ZOMBIES AHEAD

[WeDidIt]

Hackers Crack Into Texas Road Sign, Warn of Zombies Ahead




Thursday, January 29, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller

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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Yeah, it's Fox, but hey, isn't Fox like a bad horor flick any way?

[villager]

1. Austin Zombie update here:

http://nofearofthefuture.blogspot.com/2009/01/zombie-invasion-update.html

[Raine1967]

2. Try this sight instead!

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies

And --- seriously... look at all the information below the video on the left! "how to escape a Zombie! :rofl:

[WeDidIt]

3. ZOMG!

[Siwsan]

4. Looks like Rumsfeld and Chertoff might be in the area

Just sayin'......

[lib2DaBone]

5. LOL.. We Love Freeway Bloggers.......

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Fucking awesome. BTW, am I the only one who secretly would love a zombie attack?

Waking up to sirens and the faint smell of burning flesh, only to look out your window and see your neighborhood in ruins and zombies chomping at your neighbor's body parts...it just seems so surreal and awesome.

I think it'd be fun.

But I'm also insane, so...

[Siwsan]

7. Only if the zombies looked like George Clooney

And, were vegetarians.

[Drunken Irishman]

8. I think if they were like Dawn of the Dead zombies, it'd be pretty cool.

They're slow and stupid, so unless you're a total fool, you could keep it pretty much under control.

:D

[Siwsan]

9. Someone ALWAYS falls, and sprains their ankle

In every horror movie that involves slow moving, dangerous creatures, someone trips and gets eaten. Usually a woman. Who was monster hunting, wearing high heels. And, a suit or sun dress.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Exactly.

And then they lay on the ground screaming as the monster slowly gets closer.

haha

[Siwsan]

12. That would make perfect sense

if the zombie actually was a vegetarian George Clooney look alike. I'd be waving flags and setting off flares.

[Drunken Irishman]

13. Of course there is one part of you you might want him to eat...

Ok, I probably stepped over the line there. :D

[Siwsan]

15. Ha!

[Supply Side Jesus]

18. I eagerly await the Zombie Uprising!!

Got my copy of The Zombie Survival Guide, my machete and M-14!

It's a very sick fantasy of mine...and you are not alone.

ever read "Worl War Z" by Max Brooks, awesome! being developed into a film now

[Drunken Irishman]

20. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

I don't know what it is, but I watch zombie movies and the whole atmosphere just seems awesome.

The other night I caught Diary of the Dead on cable and it was pretty sweet. Something like that could work well, because the zombies are slow and stupid. Plus, they survived by outsmarting the zombies. Get into a safe house, relax and for sport, pick off the dead as they get closer to you.

[Junkdrawer]

10. "We're having our engineers review this information."....

I followed the links in this thread and it turns out that holding down a few keys resets the password to the default password.

Not exactly my idea of "secure".

[pipi_k]

14. Those dummies!

They were supposed to drag that sign over to Dubya's and Pickles' neighborhood!

duhhhhhhh

[Warren DeMontague]

16. That must be the road to Tom DeLay's house.

:shrug:

[valerief]

17. Fabulous! I LOVE zombies!!! nt

[bridgit]

19. Well I mean come on: Zombies!! That's like a public service right? Cause Zombies...

eat like brains & stuff, and they won't stop till'ya blow their heads off & shit :scared: