Was the "time traveler", caught on Chaplin's movie "The Circus", debunked???? | |
Dr. House User ID: 717743 United States 10/23/2010 12:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Was she talking to/on the device or was she just talking? Plenty of people talk to themselves, many of them are up in years. You have to remember senility can hit the best of us. The problem with 'Cell Phone Theory' is that there were no cell phone towers in 1928. Not even one. So either she has a plan with a company that gets great reception, in which case I want to give up Verizon for that company... Or she does not have a cellphone. Sinkhole list: Thread: Sinkholes Updated 28 Dec 2010 find a sinkhole, add it to this thread, please. "Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." (1 John 3:15, NKJV). |
UndercoverAlien (OP) User ID: 1139506 Brazil 10/23/2010 12:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Was she talking to/on the device or was she just talking? Quoting: Dr. HousePlenty of people talk to themselves, many of them are up in years. You have to remember senility can hit the best of us. The problem with 'Cell Phone Theory' is that there were no cell phone towers in 1928. Not even one. So either she has a plan with a company that gets great reception, in which case I want to give up Verizon for that company... Or she does not have a cellphone. Yep, it's a match point. And the senility is the most plausible explanation about why she's talking on/to device... I also have to say that she doesn't fit in the stereotype of black ops agent, mainly a time travel agent. No offending fat people. "Do or do not. There is no try." (Yoda) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 728979 United States 10/23/2010 12:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yep, it's a match point. And the senility is the most plausible explanation about why she's talking on/to device... I also have to say that she doesn't fit in the stereotype of black ops agent, mainly a time travel agent. No offending fat people. Quoting: UndercoverAlienIf it's a hearing aid, she might be talking, self-adjusting the gain on the device so she could hear. As for being a fat old lady, how do we know but that some quirkiness of time travel, some peculiar interaction of the process with human physiology, doesn't mean that fat old women are the perfect (or only?) candidates for time travel? We're stuck in the paradigm of the buff fighter pilot astronaut, and it may be that that paradigm doesn't cut it for time travel. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 950716 United States 10/23/2010 12:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Having said that, *IF* time travel were possible, and *IF* this chick was time travelling, then I would think it very plausible that whatever devices time travelers have could be advanced and not require cell towers, etc...After all, their time travelers :) With that idea opens up questions of advance technologies, etc..so not necessary to categorize a device of theirs into a category of ours (cell phone, walkie talkie, etc.) But personally, seems like a hearing device is the most plausible answer! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 728979 United States 10/23/2010 01:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Occam's Razor would suggest this is a hearing device. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 950716Having said that, *IF* time travel were possible, and *IF* this chick was time travelling, then I would think it very plausible that whatever devices time travelers have could be advanced and not require cell towers, etc...After all, their time travelers :) With that idea opens up questions of advance technologies, etc..so not necessary to categorize a device of theirs into a category of ours (cell phone, walkie talkie, etc.) But personally, seems like a hearing device is the most plausible answer! If the time travelling comms tech DID require either satellite or towers, consider the possibilities of the Black Knight Satellite which was discovered in polar orbit in 1960...much larger/heavier than Sputnik, and apparently not put into orbit by any of the nations taking their first tentative steps into space. Interesting to note: it's said that it repeated old radio programs from the 1920's-'30's. from: [link to www.forbiddenhistory.info (secure)] "What is the "Black Knight" satellite? It is a mysterious satellite, of unknown origin, discovered in 1960 which shadowed Sputnik. It is believed to have been of extraterrestrial origin, and signaled back old radio waves from the 1920s and 1930s before it disappeared." If the necessity of towers is deemed a prerequisite, consider not only the Eiffel Tower in Paris, but the many radio towers of that era...could not a time-travelling or alien tech piggyback their signals using the towers extant? Regardless, it seems likely to be a handheld hearing-aid device the person has slapped up to their ear. There'll likely be no conclusive proof of what it was or wasn't, unless other vids or stills emerge revealing more about the lady and what she was/wasn't carrying in her hand. We'll all just have to beleive whatever best suits our individual psychologies. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1067057 United States 10/23/2010 01:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it were a hearing device, WHY wasn't she talking to another person IN HER PRESCENCE?? She was communicating to another 'being' NOT in her immediate prescence. Primitive hearing devices were only meant to amplify sound in the near proximity of the user. |
Halcyon Dayz, FCD User ID: 434868 Netherlands 10/23/2010 01:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Occam's Razor would suggest this is a hearing device. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 950716Having said that, *IF* time travel were possible, and *IF* this chick was time travelling, then I would think it very plausible that whatever devices time travelers have could be advanced and not require cell towers, etc...After all, their time travelers :) With that idea opens up questions of advance technologies, etc..so not necessary to categorize a device of theirs into a category of ours (cell phone, walkie talkie, etc.) But personally, seems like a hearing device is the most plausible answer! An actual time traveller would prefer something less conspicuous and clumsy then a handheld. You can make transceivers real small and it would be easy enough to make it part of the clothing. Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans. |
