Richard Evans wrote:
> Tony Harding <ToHard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> And how would you get access to the subway system computers to ensure
> you had an accurate test bed?
The same way I'd get the details on how to override the MTA's control
program and the same way I'd figure out which junction box would do what
I wanted, etc. You can't buy only half a fantasy.
As another poster pointed out, the entire concept is pretty far fetched.
Now, if he'd used an iPhone - that would have been different.
<vbg>
The part I found to be a stretch (not that this part wasn't) was how
some guy from Chicago knew so much about the NYC Subway and how he
managed to get all that equipment to the abandoned station, etc. Was
Drew/Andrew supposed to have been a hot programmer before he turned to
vengeance? Kind of like how Horatio has unlimited time and funds, and
has also been trained as a sharpshooter, etc. Next he'll probably be
making HALO jumps & tearing around in a STAB (Seal Team Assault Boat,
IIRC) before the season ends.
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