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Back on May 8, 2005, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology held the first ever Time Traveller's Convention, correctly assuming that "technically, you would only need one". Urging folk to leave details of the convention inside library books and carved on to anything non-biodegradable, the organisers hoped their knees-up would be well broadcast to people of the future. (At the time, I begged every editor I knew to send me there, explaining all I'd need was an air ticket, accommodation and enough alfoil with which to craft a convincing "future suit and hat", but, perhaps foreseeing dark futures off their own, all deferred.) As it turned out, the convention was a "mixed success", with "no confirmed time travellers" in attendance, Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live blaming the poor showing on the fact that "people from the future already know the party sucked".

-Jack Marx