I'd go back to roman times and I'd invent gunpowder. Then I would say that is was magic and would recruit a bunch of teenagers to be my apprentices. And i would call my workshop Hogwarts and use my magic to smite any who dare to cross me.
Be quick,
Be efficient,
Be powerful,
The correct way to pirate
' Wrote:I'd go back to roman times and I'd invent gunpowder. Then I would say that is was magic and would recruit a bunch of teenagers to be my apprentices. And i would call my workshop Hogwarts and use my magic to smite any who dare to cross me.
Why the Teenagers? :huh:
Also it would have to be the roman era toward the fall of the empire and in britan.
' Wrote:The only historic period I really know about in enough detail to prosper in is WWII, so probably that era. Then I'd invest heavily in some industries and become a billionaire. (smoke)
That or go back to the 70's and invest a ton of cash in a pair of companies called Apple and Microsoft.
Or go back to England in the 1600/1700's (so i could speak and be understood) and advance science and technology and society by generations, and be forever reknowned by all of mankind as "smartest person evar".
EAT THAT NEWTON AND EINSTEIN AND BOHR.
gone four years, first day back: Zoners still getting shot in Theta :|
I wouldn't go to the distant past because I'm a creature of the modern age & don't have the logistical know-how to make a living. Can't go to ancient Rome cause I don't speak Latin. Can't go to the middle ages cause anything I do (such as speaking or simply pulling out a cigarette lighter) will scare the crap out of people so badly that I'd probably get mobbed & murdered for being in league with Satan or something
I'd simply go back to 1993 or 94, introduce myself to myself, give the younger me a list of about 5-6 webco's to invest in as they get invented- like Amazon, Google, E-Bay, Facebook ect, tag along to go see a bunch of really cool club bands again, introduce him to 'the best girl that got away' & strongly impress on him that in the future, it's better not to not take her for granted & screw it all up again like last time.:crazy:
' Wrote:I wouldn't go to the distant past because I'm a creature of the modern age & don't have the logistical know-how to make a living. Can't go to ancient Rome cause I don't speak Latin. Can't go to the middle ages cause anything I do (such as speaking or simply pulling out a cigarette lighter) will scare the crap out of people so badly that I'd probably get mobbed & murdered for being in league with Satan or something
I'd simply go back to 1993 or 94, introduce myself to myself, give the younger me a list of about 5-6 webco's to invest in as they get invented- like Amazon, Google, E-Bay, Facebook ect, tag along to go see a bunch of really cool club bands again, introduce him to 'the best girl that got away' & strongly impress on him that in the future, it's better not to not take her for granted & screw it all up again like last time.:crazy:
grandfather paradox, man...
i'd go back to the age they invented the time machine, with the plans of the time machine - sell the plans to the researchers and become a silent partner in the patent, making big money while doing whatever.
The Egyptians. Such ingenuity as technological advancement at a time when every other civilisation was basically banging rocks together.
The Roman Empire, for obvious reasons.
The Crusades, very interesting era in my opinion, I'd love to see people fight with such religious fervour.
The Renaissance, The excitement of the discovery of the new world, and to be a colonist to such a strange land would be great.
WWII, to see people gathering together for one cause.
after that various places in the future, first landing on Mars, first colonisation of another planet, solar system, and to see Humanity develop into a Type I, II and III civilisation. (IF any of this ever happens, which I sure hope it does).
Dream Theater - "Sabre120 and Jongleur officially win. That is all."