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    Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)

    Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/22/09

    In reply to Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
    "Honk if you're horny"


    That stretch of road would probably be noisy.

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    Image of dufus dufus
    01/22/09

    In reply to Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
    Some signs like this are controlled by receivers that turn messages received from the paging (yes, as in common hip pagers) network.


    First, you'd need to know the capcode of the receiver, and the frequency it uses. Both could be found on the receiver attached to the sign.


    Then you need to build a simple paging system. There are paging terminal programs, and transmitters out there that would allow you to transmit a message to the capcode of the sign as you drove by.

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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    01/22/09

    @dufus: you ALWAYS have to make everything difficult.
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    Image of Dirk Dirk
    01/22/09

    In reply to Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
    Some jackass will do this and get somebody hurt.
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    01/22/09

    @Dirk: Or when zombies really are up ahead people wont believe the signs and drive right into a crowd of zombies only to be consumed by the zombies.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/22/09

    In reply to Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
    "Your mom is a.."
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    Image of BeefSupreme BeefSupreme
    01/22/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: WHORE!!!
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    01/22/09

    @supercollider: best use of blinky font EVAH!
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    Image of Brian_in_HD Brian_in_HD
    01/22/09

    In reply to Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
    Thanks for the how-to. Watch out for "Kang and Kodos Ahead", Oklahoma City!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/22/09

    @Brian_in_HD: I voted for Kodos.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/22/09

    @Brian_in_HD: At least there's never a shortage of these signs to hack in Oklahoma.


    (I know the state constitution is long, but does it really have to include 20 pages on mandatory, never-ending highway repair?)

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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    01/22/09

    @StacheSportin'_GitEmSteveDave:


    Abortions for some! Small American Flags for others!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/22/09

    @Lupus_Yonderboy: A ban on boards and nails!
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    Image of Necromatik Necromatik
    01/22/09

    In reply to Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
    I have done this before, you can get in real trouble, it is like yelling fire in a crowded theater. bustedcore.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/22/09

    @Necromatik: People really stampede when they see a "Zombie's Ahead" sign?
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    01/22/09

    @StacheSportin'_GitEmSteveDave: You don't? You're hardcore, man.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/22/09

    @DeusExMach: @jackbling: They're rotting corpses. Unless it was Flo Jo right after, I'm not worried about them catching me. Panic is what causes these idiots to get bitten. Well, panic and compassion. Luckily I lack the latter.


    "Look honey, little Susie from across the street is covered in blood with a thousand yard stare. Go see if she's ok!"


    "How about you call 911, and I'll hit her with a bat? That way when the EMS techs get here, they'll have something to do, and I won't be bleeding from a bitten off Jugular."

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    Image of G.O.D. G.O.D.
    01/22/09

    @ZombiesAhead_GitEmSteveDave: How does one "bite off a Jugular" could you tell me this, please, now tell me now
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/22/09

    @Hiroak: Well, as the zombie bites, it tears away the Jugular and the skin around it, eventually ripping it off. So it bit off the Jugular.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/22/09

    In reply to Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
    Smithers, look at that sign. Deploy the Cow Catcher!
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    using code geekpuzzle gives $10 off of $30+ orders
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    found an X-Mas present for omg-ponies...


    [www.thinkgeek.com]


    they also have R/C ninja vs. pirate set for $20

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    Ended up buying one. Scratch one person from my Christmas list. :)
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    Image of VideoVampire VideoVampire
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    I want one like this only with the whole "wetback" family...ever seen that one down around San Diego?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/17/08

    @VideoVampire:
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    in 4 one


    gonna put my guy in the "running man" pose

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    Image of TendoMentis TendoMentis
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    Awesome!!!


    "Beware of flying ninjas"

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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    11/17/08

    @TendoMentis: Yes, the I think the "Caution: jumping death kick imminent" would be awesome.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    I dont see more than just the slip and fall pose as useful on this unless you were to make it anatomically correct and give it a pair of "victims". The possibilities then become endless.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/17/08

    @Curves: Why stop at a pair? I'm thinking people-shaped versions of:


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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/17/08

    @Curves:
    You're thinking inside the box. This isn't the sort of thing you'd use for _real_ cautionary messages, but something you'd use for pointless-yet-humorous warnings, like "Caution: Relaxing" (where the person is sitting in a slightly reclined position with hands clasped behind the head), "Caution: Sulking" (standing with arms folded, and hunched slightly forward), or "Caution: Confused" (standing with one hand on waist and one hand scratching head).
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/17/08

    @Gann: Any more than 2 is kinky, er um, redundant.
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    Image of purple-pillows purple-pillows
    11/17/08

    In reply to Caution: This Sign May Be Awesome
    for some reason i like highway signs... and this just made me excited... probably too excited for a monday morning
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/17/08

    @purple-pillows: Around me they have ones with farmers on tractors, and I love how they put a little straw hat on the farmer. I always wonder what the design meeting went like when they came up w/that addition.
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