I thought it was interesting that the second hatch was deserted and had no one monitoring a computer having to input the code. Apparently, the world didnt end when that code stopped. Do you think that hatch 1 is the only one with a doomsday switch? It is just interesting to me.

based on the "orientation" film - the incident was what necessitated the need for the code every 108 minutes. the incident was at the swan station. not the others. so.. based on that there was no other hatches with this 108 min code

Yeah, LostPack said it right. Only one station needing to input the numbers. If there had been more, Desmond and Kelvin wouldn't have had to do so many shifts. It could have been shared by other people.

There has been talk also that the world will not end if the numbers aren't inputed into the computer, that the whole typing in of the numbers every 108minutes is really just a psychological experiment by dharma at that particular station, so if this is true there would be no reason for the doomsday computer to be at the second hatch because they are conducting a whole range of different experiments there

What if the Hatch that the we know is the main Hatch and all the other ones are just sub Hatches.:ohwell:

u havent seen the whole hatch that the tailies entered. for all we know there might only be one room they have spent time in and that maybe the rest of the hatch as to what hatch 1 is, is not accessible from that way from the outside. the way that desmond went and the way that hurley and rose went looks alot like the only hallway and room the tailies have been in their hatch. again for all we know there can be a equally similar hatch in the tailies hatch entrance with a desmond kind of guy in it with computers, food storage room etc...

Someone said that the arrow station was for zoology studies. The hatch would have to be set up very differently from the swan if it involved the care of animals.

There has been talk also that the world will not end if the numbers aren't inputed into the computer, that the whole typing in of the numbers every 108minutes is really just a psychological experiment by dharma at that particular station, so if this is true there would be no reason for the doomsday computer to be at the second hatch because they are conducting a whole range of different experiments there

I agree that the lack of a computer at the tailies' hatch seems to support the whole "psychological experiment" theory. If the computer at the Swan station is really responsible for "saving the world," or even merely doing something important, why wouldn't Dharma divide the responsibility amongst the hatches, thereby reducing the burden on the inhabitants of the Swan hatch and lowering the possibility of a code input error due to exhaustion/mental breakdown/etc?

Of course, the technology in the Swan hatch is very old, and I have no idea how much networking was possible in those days....:rolleyes:

I cant actually remember a specific place where it was said that the button would cause the end of the world. Was it when Desmond seemed suprised that the world was still out there or was there something else?

If Desmond is telling the truth, he is just pushing the button to be on the safe side, based on what Kelvin told him. Better than finding out that not pushing it does end the world!

I still think that the 'incident' caused defence to be needed at the hatch, and that the security system protects an area around the hatch. Hence the numbers are needed to stop hatch-dwellers travelling more than 54 minutes away from the hatch - the radius protected by the security system.

If I remember correctly, the orientation film was made in 1980, so it must have been around then that the incient took place. This could fit in with the others' army knife, perhaps (Ana said around 20 years ago). Maybe some sort of army attack, perhaps to break up the Dharma project by force?

The other hatch wouldn't need the numbers as it was already attacked by whoever the security system is defending the hatch-dwellers from, so Dharma just saved the other hatch(es).

I don't know. Anything could happen.

I cant actually remember a specific place where it was said that the button would cause the end of the world. Was it when Desmond seemed suprised that the world was still out there or was there something else?

It was when he tells about his days with Kelvin. He said Kelvin brought him to the hatch, and the thing was already bleeping, so he typed the numbers in. Desmond asked what he was doing "Just saving the world he says", "His words, not mine.".

Don't know about anyone else, but I find it extermely odd that Kelvin just happened to be on the beach and find Desmond being ship-wrecked. Does this mean Desmond left the hatch for 100 ish minutes at a time all the time. Just in case he found someone? Seems a bit far-fetched to me. I don't think Kelvin was telling the whole truth to Desmond. And we don't know how Kelvin died. Did the monster get him? Did Danielle get him? Or did Demond kill him? I'm sure we'll find out before the end of the series.