Richard Evans wrote:
> "Mike Minor" <mminorhsd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> You have to admit though that the writers at least put some thought
into the
>> plot of this storyline.
>>
>> Granted, recovering the data from the busted MP3 player might have been
a
>> stretch, and deducing which train track based on the song might have
taken
>> more time than they showed, but using an IPod to transfer data and
programs
>> is not farfetched. As a professional programmer, I use my IPod to
transfer
>> data files to and from multiple computers on a daily basis.
>
> You do it to familiar computers in a familiar environment, but could
> you do it through a junction box in a subway tunnel to a computer
> you'd never seen before? And succeed the first time?
That's not how a professional programmer would approach it - one of the
first things to do would be to establish a test bed so you'd be
confident it would work when it went into production, i.e., the real
subway.
After all, we're not talking about intercepting ballistic missiles in
mid flight! :)
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