On Thursday 13 November 2003 9:38 am, fooler wrote: > matrix reloaded (part II), the chief architect of matrix is using ssh > version 1 eventhough that year is already AD2199 :->
Yeah, that's one boo-boo the Wachovsky brothers forgot to correct. There are lots of boo-boos with the Matrix. Here's some: QWERTY keyboards in AD2199? After 199 years, they haven't thought of using a virtual, holographic keyboard for data input? By the way, there's currently a prototype of a keyboard generated from light and tracked in 3D space by remote sensors. This keyboard is currently being tested and will be marketable soon. Still using clunky monitors in 2199? A quick search in CNN Technology Pages will show you a small device that projects a holographic image in 3D space. The technology is being tested as a replacement for computer monitors. Still using cable power/data wires that gets entangled in 2199? I'm sure that electricity/data will be transmitted through the air via photons. Current scientific research on photon transmission shows this is possible in the near future. What about speech-recognition? Even the 1997 version of Dragon System's Naturally-Speaking voice recognition software has fairly credible voice recognition capabilities. A voice-driven interface used in combination with holographic input controls is a potent user-interface paradigm. However, why stop at speech-recognition? Isn't it more realistic that in AD2199, they would have invented a device that reads your electrical brain waves and convert them to computer commands right away, sort of like a thought-driven computer interface? Why move your muscles to speak/type commands when a device can directly read electrical signals from your neurons? This only shows how hard indeed it is to write science fiction. Our vision of the future gets interpreted using current technology. It takes an admirable imagination to shatter a lot of conventional technological paradigms and look beyond. Reminds me of Isaac Asimov in his novel -- I, Robot. In this novel, he envisions that the future robots have brains that are composed of transistors. Yeah, those old, clunky transistors he sees inside his radio during his time. It was hard for Asimov to envision his robot with a small microprocessor that has billions of miniaturized transistors inside. We can only gape in wonder how Jules Verne was more accurate and forward-looking than Asimov. optimus -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
