Talk:Daniel's journal

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Contents 1 The Other Pages 2 Page Order 3 Journal Page G.1 4 State of journal when given to him by Eloise 5 Discussion: Infobox update? 6 Missing Page(s)?

The Other Pages

I'm interested in what the other pages in the journal were. Yeah i know that most of us don't have any kind of education in theoretical physics, but it would be interesting nonetheless. there was one with darkened circles and lines drawn between, like a map, that interests me the most. and since i tend to watch on abc.com i can grab screens myself. --Monsto 05:31, 1 March 2008 (PST)

• I noticed that in Daniel's blackboard and notebook there were several references to special relativity, general relativity, quantum mechanics, etc. But I think the most important concept that appear several times is that of a "Kerr metric". It's mentioned in the blackboard and it also appears in Daniel's notebook:
  

  

  Kerr metric in Daniel's notebook (top right)
  it's the equation above the diagram, in the page next to the red comment about Desmond. Kerr metric is the exact solution to Einstein's equations of General Relativity, that describes a spinning black hole! There's a lot to say about it, and I wrote a quite lengthy post in Lostpedia Forums --Helvio 05:58, 2 March 2008 (PST)

Another interesting piece of infomation that relates to that is the reference of "The Lorentz Invariance" in the notebook. It is an actual property within physics that's a key property of spacetime It was created by Nobel Prize winning Dutch physcist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz's data in various fields was later interpreted by Albert Einstein. I added that infomation into this article. Perhaps the infomation about the Kerr Metric should be too? dposse 14:38, 3 March 2008 (PST)

• Does Daniel keep looking in the journal waiting for the altered reality to (have) fill(ed) out the pages with information? He seems to look at it right during events and then there just happens to be a section(s) we haven't seen before. Like until something happens, he doesn't know to look for it in there, since it had not been written until the event (starts to)happensForcedaccount 14:50, 5 June 2008 (PDT)

• I posted some new screen caps and noticed that the "Desmond Hume will be my constant" inscription changed pages from one episode to another! Check it out: [1] cashiers 14:50, 22 Jan 2009 (EST)

Page Order

I'm not so great with editing pics and tables, but you can see the back of Page E on the page in front of Page B in the gallery, can someone fix the order? --Gluphokquen Gunih ▲ 08:11, 16 May 2008 (PDT)

Journal Page G.1

The correct notes on this page should be noted as.. Using Eddington Finkelstein Coordinates (V,R) Remove the Singularity r=2m As r gets smaller, the light cone tips over.[2]--Kansasgal71 11:57, 7 August 2008 (PDT)

State of journal when given to him by Eloise

I was under the impression that the journal was empty (apart from the note from his mother) when Daniel first received it after his graduation. It looks new and there is no obvious sign that the journal is used. Other people have been suggesting that Eloise filled it with the equations etc. that Daniel needed to do his work. Neither the article, discussion or theory pages expand on this. Does anyone know? -- Chuq 05:38, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Nothing of that sort was shown in "The Variable". We only saw the inscription.  Robert K S   tell me  10:10, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Discussion: Infobox update?

After Eloise shoots Daniel at the end of "The Variable", we now see that currently Eloise has the journal. Yes, the article should still be titled Daniel's journal, but shouldn't the infobox be updated in one or all of the following categories: "owned by" / "found by" / "used by"?? A discussion can help decide how these should now be labeled. - NEVERGIVEUP  Contribs  Talk  20:16, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

• I vote: Owned by- Daniel and Eloise / Found by- ??? / Used by- Daniel and Eloise. I'm not sure what "found by" means as it wasn't even found by Daniel. It was given to him as a gift. - NEVERGIVEUP  Contribs  Talk  20:16, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

I´m not sure if this has been mentioned before, within Lostpedia or anywhere else, but Daniel´s journal seems like a symbol of the Book of Daniel, from the Bible. The Book of Daniel includes prophetical segments, which are represented in Daniel´s journal by the fact that they contain information from future events.

Missing Page(s)?

In the Episode The Variable when Daniel is at The Orchid, the journal shows visible evidence that a page has been torn out. I would be interested to know what was on the page and why it was removed? Assuming, as always, that this was not just a prop error. WCFrancis 22:23, September 26, 2009 (UTC)