Re: Matrix Shmatrix

From: Paul Hughes (paul@i2.to)
Date: Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:53:27 MDT


joe dees wrote:

> One li'l tidbit: I got a real kick out of them referring to the cybercreatures hunting the rebel craft as Squids; this is, of course, what the devices which recorded subjective experience "straight off the cerebral cortex" in STRANGE DAYS were called.

I think that was a coincidence. The term "squid" in Strange Days was referring to SQUID - which stands for Superconducting QUantum Interference Device. Whereas in The Matrix, those things looked like squids! :-)

Paul Hughes
http://www.i2.to/



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