I am starting a new thing where I post funny or weird pictures with a funny caption, it may be a weekly thing or just randomly whenever I feel like it, just try to enjoy it when it happens. These pictures are just an example of what you might get with the funny pictures and they are all from this news story I read on some website with the captions they wrote.
Pranksters in Austin, Texas, hacked computerized road signs to warn drivers of an unusual hazard on Monday. The signs appeared on Lamar Boulevard, a major city thoroughfare.
The joke was extreme, even for a city whose unofficial slogan is "Keep Austin Weird." The hackers had to cut open padlocks on the computers posted at every sign and circumvent those computers' passwords.
No actual undead were spotted on area roads. The biggest hazard seemed to be drivers slowing to photograph the signs.
Transportation officials weren't laughing. They called the horror messages "childish" and "not at all helpful." The hackers changed the passwords, so the messages were up for hours while authorities waited for the computers' manufacturer to change the access codes.
The prank ranks as a misdemeanor crime that could carry jail time. While officials tsk-tsked, locals appeared to have been highly entertained. As one online punster noted: "The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on."
Pranksters in Austin, Texas, hacked computerized road signs to warn drivers of an unusual hazard on Monday. The signs appeared on Lamar Boulevard, a major city thoroughfare.
The joke was extreme, even for a city whose unofficial slogan is "Keep Austin Weird." The hackers had to cut open padlocks on the computers posted at every sign and circumvent those computers' passwords.
No actual undead were spotted on area roads. The biggest hazard seemed to be drivers slowing to photograph the signs.
Transportation officials weren't laughing. They called the horror messages "childish" and "not at all helpful." The hackers changed the passwords, so the messages were up for hours while authorities waited for the computers' manufacturer to change the access codes.
The prank ranks as a misdemeanor crime that could carry jail time. While officials tsk-tsked, locals appeared to have been highly entertained. As one online punster noted: "The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on."
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