So first up I’ll lead with our call-in topic, it’s a good one:
If you could travel back in time and cure or kill any person, who would it be and why? We don’t like the US only limit so we’re making it cover the entire world. You have one chance, no repeats, no backsies and you have to live with the consequences. (For the purposes of this exercise we’ll assume the time stream is linear and ignore the many-worlds interpretation.)
How cool is that? So yeah call in for your answer for that one! starting at 9pm EST 214-530-0036! I’m pretty weak in my history when it comes to individual people, so you will all show me up!
It’s also Book Club week! Did you all Read Dark Tide? Call in too to talk about what you thought was interesting in the book! On this I have a bunch to talk about.
Also we’d be remiss to not talk about trading 5 Terrorist Big-Wigs for one Deserter.
So yeah all that and more tonight on THE SQUIRREL REPORT!!!
Ninja Squirrel Sriracha observed by Chester The Road Gunner while he was blowing his paycheck at Whole Foods!
I would cure FDR. Then push him down the stairs.
subverting this just a little bit, I would wait for myself to become deathly ill and then save myself. Or barring that wait and save my spouse. Basically hold the option as a get out of jail free card.
Good idea…except cheating as you need to go into the PAST to save or kill somebody.
Yes, but what is you definition of the past? Do I need to be in a specific place to do it, or does the device come with me? I think there are a huge number of cases where you would at least have a few moments to see your death coming, what rules stop you from popping 5 min into the past and stopping yourself from not jumping out of the plane with a faulty parachute? the only situations this doe not work for are where you die before you know it has happened, like getting killed instantly from behind or something. I think the odds of you being able to use this to save yourself are pretty good, especially if the saving is general purpose enough to save someone like Marie Curie, who died from long term radiation exposure.
Alternatively, is it possible to designate a trusted caretaker to save you after the fact? Perhaps bargain for a mutual save/save deal, whoever cashes in first gets saved?
Ooo, better yet, sell the saving to the highest bidder, and watch rich old people who fear mortality send you all the monies, then live the rest of your natural life in luxury.
You need to narrow down your condition set for people like me, we like to break the system just to see how it can be done. White hats are everywhere 😉
Fair enough, that fits with the sqrpt rules, tho in the Ace of Spades version you only get to do it while the owner of the machine naps in your guest room.