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Post by lordroel on Jan 13, 2020 4:03:49 GMT
What if all Computers only languages setting was in Chinese.
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 13, 2020 14:39:57 GMT
What if all Computers only languages setting was in Chinese. ...Well, those of us who don’t speak competent Mandarin are screwed. And classes for teaching it will suddenly skyrocket in sign-ups and attendance, though people will have to figure out how to do so without using their devices. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 13, 2020 14:45:59 GMT
What if all Computers only languages setting was in Chinese. ...Well, those of us who don’t speak competent Mandarin are screwed. And classes for teaching it will suddenly skyrocket in sign-ups and attendance, though people will have to figure out how to do so without using their devices. And everybody will blame the Chinese of course. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 13, 2020 16:13:27 GMT
...Well, those of us who don’t speak competent Mandarin are screwed. And classes for teaching it will suddenly skyrocket in sign-ups and attendance, though people will have to figure out how to do so without using their devices. And everybody will blame the Chinese of course. Probably. Although, Chinese hackers are known to screw around with computer systems that aren’t theirs to tamper with, up to and including U.S. military ventures. This scenario also gives them a decisive advantage when it comes to cyberspace and other elements of how we do business that are tied to the modern digital economy, so there’s that. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 13, 2020 16:42:10 GMT
What if Antarctica from present day (all humans who where on Antarctica are not brought along) is ISOT'd several days before 1911 Amundsen's expedition begins.
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 13, 2020 16:45:17 GMT
What if Antarctica from present day (all humans who where on Antarctica are not brought along) is ISOT'd several days before 1911 Amundsen's expedition begins. Well, it's good to know that uptimer humans are spared the trouble. I assume that whatever facilities and equipment are currently there get sent back as well? |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 13, 2020 16:47:32 GMT
What if Antarctica from present day (all humans who where on Antarctica are not brought along) is ISOT'd several days before 1911 Amundsen's expedition begins. Well, it's good to know that uptimer humans are spared the trouble. I assume that whatever facilities and equipment are currently there get sent back as well? Yep, so it now depends, does 1911 Amundsen's expedition get to any location where there was 2020 human activity. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 14, 2020 17:30:24 GMT
'1980 Ronald Reagan To 2020'.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 14, 2020 17:31:01 GMT
'1980 Ronald Reagan To 2020'. He is going to be in a shock. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 14, 2020 17:38:28 GMT
'1980 Ronald Reagan To 2020'. He is going to be in a shock. Well, that's a given. I suppose to clarify before we discuss it further, it'd happen on January 1st of both years (meaning he gets sent exactly forty years into the future). Assuming that uptimer authorities find and eventually conclude that it's him, with revelations of Reagan having returned from the dead probably leaking out to the press, the nation will be in for quite an uproar.
As soon as he gets himself financially situated and acquainted with daily life in 2020 (which entails becoming familiar with computers, smart devices and social media to name a few things), I wonder what he'd have to say about the current geopolitical paradigm. The current POTUS would be an obvious subject of commentary from Gipper, as would his response to the debated legacy of Reaganomics and other neoconservative policies that have become a dying breed at this point. For mainly those reasons, I'm unsure how far he'd get if he decided to run for office again (which could become a Supreme Court case due to the cap on how many terms a President can serve).
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 15, 2020 17:40:45 GMT
'Jeb Bush's Pocket Turtles Come To Life'.
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 16, 2020 20:05:01 GMT
'US Returns To Gold Standard'.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 16, 2020 20:17:21 GMT
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 17, 2020 1:53:43 GMT
Nice one, Lordroel. Also, ‘2020 Jeb Bush To 2000 George W. Bush’. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 17, 2020 10:00:00 GMT
Nice one, Lordroel. Also, ‘2020 Jeb Bush To 2000 George W. Bush’. So will younger brother do better than older brother in his body. |
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