Computer Communication

[mgkunath123]

Last nite Michael tried to type on the computer and it remained blank. Then someone else started writting. Could Michaels computer be a slave computer and not the master? Meaning that someone else can give it the right to start typing? Seems odd that this station is the one responsible for saving the world by typing in the numbers, but, maybe it's part of an experiment? What will people do? Blinding type in numbers? Another computer is monitoring this one.

[finny2k5]

its definitly a possibility , that when he starts to type the computer suddenly responds with 'walt' . so it must be

[Lost & Found]

Slave computer and Master Computer.. could be.. why would the others keep Walt somewhere where he would have reach to a computer.

slave and master computer idea.. thats smart
but sadly theres an E-dharma-pation Proc-lost-ation -lol

[PRW]

remeber in the spliced section the film? they said just ype in the numbers and they didnt want another inicident? well look at preview for next week

the others find the castaways and got them sorunded

connection? maybe

[LovesJATE]

well, i dont want to kill anyone's theory but i dont even think its walt at the computer. i did at first, but after last night, not anymore. i just dont see why a 10-yr old missing boy would ask ARE YOU ALONE? i know if it was me i'd be like COME GET ME NOW! IM HERE IM HERE! i honestly think its the others. i might be wrong, but i just thought it was a little suspicious for a little kid to ask that.

[NickWasHere]

well, i dont want to kill anyone's theory but i dont even think its walt at the computer. i did at first, but after last night, not anymore. i just dont see why a 10-yr old missing boy would ask ARE YOU ALONE? i know if it was me i'd be like COME GET ME NOW! IM HERE IM HERE! i honestly think its the others. i might be wrong, but i just thought it was a little suspicious for a little kid to ask that.


YEah we kinda figured that out ;)

All good tho :)

[Eko Park]

I agree that it probably isn't Walt on the computer. How could "Walt" know the exact moment Michael is alone in the Hatch and sitting in front of the computer? I still think they are being watched and are messing with Michael's head by letting him think he is talking to his boy. The "Are you alone?" question also gives support to the other person not being Walt. Walt wouldn't care if his dad was alone or not.

[Bam]

do we have any pictures of this? i want so see what walt said when jack walked in

[Sir Lag A Lot]

I agree that it probably isn't Walt on the computer. How could "Walt" know the exact moment Michael is alone in the Hatch and sitting in front of the computer? I still think they are being watched and are messing with Michael's head by letting him think he is talking to his boy. The "Are you alone?" question also gives support to the other person not being Walt. Walt wouldn't care if his dad was alone or not.
If they are being watched why would they need to ask if he was alone?
Unless they can only see in the computer room.

[carri]

do we have any pictures of this? i want so see what walt said when jack walked in

Me too! It looked like he was in the middle of telling Michael where he was. But, I am also wondering if that is really Walt. I would think that someone in Walt's situation wouldn't be typing the way that "Walt" was (as in, no slang or short hand, correct punctuation, etc). And not to say that a 10-12 year old can't type that way, but please. Has anyone ever met a young kid that doesn't type in slang? :rolleyes:

[Gawd]

Master... Slave... Michael/Walt are Black... what are you saying!?!?!?! :p

The post just reminded me about a news story a while back where Black groups were lobbying to have the Master/Slave terms used for computer devices (HD or CD ROMs) banned and deemed racist... that movement never gained momentum.

Anyway, the typing started at 51:00 just as it did in the last episode... you don't exactly see the time when Michael start communicating with "Walt" but when they show the clock, it switches from 47:00 to 46:00 and it makes sense that it was a 4 minute conversation... but what do you suppose the signficance of that is?

[PRW]

Me too! It looked like he was in the middle of telling Michael where he was. But, I am also wondering if that is really Walt. I would think that someone in Walt's situation wouldn't be typing the way that "Walt" was (as in, no slang or short hand, correct punctuation, etc). And not to say that a 10-12 year old can't type that way, but please. Has anyone ever met a young kid that doesn't type in slang? :rolleyes:

the others tell Mickeal where "walt" is at knowing he will get a few guns and head that way

they also know his friends will try to calm him down after he shoots locke

the others surround the followers with fire and say "this is our island"

micheal relizes he was used...thats all i got lmao

[Hotspur Warrior]

I am not sure which to believe out of these two theories struck up by members on here:

a) Michael is imagining the conversation. But would he be so depressed/desperate/emotionally wrecked that he would imagine a conversation TWICE?

b) It isn't actually Walt, but one of the Others who controls a computer at another station elsewhere on the island. This is the more likely, because they are probably luring Michael in to kill him and make sure there is no chance of Walt getting away from them.

