>I don't know if anyone has ever worked out the bandwidth requirement
>for a complete human sensorium, but I would guess that however
>monumental it might be, it would pale in comparison with the transfer
>capacity required to FTP an entire human neural map onto a server
>somewhere in the, what, second or two it takes to jack into or out of
>the Matrix. Besides which, even if you accept the idea that the mind
>is just the electrical pattern of the synapses in the brain (which I
>more or less do), you wouldn't "upload" that to a computer system in a
>way that meant it was no longer present inside the brain,
>particularly if you then pile on the conceit that you put it
>back when you log off.
>

You could kinda retro-justify it with the interface cable being an intrusive USB-esque connection and improperly disconnecting it would leave the underlying meatware in a corrupted state, like yanking a USB drive when it's still writing.

>It is an idiotic movie and I am ashamed that I enjoy it so much. :)
>

There's nothing wrong with enjoying bad movies; I take great joy in watching bad kung-fu flicks.

...The Matrix counts for that ;-P