iamneo

Yesterday I was walking through Times Square and I found more evidence of computer errors that can be really embarrassing and revealing!

Close up of the digital display board

The complete display board

The street view

Over the weekend I was in Jersey City and was using the PATH trains to travel. The information display monitors in the stations had a familiar background instead of the usual PATH information! – Windows desktop background complete with usual desktop icons!

It looked like the slide show application could not connect to the database for some reason. I tried reading the error message and looked like they were using MS SQL Server as their database back end.

I thought this incident was interesting because –
1) The error in the system gave away pieces of information never meant to be given out! And for a trained person that one piece of information is all that is need to break into the system.

2) It looks like most of the dumb looking TV/monitor displays are actually computers in disguise.

I am waiting to see the fabled blue screen of death on a airport display!