^^^ True enough. There's definately enough plot holes surrounding the story to squeeze out some plausible explanation for Skynet's continued existence. I was just disappointed by the fact that nothing was officially offered in T3 to explain it. All we get is the Terminator telling John Conner "the future is unavoidable, so buckle down and get ready for the crap to hit the fan." Philosophically, this is a complete 180 degree turn from the first two films which were based on the philosophy that nothing is fixed or certain - we can change the outcome of future events by changing what happens today. In a nutshell - Terminator 1&2 are all about determinism, then Terminator 3 flips it on its head with a bunch of fatalism. Bad continuity.
