Which Historical Event Would You Rather Witness?

[Rex Little]

An interesting question for some of these is, how would you locate them? For instance, suppose you have a time viewer that lets you focus on any place you choose, at any time (previous to the present) you choose, but you have to specify how many years/days/hours in the past you want to look.

Now suppose you want to witness the birth of Christ. Exactly where do you look, and exactly how far into the past? Dec. 25 isn't known to be the actual birth date (and the calendar was different then anyway), and there must have been a lot of mangers in Bethlehem at that time. You guess a date, and pan the view around until you spot a pregnant woman--how do you know it's Mary? You think you'll recognize her face from the last Nativity scene you saw?

[Ned]

Originally posted by Rex Little
An interesting question for some of these is, how would you locate them? For instance, suppose you have a time viewer that lets you focus on any place you choose, at any time (previous to the present) you choose, but you have to specify how many years/days/hours in the past you want to look.

Now suppose you want to witness the birth of Christ. Exactly where do you look, and exactly how far into the past? Dec. 25 isn't known to be the actual birth date (and the calendar was different then anyway), and there must have been a lot of mangers in Bethlehem at that time. You guess a date, and pan the view around until you spot a pregnant woman--how do you know it's Mary? You think you'll recognize her face from the last Nativity scene you saw?

The whole concept of time travel is preposterous. I wish H.G. Wells never came up with it. It really ruined the Star Trek series because it turns the somewhat plausible (which was the original premise of Star Trek) into the absurd.

[alva]

Originally posted by Rex Little
An interesting question for some of these is, how would you locate them? For instance, suppose you have a time viewer that lets you focus on any place you choose, at any time (previous to the present) you choose, but you have to specify how many years/days/hours in the past you want to look.

Now suppose you want to witness the birth of Christ. Exactly where do you look, and exactly how far into the past? Dec. 25 isn't known to be the actual birth date (and the calendar was different then anyway), and there must have been a lot of mangers in Bethlehem at that time. You guess a date, and pan the view around until you spot a pregnant woman--how do you know it's Mary? You think you'll recognize her face from the last Nativity scene you saw?

Look for 3 wise men?!

ot: no battle for me either, probably go for something more
trivial. Maybe woodstock, a good DOORS-concert, the1936 olympics in Munich,....

[Andemagne]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Ides of March

what do "ides of march" mean?

[Franz]

Originally posted by Andemagne


what do "ides of march" mean?

The 15th march, I think