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Tampering with those construction signs is illegal, and with any luck, they'll get nailed for it.

In the US, I'd argue for prosecuting them under anti-terrorism laws too, so as to make the sentence harsher.

and which facist nation do you belong to ?

that is so cool keep up the good work.

They are terrorists for tampering with road signs? Incredible, this is exactly why so many people are anti-american these days I guess. Its anti-american to not think these guys are terrorists. Thats exactly why I am moving to Canada.

They have my respect.
It is a very nice form of eco-activism.

you going to be dugg hardcore, thank you for using your traffic this month for us :)

Thats alot of ingenuity, long as the sign they messed with wasnt displaying anything *too* important I like it. We should have anti-car signs on highways as opposed to all those freaking billboards anyway.

got back on the wheelchair you came from... you are not fun.
These guys, if caught, will be employee of the FBI one day... lol because they are good..

wurd

Since when does protecting motorists from the dangerous situation posed by the vandalism of warning signs constitute facism?

If I am driving down the road in an SUV that gets 8mpg and I see this, it will simply make me angry and even less open to buying an environmentally friendly vehicle at some point. What loons. Hope they do time for endangering people on the road.

Although i can understand the safety concern, and also deeply understand that these signs are not a responsible place for it, this works great as a message and publicity stunt. Besides, they are not hard to change back.

eco-activism is all well and good, until someone tampers with a sign that says "Slow Down, Wreck Ahead", causing even more injury and possibly death. Sometimes the methods get in the way of the message. Activism should be smart, not cool.

They also have my respect however the moron who wanted them prosecuted as terrorists should leave the US asap. People like you give US residents a bad name.

People like the first commenter never cease to amaze me...

No matter if it's right or wrong it is cool. I would hardly call it terrorists. Overzealous college kids, yes.

This seems cool until some people miss whatever hazard they're SUPPOSED to be warned about, and your nice Canadian taxes go up even further to cover their third-rate healthcare :)

I certainly hope no one gets injured or killed, motorists or the construcion personnel the signs usually protect. Stupid, childish and dangerous, with the potential for Murder.

I don't care what you all think, but the anti-terrorism is very feasible. If the sign said that you have to stop ahead, and someone misses the stop, wrecks and kills someone, the people that change the sign are guilty of manslaughter. Same thing as stealing a roadsign.

They are changing signs that may be protecting the innocent from some danger. Seriously not cool.

I think it's great the campus group is COC, very fitting.

I'm all for not everyone and their 80 year old grandma NOT driving a 5 MPG vehicle, but advocating getting rid os cars is just dumb. I would say it is definitely some idealistic college student that hasn't spent time in the real world.

Someone on Digg made a good point too. Are this really l33t h4xorz! or just some stupid college kids who broke into the box with the input terminal?

Those signs are usually used to simply inform of road closures after certain hours, to "not drink and drive" or delays caused by construction...it's not like they inform drivers about open pits in the road...

Protecting motorists from the danger doesn't constitute facism, but prosecuting them under the anti-terrorism laws does.

Jeez people, it's a funny joke. Haha.

Terrorists?

Get a life and stop taking everything so seriously. You make the U.S. look bad.

the passwords are scratched into the metal box which has the keyboard. 2600 did an article on this a while ago

"Terrorism" is the use of terror. These people weren't trying to scare anyone.

Sorry but if you need a sign to tell you that traffic ahead of you is slowing down then you shouldn't be driving....

Second, these aren't necessarily construction signs. You'll find them located all over highways in Ontario, displaying everything from warnings about accidents/high winds to messages about not talking on your cell phone or tune to some radio station for traffic information.

Also, anyone saying that this is terrorism has serious issues and should seek counselling immediately.

Who ever said that not thinking these people are terrorists is "un-american"??

Yes, charging them as terrorists is waay over the top; but then again - this isn't just some harmless prank. People really could be injured or killed if they miss an important message. Might as well start replacing stopsigns with eco-propaganda.

That most of those ginormous LED signs normally just display what speed your driving and how fast you SHOULD be going? Also a message like "Workers ahead."

I'm sure there are still some of the orange signs to protect the workers.

Hurray for whoever did this!

keep up the good work!

To the person who said they were moving to Canada ... This was done in Toronto. lol

I want to try this out.

Changing the useless sign that said "construction ahead: expect delays" is not going to endanger anybody.
Nice job kids, good to see somebody hacking for a cause rather than a bank account.

Of signs warning of:

1) congestion ahead (some of us don't live on a prarie where you can see 10 miles ahead. I like to know when traffic is stopped around the curve and I'm doing 70)

2) An accident ahead.

3) Road closures (due to an accident or weather-related)

4) General traffic delays (so I can take an alternate route)

5) Amber alert

6) Workers ahead (nice to know, so I don't run one of those guys over)

i guess all of the construction that goes on without warning signs constitutes terrorism then, right?

How about being a competent driver? I don't need a road sign to tell me that the cars in front of me have their break lights on. Common sense behind the wheel will save a lot more lives than babysitting our drivers on when to slow down. Whatever happen to evolution?

A+ on the sign changes.

These types of signs, at least over here in Redmond/Seattle area, are used for everything from "expect delays" to "Go Seahawks". Generally if it's a real hazard, they either use a real sign (no an electric one) or they use the over-the-road led signs. I rarely (or never) see this type of led sign used for things that could endanger someone's life.

I'm all for people voicing their opinions. However, doing it on a sign is not smart.

To Above^^ You obviously have never come around a turn or over a hill and had people stopped in front of you. If you can't see the brake lights they don't help you. This COULD cause a seriously dangerous situation.

OMG amber alert! You're difinitely a terrorist if you don't immediately drive your F-150 off road and start hunting down for the bastards who KIDNAPPED THAT LITTLE GIRL!

It IS in canada. Toronto happens to be the "real" capital city of canada. (Lets face it, toronto > ottawa)

Seriously? Terrorism?

I think this is probably coming from the same Digg-Bomber that's been jumping from Dugg site to dugg site callin' people 'terrorist's all day...

Most recent example?:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=170

Check out the 23rd response
to this recently Dugg Story (Apple Vs. Me) entitled:
"Apple going after corporate secrets terrorists like you"

Sheesh. Are you really THAT bored?

Grow up.

I did this about a year ago, rather simple really.

Great move using it to mock those idiots.

That the first chance someone gets an opportunity to post something 'anonymously' they choose to break out racist and unnecessary remarks?

Is your life really that empty?

Poster #1, visit a psychologist / psychiatrist. Agoraphobia, paranoia, and schizophrenia are all serious mental ailments.

^^^^
Well said.

GEEZ, I REALLY NEED THIS SIGN INSTEAD OF PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD WHERE EVERYONE IS SLOWED DOWN IN FRONT OF ME.

I use a bike and public transportation exclusively. I haven't been in a car for over a year. Anyone who claims that the alternatives aren't practical isn't even making an effort.

Ya' might consider the first comment to be sarcastic, nitwits.

Sorry, but saying that a hacked roadsign is dangerous is a little ridiculous. The signs are there regardless, what difference does it make what the sign says (as long as it's not a warning of some sort). Honestly, if you're making the argument that a road sign is a danger, what about billboards?

Personally, i think it's a great movement. If people in SUV"s get mad cuz they get 8 mpg and see the sign, that might spur them to say jeeeez...wtf am i doing driving this thing. That's the other option to the guy who said he'd be more likely to drive the SUV (which makes NO SENSE).

Get it together.

eco activists, don't you realize that vandalism hurts your cause rather than helps it. How childish, you should go to jail.

but still annoying all the same. I don't think time in Guantanemo Bay is befitting of this crime, but maybe just a small beating and a "please do not do anything to road signs anymore with your little hippie group, thanks" would be sufficient.

As for those of you in the "who cares - if you need a road sign to drive safely then you can't drive" corner, please avoid the public infrastructure and take their advice - buy a bike. This way, the rest of us will be safe.

VANDALISM? It's not permanent. It can be changed back. Doesn't vandalism mean permanently defacing property?

Further more, "hippie group"? So wait, lemme get this straight...anyone caring about the environment and making a statement is a hippie? Mkay, so then, major car manufacturers making a statement on billboards on the side of the road, advertising the "GREAT NEW BENEFITS" their gas guzzler has...is a hippie?

It's amazing, the number of illogical and poorly formed arguments you get from people on this thing.

my apologies, my earlier def'n of vandalism is too liberal.

from oxford:

vandalism: action involving deliberate DESTRUCTION of or DAMAGE to public or private property.

Face it, you've been pwned!

unfortunately.

"What they did is illegal! I respect the rule of law, so i hope they fudge the law and prosecute them under non-applicable law just to satisfy my own misanthropic sadistic tendencies to detract from the awareness of my own sad, pathetic, empty existence as an idiot who can't even see the conflict in my first sentance and my second."

Imbecile.

love,

Spider Jerusalem

All the anti-terrorist rhetoric sounds a lot like the anti-communist rhetoric from the 50's. Except now, it's more serious and dangerous for the accused.
No, I do not agree with their choice of medium for activist messages (hey, if you really want a medium, buy ad space on a billboard and post there like everyone else), but come on -- terrorists?!? People, grow up, and pull your collective heads out of the grand canyon.

Around the center of the universe (WashDC) there are many signs that span the beltway (8 lanes) that request drivers to "report suspicious behavior to 1-8000-eat-shit". I always waggle a finger at them and perform some suspicious driving hoping that the W-04 SUVs will report me. Anything I could do to offend the Dept. Of Paranoia would be good. Please send me the algorithm. (Same as the TV-B-Gone keychain fob.)

"eco activists, don't you realize that inconvenicing the great consu^H^H^H citizens of this country in any way is the greatest sin against humanity?

"Why, I almost choked on my triple-double-latte whilst conversing with my broker on my cellphone while speeding too fast with one knee in a top-heavy waste of steel and plastic getting 9 gallons to the mile careening around the corner while swiping a hand at the kids yelling in the back - so your words on that electric sign clearly just aren't safe."

please. if any of you are those jackasses on America's Safe Highways playing pole-position, running lights, blowing stopsigns, cutting people off and yammering on your phones and speeding because getting there 5 minutes later is somehow beneath you - you don't have a damn thing to say.

see above post ... *golf clap*

It's not terrorism. It's vandalism and endangerment, but NOT terrorism. They aren't intending to cause accidents and death to get their point accross.

Damn, I care about the earth.
I'm a terrorist...

Find out who the real terrorists are before claiming someone is a terrorist:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848

stick the idiots in jail. messages liek that will distract drivers, causing accidents

Its amazing how you go through life with all these technologies advancing all the time, then you get smacked in the face realising just how many people cant look at a situation from more than one angle.

If a driver dies or kills someone because a road sign got changed to "dont drive", then they shouldnt have been on the road in the first place. The only road signs truely neccesary are permenant. Any other sign is not needed- any information given through a temporary sign is something you can realise using your eyes/brain or failing that, a radio.

Bike-riding city dwellers - good for you.

But realise that if there was no gasoline tomorrow, you would starve to death within a week.

You're still reliant on intensive farming and massive transportation networks to bring food to you, via fuel-burning trains, trucks and vans. Such a transportation network is *necessary* to support cities.

The only "true" environmentalists in this country are those working on their own farm and growing their own food - which probably means they're Amish.

messages like that do not distract drivers any more than messages that say SLOW DOWN, YOUR SPEED IS.....

is it cruel to laugh if a bicyclist is creamed by a Suburban if the sign had originally said something like "traffic lights inoperative - stop ahead".

If terrorism's goal is obviously to cause terror in a population, explain to me how reading a sign that says "Don't Drive" would cause fear in someone. Maybe you should go back to calling them "commies".

Plus, a lot of those signs are left idle near construction, the ones warning of accidents or traffic are permanent and overhead. I hope they wouldn't change an active sign regardless.

I think you all need to just chillout a bit!!!!!!!

There are soo many laws that these jerks broke, they *really* need to be busted so they can see what the "justice" system is all about.

They need to find a better way to send their message, or better yet, get a better message.

In Australia these are often used as billboards! talk about confusing.

i am mad now i did the exact same thing about five years ago and now they get on digg.com for it. I feel ripped. By the way getting in the box is the hard part, the computer inside uses a default password which usually is in the instruction booklet.

