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March 10th, 2010 
QuadsZilla Today, I saw what I thought was an interesting thread over on reddit:
If we could transmit a single, 140 character message back to the year 2000, what should it be?
But I misread it as:
If you could send a single 140 character message back 2000 years, what should it be.
And I think my misread is way more interesting. So much so, that I’m making a $200 twitter contest out of it.
Now we’ll need room for link, so lets make it 122 characters.
The Contest
Assume for a second that the message will be widely read, and that the readers can all understand English. What 122 character message would you send back to the year 10 AD (2000 years ago)?
Answer in a tweet: Up to 122 character answer followed by a space and then this url: http://tr.im/RllZ
Whoever comes up with the best answer wins $200 (via paypal). Best answer decided by me, but I may be influenced by the comments on this post.
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Hey Caesar, you might want to keep an eye on Brutus, and be ware the Ides of March. http://twitter.com/jeremiahjw/status/10307778693
This reminds me of the Time Machine Cheat Sheet: http://www.topatoco.com/graphics/qw-cheatsheet-print-zoom.jpg
My entry is here: http://twitter.com/DrewHintzBooyah/status/10307912454
“To cure disease eat a particular mold found on food. Under a powerful magnifying glass it looks like hands on long stalks”
I don’t think there’s anything that you could actually send back and have a major impact on any specific event unless you were giving away a military secret. I’m thinking what they would need is the recipe for pizza. “Bake flat piece of bread over hot stone, cover with cheese, tomato and precooked meat, rejoice.” Well that’s only 97 Characters so I guess you could add “I fucked your wife hard”
My message for the Romans:
http://twitter.com/Dailybits/status/10315331525
“Hey Romans, don’t worry about the Greeks. In 2000 years they will financially kill themselves and ‘ll ask you for mercy.”
Mine is geared to especially help the coming generations and inspire great thinkers who can use it:
“Earth is round.Clean hands before medical procedure.ALL living things developed from simpler lifeforms by natural selection.”
Here is mine.
“Just met a naïve guy called Jesus. Told him I was an angel, messenger of God and that he was son of god! He fell for it!”
http://twitter.com/Philippe_Oger/statuses/10317431090
I saw this one online which made me laugh too:
http://twitter.com/b10m/statuses/10315437430
You won the lottery, send this message to 10 other people to claim your prize on http://tr.im/RllZ #riches #wealth #money
hahahah, why not a spam scam?!
Kill the kid they call Yeshua of Nazarene and you’ll probably save a lot of lives.
http://twitter.com/wangarific/status/10290063206
Steal all the books you can and head East. Now. Also, wash your hands more and practice speaking in 140 character bursts. http://tr.im/RllZ
http://twitter.com/jmnale/status/10332673422
Watch out for 10 year old kid, name of Jesus, hangs around carpenter’s shops in Nazareth. He’s going to be a real problem.
http://twitter.com/Stoush/statuses/10367965653
[...] what Quads wants you to do is send out a tweet of 122 chacters to err… yeah, does exactly what it says on the tin. He of course wanted you to add a link in to the tweet too, hence the 122 and not 140 characters [...]
Your future.Resources are limited use them wisely. Black liquid in ground is valuable. Love the earth, family and friends. http://tr.im/RllZ
1923 – Watch out for young agressive politican. Problems. Real Problems!
Here’s my message.
You’ll worship this message as a religious item and won’t understand it due to the butterfly effect so this is pointless.
When will the contest be over?