BoltzNBrew
Footballguy
Or the Black Rock was beached and the magnet is slowly pulling it inland.
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**** OFFICIAL **** LOST - The TV Series (1 Viewer)
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Paper Lions
Footballguy
This thread is going to be a ##### to follow this year
David Yudkin
Footballguy
Tom Hanks is probably already representin' with his boy Wilson.
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Buckychudd
Footballguy
I forgot about that.But I guess it doesn't really explain how the Black Rock got that far inland. I've gotta think about that one.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
I read somewhere (at this point I've been to probably 6 Lost message boards and other sites on the net), I thought I saw somewhere that it is scientifically possible that the black rock itself could be a giant magnet all on its own. Whether the scientists/researchers were able to figure out a way to get it as a conductor for an electrical source is another question to ponder over . . .
Sack-Religious.
Footballguy
A very strong magnet is going to screw up compasses....could be the Black Rock crew thought they were headed in a different direction.
Then why didn't Jacks key react earlier if it's so powerful? IT was only when he leaned in towards the wall that it lifted up.
This is also what I was getting at in a more roundabout way. If the magnet were that strong anything metal anywhere near it would be flying towards it. Appliances from inside the hatch, the flashlight that Kate dropped, Jack's gun, the guns that are inside the hatch.
Then why didn't Jacks key react earlier if it's so powerful? IT was only when he leaned in towards the wall that it lifted up.
This is also what I was getting at in a more roundabout way. If the magnet were that strong anything metal anywhere near it would be flying towards it. Appliances from inside the hatch, the flashlight that Kate dropped, Jack's gun, the guns that are inside the hatch.
Not that they would do it in the show, but it would be a great FedEx commercial if they did a commercial right before the show came back from commercial (so we thought it was the show) and in the middle of Jack and Desmonds face-off, a FedEx comes by with a package, Desmond stops for a second and signs for it and then they go back to the standoff after the FedEx guys says thanks and leaves.
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
IIRC, the explanation at that time is that a large power source could disrupt compasses.The magnet thing does not work for the Black Rock ship if you date it back pre-electicity. Unless we are going under the theory the place is a natural magnet, but then the Jack's key scene doesn't really work.
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So the question is, what is the "large" power source for? Its gotta be more than just running computers and appliances.
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Buckychudd
Footballguy
Especially if it was in operating long enough to draw in the Black Rock.....100+ years.
Buckychudd
Footballguy
So maybe the power cables are drawing power from the island, not to the island.
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
Desmond = ConEd employeeSo maybe the power cables are drawing power from the island, not to the island.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
Over/under for this thread at the start of next week's episode . . . 100 pages?
I will take the over. Damn, I kept checking a few days ago to see if there were any posts, and then I check this morning and I am 10+ pages behind. This discussion will get out of hand because a new page will start before anyone gets a chance to reply and so people will have no idea what anyone else is talking about and then reply again to say someone else is wrong. This is going to be a cluster####, so I will definitely take the over.
Buckychudd
Footballguy
Desmond = ConEd employeeSo maybe the power cables are drawing power from the island, not to the island.
This project caused Enron's bankruptcy......
BoltzNBrew
Footballguy
I can't wait to see the "Everybody Hates Hugo" episode. Maybe they'll say why he was in the Psych ward.
BoltzNBrew
Footballguy
I think a thread for each episode is in order.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
Current run rate for this thread has been 1 new page for each hour after the episode ended and that's including when people were sleeping. 100 pages might be easy money for those that took the over.
Wingnut
Footballguy
I loved it when Hurley (when did everyone start calling him Hugo? I know thats his name, but I thought everyone still called him Hurley) told Jack the story of being in a phych ward, the guy with the numbers, winning the lottery, his grandfather dying, his store burning down, and seeing the numbers on the hatch, and that the numbers are cursed, etc etc.......like a 3 minute story and the only thing Jack says is "You were in a psych ward?"
Good stuff.I loved it when Hurley (when did everyone start calling him Hugo? I know thats his name, but I thought everyone still called him Hurley) told Jack the story of being in a phych ward, the guy with the numbers, winning the lottery, his grandfather dying, his store burning down, and seeing the numbers on the hatch, and that the numbers are cursed, etc etc.......like a 3 minute story and the only thing Jack says is "You were in a psych ward?"
