and now the only thing I can think of is Daleks. That certainly makes far more sense than anything else I can think of...
mmrgh. I hate comparing them to iTunes (my hated music program of choice) but... definitely programs. Speaking of their outfits - and one reason I've people label them as mp3s - they're very different than anything we see anyone else wearing. I know that it's because they (or their normal costumers, anyways) designed those vs. the costumers of the movie, but I can't help but wonder what it could mean program-wise.
I always wondered what the forged discs would do - seeing as the discs always seem to show a headshot of its "user" when it pops up, are they really just ID cards? But at the same time, they can be altered and therefore alter the program they're attached to, so wouldn't a forged disc actually create a new program and not just mask the original one? Or are the forged discs merely look-a-like copies that store no code but look like discs so a. you don't get picked up for having no disc but b. you can be "restored" from your copy on the disc?
For that matter, how does that work? Quorra gave her disc to Flynn and Sam, supposedly to protect her code, but other programs do the same and don't give them to Users (who could easily resurrect or create new programs) - does this mean that an identity disc can recreate a program from the moment it was detached from said program? Or is it only so that if they are captured, the enemy cannot see their experiences (and therefore allies, etc)?
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mmrgh. I hate comparing them to iTunes (my hated music program of choice) but... definitely programs. Speaking of their outfits - and one reason I've people label them as mp3s - they're very different than anything we see anyone else wearing. I know that it's because they (or their normal costumers, anyways) designed those vs. the costumers of the movie, but I can't help but wonder what it could mean program-wise.
I always wondered what the forged discs would do - seeing as the discs always seem to show a headshot of its "user" when it pops up, are they really just ID cards? But at the same time, they can be altered and therefore alter the program they're attached to, so wouldn't a forged disc actually create a new program and not just mask the original one? Or are the forged discs merely look-a-like copies that store no code but look like discs so a. you don't get picked up for having no disc but b. you can be "restored" from your copy on the disc?
For that matter, how does that work? Quorra gave her disc to Flynn and Sam, supposedly to protect her code, but other programs do the same and don't give them to Users (who could easily resurrect or create new programs) - does this mean that an identity disc can recreate a program from the moment it was detached from said program? Or is it only so that if they are captured, the enemy cannot see their experiences (and therefore allies, etc)?