The new season of Lost premiers tonight on ABC. As Adam pointed out a few days ago, ABC has been busy keeping the online community occupied over the summer by posting bits of information around the internet. All of this led to a final video which turns out to be the Sri Lanka Training video for the DHARMA (Deparment of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications) initiative. This video explains a lot about the organization, the island, and what our castaways are experiencing.

The Numbers:
4 8 15 16 23 42
What do these numbers mean, you ask? They are factors in the Valenzetti equation. This supposed equation gives the time before humanity exterminates itself. The DHARMA initiative was/is setup to change any of these core factors, thus increasing the amount of time humanity has.

I'm not sure yet how ABC plans to bring this information into the show or if it is just for those who had the time and energy to put into following the online community of Lost. Thankfully we can now sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labors thanks to YouTube.