Interesting thought while thinking...

he doesn't need extra hardware in his head...he's got the code of the anomaly...but we can still say the Machines decided he would be the One, by putting the anomaly code in his mind.

When I heard the Architect say that Neo carries a code it got me thinking: Is the function of the One to improve the matrix code inside himself in a way that the Architect cannot.

Now when he says that he is to return to the source allowing a temporary dissemination of the code he carries - does this means that his new and improved code is taken from him and the original matrix program is inserted back into him thus rendering him as normal as anyone else again...reinserting the prime program.

Answers on a postcard, please.

no. They take out the anomaly code, which he has undoubtedly changed through his experience, and they reinsert the original anomaly code, so that he is exactly how they want him. Somehow they remove part of his memory as well, otherwise we woulda known that there were more than one anomaly.

>Jedi HDM "he doesn't need extra hardware in his head...he's got the code of the anomaly...but we can still say the Machines decided he would be the One, by putting the anomaly code in his mind."

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but how could having special "code" help him communicate directly with the source in the REAL WORLD? What does "code" mean in the real world, anyway?

I mean, Neo's brain is just a brain, and although I'm sure that our brains could be wired to broadcast information over a distance, they are not naturally engineered to do this. So, either the machines wired him specifically to do this, or something about the "jack-in" machinery that is in everyone's head can be used to broadcast (and receive -- he can "see" the machine's energy) if someone exceptional like Neo can figure out how (though of course he figured it out unconsciously).

Alternatively, this is just a "suspension of disbelief" thing, but I'd be surprised.

Thanks to anyone who can straighten me out on this -- this has bothered me for a long time! 💃

Originally posted by JediHDM
Somehow they remove part of his memory as well, otherwise we woulda known that there were more than one anomaly.

I mean, Neo's brain is just a brain

First off, there is nothing normal about Neo. Neo is the sum of all the doubt in the Matrix, that alone should give you an idea that he isn't "normal". Besides, how many people do you know that can "feel" machines?

Second, the code is the anomoly code. It's an abnormality(doubt) in the programming of the Matrix. No one else has it but The One...Thus the name, The One. He is the only one that can have the code extracted from his brain to reload the Matrix.

Neo would have told Morpheus and Trinity of the existence of previous Ones and the Architect but he CHOSE not to, just like the previous Ones.

Wrong, Neo did tell Morpheud and Trin because he COULD. The choice he made by taking the door on his left led him back to the Matrix to save Trinity...None of the other One's(Oxymoron, anyone?) COULD do this because they chose the door on their right...They had no reason to attempt to save anyone because they had a deeper love for the human race than they did for any ONE (who'se counting how many times I say "one" in this reply?) person.

Originally posted by xeous
First off, there is nothing normal about Neo. Neo is the sum of all the doubt in the Matrix, that alone should give you an idea that he isn't "normal". Besides, how many people do you know that can "feel" machines?

Second, the code is the anomoly code. It's an abnormality(doubt) in the programming of the Matrix. No one else has it but The One...Thus the name, The One. He is the only one that can have the code extracted from his brain to reload the Matrix.

Wrong, Neo did tell Morpheud and Trin because he COULD. The choice he made by taking the door on his left led him back to the Matrix to save Trinity...None of the other One's(Oxymoron, anyone?) COULD do this because they chose the door on their right...They had no reason to attempt to save anyone because they had a deeper love for the human race than they did for any ONE (who'se counting how many times I say "one" in this reply?) person.

Glad you explained it better in the last post.

Originally posted by xeous
Glad you explained it better in the last post.

But look just read me post again and if you still disagree with what I'm saying then We will just have to agree to disagree.

But you reasons for disagreeing with Jedi just don't make much sense. To explain it would take one of Jedi's mammoth posts but which I don't have time to do sorry.

The code is the way Neo's brain is wired. It is a part of him, just like a processor is a part of a computer. Without the processor, a computer is just a box sitting by your desk. If you have a wi-fi connection, but you don't have the software to use it, what good is it. Alternately, you can write a program to make a computer do something it has never been able to do before. Neo's mind is configured (for lack of a better term) in such a way to allow him to make a connection, by his brainwaves, with the Source. However, this connection brings more information than he ever imagined insanely fast, straight into his brain, which shoulda killed him.