ZOMBIES, RUN!!

[fallenSaint]

Hehe, thought this was funnies:

Le Story (http://i.gizmodo.com/5141800/hacked-construction-signs-warn-of-zombie-attack-in-austin)

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/roadsignsaustin.jpg

[Parkbandit]

:rofl:

Nazi Zombies is a reference to the new Call of Duty game.. you win the solo campaign and it unlocks a mini-game. It's awesome in multiplayer cooperative mode.

[Stanley Burrell]

If that happened here, there'd already be a lawsuit from someone claiming to have PTSD from actual Nazi zombie encounters.

I really, really, really want to live in a college town sometimes.

[Xeromist]

I really, really, really want to live in a college town sometimes.

I was born and grew up in one (ever see the "FREE ROBOT SEX" picture? That's the one.). All I have to show for it is a dislike for beer. But my weekend paper route as a kid was always an interesting experience--it was often either delivering to zombie-esque hungover folks or still screaming and partying sunday morning types. And shooting rubberbands at squirrels.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

:lol:

That is awesome.

[Stanley Burrell]

I was born and grew up in one (ever see the "FREE ROBOT SEX" picture? That's the one.). All I have to show for it is a dislike for beer. But my weekend paper route as a kid was always an interesting experience--it was often either delivering to zombie-esque hungover folks or still screaming and partying sunday morning types. And shooting rubberbands at squirrels.

You are America.

[DCSL]

That is the best use of hacker skillz I've ever seen. And it's also why Austin continues to rule.

[diethx]

:lol:

That is awesome.

:yeahthat:

Nice find, fS.

[LMingrone]

There's a site (can't find it right now) that has a ton of pictures like this. This story was on Digg yesterday. I sell signs like these, and if you have the right equipment you can open up the back and put whatever message you want. This started with the 2600 Newsletter a long time ago. Adding Zombies though makes it all the more awesome.

I also have a few boxes of LED belt buckles and name badges that come with, what I believe, is the same software needed to reprogram these. I'll have to test it out. It's a pretty shitty thing to do though if the sign originally said something like: "Ice, pot holes, kids on the highway, missing bridge ahead! CAUTION." You get caught changing that, well, get ready for some trouble.

Edit: here's the Digg link if anyone actually wants to read through the comments and find all the other pictures
http://digg.com/security/Hacking_programmable_road_signs_2

[Back]

This is possibly one of the few times “those damn kids” have made the adults laugh or even applaud.

And yeah, if it replaced anything more serious than “Construction on 01-29-09” then expect to get busted.