Don't you people have anything better to do? Both sides are just reactionary. Sheesh! It's probably not the best idea but a little funny.. nobody died and the sign isn't gonna blow up. You'd probably argue about the sound of a fart. Nothing to see here, move along ya little drama queens!

I read something in 2600 a few years ago. The terminal takes RS-232 keyboard port. They only use a few banks for info. I read if you reset the battery terminal connection and type the unit # for the password you can alter the card messages.

Where is everyone's sense of humour?

So if anyone commits a crime these days, it is automatically 'terrorism'?!

Give me a break!

"In the US, I'd argue for prosecuting them under anti-terrorism laws too, so as to make the sentence harsher."

What a lame ass, thats all I have to say.

Around the UofT, where its stated these are placed, traffic rolls VERY slow all the time. Road and geographic layout dictate, you're almost always at 30kph or less. This is great stress relief all round.

As for consideration of this as terrorism or vandalism, pfffft. No harm done. Just had to get some city unionjzed(read:overpayed) 'tech' to come and re-enter text. And JUSTICE? in Toronto? HA! Tell that to the cops working for the mob or selling coke!!

I HOPE THESE GUYS LIKE HAM. HAM IS TASTY. IF YOU DON'T LIKE HAM, YOU'RE A TERRORIST.

Regardless of their message, these people did tamper with a system that affects the lives of many motorists.

They don't deserve ultra-severe "terrorism" penalties, but the penalty needs to be severe enough to deter other would-be vandals from attempting to gain unauthorized access to vital life safety systems of a city, which these signs are.

If I were a judge, well... on one hand, this is not something to lock people up for years and years over, on the other hand, you don't want people putting messages on these signs willy-nilly. My vote would be some jail and community service time, and deferred ddjudication, where this would not be a permanent entry on a criminal record.

Technically it is terrorism.

They are changing signs that may be protecting the innocent from some danger. Seriously not cool.

You call them terrorists. By doing that, you demean every person who lost their life on 9/11. Terrorism is premeditated acts of TERROR designed to kill or injure. This is a harmless prank. The 'innocent' won't know that all the gawkers looking at the stalled car up ahead on the shoulder are slowing down traffic. I guess they'll have to resort to using their *GASP!* eyes!?! to see what's on the road ahead. Get a grip would ya? Technically, you're a melodramatist.

While it is easy to say "No harm, no foul", you really should plug your brain back in and look at the big picture.

The one responder had it right: Activisim should be smart, not cool.

Changing a road sign is dangerous (and plain stupid) stuff. All it takes is one person to think "Hey, let's change this sign" which results in an accident (or worse) for people's opinions to change.

I personally wouldn't want to be the person who gets hurt because of someone screwing around with road signs. You have to ask yourself: how would you feel if you were the innocent victim of an altered road sign?

Again, activism is good, but it has to be smart. Being 'cool' doesn't get the right message across.

"In the US, I'd argue for prosecuting them under anti-terrorism laws too, so as to make the sentence harsher."

Hahahahaha.

Seriously though. Doesn't this just highlight what the new 'anti-terrism' laws are really being used for?

Giving government the power to make punishments arbitrarily punitive.

Whinging twats

I left some out. Sorry.
Tom that's not the gearshift

Warning: there are cars in front of you.

Seriously roll the window down

Your believe everything you read?

Perhaps they actually rented that sign and used it legitamately.

funny. Lets hope this continues. Wonder if they do it through wifi...

that guy with the first comment about terrorists is canadian.

TORONTO IS FULL OF TERRORISTS!
The guys who did this are the same as Hitler.

They must be terrorist! SUVS are all-American, not liking them is TERRORISM.
Or the more plausibe yet still rediculus:
They are killing people because they couldn't tell when to slow down.

Seriously there is no way on earth anyone can justify a 15mpg vehicle for regular road base transport of >10 individuals. Most cars sold where I come from are 30+mpg.
Calling someone a terrorist because you disagree with their views is stupid and irresponsible, anyone that says otherwise is a complete and total moron.

Anyone calling these eco-activists "Terrorists"...

We can see as plain as day that you have some of George Dubya's blood in your veins, so why don't you just send the army to attack them!?!

