Ep 12: John Titor and Other Time Travelers

Podcast:

Legend:

Time traveler stories have abounded throughout history, but one of the most enduring ones of the past hundred years is the legend of John Titor, a man from the year 2038 who’s story of how time travel works proves to be plausible.

Background: There are more than few recent stories of folks appearing out of town in old photos or even a Chaplin film and we will visit the most famous of them. Even the guy who found a wormhole while fixing his kitchen sink.

 

Reference Links:

• The Blue Dress

• The 25 Best Time Travel Movies

• Stories of Time Travel - Including John Titor

• The Solway Firth Spaceman

• JohnTitor.com

• The Patent for Titor's Time Machine

• The Y2038 Problem

• Schrodinger's Cat

• Definition of Akimbo

• Is Everyone a Time Traveler When They're On a Plane?

• John Titor on Pinterest

• The C204 Time Displacement Machine

• Some Background on the 5100

• More on the 5100

• Current Day Info on IBM's Project Chameleon?

• "Titor" hoaxed by Joseph Matheny & friends? Listen to Project Archivist Redux Ep 138!

• Joseph Matheny (of Ong's Hat) on Wikipedia

Interesting Facts:

There are many UNIX embedded systems that do not keep track of time as it is not relevant to their operation. These machines are not threatened by the Y2038 problem.

I was completely wrong about the pronunciation of IMGUR. I apologize to Forrest.

Imgur (pronounced /ˈɪmədʒər/like image-er; imager[2] and stylized as imgur)

Credits:

Episode 012 – ‘John Titor and Other Time Travelers’ Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, Ryan McCullough Sound Design Copyright Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess 2015, All Rights Reserved.