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gamerprincess81 User ID: 1033168 United States 10/23/2010 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I believe it was a hearing device. I bet she used that so she could hear the director telling extras where to walk and cross in front of the camera. Why she'd be moving her mouth or talking I don't know, perhaps she didn't pick up the sound well and was asking the director to repeat where she was to go. :gp81: "Staring down the hole again. Hands upon my back again. Survival is my only friend. Terrified of what may come.." PS3- PollyPlssyPants XBL- gamerprincss420 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1139385 United Kingdom 10/23/2010 03:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It was a man in drag, not a woman. You don't really think an old woman would: 1. be using the latest technology of 1928, assuming that some wireless communication device was even available then? 2. be sent to 1928 as a time traveler by a super-secret government agency, do you? 3. be a time traveller on her vacation in Hollywood? Get real, fellow crazies. At least show some intelligence. |
UndercoverAlien (OP) User ID: 1139506 Brazil 10/23/2010 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it were a hearing device, WHY wasn't she talking to another person IN HER PRESCENCE?? She was communicating to another 'being' NOT in her immediate prescence. Primitive hearing devices were only meant to amplify sound in the near proximity of the user. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1067057The guy above already answered it: If it's a hearing aid, she might be talking, self-adjusting the gain on the device so she could hear. Quoting: User ID: 728979She may be talking on device to adjust the volume. "Do or do not. There is no try." (Yoda) |
UndercoverAlien (OP) User ID: 1139506 Brazil 10/23/2010 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I believe it was a hearing device. I bet she used that so she could hear the director telling extras where to walk and cross in front of the camera. Why she'd be moving her mouth or talking I don't know, perhaps she didn't pick up the sound well and was asking the director to repeat where she was to go. Quoting: gamerprincess81She was doing the volume adjust herself. "Do or do not. There is no try." (Yoda) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1125096 United States 10/23/2010 03:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yep, it's a match point. And the senility is the most plausible explanation about why she's talking on/to device... I also have to say that she doesn't fit in the stereotype of black ops agent, mainly a time travel agent. No offending fat people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 728979If it's a hearing aid, she might be talking, self-adjusting the gain on the device so she could hear. As for being a fat old lady, how do we know but that some quirkiness of time travel, some peculiar interaction of the process with human physiology, doesn't mean that fat old women are the perfect (or only?) candidates for time travel? We're stuck in the paradigm of the buff fighter pilot astronaut, and it may be that that paradigm doesn't cut it for time travel. The fact that she's fat adds to the possibility it's real; look at all the fatties in the world today vs. very few fatties back then. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1125096 United States 10/23/2010 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The real funny part is that a complete unknown lady from the '20s became a celebrity in a conspiracy forum 90 years later, in a thread about time travel... Quoting: UndercoverAlienI'm waiting for the thread here ... "I'm a time traveler from Charlie Chaplin's movie. Ask me a question!" |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1026306 United States 10/23/2010 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Real spies have to fit in to their mileau. That's why they're wear DISGUISE so you don't know there's something amiss. You people watch too many movies. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 950716 United States 10/25/2010 01:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Occam's Razor would suggest this is a hearing device. Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCDHaving said that, *IF* time travel were possible, and *IF* this chick was time travelling, then I would think it very plausible that whatever devices time travelers have could be advanced and not require cell towers, etc...After all, their time travelers :) With that idea opens up questions of advance technologies, etc..so not necessary to categorize a device of theirs into a category of ours (cell phone, walkie talkie, etc.) But personally, seems like a hearing device is the most plausible answer! An actual time traveller would prefer something less conspicuous and clumsy then a handheld. You can make transceivers real small and it would be easy enough to make it part of the clothing. Great point! ;) |
nobody User ID: 1144231 United States 10/27/2010 08:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ^^Exactly. if we were so advanced to be able to complete such a task, we would have much less conspicuous ear devices same as we already have...duh.. Beside's, doesn't everyone watch the History channel or is anyone an Engineer??? Going back in time isn't possible. Only way to physically go back in time is to go forwards first. This means you must lose a few years of your life just to go back or actually "freeze" time. Impossible to actually go back because nothing travels faster than the speed of light. Conspiracy theorists need to get their ducks in a row and study first. If there are any conspiracy theorists that believe in god, well...lmfao, you need to learn a bit and stop contradicting. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1102057 United States 10/27/2010 09:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | thats = to a 78 year old woman walking around holding a 5 pound weight. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1143745Those things were made with earphone because people could not, especially elder possibly lug that thing around constantly weighs under two pounds with batteries please read articles before you post |