Sure. Being eco-mindful is a good thing and more people should be aware. But I dont agree with hacking a roadsign that potentially displays important safety or detour information for motorists. They are there for a reason, and its not for joe blow to solicit their green ideology or anti-american banter. Its like tamppering with a stopsign, directional roadsign, or traffic light. ITS WRONG

If they want to display signs with thier own message then they should rent a sign for themselves.

"You call them terrorists. By doing that, you demean every person who lost their life on 9/11."




I wish to marry this person.

Clearly this is a plot by Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, communists, environmentalists, liberals, John Kerry, The New York Times, the left wing media, leftist college professors, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Karl Marx, The Simbionese Liberation Army, Hugo Chavez, Harry Belefonte, and Al Franken and Satan. Jews must be involved somehow, too! They should be charged as terrorists because they hate freedom. We should send these guys to trial and execute them preventatively! It's for securtity! And Communism doesn't work! We've seen that it doesn't!

Heil Bush! Does someone have an American flag I can waive around?

;)

"This seems cool until some people miss whatever hazard they're SUPPOSED to be warned about, and your nice Canadian taxes go up even further to cover their third-rate healthcare :)"

I garantee this was written by someone who has never been to Canada but believes what Rush Limbaugh tells them to believe. As a Canadian working in the US I can tell you my health care was better, and cheaper back home.

none of you are actually listening to each other anyway.

"arguing on the internet is like the special olympics...even if you win, you're still a retard."

People, this is Toronto we're talking about. There is at most a foot of snow on the ground at any given time during the winter in southwestern Ontario. The streets are generally clear enough to ride on if there hasn't just been a substantial snowfall. I'm near Toronto (sadly) and I bike to work daily regardless of the weather or season. If anything, you can get too hot riding a bike in the winter because you're moving.

Granted, the TTC is crowded and overcharges compared to other municipalities. But the subway is relatively fast.

Knowing how the signs are used to display messages regarding what lanes are slow moving, I don't think there's any conceivable danger to commuters. If it weren't for the likely illegality of this 'hack', I would say that these students were being quite clever.

Go back to watching your beloved Fox News, stupud neo-conservatives. Also, no props to the guys who did this to the informational signs as it's not too hard to do, not because it "could be dangerous" LOL!!!

..and rememeber kids.. "Crack Kills"

hopefully, these kind of "inteligent" and "resourceful" type of people end up in government because the fbi/cia couldnt find their ass if they sat on it!

That is stupid and a felony.

Well let us start with the punishment to fit the crime:

Canada - a stern warning
USA - anything severe to do with guns, lawsuits or God - preferably all three..

Its not like this is the first time... There are pictures from NYC Circo 2002 or so from the "All Your Base... " craze...

Also, for those of you that think its completely possible to live off a bike or public transportation, try living somewhere thats not one of the main metro areas like NYC, LA, ATL, or Chicago... "Public Transportation" hahah yeah right, obviously you have never been to places like Memphis, Huntsville, Etc.... some of these places have bus and or light rail but they systems are so crapy they are only useful in the inner city... personally I prefer to live in areas where I dont have to worry about a crack head mugging my kids for their lunch money, or "Hoes" working the curb in front of my residence... These areas in most of "The South" do not have that luxary of a NYC Subway, Short distances to the store (closest store to my place 2+ Miles), Short Bikeable Distance to the office (12 Miles 1 way to the office) etc...

No I am not for the SUVs... People that drive those should just hand me their ATM card... I could spend the money they waste on fuel and put it to a much better user (like getting drunk at the local strip club and going to ${SOME_STORE} to buy bad B SciFi Movies...)

Its not the average Joe Schmucatelli that lives in the burbs fault we waste too much energy (ok well maybe it is), but I blame it more on the "Oil/Vehicle" complex that has screwed t he public over at every corner to keep us dependant on oil when the technology exists to greatly increase fuel economy (think 50miles/gal out of a 2.2L Diesel), Hydrogen Cars which are easy to retrofit, Gas/Electric Hybrids (There are reasons Frieght Trains run this mode other then power...) not to mention *GASP* Nuclear power... Yes I said it Nuclear Power...

