33. "RE: Memories of games gone by..."
In response to message #32
>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
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea