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>On Wed, 21 Feb 1996, Gurth wrote:
>
>> Lucifer said on 20 Feb 96...
>>
>> > Ok, I have a quick answer to this arguement. You can turn the Matrix
>> > OFF. You can't do that to the real world. That should help distinguish
>> > the difference.
>>
>> You can also turn the real world off. OK, not by flicking a switch but
>> you could say that people who don't have a stable connection to reality
>> might effectively turn off that same reality...
>
> Sorry, Gurth, but that totally misses the point. I think what
>Lucifer is getting at is that you could (conceivably) take the entire
>Matrix offline. This would affect everone who wanted to use it and would
>constitute a change that everyone would perceive in much the same way.
>The "unstable connection with reality" won't affect anyone but the person
>who's unstable (unless they go on a psychotic killing spree). Also, as
Did you ever see the movie called _In the Mouth of Madness_ by John
Carpenter? I'll assume not. :)
(Good movie, by the way. Includes Horrors!)
U-Gene << is not all that real familiar with ED anyway >>