Mal ,'War Stories'
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Because it discharges the magnetic hoo-hah mojo build-up.
But why? I mean, why do that completely numb-brained and weak-linked setup? There's no reason you have to have someone enter the numbers to discharge the hoo-hah, is there? Can't the computer just do it on its own?
Who's mom lives under the bed
(That episode was FUCKED UP.)
I was distracted by talk of the butt genie. Are you talking about the X-Files episode, "Home"?
Very fucked up. But one of my favorites.
Can't the computer just do it on its own?
Yeah, but then you don't get to fuck with people psychologically.
Hey, the genie was on a rolling cart; Ma Peacock was on a rolling cart. Coincidence? I think not.
And I say to myself,
it's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful my love!
then you don't get to fuck with people psychologically.
And thus the why remains unanswered for me.
But why? I mean, why do that completely numb-brained and weak-linked setup? There's no reason you have to have someone enter the numbers to discharge the hoo-hah, is there? Can't the computer just do it on its own?
That computer couldn't, because it was old. In fact, they just had a terminal, didn't they? And also it couldn't because part of the experiment involves getting a new influx of people only when the poor sap sucked into inputting the numbers gives up or dies.
With magnets.
That computer couldn't, because it was old.
Is this stated, or inferred?
In fact, they just had a terminal, didn't they?
What bearing does this have on the computer's capability?
I can't imagine a program that on input of a predictable constant does a task that it cannot do without the input of said predictable constant--the rationale for this is psychological, but until we know what the tests are and are for, I still consider the question fundamentally unanswered.
You missed the whole this-answer-is-all-nonsense-with-magnets context, huh?
Then it's not an answer.
Is all my point.
Can't the computer just do it on its own?
EXACTLY!
That computer couldn't, because it was old.
the orientation video told them specifically not to use the computer for anything other than entering the numbers and to not try to set up a system where the computer would automatically enter the numbers when the time came.
so i'm with ita on this. i have severe doubt that typing in the numbers does anything other than play mindgames on the participant. earthquake and flash of light randomness from last season be damned.