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[Tony]

but what about hurly's #'s? is that a dead plot line?

dude, seriously?

[chalupacabra]

Yeah, wait a minute. If you're caught up and asking that question I am sending you to detention, Teacherman.

[Rocquero]

and why in the first season did the others only take certain people from the survivors, mainly children,

they were on the list as candidates, dude. they took the kids b/c they can't have kids of their own.

and why were they being walked through the zoo where jack and sawyer where in the bear cages?

they were going to juliet's trial for when she killed Pickett. remember when they burned her instead of killing her?

[chadk]

but what about hurly's #'s? is that a dead plot line?


dude, seriously?

ok so i must have missed that, we were watching 4 episodes a day to catch up with this, so enlighten me.

and why in the first season did the others only take certain people from the survivors, mainly children,

they were on the list as candidates, dude. they took the kids b/c they can't have kids of their own.

View Postchadk, on 01 March 2010 - 02:39 PM, said:
and why were they being walked through the zoo where jack and sawyer where in the bear cages?


they were going to juliet's trial for when she killed Pickett. remember when they burned her instead of killing her?

ah ha.

[chadk]

The meaning of the numbers was explained in the episode Lighthouse when Jack learned that if the Lighthouse mirror were turned to a certain degree, it would show the lives of a particular person. The people who were shown at 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 were the remaining candidates to replace Jacob, explaining why the names were grouped together with those numbers in Jacob's cave. (The only exception to this is Kate, whose corresponding number 51 is not one of the original sequence.) Jacob had instructed Hurley to turn the mirror to 108 degrees (4+8+15+16+23+42) so that the people who were coming could see, but he was unable to do this as Jack smashed the mirror

ok so how did hurly pick the numbers? just random?, so the dharma folks figured out this set of numbers via some math equation to predict the result of the cold war, ie, to stop it or the result of destroying the human race, then the others got them some how and focused on the people whos names related to the numbers? and yea i really didn't pick up on that last week. i am a art teacher and numbers are really not my area of expertise neither is spelling

[chalupacabra]

ok so how did hurly pick the numbers? just random?, so the dharma folks figured out this set of numbers via some math equation to predict the result of the cold war, ie, to stop it or the result of destroying the human race, then the others got them some how and focused on the people whos names related to the numbers? and yea i really didn't pick up on that last week. i am a art teacher and numbers are really not my area of expertise neither is spelling

A fellow mental patient was repeating the numbers when Hurley was locked up (St. Rosa, Santa Rosa...whatever it was called...where he met Dave.)

What the hell does the Cold War have to do with things?

[chadk]

It has been revealed in The Lost Experience that these six numbers are the core values of the Valenzetti Equation, a mathematical formula designed to predict the end of humanity. The numbers in actuality are said to represent human and environmental factors in the equation (given numerical form), though their precise meaning is uncertain. One purpose of the DHARMA Initiative was to change the factors leading to humanity's demise, which will be indicated by an alteration in at least one of the human/environmental factors - i.e. the numbers. However, in all its years of research, the Initiative failed to reach its goal. Despite much research and manipulation of the equation's values, the end result was always the numbers.

In an interview with E! in 2009, Damon stated the following in regards to the Numbers: "Here's the story with numbers. The Hanso Foundation that started the Dharma Initiative hired this guy Valenzetti to basically work on this equation to determine what was the probability of the world ending in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Valenzetti basically deduced that it was 100 percent within the next 27 years, so the Hanso Foundation started the Dharma Initiative in an effort to try to change the variables in the equation so that mankind wouldn't wipe it itself out." [1]

[allisonorphan]

i cant wait to learn more bout richard.

me and the bf think that he may have come to the island on the black rock.

this season is good!!!

[chalupacabra]

It has been revealed in The Lost Experience that these six numbers are the core values of the Valenzetti Equation, a mathematical formula designed to predict the end of humanity. The numbers in actuality are said to represent human and environmental factors in the equation (given numerical form), though their precise meaning is uncertain. One purpose of the DHARMA Initiative was to change the factors leading to humanity's demise, which will be indicated by an alteration in at least one of the human/environmental factors - i.e. the numbers. However, in all its years of research, the Initiative failed to reach its goal. Despite much research and manipulation of the equation's values, the end result was always the numbers.

In an interview with E! in 2009, Damon stated the following in regards to the Numbers: "Here's the story with numbers. The Hanso Foundation that started the Dharma Initiative hired this guy Valenzetti to basically work on this equation to determine what was the probability of the world ending in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Valenzetti basically deduced that it was 100 percent within the next 27 years, so the Hanso Foundation started the Dharma Initiative in an effort to try to change the variables in the equation so that mankind wouldn't wipe it itself out." [1]

I'd be careful about reading too much stuff online if you've only watched the show and not participated in any of TLE (the lost experience) shenanigans. It makes you go, "wait, I don't remember when that happened" and it'll mess you up even more.

i cant wait to learn more bout richard.
me and the bf think that he may have come to the island on the black rock.

I think you're both right. There's that conversation Jacob and smokey dude are having on the beach talking about how things "only end once, everything else is just progress" where it looks like the Black Rock is coming to shore.

[chadk]

I'd be careful about reading too much stuff online if you've only watched the show and not participated in any of TLE (the lost experience) shenanigans. It makes you go, "wait, I don't remember when that happened" and it'll mess you up even more.

i was looking at lost pedia.

[chalupacabra]

I'd be careful about reading too much stuff online if you've only watched the show and not participated in any of TLE (the lost experience) shenanigans. It makes you go, "wait, I don't remember when that happened" and it'll mess you up even more.

i was looking at lost pedia.

Lost Pedia is filled with too much TLE info. As much of a nerd for this show that I am I could never bring myself to follow some internet treasure hunt to keep up with all of it.

[unluckycharm]

yeah, so um, how about that richard? he must have some kickass long-lasting eyeliner.

[chadk]

i'm kida going back and forth with if jacob is good or evil, and if new lock is good or evil.

[differently biotic]

notLocke - why do so many people have to die for him "to leave the island" like he wants?

I think both Jacob and notlocke are bad. They fuck w/ people, kill, let people get killed and so on.

[aaronburke]

it's definitely got game written all over it, but that's got
to be by design. they've alluded to it the whole time with
the 'rules' etc, backgammon in the 1st season with white vs
black, the white vs black stones between smokey and
jacob always being a 'joke', and now i think the end of last
nite's ep added to it. if richard's wife told hugo that
richard has to stop the man in black or else they really are
all going to hell, and jacob is behind hugo's seeing of dead
folks anyway, just seems like another one of jacob's master
ways to get someone to do exactly what he wants.

but, i think the man in black/smoke monster may be loki (or some
variant thereof). there's always a horn call to summon it and bring it
back.

i don't read lostpedia or anything else online about the show,
most of the stuff written is garbage and i don't want to have
anything spoiled anyway. it took me 10 min to figure out if i
really wanted to post this or even read some of this thread

this season has been amazing.