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| title = Time Machines | | title = Time Machines | ||
| image = time machines.png | | image = time machines.png | ||
− | | titletext = 'All time machine systems nominal... T-minus ten... eleven ...' | + | | titletext = 'All time machine systems nominal ... T-minus ten ... eleven ...' |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] activates a time machine to go back into the past. The time machine rewinds time, but in the process rewinds the event where the time machine itself was turned on, turning the time machine off in the process. He is now a few seconds in the past, prior to having activated the time machine, but he is baffled that he does not seem to have accomplished anything and turned off the time machine unintentionally | + | [[Cueball]] activates a time machine to go back into the past. The time machine rewinds time, but in the process rewinds the event where the time machine itself was turned on, turning the time machine off in the process. He is now a few seconds in the past, prior to having activated the time machine, but he is baffled that he does not seem to have accomplished anything and turned off the time machine unintentionally. |
− | The title text mimics a countdown to an event. "T minus 10," for example, means 10 seconds until the event. When the event is the activation of a time machine traveling back in time, after 10 seconds it will once again be "T minus 10," and a second later it will be "T minus 11," counting up rather than down. This casts doubt on the value of the countdown because, from the perspective of the time traveler, the event has already taken place. | + | The title text mimics a countdown to an event. "T minus 10," for example, means 10 seconds until the event. When the event is the activation of a time machine traveling back in time, after 10 seconds it will once again be "T minus 10," and a second later it will be "T minus 11," counting up rather than down. This casts doubt on the value of the countdown because, from the perspective of the time traveler, the event has already taken place. |
− | Cueball is only able to travel back in time a few seconds because in this comic time is seen as continuous and linear | + | Cueball is only able to travel back in time a few seconds because in this comic time is seen as continuous and linear, so he can only travel back in time to the moment he activated the machine (the first series of "E"s is the machine warming up and the second series of "E"s is that in reverse) the logic behind this is because time is continuous, Cueball's input was required for the machine to work. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:The problem with time machines: | :The problem with time machines: | ||
:[Cueball has his hands on the lever of a time machine.] | :[Cueball has his hands on the lever of a time machine.] | ||
− | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball turns the time machine on.] |
− | + | :''Click'' | |
− | + | :EEEEEEE | |
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− | :[Cueball | + | :[Time machine reverses time to before Cueball turned the time machine on.] |
− | : | + | :EEEEEEE |
+ | :''Click'' | ||
− | + | :[Cueball is puzzled.] | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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