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Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:00:38 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Matthew Miller wrote:
> Lars Gjerløw Jørgensen <lgjPURGE@jyde.dk> wrote:
> > This has been discussed a lot in the local danish movie-group on usenet
> > and the general conclusion is that the machines enslave the humans
> > partky for energy, but mostly for humiliating them. The machines were
> > exploited and mistreated by us - hence they want revenge. We know that
> > the machines have emotions - so it is not impossible for them to feel
> > hate, revenge etc.
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> "Partly" for energy wouldn't even work. We're *really* inefficient
> batteries. But luckily, there's an even better possibility -- they're
> using the humans as a big biological computer. A supercluster of neural
> networks. They run the matrix to keep everyone's mind stimulated, and use
> the rest of the CPU power for their own jobs. This is particularly cool
> because it makes the behavior of the agents -- and Neo's powers -- make
> more sense. If the Matrix were run on a big traditional binary-computing
> mainframe somewhere, there'd be no need for a movie, because the sysadmins
> would have just solved the problem.
Hmm. Now that's an interesting theory. I see support in the Animatrix short
Beyond: agents have to come in to fix the glitch in the "haunted house."
Sysadmins would just fix it. OTOH, in the first movie, when Neo experiences
deja vu with the cat, one of the characters explains it as "they changed the
Matrix." 'They' could be sysadmins, although it looks like they have very
limited capabilities (changed the windows to walls). I'm not familiar with
networking techonologies, but I see cases for and against this theory.
Only a few more months of speculation to go. Then we get more material to work
with. Whee!
John
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