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Madman
02-09-2009, 09:59 AM
COLLINSVILLE, Illinois - Pranksters in at least three states are messing with electronic road signs meant to warn motorists of possible traffic problems by putting drivers on notice about Nazi zombies and raptors. And highway safety officials aren't amused.
Pranks with electronic road signs stir worry - Security- msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29017293)
Cheers,
Madman of the People
ScionDriver
02-09-2009, 10:05 AM
I saw that. It's all because someone posted how to hack into the signs. That's kind of funny, at the same time could be dangerous but most of the ones I see just say like "Expect delays" or "Construction Ahead" followed by 50 more signs saying it too.
bruxell
02-09-2009, 11:18 AM
I don't really think it's dangerous. People tend to slow down when they see those signs no matter what they say, and if they say something incongruous like "Caution: Nazi Zombies In Area." then people will just slow down that much more. The backlash hasn't been from the public here at all, but from (very self-important) Department Of Transportation. My favorite of the hacked signs flashes between "No One Has Ever" and "Loved You." priceless!
blingbling
02-09-2009, 01:26 PM
now if these guys can go and hack certicom's through hyperbolic encryption they get a million bucks :D
NicFromLA
02-09-2009, 03:10 PM
Awesome. I think people need more bizzaro in their lives.
baddabang
02-09-2009, 03:21 PM
Hmmmm anyone want to hack into one and put my ex-gf's phone number followed by "Call for anal sex"?
cmcpokey
02-09-2009, 03:29 PM
check jalopnik... they have had these up for the last few weeks. including the step-by-step how-to guide
coolieman1220
02-09-2009, 07:05 PM
Hmmmm anyone want to hack into one and put my ex-gf's phone number followed by "Call for anal sex"?
lmao. how juvenile
clutch-monkey
02-09-2009, 07:12 PM
I don't really think it's dangerous. People tend to slow down when they see those signs no matter what they say, and if they say something incongruous like "Caution: Nazi Zombies In Area." then people will just slow down that much more. The backlash hasn't been from the public here at all, but from (very self-important) Department Of Transportation. My favorite of the hacked signs flashes between "No One Has Ever" and "Loved You." priceless!
i swear that last one was done locally.
i know outside the hospital someone put "you're all right!" then "it's just AIDS"
dunno if they copied that.
henk4
02-10-2009, 06:32 AM
On my occasional drives in the USA I sometimes can't help thinking that the thread title is very appropriate, only the road is not closed....
NSXType-R
02-10-2009, 01:51 PM
Just a trendy practical joke. It'll die out soon, depending on how immature the guys are in your area.
f6fhellcat13
02-10-2009, 05:36 PM
On my occasional drives in the USA I sometimes can't help thinking that the thread title is very appropriate, only the road is not closed....
They don't have old people in other countries?
American driving is extreme laziness punctuated by moments of intense aggression.
henk4
02-11-2009, 12:55 AM
They don't have old people in other countries?
we kill them, they are too dangerous.
mister_playboy
02-11-2009, 01:10 AM
American driving is extreme laziness punctuated by moments of intense aggression.
That actually sums it up perfectly! :)
cmcpokey
02-11-2009, 08:17 AM
we kill them, they are too dangerous.
brave new world style?
LeonOfTheDead
02-11-2009, 08:21 AM
we kill them, they are too dangerous.
we store them in the Parliament and Senate
we store them in the Parliament and Senate
during bingo nights the losers down at my local football club* used to run events they euphemistically called 'grab a granny'
*yep its the Bungendore Mud Chooks
f6fhellcat13
02-11-2009, 05:55 PM
we kill them, they are too dangerous.
Great source of fuel, aren't they? Almost as good as fat people.
henk4
02-12-2009, 12:12 AM
Great source of fuel, aren't they? Almost as good as fat people.
bones get too easily stuck in the injectors.