Dr. Valenzetti's Equation, I presume
If we believe what Dr. "Belt" Zander said in the video. Then, those hieroglyphs we saw on the countdown clock in the hatch may have been a representation of the Valenzetti Equation, or at least somehow related to the Valenzetti Equation.
Also, if the Hanso Foundation has lots of top mathematicians locked in a basement, I would think that they should be able to encrypt their files so that Rachel Blake, Persephone, Prosperpine, Proctologist, or whatever you want to call her, couldn't read them.
Additionally, it would seem that these simple obfuscation schemes that Rachel likes to use to protect her passwords and so forth are even more trivial for The Hanso Foundation to crack than they are for the rest of us. So, why are we using ASCII codes, Base64, and so forth??? It just slows down the good guys.
Rachel, I propose that we drop the magic words and secret handshakes. The Hanso Foundation can obviously break any code faster than your "allies" can.
To me, the whole idea that Hanso is working on solving this "Valenzetti Equation" thing is crap. One of the very first theories about the island was that it was some sort of ark, to carry a small group of people beyond a civilization-ending event. Everything we've seen in the show thus far points every which way but towards that end (especially since it's now been years since the events on the island, and we're all still here). To have them now revisit the idea is a total copout (we don't know what's going on either, so lets go with the most outlandish explaination). I expected a lot more from them.
We now have confirmation on the glyphs that Rachel saw. They're the same as the ones from The Swan:
http://stophanso.rachelblake.com/img/response/glyphs.jpg
Mandrake Wig:
I guess that sometime yesterday, a clue was discovered about some guy named Mandrake Wig over on myspace.com.
http://www.myspace.com/mandrakewig
On the blog is supposed to be the next clue for the ongoing RoT puzzle "clue's 1+2 = Welcome + Your", consisting of a series of trivia questions:
Question #1
It was the first R-rated motion picture.
Question #2
Classic Sci-Fi movie E.T. the Extraterrestrial is watching in the film.
Question #3
To which Ralph replied, chicken necks.
Question #4
Not a friend to the radio star.
Question #5
Kitty Carlisle starred on this game show.
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Mandrake was supposed to be having problems with #3 & #4 (which are assumed to be the next two clues in the RoT puzzle). So far, the submitted answers are these:
(from: http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=54013
)
#1 The Split (1968)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063636/
#2 This Lost Island (1955) ref E.T. trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia
#3 next
#4 video
#5 Password (there are other choices, but this is the only show with a 1 word name)
It's assumed that the known clues give the following answer to the RoT puzzle:
"Welcome. Your next video..."
BTW, "mandrake wig" is an anagram for "waking dream", a previously used password given here:
http://lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Lost_Experience_clues/June_6
Yoshie, you have mail again. So check your trash folder :)
Rachel has updated her blog again. This time, she talks about The Valenzetti Equation, and suggests that perhaps the glyphs aren't related (as some have suggested).
Also, there is a new post over on www.retrieversoftruth.com. Apparently, we're going to be getting two more words to the RoT puzzle "for a total of six". The two words will also give us two new webpages over at http://richerdeeperbroader.com/
More to come as things develop.
Awesome YoShie!!!! I love you guys!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/devu2003/58487342
check out this pic. It is beautiful.
http://www.richerdeeperbroader.com/blood/
http://www.richerdeeperbroader.com/MONEY/
Peel the layers?? FIND WHAT......
http://richerdeeperbroader.com/sorrow/
Another one.....plus Rachel is on the move again!! Go see her site ASAP!
also a new video is up at her site.
http://www.richerdeeperbroader.com/welcome/your/next/video/needs/your/experiences/check/tomorrow/Week3_Post1.mov
New Vid Here.
Cool - thanks
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