<p>yea, i was wondering that I so far have done 3 years of Debate Club. FRosh-JUnior.However, i am afraid my freshman won't count because the debate club was just starting and thye allowed anyone to come and did not take names of who was in the club. So, I am planning to still be in debate club in 12th grade and when application stuff comes around, should i right 3 or 4?</p>
<p>bumpperrrooo</p>
<p>4
you were still in the club in freshman year so it still counts</p>
<p>A lot of colleges don't care about freshman year. I'd put four for colleges that ask. Don't worry, I bet you 100 rupees that no adcom is going to call your school asking for a list of ppl who were in the club 3 years ago. Its chill.</p>
<p>I bet you 100 rupees</p>
<p>Ashveer, r u sure u wanna take such a huge risk?</p>
<p>True that. Make it 42.</p>
<p>42? that's an odd number...why that?</p>
<p>because 42 is the meaning of all life and everything as we know it.</p>
<p>Yeah 42 really is an important number. I don't know why but everyone says 42</p>
<p>write 4</p>
<p>42 is the most important number ever in the history of the universe</p>
<p>Four...And if it doesn't show up on your transcript, tell them and have your advisor tell them, too...</p>
<p>dood...explain to your advisor person that freshman had no one recorded. write 4 definitely.</p>
<p>dood you sound retarded, or like a hick, its dude.</p>
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<li>I need to know the significance of this number. So I may find the meaning to life.</li>
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<p>is this whole 42 "most important number in the universe" true? Or is this a joke kinda thing? Cos i cant really hear the sarcasm..</p>
<p>I dunno, everyone uses that number like it's the end to all of their problems. Maybe it is a joke.</p>
<p>oh found this..dis is interesting</p>
<p>Tying it Together: Lost and the Curse</p>
<p>4 8 15 16 23 42</p>
<p>Looking at the numbers in relation to the larger picture seems to help shed light on the meaning of the numbers. Most people have been focusing on the mathematical meaning of the numbers Sayid and Rousseau (both mathematical/scientific types) are unable to discern the meaning of the numbers. Who in the story seems to understand the meaning of the numbers? Hurley who views the numbers as a curse.</p>
<p>Lets start with the number that seems to be set apart from the others 42. Allister Crowley (a magician, often seen as the founder of modern occult practices and groups) was a student of the Kabala notes in The Book of Lies that the number 42 is the Great Number of the Curse. </p>
<p>Hurley is the one main character (along with the supporting character of Rousseau) who believes he is cursed. The significance of the number 42 is derived from Kabalistic teachings (which is, by the way, very popular in Hollywood these days) so, lets take a look at the concept of curse in the Kabala.</p>
<p>In Genesis chapter 42, Jacob sends his sons to Egypt in search of food during the famine. Before his sons (the future patriarchs of Israel) left, Jacob instructed them to walk through different gates since (according to the Kabala and custom) to have all of these handsome men walk through a single gate would be to flaunt a blessing inviting ayin harah (translated, the evil eye). The Kabalistic custom also teaches that blessing only falls on that which is out of sight. Anyone who can readily see your good fortune will feel contempt for you, and that feeling of contempt will cause judgment and a curse (the evil eye, or ayin harah) to fall on you.</p>
<p>Back to Hurley who wins the lottery, flaunts it by holding a press conference, buying a Hummer, purchasing his mother a huge house, etc. he appears to be a victim of the evil eye as described by the Kabalists.</p>
<p>Looking at past episodes we see Locke who claims to have looked into the eye of the island, as the only character who really knows what the island is all about. We see Locke playing backgammon and the pieces of the backgammon game are shown as eyes on Lockes face one white, representing good, and one black, representing evil. Also, Lock is seen in episode 17 with blood on his eye whatever that might mean (go back and watch the episode, and you will see that the blood on his eye - seen in the jungle as he butchers a frog [which, in the Kabala, is a sign of serenity which wards off the evil eye] - changes shape and moves to a different location on his face virtually every time the camera cuts away from him).</p>
<p>So, back to Genesis; lets take a look at Genesis 4:8-15 (note 4, 8, 15) which recounts the murder of Cain by Abel. The first murder in the history of the planet has taken place, and God says to Abel, Your brothers blood cries out to me from the ground. Abel is cursed, as a result of his indiscretion, and he becomes a restless wanderer on the face of the earth.</p>
<p>Back to Lost this generally seems to be a story about people fighting with the demons that murder and death leave in their lives. Count the number of people linked to murders; count the number of people devastated by death.</p>
<p>The number 16: We find some significance to the story in Genesis chapter 16 where Hagar bears a child for Abraham, but this child, Ishmael (the biblical father of all modern Arab Muslims) is not part of the nation of Israel from which all of the Hebrew Nation is born. An angel appears to Hagar and tells her that the descendants of Ishmael will be numberless, and that His hand will be against everyone and everyones hand against him. Sayid is definitely seen with suspicion in the eyes of many on the island precisely because of his religion and ethnicity.</p>
<p>And, finally, the number 23: I cant truly find a strong link here (in part, because I havent invested much time) but do take note that Genesis 23 recounts the story of Abraham buying a plot of land in order to lay his dead (in this case, his wife, Sarah) to rest. Possibly there is a correlation here to the fact that many people on the island are trying to bring closure to deaths of people in their lives.</p>
<p>So lets stop look at mathematical number theory and looking at Kabalistic number theory. I think well find much more there.</p>