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[TimonyCrickets]

Evidently there is another site out there that has a count down:

www.takebackthefuture.com

The count down happens to be about the same amount of time as the video says they can see into the future... interesting?

[A_champion]

Viral...for what?

[bryanflurry]

oooh, I was playing cursor 10 and I was hoping for an arg version.

I emailed them and suggested to use it on humans.

[thebruce]

[Bakers_12]

I can't believe that some one with a item that can take photos of the future has not taken it down the local bookies! I know I would.

[TimonyCrickets]

Ok not to get stuck on the takebackthefuture.com thing but if you google the words:

"take back the future"

you will see an adsense ad at the top of the page which advertises the website and says something like:

"Are Those Robot Eyes? 01.14.08"

"Did You See The Red Eyes? 01.14.08"

"Take Back The Future 01.14.08"

The date associated with these ads also seems to be the same day on which the counter will reach 1191... the same amount of time that the enitech camera can see.

Not to mention the fact that takebackthefuture.com is a Fox venture... coincidence? I think not

[thebruce]

ahh.. so, by extension, we can assume that the camera will see something that happens that's key to the Sarah Connor Chronicles series - even if it means that the series actually takes place 1191 days in the future... perhaps enitech develops a tachyon video camera and records the entire show all the events happening over 3 years from now

[Rogi Ocnorb]

Tachyon TIVO!
I wonder... Will it include the commercials?
Looks like my ship's finally come in!

[Rorschach]

I haven't played anything in over a year. I will keep an eye on this one.

[squid808]

For what it's worth, the images you see in the TBTF site of the odd thing are from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae06LFa3i38 . It's really neat what they can do. I know for a fact THAT is real... I saw it in the news like a year ago.

[feriwiccan]

lol, they're using outdated science...

As a big quantum physics nerd I can tell you that tachyons were a theoretical partcle concieved in an older theory trying to unify physics, but the theory was discarded because tachyons were mandated to go beyond the speed of light, which science no longer can accept as a possibility. Lots of tests and experiments have already been conducted about them and disproven.

Sorry, just had to put my two cents in Probably has nothing to do with this at all. But the people running this thing don't have the best grasp of quantum mechanics.

[lestat5891work]

[lestat5891work]

thebruce, but that's the beauty of it!!! let's take my tree example. take a picture of a sapling and you get a picture of a empty bit of ground. Place armed guards (and I know a corporation can spend the cash to either hire armed security or buy the land and fence it in to guard a tree.) or superprotect the tree.


Basically what I'm saying is that we should find out if it's the future we're looking into, or another dimension the future is set in stone, or if it's constantly changing, based on the actions of those around us.

Granted, it's fiction, but it would be interesting to see the tachyon photo showing the tree gone, but Enitech guards the tree like the prez and then take another picture of the tree with their intent to ensure it's safe and long term development, and the second tachyon picture reveals a healthy tree with guards standing about it.

And if the picture shows a tree, simply cut it down on the 1,190th day.

I think the company is hinting at the fact that it's possible to change the future, at least in this bit of science fiction.

Anywho, does anyone have a transcription of the video? He mentioned something about slashdot and i didn't clearly hear what else.

[thebruce]

[thebruce]