Posted on 05/25/2010 11:58:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Techies alter sign on Palmetto
Electronic road sign hackers generally like to warn motorists of zombie and raptor attacks, but in South Florida, the signs are apparently being used to fuel the immigration debate.
A highway sign flashing "NO LATINOS NO TACOS" greeted drivers on the Palmetto Expressway in Northwest Miami-Dade, after hackers managed to alter it early Tuesday morning.
The sign was in the northbound side of the 826, right near the Northwest 25th street exit. It's unknown how long the sign had been flashing the message, but by 6 a.m., members of the Florida Highway Patrol and a road crew had turned the sign away from the highway and were working to erase the message.
Officials said the signs are password protected, but that generally does little to stop hackers intent on changing them.
Last year, a string of road sign hacks were made in three separate states.
In Austin, Texas, a sign cautioned drivers to the "ZOMBIES IN AREA! RUN." Another in Collinsville, Illinois said "Daily LANE CLOSURES DUE TO ZOMBIES." And another in rural Indiana read "RAPTORS AHEAD - CAUTION." Reaction to the sign, posted on the "Today in South Florida" Facebook page was mixed.
"Wow someone has a lot of time on their hands to think up of how they can belittle and disrespect a group of people who help keep this country going," said Luly Cueto-Belot. "Greatest thing I ever saw...let's take this country back dammit!!!..south will rise again mother---er!!" said David Pines. The sign is owned by a company called, Highway Technologies, based out of Illinois. Gil Joseph, a spokesman for the company told NBC Miami that it is using all its resources to investigate how the sign was tampered with and who is beind it. "The hacked message was offensive and vandalistic. We had nothing to do with the message and we find the message both appalling and discriminatory," said Joseph.
Highway Technologies is renting the digital roadway sign to a construction company that is working on a nearby project.
Joseph says they have filed a police report for vandalism of the company's electronic sign.
Considering that the many (or most) of Latinos in the Miami-Dade area are conservatives, and that such a sign was only found in the Miami-Dade area (and not anywhere else in the country, where Latinos tend to be liberal), I am guessing that a liberal in the area hacked the sign as a way to falsely assign a blame of racism...without any concern about offending a liberal comrade.
No latinos. But latinas are always welcome.
Post of the day.
“”Wow someone has a lot of time on their hands to think up of how they can belittle and disrespect a group of people who help keep this country going,” said Luly Cueto-Belot.”
Right! They help keep this country going to hell just like their beloved Mexico.
I think we should put signs all along the border in Texas, Calif, New Mex saying “Welcome to Arizona!”
Oh, get over it. LOL
Also laughing at the zombies and raptors signs. I hadn't heard about those before.
and video tape how many cars make high speed U-turns
When I was truck driving over the road we saw a sign on route 40 stating a drug stop was ahead and dogs would be used. the sign was just past a exit but close enough you could spot it so of course people turned off before the sign to escape the stop but that was the exit they were holding the drug stop at, at the top of the hill you could see the cops and dogs checking cars one poor guy had a U-Haul truck unloaded on the roadway while they were checking for drugs laughed my butt off.
DANGER GOVERNMENT UNION WORKERS AHEAD
I don’ find this sign funny. Actually I wonder if some liberal did this to play up the racism card.
Don't worry, it's password protected!
ROFLOL!
pls do this
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