Re:Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)
by quietpain on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:39PM
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The car would be authentic, built in 1967. What the person is asking is whether there's a technique to distinguish a car from 1967 from a sibling that was brought back from 2036.
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Re:Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:42PM
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Look for radioisotopes from the war of 2031.
Re:Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)
by RecycledEle on Thursday November 23, 2023 @07:39AM
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Let's say there was a Corvette made in 1967. Let's say that in the 2030's, John Titor brought it back to the past. Let's say we found this car because it had a duplicate VIN number.
Then if we put the 2 cars side-by-side, we should be able to tell if one is a re-VINed stolen car, or if they are both the same car.
I suggested we look at welds that were done by hand in 1967 to determine if the 2 cars were the same car.
Does that make sense?
Re:Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)
by lazide on Thursday November 23, 2023 @11:00AM
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In this scenario, both cars would be made in 1967.
One of the cars would be a few years old.
The other car would be about 70 years old.
Yeah?
Re:Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)
by RecycledEle on Friday November 24, 2023 @05:01PM
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> One of the cars would be a few years old.
Let's recheck your math. A 1967 Corvette would me more than a few years old in 2023.