Real or hoax?
While reading a story on Slashdot.org about an improper request for a non-existant version of the Linux kernel, someone made a joke about John Titor, time traveller. As per usual on Slashdot, a fellow commentor then posted a link to the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor">John Titor entry on Wikipedia</a>. After reading the entry, I find myself wondering who was really behind it and why. Is it simply a Toynbee Convector? (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code…; title="View product details at Amazon">The Toynbee Convector</a> is a book by Ray Bradbury which contains a story of the same name. In the story, someone fakes going to the future to get folks to develop things to create that near-utopian future.) Was it someone writing a bit of interactive fiction? Or, was it simply a hoax to sell a book? (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code…; title="View product details at Amazon">John Titor A Time Traveler\'s Tale</a>)
Who knows? Who cares? It's fun to look at and contemplate the intricacy of the story.
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