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Hackers Crack Into Texas Road Sign, Warn of Zombies Ahead
Fox News ^ | 1/28/2008 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 01/28/2009 10:29:13 AM PST by Domandred

Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, "Zombies Ahead."

Chris Lippincott, director of media relations for the Texas Department of Transportation, confirmed that a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street, near the University of Texas at Austin, was hacked into during the early hours of Jan. 19.

"It was clever, kind of cute, but not what it was intended for," said Lippincott, who saw the sign during his morning commute. "Those signs are deployed for a reason — to improve traffic conditions, let folks know there's a road closure."

"It's sort of amusing, but not at all helpful," he told FOXNews.com.

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To: Jet Jaguar; Monkey Face

Rainy and cloudy amd yucky in NW GA today.

Went to a model railroad show with the grandedkids.

Ate ice cream afterwords.


1,981 posted on 03/14/2009 6:05:46 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Model railroads, N-scale, rock!


1,982 posted on 03/14/2009 6:08:23 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: fanfan

Things are good. Been spending huge amounts of time writing and doing some photo work for fun, but I always spend at least a little time every day on FR...just not as much as I used to....


1,983 posted on 03/14/2009 7:37:45 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Beware, world! I haz camera!)
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To: Monkey Face

Yep...like most things Texan!

except for East Texas humidity. That’s not so cool...


1,984 posted on 03/14/2009 7:38:58 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Beware, world! I haz camera!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Model railroads, N-scale, (small) rocks!


1,985 posted on 03/15/2009 7:38:24 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; Jet Jaguar
I'm getting into Proto:87, myself.
1,986 posted on 03/19/2009 10:26:17 PM PDT by HKMk23 (forget hope. got change?)
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To: HKMk23

Interesting. New to me.


1,987 posted on 03/19/2009 10:37:05 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: Domandred

BTTT


1,988 posted on 05/29/2010 7:42:13 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It is still alive!


1,989 posted on 05/29/2010 7:45:32 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Domandred

BUMP


1,990 posted on 09/16/2013 3:54:31 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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