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Don't forget one thing about the "16 Years" -- if you do the math on the messages it's really just under 6 years! (~7.3 million iterations, playing for ~25 seconds each means the message played for 182 million seconds/3 million minutes/50k hours/2112! days/5.8 years) ... is my math wrong? Is the show 'wrong' on purpose? Or did they just think no one would try to calculate it out.

I mean, even The French Woman doesn't really know how long she's been there or "Alex" has been missing.

Was the black guy from the second group a passenger on the plane or was he a slave from the "Black Rock" ship?

I love the questions but can't stand this 3 week break!

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I'm in a Lost-deprived country, so I don't recognise the symbol.

So for a minute there I thought it was the Laughing Man symbol from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Which would make even less sense.

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Guys, don't forget... the polar bears were brought there by the shipwreck. Remember she said it was a research vessel from the Arctic, and that the bears got loose after the wreck. Nothing mysterious there... just weird enough to make things interesting for the show. As for the shark and it's tattoo, I'm betting that it's never explained. Just something they decided to throw in there to mess with our heads. The writers for this show are good at doing that. After all, there are TONS of hidden references to "the numbers" (and I'm not talking about the many OBVIOUS references).

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There are five research stations, right? We've seen two so far, and we don't have a clue where any of the others might be...but we do know, oddly enough, that there is a cable coming out of the ocean. Seems a bit unusual when you think about it. At any rate, all I'm saying here is that the shark has some link to the Dharma thing, which everyone already knows...but if there's an underwater research station...well, that's cool.

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on www.dharmainitiative.com you can highlight the invisible text below the dharma emblem and it might help you find out what the shark is all about

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The most recent podcast from the Official Lost site (ABC) has the writers talking a bit about the Dharma Initiatives and mentioning that there were more than one Dharma projects on the island. The Dharma logo seen in the bunker found by the Tailies has an arrow on it instead of a swan because it was part of an abandoned Arrow project. It's possible/probable that the logo on the shark was yet another Dharma project. The film mentioned there were several projects/experiments. Also, apparently Locke and Eko are about to discover something interesting about the film in the Nov 30 episode...

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To the person that said that we need to accept that everything on the Island is weird and we need to get away from reality - I disagree.

I believe that the black 'smoke' we saw was in fact minute computers known as 'Catoms'.

QUOTE:
Claytronics

If you thought the shape-shifting baddies from the Terminator movies only exist in movies, then think again. Scientists from the US are currently developing a new technology called ‘Claytronics’. They are working on a new particle-type material, which is made of tiny self-organising robots called ‘claytronic atoms’ or ‘catoms’. Catoms can stick to each other and communicate with built-in wireless technology. The goal is to create a shape-shifting material which can replicate an object of any shape instantly - anything from a knife, to a bowl, to a human. They currently have catoms the size of tennis balls which can replicate objects, but using advanced nanotechnology, they hope to reduce each catom to the size of a dust particle which will mean claytronics will be able to replicate objects with a higher definition.


That was taken from this website - http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:dZCQ-2D03_MJ:smartmoves.questacon.edu.au/teachers/topics/nanotechnology.asp+smart+dust+catoms&hl=en

This would explain a number of things...For example, Jack's Dad, Polar Bears, Shannons 'Walt' Visions, The branded shark, The Black smoke, The horse in a recent episode, even the Black Rock...Most things really.

These catoms can also enter a persons body and perform complex operations which would explain the fact that Locke can now walk.

There are websites that discuss the fact that the catoms are stronger around children which explains the 'Others' (who I believe to be the original Dharma team) need to take the children.

I have such a strong belief in this theory...somebody please please prove it wrong because I don't want to know what it's all about!!!

Jakko

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I just read something saying that in the first season we learned there was a cargo plane that crashed some years ago on the island, which may have been a Dharma/Hanso Foundation plane. That would explain alot about the polar bears, the shark, and the horse that Kate and Sawyer saw. #18 had it right, the numbers definitely are the key, somehow. My question is this: what function (if any) does the computer fulfill with those numbers 4-8-15-16-23-42? And why the bloody hell would there be another facility (i think there are six on the island, personal theory lol) that would try to communicate with The Swan, thereby causing another "incident" to occur?

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http://www.di9fftr731.com/ another dharma site

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http://www.di9fftr731.com/ another dharma site

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Obviously the island is a secret lair for a supervillain. You know, Dr. No, Blofeld, The Incredibles type of a deal.

I mean think about it. Mysterious strangers with guns, branded sharks, strange hatches on an island that no one on the outside can see.

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Actually it is just a myth that sharks have to keep swimming in order to stay alive. They need water flowing over their gills, but they can remain still and open and close their mouths to get that. Sorry to go all comic book guy on you.

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Obviously it's a brand, not a tatoo, and since it is under water, they found some way to brand it with fricken laserbeams!

But seriously, researchers implant tracking devices in sharks, don't they? If one can catch and tag a shark electronically, why not smear your "corporate logo feces" (as George Carlin likes to call it) all over it too?

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It is implied that walt has some control over animals. Perhaps he was (forced?)into using the shark.

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We are talking about a south pacific island with polar bears on it and you are stuck on the mystery of a shark? lol!

As Locke believes, the freaky thing that blows up trees is a secutiy system for the island, maybe the polar bears and the sharks are part of that.

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It's one of those hip sharks from California.

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#6 - exactly. I'm all for good theories and spending "water cooler time" trying to figure out all the nuances of the show... But for the love of god, we're talking about a show where 4815162342 has like serious cosmic significance, polar bears are running wild, Walt is 'special', cripples (oh wait, sorry, un-PC... disabled folk) can walk...... One way or the other, we all saw Michael bust a cap in the shark's ass, so we may not get an explanation any time soon.

Regardless, I think the best thing about LOST is that it inspires so much discussion. Never seen people scrutinze single screen caps from a TV show before. Hats off to that.

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uhm, excuse me, didn't blood shoot out of it when Michael shot it? thus, it is not robotic, unless robots have blood, in which case we should all be worried about the bigger picture.

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I think it's a dream of a robotic dolphin that's been tattooed...

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