Comments on: I was the one who dented your car three years ago....

I was the one who dented your car three years ago....

whimsicalnymph — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:24:17 -0800

The ultimate in passive communication. A time capsule doesn't say I love you like a time-delayed email.

By: RichardP

RichardP — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:36:34 -0800

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:37:01 -0800

Currently, Time Cave accepts messages to be sent as far away as December 31, 2010. Only four years into the future? Meh. Reminds me of that South Park where they find an iceman who was frozen only three years ago.

By: RichardP

RichardP — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:37:36 -0800

Arrgh... Mail To The Future.

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:50:26 -0800

Funny. I was going to create a site like this about 5 years ago and never did because I couldn't determine the business model to make it worth my while. Anyway, if I need this, I have servers and my own 'at' and 'cron' jobs.

By: squidfartz

squidfartz — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:55:11 -0800

I should probably use this to tell her I was sorry.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:06:45 -0800

Can these be canceled? If not, this would be a one way to force yourself to do something you otherwise never get around to. Get drunk and write a horrible future "fuck you" to the boss at a job you hate but can't make yourself quit, or to the bf/gf you must dump or you'll go crazy. Or send an "I love you" message to someone you can't get up the nerve to make a move on. Like pulling the pin on the life grenade.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:12:34 -0800

With a much longer window, this could be useful/interesting. John: "I'm finally gonna tell my wife about the affair" Rick: "What? Dude, don't tell. You NEVER tell." John: "You didn't let me finish. I'm going to tell her... 30 years from now! That way I get to confess now, clear my guilt, and then worry about it later" 30 years later, at rest home Linda:"John, who's the hell is Carol?" On preview: pracowity: "Like pulling the pin on the life grenade.". What a great turn of phrase. Consider it stolen.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:19:07 -0800

Like pulling the pin on the life grenade. posted by pracowity at 10:06 AM EST on October 24 [+] Dude. Thanks for giving Adam Sandler the premise for another insufferable in flight movie. (But it is a great idea).

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:01:17 -0800

A friend of mine sent himself one of these while he was in the midst of a great relationship. His e-mail to himself was exuberant and optimistic, and kept mentioning how happy he was to be with his girlfriend. He received the e-mail a year later, after she had just cheated on him and left him for someone else. Ooooops.

By: barjo

barjo — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:01:22 -0800

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:11:18 -0800

barjo: So the rapture letters will go out after the rapture... or after the guy that runs that small web site dies or loses interest. I wish I could just slap this guy right in the face.

By: talldean

talldean — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:30:35 -0800

43things.com already pretty much does this, right? At least, for up to a year.

By: war wrath of wraith

war wrath of wraith — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:48:59 -0800

I knew I'd first heard of FutureMe.org through metafilter. Kind of surprised it hasn't been brought up yet. Now if I can only remember where I'd seen this...

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:27:43 -0800

man crontab Reformatting crontab(1), please wait... NAME TimeCave - a new service for spatial time dimensional warpage. SEE ALO TimeCube.