EXACTLY a time machine but it lets you look into the past..
basically, you get a gigantic mirror and place it in space, say 1000 light years away.
light from earth takes 1000 years to ge there and 1000 years to get back... so then if you look at it from earth, you can see what was happening here 2000 years ago.
so if we used this we could be looking at what was happening on Earth in 5 AD.
we could even place it hundreds of millions of light yeras away so we can observe dinosaurs.
it could be used to solve crime and find lost items as well, just place the mirror a light day away in order to see who killed who 2 days ago or where we placed our keys.
cool idea or what!!
An idea for a time machine i had when i was 7
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 10:58 AM
ROFLMFAO!!1
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 03:38 PM
errr, yes, I guess that could work. Make it solar powered so you can look at the past on different points on earth.
But do you have any idea how long it would take to place it a light year away from Earth? Even if it was travelling at the speed of light it would take a year...
But do you have any idea how long it would take to place it a light year away from Earth? Even if it was travelling at the speed of light it would take a year...
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 04:09 PM
the sun is 8 light minutes away.... if that is any help
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 04:30 PM
That was a cool idea, i think i will try it when i get home! (hahaha)
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 05:06 PM
the only fault in this is that it would take at least 1000 years for it to work, as its gona take that long for the light to reach the earth from there.
yes, in fact thanks to your help we may be able to realize this dream of mine.
Forgone Conclusion, on Apr 13 2005, 06:09 PM, said:
the sun is 8 light minutes away.... if that is any help
yes, in fact thanks to your help we may be able to realize this dream of mine.
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 06:45 PM
It would if you wanted look 16 minutes into the past but didn't know how far 8 light minutes was...
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 09:37 PM
yeh but the mirror might get melted by the sun
........unless you invented a sunscreen for the mirror which would save it from the sun's heat
but then the images in the mirror might be a bit blurry
........unless you invented a sunscreen for the mirror which would save it from the sun's heat
but then the images in the mirror might be a bit blurry
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 10:06 PM
wait.....if it's a big mirror and it starts reflecting the sun, isn't it gonna have the magnifying glass effect like with ants but with like whole cities?
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 10:26 PM
dude... its not gona be reflecting the sun, because that would mean its positioned so we're looking at the sun.
its gona be srategically positioned so the mirror looks straight back at us, not at the sun.
its gona be srategically positioned so the mirror looks straight back at us, not at the sun.
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Posted 14 April 2005 - 06:22 PM
I've called dibs on funding this.
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Posted 14 April 2005 - 07:09 PM
so if the end of the earth comes soon and we all melt from a gay machine someone made we will all blame you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 15 April 2005 - 06:15 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99, if I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
everybody's free to wear sunscreen
everybody's free to wear sunscreen
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Posted 15 April 2005 - 07:04 PM
That was '99!?!?!
Shit, I feel old...
Shit, I feel old...
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Posted 17 April 2005 - 09:56 PM
yeh, weird how time flies
young'uns today just don't appreciate good music
we'd only need a mirror 3 light years away to see baz luhrmann recoring it
young'uns today just don't appreciate good music
we'd only need a mirror 3 light years away to see baz luhrmann recoring it
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Posted 27 April 2005 - 12:19 AM
don't worry tommy, u'll catch up soon
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Posted 27 April 2005 - 04:09 PM
If only he had some way of looking back into the past....
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