MTA Digital Disaster
For a few years around NYC the transit system had these very expensive looking large LED displays on the outsides of subway stations. They used to piss me off big-time because all they ever had were video-ads which were (a) distracting, (b) annoying, and (c) useless. You would think that for the money we spend on taxes and transit that they would have the the decency to take a few rows of pixels on the top or very bottom to tell us when that train line wasn't working or re-routed or SOMETHING the people that lived here could actually USE. But no - just irritating ads. Every now and again I would catch one of these displays with a trademark Windows blue-screen-of-death. It was the only thing I enjoyed about them and it warmed my heart every time. One day I finally had my camera on me to take a picture. [JOY!] It would appear that they are finally taking them all down. I guess they were too complicated or expensive to maintain compared to the revenue they were getting. Every now and again justice is served... but it's a rare dish in this town.
MTA Digital Disaster
For a few years around NYC the transit system had these very expensive looking large LED displays on the outsides of subway stations. They used to piss me off big-time because all they ever had were video-ads which were (a) distracting, (b) annoying, and (c) useless. You would think that for the money we spend on taxes and transit that they would have the the decency to take a few rows of pixels on the top or very bottom to tell us when that train line wasn't working or re-routed or SOMETHING the people that lived here could actually USE. But no - just irritating ads. Every now and again I would catch one of these displays with a trademark Windows blue-screen-of-death. It was the only thing I enjoyed about them and it warmed my heart every time. One day I finally had my camera on me to take a picture. [JOY!] It would appear that they are finally taking them all down. I guess they were too complicated or expensive to maintain compared to the revenue they were getting. Every now and again justice is served... but it's a rare dish in this town.