From: Paul Hughes (paul@i2.to)
Date: Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:31:40 MDT
Wei Dai wrote:
> That almost makes sense, but what is the deal with not being able to
> disconnect from the Matrix except near certain telephones? You'd think the
> sane AI would provide our heros with some VR gear that doesn't kill its
> user every time a packet is dropped.
Yes, but keep in mind the Matrix was designed by the AI's so there wouldn't be
any escape. The plug-ins Morpheus is using seem to be stolen parts from the
liquid "human-container" vats. They were designed to *always* stay plugged
in. Although, Morpheus and his team have had some success over the years
hacking the Matrix software and hardware, so far he has only come up with a
difficult hack around very complex and rigid protocols, that in cyberspace
appear as telephone booths. This would make sense, since a virtual telephone
booth would have to allow communication between most of the humans throughout
the entire set of real-world physical human habitat megastructures.
Therefore, tapping into the telephone system also taps into the underlying
communication infrastructure of the Matrix. Personally, I think these
Wachowski brothers are frigging geniuses!
Paul Hughes
http://www.i2.to/
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