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Re:An Ancient Piece of Computer Lore in a Place You’d Never ... by unimpressive on Saturday October 27, 2012 @04:57PM (#4707216)
If you look at Neo's bookshelf at the beginning of the matrix, the books are on cybernetics and skeptical hypothesizes. (At least as far as I could tell the last time I saw it.)

A subtle touch that probably went unnoticed by most of the audience.

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Re:An Ancient Piece of Computer Lore in a Place You’d Never ... by baddox on Saturday October 27, 2012 @06:51PM (#4707492)
"Simulacra and Simulation" was the one I remember.
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Re:An Ancient Piece of Computer Lore in a Place You’d Never ... by thristian on Saturday October 27, 2012 @09:24PM (#4707821)
Specifically, that's the hollowed-out book Neo keeps his mini-discs of illegal software in. So the title is not just a reference to the movie's themes, it's also literally true: it's not a functional book, since it's hollowed out, it's a simulation of a book.

Interestingly, "Simulacra and Simulation" is not a title that was invented for the movie: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0472065211

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