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Blank · Boot Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 21

Namaste

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 3:23 am

IcedMetal · Boot Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 26

One word....Dharma.

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 7:11 am

jmds · Boot Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 10

Hi everyone

Hope you don't mind me joining you here. I had been posting on the lost-forum site but that's getting bogged down with people adding the same info over and over again with little effort being made to move things along. From what I can see that's different here.

There's a couple of other puzzles that I'd like to add to the previous list.

Why does the missing text on the Mathematical Forecasting Initiative seem to suggest that Steevo is the capital of Zambia when it is Lusaka?
Is there any significance in Joop's appearance in 'The Mysterious Island' by Jules Verne? Has anybody read this.

Hope to be able to help on this.

Jon

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 8:14 am

AngelAnger · Boot Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 20

Nice find on the book!

It's so close to the plot of the show that it had to be intended by the writers.

A short description I found.

The opening of Myserious Island reads a bit like a serious version of "Wizard of Oz." Cyrus, Pencroft, Herbert, and Gideon, and a dog named Neb make a daring escape from a Civil War prison in a balloon, but the balloon is blown way off course to an uncharted volcanic island.

These men are worthy souls; Captain Cyrus is an inspiring leader, Pencroft, an earthy but hardworking sailor. Gideon is kind of a "everyman" -- observant, strong and resourceful and loving, and Herbert a young, knowlegeable naturalist. These men and their dog Neb conquer the island's challenges and make the very best out of their isolation on the small island.

But are they prepared for the surprises the island has for them such as an orangutan named Joop--and the ultimate surprise in the second half of the book. The suspense keeps the reader turning the pages through a great deal of descriptive information about nature, chemistry, physics and engineering.

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 9:29 am

drizjr · Unfictologist Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700

Re: Things left to figure out..

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 10:22 am

jmds · Boot Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 10

Somebody on another forum has said that neither of the login boxes at the bottom right of the screen and in the Board of Directors are programmed to do anything so, at the moment, these seem like dead ends.

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 10:35 am

ixalon

missphinx · Unfettered Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 395

Just wanted to poke my head up and say hi. Lost spoiler junkie here Very Happy

I like the (now) dead ends because I'm hoping Persephone has a lot in store for us...

edit: and welcome aboard to those recently joining unfiction !!!

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 11:12 am

PerplexedbyLost · Guest

Valanzetti and more

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 1:09 pm

pk1 · Boot Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 12

the validity of the valenzetti foundation's site is a contentious subject because of the disclaimer at the bottom stating that it's not affiliated with ABC, and because of a couple of blog entries/FAQ questions that refer to Lost directly.

this actually raises a question i meant to ask; alot of people on Lost forums are immediately dismissing sites because they do not have abc copyright notices at the bottom, or a link to abc's online 'terms of usage' as previous lost viral marketing websites did. surely though this would not be general practice in an ARG?

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 1:16 pm

skywisej

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 1:20 pm

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Re: Valanzetti and more

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 1:21 pm

PerplexedbyLost · Greenhorn Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 6

Re: Valanzetti and more

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 1:25 pm

jegger

[INFO] Not!Puzzle Warning

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 1:36 pm