On Thursday 13 November 2003 11:53 am, optimus wrote: > 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.
Sheesh. Come on. That wasn't the Matrix that was running SSHv1. Those were computers in the virtual reality that the Matrix presented. If you remember, they broke into power plant systems that the humans in the Matrix developed and maintained. These "human-made" systems are still subject to the rules of the Matrix, so they were able to use "real" ways of breaking into those. It was the human sysads' mistake to have kept those old insecure versions. Get that first, scoff later. > There are lots of boo-boos with the Matrix. Here's some: > #snipped# *shrugs* There are a lot of things that could have happened to make the situation so. In the Animatrix series, the machines eventually took over the human civilizations (except Zion), so it's quite possible that they destroyed a lot of human technology too. It's sort of like what happened in the Mechwarrior universe: because of the destructive wars, they were forced to make use of more primitive and practical technology and means of combat, hence the battle mechs. These aren't boo-boos, these are circumstances left to your imagination to figure out... > 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. They actually get one step ahead of you in this. Remember the virtual controls they had for the docking systems? The humans made their own nervous interfaces (sort of like a mini-Matrix) and just had the gate controllers jack in and operate and control machinery through thought. How's that for technology? Perhaps it would have been inefficient to use such a system for the hovercraft, so they retained legacy human interface systems. Use your imagination... -- Paolo Vanni M. Ve�egas Emacs definition of the day: Each Manual's Audience is Completely Stupified -- 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