I also like Hurley's comment about Jack's bedside manner or lack there of.
caabeel
Footballguy
"Yeah, what do they call that?""Bedside manners?"Good stuff.I loved it when Hurley (when did everyone start calling him Hugo? I know thats his name, but I thought everyone still called him Hurley) told Jack the story of being in a phych ward, the guy with the numbers, winning the lottery, his grandfather dying, his store burning down, and seeing the numbers on the hatch, and that the numbers are cursed, etc etc.......like a 3 minute story and the only thing Jack says is "You were in a psych ward?"
"Yeah, yours sucks"
jplvr
Footballguy
I started to make a stupid post about being able to zoom in and read the model number through magnification.
In all seriousness though, the main reason these stuck out to me as being new washing machines was the profile. Just had the same lines as a set of washer/dryers that stood out to me recently while walking through HD or Lowes. Much like this:http://www.ajmadison.com/phpdocs/ajtest/it...p?sku=GHW9400PW
The ones I remember seeing before were shown on the floor in 2 colors: Orange and either a gray or some muted shade of purple.
Regardless, if these were older models, wouldn't they have big protruding dials instead of a more sleek appearance? In other words, I don't see any controls on the machines in this picture:
http://www.dieoxidiertenschweine.de/losts2c.jpg
which leads me to believe that it's a push button set-up. Not exactly something you'd see on a machine out of the 60's.
jplvr
Footballguy
Sack-Religious.
Footballguy
I think the flurry of posting will probably decrease as the season goes on. Right now there's the excitment of the new season starting, and bringing back theories from the old thread etc. Towards the end of last season there wasn't as much posting activity. Then again, it could have been because the thread was almost 100 pages.With more FBG members posting, I can see increased numbers in comparasin to last year's thread(s), but I wouldn't expect this much activity after every episode. I could be wrong though.
Regardless, I know I'm going to be reading through this everyday now anyway
Lehigh98
Footballguy
We already figured out exactly what model they are, try to keep up.I started to make a stupid post about being able to zoom in and read the model number through magnification.
http://www.ajmadison.com/phpdocs/ajtest/it...p?sku=GHW9400PW
The ones I remember seeing before were shown on the floor in 2 colors: Orange and either a gray or some muted shade of purple.
Regardless, if these were older models, wouldn't they have big protruding dials instead of a more sleek appearance? In other words, I don't see any controls on the machines in this picture:
http://www.dieoxidiertenschweine.de/losts2c.jpg
which leads me to believe that it's a push button set-up. Not exactly something you'd see on a machine out of the 60's.
jplvr
Footballguy
I think there were some still trying to hold onto the notion of them being older though.We already figured out exactly what model they are, try to keep up.I started to make a stupid post about being able to zoom in and read the model number through magnification.
http://www.ajmadison.com/phpdocs/ajtest/it...p?sku=GHW9400PW
The ones I remember seeing before were shown on the floor in 2 colors: Orange and either a gray or some muted shade of purple.
Regardless, if these were older models, wouldn't they have big protruding dials instead of a more sleek appearance? In other words, I don't see any controls on the machines in this picture:
http://www.dieoxidiertenschweine.de/losts2c.jpg
which leads me to believe that it's a push button set-up. Not exactly something you'd see on a machine out of the 60's.
Sack-Religious.
Footballguy
What if they're not a washer/dryer set???
Seriously though. The guy's got an ancient computer system with a tapedrive mainframe and he's got a 2004 top of the line washer/dryer set?
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Or maybe, just maybe, the props person thoughts "eh, these look 70's-ish, no one will notice".I started to make a stupid post about being able to zoom in and read the model number through magnification.
http://www.ajmadison.com/phpdocs/ajtest/it...p?sku=GHW9400PW
The ones I remember seeing before were shown on the floor in 2 colors: Orange and either a gray or some muted shade of purple.
Regardless, if these were older models, wouldn't they have big protruding dials instead of a more sleek appearance? In other words, I don't see any controls on the machines in this picture:
http://www.dieoxidiertenschweine.de/losts2c.jpg
which leads me to believe that it's a push button set-up. Not exactly something you'd see on a machine out of the 60's.
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
the weapons looked modern too. Anyone have photos that we can post to an NRA site for an official date-stamp opinion?What if they're not a washer/dryer set???
Think of it in government terms, like the FAA. The computer system may look old, but that is because it is the 1980 upgrade that got delivered in 2004. You should have the seen the old system in the hatch in 2003, it was a whole wall of abacuses which is why there was a bunkbed and they needed two guys before the upgrade. The other guy got let go when the new system got delivered.What if they're not a washer/dryer set???
