# The Official "Lost" Questions Thread - Season 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677 "2005-09-21T12:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RandallFlagg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@RandallFlagg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandallFlagg)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/21 "2005-09-23T11:03:41Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > I think I’ll roll the question about the computer into number 57: > > 1. What does the computer do - and specifically the EXECUTE button? I dont know if anyone else noticed but if you watch closely as Duncan types on the keyboard he is actually typing 4 8 15 16 23 42 with a space bar in between each followed by “execute” ---
**Author:** ![RandallFlagg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@RandallFlagg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandallFlagg)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/22 "2005-09-23T11:05:26Z")
DOH!!! :smack: Strike Duncan in above post to read desmond… :wally ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/23 "2005-09-23T11:14:03Z")
I kept asking this last season and I’ll ask again: Where did Rose go? ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/24 "2005-09-23T16:28:48Z")
About that “Execute” key… It seems that the computer may be a Wang. (Yes, there was once a computer manufacturer known as Wang.) Wang introduced a personal computer in 1983 which included an Execute key which was used for selecting items from a menu. I haven’t been able to find a picture but did find this description… > [@](#): > > Frankly, one of the least user-friendly aspects of using a computer is interacting with the operating system. Wang has improved this function considerably with what they call System Screens. Each screen has a label at the top identifying the screen, software release version, date, and time. In the center is a list of items that may be selected. The space bar moves the cursor from item to item; **the EXECUTE key selects an item** ; and CANCEL goes to the previous menu. In addition, the HELP key furnishes additional information about the items on the screen. (from [http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n5/14\_The\_Wang\_Professional\_Com.php](http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n5/14_The_Wang_Professional_Com.php) ) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/25 "2005-09-23T17:05:47Z")
So should we change the question to “What does Desmond’s Wang do?” or “What is Desmond’s Wang good for?” “To what use does Desmond put his Wang?” “What mysterious powers, possibly virus-related, are contained in Desmond’s Wang?” I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/26 "2005-09-23T18:26:28Z")
Did Desmond ever allow his now-absent bunkmate to handle his Wang? OK, seriously, I have to go to work now. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/27 "2005-09-23T19:43:10Z")
Just a quick note to lete everyone know that I’ll be back over the weekend to sort things out. Peace, Dawg. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/28 "2005-09-23T19:47:25Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I kept asking this last season and I’ll ask again: > > Where did Rose go? My hopothesis is (a) they had plenty of scenes to shoot with hot, sexy young actors, and having a woman in her later years on screen wasn’t helping any, and (b) if she _had_ been around, eventually somebody would’ve had to call her on her belief that her husband isn’t dead, and that would blow the whole surprise of this season, which is that the back half of the plane soft-landed on the other side of the island. Either that or the TKM got her, and nobody noticed. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/29 "2005-09-23T20:02:08Z")
Whose shoes are those? ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/30 "2005-09-23T20:04:01Z")
here is a photo pf the Wang 2200… you cannot quite make out the words on the keys though… [http://www.oberstufeninformatik.de/geschichte/wang/W2200vorne.JPG](http://www.oberstufeninformatik.de/geschichte/wang/W2200vorne.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/31 "2005-09-23T20:18:18Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > here is a photo pf the Wang 2200… you cannot quite make out the words on the keys though… > > [http://www.oberstufeninformatik.de/geschichte/wang/W2200vorne.JPG](http://www.oberstufeninformatik.de/geschichte/wang/W2200vorne.JPG) Cool, but DesmonD’s keyboard didn’t look anything like that. Looked like and AppleIIe with a hacked on ‘Execute’ key. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/32 "2005-09-23T21:27:14Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > TKM 😕 Tree Krush-groove Monster? ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/33 "2005-09-24T15:13:37Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I kept asking this last season and I’ll ask again: > > Where did Rose go? In-show answer - She’s around with the rest of the people from the beach somewhere Real-world answer - The actress got another part elsewhere (play, I think) and was busy with it. She will be back this season. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/34 "2005-09-24T16:00:29Z")
What else can Desmond’s mirrors see? He looked to be adjusting them, so clearly they can see in other directions. Where else, and what does he need to keep an eye on besides the hatch? ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/35 "2005-09-24T23:07:25Z")
Ok, here’s my question, which I haven’t seen mentioned. In the flashbacks, why is everybody getting hit by the same car? Screenshots: [Michael](http://www.glpics.com/borschevsky/michael1.jpg) (episode 1.14) [Locke](http://www.glpics.com/borschevsky/locke1.jpg) (episode 1.19) [Kate](http://www.glpics.com/borschevsky/kate1.jpg) (episode 1.22) The Locke screenshot isn’t so good, but watching that scene it’s pretty clear that it’s the same car. I can think of two reasons: 1. It’s Desmond messing with everybody 2. It’s ABC’s only stunt car ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/36 "2005-09-24T23:18:13Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > 1. How come Locke’s compass no longer points north? > **ANSWERED:** Because of a large underground piece of machinery (possibly a generator) that produces a strong magnetic field. I tried to post earlier, but the hamster ate my post. Anyway, I don’t think this one should be marked as “answered.” While, I agree that it is obviously the reason, I think we l have engaged in assumption. With a show like this, that is dangerous precedent. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/37 "2005-09-24T23:21:59Z")
> [@RandallFlagg](#): > > I dont know if anyone else noticed but if you watch closely as Duncan types on the keyboard he is actually typing 4 8 15 16 23 42 with a space bar in between each followed by “execute” I thought so too, so I checked, frame by frame. It sure looks like he’s typing some of those numbers. But the angle makes it speculation and we don’t see him type with 19 key strokes, maybe only half. So it might be that, and I bet it is, but there is no certainty. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/38 "2005-09-25T00:01:22Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > Ok, here’s my question, which I haven’t seen mentioned. In the flashbacks, why is everybody getting hit by the same car? That is the same car, isn’t it? Weird. So little is coincidental in this show, but maybe it’s just an in-joke. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/39 "2005-09-25T00:47:33Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Who or what was under quarantine? Since “QUARANTINE” is written on the \*\*inside \*\*of the hatch cover, should we assume that the island is under quarantine and the bunker inside of the hatch is safe? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677/40 "2005-09-25T02:00:51Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > What will the EXECUTE button do? I’m not sure why this is so mysterious. Though I don’t recall clearly, I seem to remember that ‘Execute’ was used as the equivelent of ‘Return’ or ‘Enter’ before things were standardized…especially on early DoD computers (again, from memory here). It just means basically execute the commands on the computer…same as hitting Return, though if its an early computer everything is CLI of course so there are probably a whole series of subroutines being kicked off. My guess is the computer merely runs the surveillance system for the island (or something similar). -XT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-lost-questions-thread-season-2/322677.md?page=3)