Happy April Fool's Day

At the end of last year there was an article in the Tangent section of our local paper about a time traveler named John Titor.  I had never heard of his story before reading that article.  I figure April Fool’s Day is an appropriate time to talk about a guy that claims to be from the future.  The part that makes it interesting to me is that the story has ties to IBM Rochester.  Sites like johntitor.com have compiled all the information that John Titor gave and it makes for some amusing reading.  Apparently, John posted this picture of his time machine.  To me his time machine sounds a lot like something from Back to the Future, since he used a car, but there’s no mention of the flux capacitor.  I give “John Titor” credit for coming up with an interesting and thought-provoking science fiction story, but this is just a little too outrageous to be taken seriously.   

(If you follow the link to johntitor.com, they seem to have some problems with their webpage.  The links at the top of the page only work when you are starting from the main “Home” page.)