Time-travelling insider caught!

WillowIX · 03-28-2003, 05:22 AM

An early april fools joke perhaps but still.

Full article: http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20030319/104808600007.html

Quote:

"But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks' time he had a portfolio valued at over $350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can't be pure luck.

Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.

Officials are quite confident the "time-traveler's" claims are bogus. Yet the SEC source admits, "No one can find any record of any Andrew Carlssin existing anywhere before December 2002."

Just some snips from the article. Turning $800 to $350 millions in two weeks would have required plenty of excellent sources though. It´s K-Pax all over again! Mind numbing really. I say get the AIDS information and check it. If it´s correct send the guy home.

Ar-Cunin · 03-28-2003, 05:49 AM

Definately false - but still amusing [img]smile.gif[/img]

Azred · 03-28-2003, 09:23 AM

Definitely false. Any time-traveller having even a sliver of common sense would not speculate in stocks. Instead, he would go back and pick up things like original Mozart scores, Stradivarius violins, Van Gogh paintings, etc., store them in a safe place, and then sell them at Sotheby's. [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Gnarf · 03-28-2003, 12:35 PM

Would be cool if it's true though... no one's proven it to be false yet, right? Guess no one'll mind if I believe him... just for a little while [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Kakero · 03-28-2003, 09:56 PM

definitely false, if it was true, he would keep quiet about it. A lot of people would kill him to get that thing.

sageridder · 03-29-2003, 01:40 AM

Lets suppose for a laugh this was possibly true.When he studied this time wouldn't he have found out about his own arrest?Maybe this a Darwin award from the future.

SolitaryHacker · 03-29-2003, 06:50 PM

thats a load of shit, just like everything else from weekly world news, think of it, if this WAS true, we definetly wouldve heard something about it on the news [img]graemlins/arcadefreak.gif[/img]

Kaltia · 03-30-2003, 02:43 PM

Weird...
Solitary, watch your language. We have kids as young as twelve here.

Sigmar · 03-30-2003, 02:51 PM

I beleive it. Hell why not, as they a persons innocent until proven guilty. Until they find proof that he's not from the future they can't say otherwise

Mind you the story might not be true in the first place but thats a differant matter altogether.

What I want to know from that guy is, if they use the three sea shells in the future (only fans of the movie "Demolition man" will get this

)

[ 03-30-2003, 02:52 PM: Message edited by: Sigmar ]

Memnoch · 03-31-2003, 04:20 AM

It's an original defence, to say the least.

SolitaryHacker, watch your language and more importantly your attitude. Leave it at the door or don't walk in. In fact it WAS on the news - just because you didn't hear about it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Clear? Good. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 03-31-2003, 04:25 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]

03-28-2003, 05:49 AM	#2
Ar-Cunin Ra Join Date: August 14, 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Age: 53 Posts: 2,326	Definately false - but still amusing [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ Life is a laugh <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[biglaugh]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/biglaugh.gif\" /> - and DEATH is the final joke <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[hehe]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/hehe.gif\" />

03-28-2003, 09:23 AM	#3
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 55 Posts: 4,037	Definitely false. Any time-traveller having even a sliver of common sense would not speculate in stocks. Instead, he would go back and pick up things like original Mozart scores, Stradivarius violins, Van Gogh paintings, etc., store them in a safe place, and then sell them at Sotheby's. [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

03-28-2003, 12:35 PM	#4
Gnarf Emerald Dragon Join Date: February 6, 2003 Location: Norway Age: 39 Posts: 928	Would be cool if it's true though... no one's proven it to be false yet, right? Guess no one'll mind if I believe him... just for a little while [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ I want a hippo.

03-29-2003, 01:40 AM	#6
sageridder Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: March 28, 2001 Location: rensselaer,n.y. u.s.a Age: 57 Posts: 677	Lets suppose for a laugh this was possibly true.When he studied this time wouldn't he have found out about his own arrest?Maybe this a Darwin award from the future. __________________ Trust is indeed a shiny jewel,set in the stone of friendship.And much like any other stone can be use to crush the skulls of those unsuspecting.To clear the path for me to claim my rightful place as master of all I survey. Play games win prizes completely free. http://teet.net/af/bd395b7216 So far I've won an 8gb ipod nano and an acer inspire netbook

03-29-2003, 06:50 PM	#7
SolitaryHacker Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: March 6, 2003 Location: uh..... Age: 37 Posts: 16	thats a load of shit, just like everything else from weekly world news, think of it, if this WAS true, we definetly wouldve heard something about it on the news [img]graemlins/arcadefreak.gif[/img] __________________ destiny, chance, fate, fortune, theyre all just ways of claiming you sucesses without claiming your failures

03-28-2003, 09:56 PM	#5
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	definitely false, if it was true, he would keep quiet about it. A lot of people would kill him to get that thing.

03-30-2003, 02:43 PM	#8
Kaltia Jack Burton Join Date: May 2, 2002 Location: Canterbury, England Age: 37 Posts: 5,817	Weird... Solitary, watch your language. We have kids as young as twelve here. __________________ The wolf is as cunning as he is ferocious; once he's had a taste of flesh then nothing else will do.

03-30-2003, 02:51 PM	#9
Sigmar Unicorn Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: N/a Posts: 4,222	I beleive it. Hell why not, as they a persons innocent until proven guilty. Until they find proof that he's not from the future they can't say otherwise Mind you the story might not be true in the first place but thats a differant matter altogether. What I want to know from that guy is, if they use the three sea shells in the future (only fans of the movie "Demolition man" will get this ) [ 03-30-2003, 02:52 PM: Message edited by: Sigmar ]

03-31-2003, 04:20 AM	#10
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	It's an original defence, to say the least. SolitaryHacker, watch your language and more importantly your attitude. Leave it at the door or don't walk in. In fact it WAS on the news - just because you didn't hear about it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Clear? Good. [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 03-31-2003, 04:25 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ] __________________

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