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Old March 4th, 2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by skaught
I found some more interesting things about these numbers... thanks to a thread that was here the other day.. and now I can't seem to find it...

hmmm...

here's what I find interesting... if you assume that these numbers are ATOMIC NUMBERS of elements they do have some relevance to the show...

8 ~ Oxygen, Crystal Structure: Cubic, Uses: supports life (what's the shape of the hatch? or the bunker bellow the hatch?)
I don't understand this statement on elemental oxygen. Individual atoms, which is what 8 represents, don't have a defined crystal structure. Oxygen does not exist in a free state except as a diatomic molecule, that is 2 atoms bound together. Oxygen couldn't have a true crystalline structure unless you froze it to a solid and I'm not sure that's even possible since it has to be chilled very far below zero to even liquefy it. I certainly would never exist as a liquid or solid in "real life." Of course, that doesn't change its atomic number so if these are references to elements, the state in which they exist must not matter.
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