When Desmond was woken up by the beeping, it appeared that the sound was coming from the computer. Something was alerting Desmond to some type of event that was ocurring on the Island in which it was his obligation to respond via the computer. This appeared to be his job. So the question is not so much what Desond was typing but why he was typing anything at all? Well I have two scenarios that I believe answer this question.

1. Consider the time frame. After typing on the computer, Desmond goes to work out, have breakfast and take a shower. From the looks of things it all seemed pretty intense and probably took between 1-2 hours. Then the Hatch blows and we see Locke and Jack staring in. Interestingly, there appears to be a 1-2 hour time lapse between the hatch blowing and Jack/Locke's encounter with the monster. Could the wake up call Desmond received, be some type of security measure alerting him that there were tresspassers in the dark territory resulting in him commanding (via computer) the engagement of the secuirty system on the Island (i.e., monster). In other words, perhaps the computer and Desmond control the actions of the monster. Desmond is simply nothing more than a modern day or at least 1970's verion of the wizard of Oz behind the curtain.

2. The beeping that woke up Desmond was identical to the sound from the radar that the rafters hear. Perhaps the hatch also contains a radar in order to protect the Island. The radar goes off when somethingf (i.e, in this case the seabillies) gets within a certain distance of the Island resulting in Desmond issuing some type of command to protect the Island from the Others. Desmond may be responsible for taking down flight 815. Accepting this theory, means you have to believe that Desmond is not connected with the others and, infact, may be working against them. However under both theories it is clear that Desmond is protecting the Island from something. From what, when and how, I do not know but I have a feeling we will find out in episode three.

p.s. For those of you who laughed at my mirror in the hatch thread of last week beacuse the first and last letters were not the same, well I guess spelling is overrated.

And yet, when they blew the hatch off the shaft, it was dark out. I've read other posts that talk about natural sunlight coming into the living quarters of the shaft through some sort of windows or window/mirror combination. Doesn't this mean we can rule out sunlight if it was dark when the hatch was blown open?

More importantly, was it really morning for Desmond when the computer beeping started or the middle of the night? After all, we all saw the force of the explosion shove the needle across the record that he was playing.

Could there have been a time lapse that was not accounted for between the time Desmond got up and the time the hatch was blown off? Was the timeline between the computer beeping and the explosion continuous, or morning (cut away to something else) and then night?

I didn't see Desmond type anything of any importance into the computer, and that prompt on the screen was not like a prompt I have ever seen, the symbol that is.

What era is the syringe system from that Desmond was using?

There seems to be a magnet down there that almost pulled the key off Jack's necklace. Could it be part of a generator?

Desmond wakes up to start his day in the middle of the night. As far as the light goes, it's an underground bunker designed to feel like there is natural light coming in. All the lights were extreme and placed on the opther sides of the glass. They do the same thing when they light for movies and tv to make it seem like daytime.

To me, the beeping we heard at the very beginning sounded exactly like the radar beep that we heard on the raft - in fact, before an image came on screen, I thought we were going to start the episode with scenes of the raft.

Then we see an eye opening - I'll go out on a limb here and say that I think the eye belongs to Jack, not to Desmond. So, I'm not convinced that the beep sound woke Demond or that they are even connected.

I agree with you, MarkTheShark, it's quite possible that there is a time lapse between the first scenes of Desmond going through his morning routine and the hatch blowing. Perhaps we were shown scenes from a day in the life of Desmond in the hatch before we got back to the present time.

Or Desmond is on the night shift. If you look at another thread we have started, it seems as though Dessy has a roommate. Many of the artifacts in the "apartment" point to another person living there (bunk beds, tennis racket, backgammon). So this other person might be the day shift and Desmond might be the night shift.

1. Consider the time frame. After typing on the computer, Desmond goes to work out, have breakfast and take a shower. From the looks of things it all seemed pretty intense and probably took between 1-2 hours. Then the Hatch blows and we see Locke and Jack staring in. Interestingly, there appears to be a 1-2 hour time lapse between the hatch blowing and Jack/Locke's encounter with the monster. Could the wake up call Desmond received, be some type of security measure alerting him that there were tresspassers in the dark territory resulting in him commanding (via computer) the engagement of the secuirty system on the Island (i.e., monster). In other words, perhaps the computer and Desmond control the actions of the monster. Desmond is simply nothing more than a modern day or at least 1970's verion of the wizard of Oz behind the curtain.

Bingo. My though exactly. Not so much the Wiazrd of Oz blurb but he is in charge of manning this security station and activated the system when notified of intruders. The time frame matches the activity of the dynamite expedition.

Or Desmond is on the night shift. If you look at another thread we have started, it seems as though Dessy has a roommate. Many of the artifacts in the "apartment" point to another person living there (bunk beds, tennis racket, backgammon). So this other person might be the day shift and Desmond might be the night shift.

His roommate was Ethan. See my theory under General Theroies for an explantion of how, what and why.

it seemed like like of an alarm that wakes him up maybe everyday. Im not saying thats its only purpose, but the casual way he got up and went to the comp. looked like it was a daily routine for him. could be something to do with the security system, could be something else crazy on this island we dont know about. The big question to me is why is the comp. so outdated.

it seemed like like of an alarm that wakes him up maybe everyday.

He did not reach over and turn off an alarm clock. The warning ended when he began interfacing with the computer. In addition it sounds like a warning alarm not the kind you here from an alarm clock. I call it a klaxon, like you hear at manufacturing facilities or plants when something goes wrong.

Could the wake up call Desmond received, be some type of security measure alerting him that there were tresspassers in the dark territory resulting in him commanding (via computer) the engagement of the secuirty system on the Island (i.e., monster). In other words, perhaps the computer and Desmond control the actions of the monster.

When jack walks into the room and the music goes on, there's a clinking sound in the background. The same sound we hear when the monster is around! I definitely think that's Desmond is somehow connected to the monster.

I don't remember what he typed, but he did hit exacute. I think that's what triggered the "monster" that pulled Locke.

~Amy

But the way he sits in the chair and slides over to the keyboard, then casually puts the numbers in (yeah, as mentioned on 400 other threads, Desmond does type the numbers in at the command prompt). This seems like daily routine to me. He doesn't seem to be worried, hurried, or bothered at all for that matter. he just jumps out of bed like someone answering the phone, sits in his chair, slides across the floor, and types the numbers in. It seems to me like its ho-hum routine until the hatch blows.

And we can rule out the "Desmond woke up right before the hatch blew" theory because in order for this theory to work, you must be using the song playing in the background as an accurate representation of time. Meaning, those of you who say "but the record skipped when the hatch blew and he had just put it on" are also saying "he only worked out for 10 seconds".

Most likely, the music playing in the background is just a trick of the director to add a whimsical feeling to his morning routine. If you use the song as a time reference, everything he does in the opening sequence is happening in "real time" and that simply doesnt make sense. It's obvious the scenes are bouncing from waking up, working out, eating, etc - all while the same song is playing? That makes no sense.

Desmond woke up a decent amount of time before the hatch blew.