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Well...that should clear up that bit of mystery.
Sign hacker broadcasts zombie warnings
Someone reprogrammed two city construction road signs near the University of Texas early Monday morning in an attempt to warn Austin of an imminent zombie attack.
Messages that typically alert Lamar Boulevard drivers to a detour for Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard splashed several warnings like “Caution! Zombies Ahead!” and “Nazi Zombies! Run!!!”
As he drove south on Lamar, traffic controller Bruce Jones saw the first sign flash the Nazi zombies message at 6 a.m. and wheeled his truck around for another look. Then he said he noticed that the second sign, directed at northbound drivers, had also been tampered with.
Jones, who has one of only two keys to the locked access panels on the portable signs, said that the hacker broke into the panels on each sign and bypassed the passwords before leaving five different zombie messages and even changing one of the passwords. Jones said he had to wait until 8 a.m. to call the manufacturing company to figure out how to override the hacker’s work. He speculated that the hacker could be a computer genius from UT.
The biggest safety hazard came from drivers slowing down or stopping their car to take pictures, Jones said.
The hacking occurred within weeks of various articles appearing online with descriptions of how to hack into these road signs — which point out that such an act is illegal.
Dennis Crabill, project manager with the Public Works Department, said the access panels are always locked and are not programmed with the default passwords these sites suggest. Short of having a watchman on duty around the clock, he said there is little more the city can do to prevent such vandalism.
“It’s a pretty childish prank,” he said.
Crabill said he is optimistic that MLK Boulevard will be open to two-way traffic again by this weekend, and the detour will no longer be necessary.
No zombies have been seen in the area, and with any luck, Tuesday night’s cold front killed off any undead with ghoulish plans to invade the city.
Photos: Chris Nakashima-Brown/NOFEAROFTHEFUTURE.BLOGSP
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However, Fox is suing because it seems that after sitting on the rights to Watchmen for fucking years they want to play "that's mine" with WB, who actually made a good movie instead of sitting on one like Fox did.
I could go into detail but this guy explains it wonderfully.
I agree. Fox can eat all the dicks.
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Hoo boy.
Seriously.
So the first broadcast of Human cinema into deep space will be a movie about an alien and his robot demonstrating just how easy it is to make the entire planet their bitch. Add in that the film will presumably showcase our latest military hardware failing to scratch or dent them and you've got yourself some real fun.
And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords...
If I were old, and uninspired, with tenure
I'd live with indignant professors in the lounge
And speed potential Feynmans and Chabons to the masher.
You'd see me with my red ridiculous face
Chomping and guzzling dreams with the best intentions
Reading the Dean's List, "Poor young thing,"
I'd say - "They would have had potential:
but lost heavily by not using the proper form"
Then, when education is done and intellect stone dead,
I'd toddle safely home and die - still bereft of head.
(by) Sean Wardwell
Inspired by "Base Details" by Siegfried Sassoon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Nice to see Star Trek boldly going again....and this is pretty bold. Two pointy ears up.
In fact...it really really sucks.
Fuck that's cool.
On the other hand our current lame duck asswipe's codename is TUMBLER
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