[Hufflepuff]

The idea of slave and master computer sounds very plausible to me.

[BernardIsHot]

i think it's possible that michael has come down with the sickness that danielle refers to. isn't madness supposed to be part of it? these IM conversations could just be hallucinations.

[Doghouse_Riley]

IIRC wasn't the screen blank when Jack goes around to the front of the terminal console?

I think that Michael is hallucinating the stuff on the screen; possibly the hallucinations are being planted in his brain by the Others. This maybe some or all of the "sickness," somehow the images are planted in the brains of people on the island, causing them to act irrationally. It already seems that their minds are being read somehow (re: Eko's past being "shown" in the smoke/security system).

In any case, I don't believe that Walt is at another terminal communicating with Michael.

[aloysius]

well, guys, i am not sure whether there has been and is a ''real'' conversation between walt and michael. if you watch the beginning of the 10th episode, you'll notice that when jack comes near michael, he stops writing, then they have a little talk and jack gets up and looks to the screen and walks away.

jack had already watched the dharma initiative orientation video, he knows the instruction that the computer must not be used in any case but entering the code. wouldn't he react to michael for his chatting with his son?? another detail, at the end of the scene, we see the computer screen, it's off!!!! and michael behaves as its normal, wouldn't he became angry with jack of preventing him from talking to his son? :)

[Dennie_Hebels]

well, i dont want to kill anyone's theory but i dont even think its walt at the computer. i did at first, but after last night, not anymore. i just dont see why a 10-yr old missing boy would ask ARE YOU ALONE? i know if it was me i'd be like COME GET ME NOW! IM HERE IM HERE! i honestly think its the others. i might be wrong, but i just thought it was a little suspicious for a little kid to ask that.

More prove that it isn't Walt on the other end.

And doesn't anyone else find it a little odd Michael doesn't tell anyone about his chat session? Why doesn't he want anyone to know. Afraid they might help him, increasing his chances to find Walt? Yeah, running into the jungle alone with a gun is a rescue operation that's guaranteed success :rolleyes:

[Mcjazzie]

i think where walt is, has the main computer the Master and it allows every 108 minutes for the other one to type. and it can control + release the other computer to communicate once it is willing to communicate.

if that made sense

[LovesJATE]

More prove that it isn't Walt on the other end.

well, theres not that much proof, except that its kinda odd for a little kid to ask "are u alone?" when theyre missing....i know its not very convinsing or anything, but its all i got for now lol

[Avantled]

well, guys, i am not sure whether there has been and is a ''real'' conversation between walt and michael. if you watch the beginning of the 10th episode, you'll notice that when jack comes near michael, he stops writing, then they have a little talk and jack gets up and looks to the screen and walks away.

jack had already watched the dharma initiative orientation video, he knows the instruction that the computer must not be used in any case but entering the code. wouldn't he react to michael for his chatting with his son?? another detail, at the end of the scene, we see the computer screen, it's off!!!! and michael behaves as its normal, wouldn't he became angry with jack of preventing him from talking to his son?

I'm pretty sure jack hasn't seen the "director's cut" of the orientation film

[Sjohnson]

I'm sure Locke won't show Jack the extra film with the warning not to use the computer to contact the outside world. Because Locke is the man of fate, and Jack is the man of science so you know he would try and use the computer. Locke will listen to the film, Jack won't. Just like Jack didn't want to keep pushing the button.

I do think that if and when Jack finds out about the warning he is going to be mad at Locke for not revealing that the computer could contact someone and that might lead to a possible rescue.

Also I don't think that it's Walt, I think it's the others but Michael wants to believe it's his son and he is not thinking correctly. He's not thinking about the details like why would he be asked if he was alone, the perfect spelling and grammer, etc. it's just like someone that gets scammed, they suspend belief for a moment and listen to what they want to hear and ignore all the warnings that it's a trick.

And about the screen being blank, I don't think the cursor appears until it gets down to the point where you have to enter the code. Before "Walt" started typing to Michael in this episode the screen was blank.

I definitly think that there must be a way to see Michael at the computer. Maybe they can't see the whole room but they can see the computer operator. Maybe this was part of the experiment. I mean who would make an experiment like this and not be able to observe the subjects?

[Mcjazzie]

I think that Eko and Locke don't think that the extra tape has that much meaning.