For
those of you who don't watch the television show 'Lost', this may be a real stretch, but I'll try to reel it in for you
anyway. There's a scene where a guy named Michael, whose son Walt has been kidnapped, sits down in front of an Apple IIe
desktop (yeah--the ancient 8 bit monster) and accidentally discovers that he can chat with Walt through the computer
using some simple kind of instant messaging software that appears to be "pre loaded" on the computer.
Anyway, Michael is desperate to rescue his son, and is therefore very excited to discover that his son is trying to
communicate with him using the PC. When this particular episode aired, maybe a week or two ago, I remember
thinking to myself, "too bad that Apple II can't run Skype". I know, I know. VoIP pervades
so many aspects of my life. But anyway. Here's a link to a discussion about the scene I'm talking
about. Perhaps the Dharma Initiative will consider issuing more VoIP-capable PCs when it decides to do its next human
captivity experiment on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean.What if they had Skype on 'Lost'?
For
those of you who don't watch the television show 'Lost', this may be a real stretch, but I'll try to reel it in for you
anyway. There's a scene where a guy named Michael, whose son Walt has been kidnapped, sits down in front of an Apple IIe
desktop (yeah--the ancient 8 bit monster) and accidentally discovers that he can chat with Walt through the computer
using some simple kind of instant messaging software that appears to be "pre loaded" on the computer.
Anyway, Michael is desperate to rescue his son, and is therefore very excited to discover that his son is trying to
communicate with him using the PC. When this particular episode aired, maybe a week or two ago, I remember
thinking to myself, "too bad that Apple II can't run Skype". I know, I know. VoIP pervades
so many aspects of my life. But anyway. Here's a link to a discussion about the scene I'm talking
about. Perhaps the Dharma Initiative will consider issuing more VoIP-capable PCs when it decides to do its next human
captivity experiment on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean.Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. Wow, strange...I told myself the same thing watching the episode!!!
Posted at 1:24PM on Feb 20th 2006 by Florian SEROUSSI
1. I love skype and all but man does it make my PC skip when I'm playing games and usong skype to chat with my buddies in the game. We now use Ventrilo because it is less cpu intensive.
Posted at 4:37PM on Feb 18th 2006 by Joe