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But with the advent of really big hard drive spaces (A few terabytes would be sufficient to get a good portion of [[The Other Wiki]], for starters), one could conceivably download big, giant portions of the internet that is relevant and bring it back through time for later access. Of course, you must be pretty darn [[Crazy Prepared]] if you actually do this in the first place. |
But with the advent of really big hard drive spaces (A few terabytes would be sufficient to get a good portion of [[The Other Wiki]], for starters), one could conceivably download big, giant portions of the internet that is relevant and bring it back through time for later access. Of course, you must be pretty darn [[Crazy Prepared]] if you actually do this in the first place. |
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(Of course, [[Doctor Who |
(Of course, [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]] could make a cell phone call through time, so theoretically...) |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* As said above, the Doctor in ''[[ |
* As said above, the Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' managed to make an ordinary Nokia 3200 cellphone capable of calling through time. Possibly justified by the TARDIS acting as a relay station. No word yet on what the roaming charges are... |
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** Or rather the long distance charges. Even mobile-to-mobile can't save you now, doctor! Muahahaha! |
** Or rather the long distance charges. Even mobile-to-mobile can't save you now, doctor! Muahahaha! |
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*** Free, of course, since the Cardiff Rift's use for 'pit stops' for the TARDIS is nothing less than free energy. |
*** Free, of course, since the Cardiff Rift's use for 'pit stops' for the TARDIS is nothing less than free energy. |
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* The premise of the historical tv skit series ''[[History Bites]]'' is "What if Television had been around for the past 5000 years?", and gleefully mixed historical information with modern pop culture, such as Martha Stewart's advice on how to use pot-pourri to mask the smell of plague victims. |
* The premise of the historical tv skit series ''[[History Bites]]'' is "What if Television had been around for the past 5000 years?", and gleefully mixed historical information with modern pop culture, such as Martha Stewart's advice on how to use pot-pourri to mask the smell of plague victims. |
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* Averted in ''[[Journeyman]]'', where the main character's cell phone refuses to work in the past. Instead, be finds his old phone from [[The Eighties]]. |
* Averted in ''[[Journeyman]]'', where the main character's cell phone refuses to work in the past. Instead, be finds his old phone from [[The Eighties]]. |
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* Done deliberately on ''[[Fringe]]'' with the mysterious [ |
* Done deliberately on ''[[Fringe]]'' with the mysterious [[wikipedia:Number stations|number stations]]. It is mentioned that when Marconi first activated his radio they were already transmitting. |
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* Played straight in comedy sketch show Armstrong and Miller. A random guy goes back in time to meet a famous inventor and gives a spiel about the enlightened future, only when the scientist starts asking questions (such as "how do these radio waves work?") he realises he doesn't know the answer. Cue "What sort of a future is this?", so he pops back to the future, brings back a laptop and shows the inventor some porn. Answer: a good one. |
* Played straight in comedy sketch show Armstrong and Miller. A random guy goes back in time to meet a famous inventor and gives a spiel about the enlightened future, only when the scientist starts asking questions (such as "how do these radio waves work?") he realises he doesn't know the answer. Cue "What sort of a future is this?", so he pops back to the future, brings back a laptop and shows the inventor some porn. Answer: a good one. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* In the ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' series, the futuristic internet (the Unus Mundus Network) had always existed but could not be accessed until a network was layered onto it. The Unus Mundus ("one world")Network is some sort of hyperspace/collective unconscious/[[Mind Screw|something]] network that's always existed, but they hadn't started using it for FTL web browsing until relatively recently. There's no implication that you could go back in time to see data from the future. It is also God and represents the theory of a universal [ |
* In the ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' series, the futuristic internet (the Unus Mundus Network) had always existed but could not be accessed until a network was layered onto it. The Unus Mundus ("one world")Network is some sort of hyperspace/collective unconscious/[[Mind Screw|something]] network that's always existed, but they hadn't started using it for FTL web browsing until relatively recently. There's no implication that you could go back in time to see data from the future. It is also God and represents the theory of a universal [[wikipedia:Collective unconsciousness|collective unconsciousness]]. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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** Also in an inversion of this, their chronometer, that should work fine in the past, is [[Rule of Funny|turned into a pin-up calender.]] |
** Also in an inversion of this, their chronometer, that should work fine in the past, is [[Rule of Funny|turned into a pin-up calender.]] |
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* Happens a few episodes of ''[[Time Squad]]'' with both internet and radio. |
* Happens a few episodes of ''[[Time Squad]]'' with both internet and radio. |
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* In the ''[[Duck Tales]]'' episode where Bubba the Caveduck has his debut, Huey, Dewey and Louie [[A Little Something We Call Rock and Roll|introduce him to rock'n'roll]]. By bringing a radio into the [[One Million BC|stone age]]. |
* In the ''[[Duck Tales]]'' episode where Bubba the Caveduck has his debut, Huey, Dewey and Louie [[A Little Something We Call "Rock and Roll"|introduce him to rock'n'roll]]. By bringing a radio into the [[One Million BC|stone age]]. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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