[Ar-list] mindrunning and the Matrix

[W Isaac Carroll]

Here is the Matrix RG so far:

http://skyhook.diamond-void.org/AR/files/matrix-rg.doc

There isn't much there yet, but I believe in "release early, release often",
so here is early. I will be updating it periodically, but the URL will remain
the same. Previous versions will be kept with the name matrix-rg-vXXX.doc

Carter, I've read through the Mindrunning MRS and I have some questions and
comments for you.

Hacking into the Matrix as it is portrayed in the movie seems qualitatively
different from mindrunning described in the MRS. Conflict in the Matrix is
between separate beings inside the mental world, rather than the conflict
being between an intruder and the world itself. The Mindrunning MRS does not
(yet) cover multiple recursive minds struggling within a paradigm which none
of them directly controls, but can only influence to greater or lesser extent.

>From the movie I get the impression that an infiltrator's mind is actually
transferred into the Matrix when he hacks in. The infiltrator's body is
(mostly) inert for the duration, and if the link is broken prematurely, both
mind and body die. This may need to be handled differently than the creation
of a recursive copy.

The next question is about basic AR mechanics. Is there a standard mechanism
for a situation where a character wants to engage in a continuous form test
until success is achieved? The continuous form test assumes that the character
already has decided how long he will be performing the action.

TTFN