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  1. Re:This makes sense to me by norminator · · Score: 1 · on Visual Hallucinations Are a Normal Grief Reaction

    Did you grow up on an island?

    If so, how are Locke and Sawyer doing since last season ended?

  2. Re:I see potential in this as *not* an encyclopedi by BlueStile · · Score: 1 · on German Wikipedia To Be Published As a Book

    The German Wikipedia is currently ranked 2nd according to the wikindex.com, but the fascinating part is what other popular wikis are out there: the World of Warcraft wiki is huge, beating many euro language wikipediae; TV show wikis are big, as are online games and sexual collections.

    I guess my point is that I agree with you: the interesting thing about wikis is the non-standard collection of ideas, no matter how "non-important" or esoteric they seem to the general public. Bingo!

    One "side-wiki" that I frequent is the Lostpedia. Package that with the season DVD box set and you've got a whole new kind of product.

  3. on the Lost! TV show by mozkill · · Score: 1 · on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs

    Daniel Faraday ( http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Daniel_Faraday ) on the TV show lost is a perfect example of a scientist character that seems to be on some kind of drugs.

  4. clearing that up for ya by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Nanorobots for Drug Delivery?

    Obligatory LOST reference:
    http://www.lostpedia.com/images/a/a8/Costofliving.jpg

  5. Re:Take with a whole shaker-full of salt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Study: Martian Soil Has Signs of Life

    Not only that, but Joop is also "The world's oldest orangutan"!

  6. Re:Bringing out my inner nerd... by E++99 · · Score: 1 · on Leonard Nimoy to Play Spock in Next Star Trek Movie

    Lost is a fascinating TV series. I was on board for a long time, but after a while I thought the writers could not reasonably sew up all the disparate elements they were throwing out. I think 1 of 3 things will happen to the story as the series winds down (assuming it comes to an actual conclusion, not a sudden cancellation):

          1. The writers will tie up a few large plot points, but leave a myriad of details unexplained. The writers will tell fans that stories don't necessarily result in perfect closure. This will result in the fans giving the show producers a "pitchfork party."
          2. The writers will tie everything up in a Grand Unified Theory of Lost, but it will be boring and it will suck.
          3. The writers will tie everything up in a Grand Unified Theory of Lost and it will be the grandest example of story craft on TV in years (highly unlikely).

    The show has simply tossed out too much stuff to bring together in a satisfying resolution.

    I'm serious that I think it's the best TV show ever... not so much that I have proven it mathematically. The overarching story and world was worked out in the beginning by JJ Abrams and Damon Lindeloff (Damon is still closely involved with production, JJ isn't), they aren't winging it. We know it won't be cancelled or over extended, because a few months ago the producers and ABC reached a deal: Three more (shortened) seasons of 16 episodes each, and that's it. That's how much time they thought was right to tell the remainder of the story, and by doing it in more three seasons instead of two they can devote more time to each episode. (And they also thought the remainder of the story more naturally divided up into three parts.) The producers have talked a lot about how they've learned from the mistakes that shows like X-Files made (not being able to tie things up + going on too long) and Twin Peaks (revealing all the mystery too soon, and having nothing more to be about), and they're avoiding them. So I really think it will be #3, as unprecedented as it may be. Oh, I forgot one lemma from my proof:
        12. The official podcast, with exec producer and co-creator Damon Lindeloff and exec producer Carlton Cuse, is the funniest thing since sliced bread. Okay, bad mixed metaphor, but the archived podcast are linked here http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Portal:Official_Lost _Podcast
  7. Re:If there is no intelligent designer... by fm6 · · Score: 1 · on Intelligent Design Ruled "Not Science"

    Did that doctor speak with a Russian accent? He seems to have gone to a med school where they still teach Lysenkoism. Or maybe he's just as ignorant of how evolution works as many ordinary people — in which case I have to wonder how he got in to medical school.

    I've been hearing the four-toes-is-the-future theory a lot lately. On Lost, there's a giant four-toed stone foot, and apparently the missing little toe is supposed to be a hint that the thing is from the future.

    I guess that's how most people understand evolution: genes that are "better" are the ones that survive, even if it's just for a foot configuration that makes it easier to find comfortable shoes. But that's not how it works. Your genes survive because you're good at passing them on, by surviving better, or by having lots of kids, or by helping maintain a kin group that shares a lot of your genes.

    I think crappy science teachers have to take a lot of blame for this kind of ignorance — and thus for the popularity of pseudo-scientific theories such as ID.

  8. Link for those who don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Numbers Stations Analyzed, Discussed

    http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Numbers

  9. : 4 8 15 16 23 42 by dsandler · · Score: 1 · on War Declared on Caps Lock Key
    ...some of the most valuable keyboard real estate is squatted by a large, useless key that above all you must not press!
    Hey, it could be worse: Your keyboard could have an EXECUTE key. That button must be pushed.
  10. Re:Good luck with that. by SydShamino · · Score: 1 · on Senate Passes Patriot Act Renewal

    Don't you know that most deserted islands are covered with service stations run by geothermal power?