"Never Rely 100% on Technology"
Google Movie Synopsis:
In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park's mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.
Scenario:
After the park begins to lose power and things start to shut down including security systems and fences, the group starts to realize something is terribly wrong. They hope to find the problem from the workstation of the person in charge of networking the park’s computers, Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight), who also happens to be mysteriously missing.
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Business Tip:
Okay, it is easier said than done, but why does it seem technology is the only area where we place 100% of our trust? How often do we need to actually remember a phone number or a password? Auto fill and speed dial handles this for us, even our SSN# is shorten to the last four digits. That said, there's a reason why we enter our complete pin code at the ATM machine, technology cannot be 100% trusted. In fact, the scene above can easily have been out of Eagle Eye or I-Robot. However, I chose Jurassic Park because the scene captured the tip best. Make no mistake, the human factor is the issue behind the tragedy of the movie, however, whether it is an accident or purposeful, s**t happens. In this case, somewhere in the process of shutting down the safety system should have included an element with additional human approval or authorization. Tech is good, in fact it's great. However, not unlike anything else, have a back up plan, one that does not rely on tech, something which can be used when the unexpected happens, a list of passwords in a secure place, the need to use an actual key to turn something off/on or having a gas powered jeep on an island of electric cars! Whether it's a hard drive that got fried from a lighting storm, or your personal pictures that were unknowingly accessed through the cloud, technology is like life, so expect the unexpected.
Scenario:
After the park begins to lose power and things start to shut down including security systems and fences, the group starts to realize something is terribly wrong. They hope to find the problem from the workstation of the person in charge of networking the park’s computers, Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight), who also happens to be mysteriously missing.
Selected Scene:
Arnold: Key check space minus o, key checks off, safety space minus o, he’s turning the safety systems off, he doesn’t want anybody to see what he’s about to do. Now, look at this next entry, it’s the kicker, “white rabbit object,” whatever it did, it did it all but with the key checks off the computer didn’t follow the key strokes, so the only way to find them now is to go through the computers lines of code, one by one.
Dr. Sattler: How many lines of code are they?
Arnold: About 2 million
Dr. Sattler: 2 million?
Arnold: Yeah
Hammond: Robert, I wonder if perhaps you would be good enough to take a guest jeep and bring back my grandchildren.
Business Tip:
Okay, it is easier said than done, but why does it seem technology is the only area where we place 100% of our trust? How often do we need to actually remember a phone number or a password? Auto fill and speed dial handles this for us, even our SSN# is shorten to the last four digits. That said, there's a reason why we enter our complete pin code at the ATM machine, technology cannot be 100% trusted. In fact, the scene above can easily have been out of Eagle Eye or I-Robot. However, I chose Jurassic Park because the scene captured the tip best. Make no mistake, the human factor is the issue behind the tragedy of the movie, however, whether it is an accident or purposeful, s**t happens. In this case, somewhere in the process of shutting down the safety system should have included an element with additional human approval or authorization. Tech is good, in fact it's great. However, not unlike anything else, have a back up plan, one that does not rely on tech, something which can be used when the unexpected happens, a list of passwords in a secure place, the need to use an actual key to turn something off/on or having a gas powered jeep on an island of electric cars! Whether it's a hard drive that got fried from a lighting storm, or your personal pictures that were unknowingly accessed through the cloud, technology is like life, so expect the unexpected.