>>Jesus, you guys are complete morons. I mean, it's depressing how little you know about the world around you. Cars are most assuradly not the ecological problem that needs to be challenged, but hey, you just want the chicks, so do this crazy shit all you like.

They need to be arrested...Quickly!

Need I remind you eco-freaks that most of the world still uses leaded gas and no form of emissions control whatsoever. A vehicle from those sort of places spew out more CFCs in one DAY than our average SUV will over its lifetime.

I wish more sites allowed anonymous posting on their articles, this is some high quality discussion about the merits of signs.

So if this sign said something like "danger, wreck ahead," you think these people would have changed it? Some people. Instead of all the terrorism crap we need to have anti moron laws. Prosecute the first poster.

These aren't hacked construction signs. They're displays from a rented sign to promote the sustainability fair on campus.

This is clear because first the building in the back shows the location is the same as it was when I walked by it in daylights, and second the "bent" D in the first sign is the same default that was witnessed in the sign.

I cannot get the movie to work, but I think it would support my suspicions.

Don't you think anyone who could pull this off would also know not to do it if it was a seriously important sign?

Good job, those kids. And to all those characters screaming terrorism, national security, etc, are you all on Adolf Bush's payroll or brain dead? I'm sure glad I don't live in the great US of A and sure as hell don't want to. Enjoy yourselves kids.

This is funny and thoughtful no matter what country you live in. (And I would like to see more of this -- and less SUV driving -- in the USA!)

"terrorist"? you are a sick mofo, go kill yourself you brainwashed, tv-watching repulican propagandist.

I think this is kinda stupid and juvenille, a cool hack, but stupid nonetheless. They certainly aren't terrorists though, and you're just a complete moron for suggesting that.

because I farted!

it stinks....clear out. end of thread. *phew*

gives americans more of an incentive to focus on security. hack away dudes, exploit vulnerabilities, it's the only way to make things more secure.

A MOTHER FUCKER

LOL@TERROR

america, where the media can create it's own facts, and can crush opinions, real facts, businesses, and peoples lives. tell me the media doesn't nearly run the country and not laugh at how absurdly true it is.

I don't want to be part of the back-and-forth of this, but personally, I only drive about once a month.

I live in the suburbs, in rainy, rainy, Oregon, and I walk or bike everywhere. I love it. Last year, I worked in a factory on the outskirts of town, and I biked forty-five minutes both ways every day. If there's any traffic at all, biking doesn't take me much longer than driving. And I arrive everywhere energized, instead of tired with my ass asleep.

I understand why people are reluctant to drive less, but it's really not as hard as it seems. We all have the time to wade through these ridiculous Internet conversations, we complain about being out of shape and not getting outside enough, and we complain about the bitch of paying for gas, insurance, and maintenance.

So if anyone else out there would like to give up driving but is intimidated, I just want to encourage you to do it. Give it a try, even just for a month, and I think you'll be very surprised.

Anything that highlights these assholes is great work as far as I'm concerned.

"Go back to watching your beloved Fox News, stupud neo-conservatives. Also, no props to the guys who did this to the informational signs as it's not too hard to do, not because it "could be dangerous" LOL!!!"

Switch on your spell checker you retard.

Go back to your liberal whining CNN, DemoKretin.

The first poster - you're a whanker!

Dude you guys need to take a break america sucks...really anyway guys this is cool but like you guys need to fucking lighten up as far as im concered a terrorist is someone who trys to threaten things and kill people other than your stupidity you make america suck even more you and people just like you and president bush should burn in hell for making everyones life miserable and whoever did the sign thing...keep up the gr8 work! - h7ck3r *romUdog* (c) 2006 romUdog

Thoses signs are super easy to hack.

I found the default admin username and password on their website for a sign that was near my old house.

I logged into but nothing really to say on it. So i just put "Orange barrels!"

as we all know construction is common in michigan.

Very cool hack, well done! :)

Terrorism. The one-size-fits-all label. It's getting so overused that it has NO impact anymore. Shit, when I was a teenager, some of the stuff I did with my friends would be labeled terrorism now. Fact is, it was all pranks, just like this sign hack. I suppose a frickin' BA will probably be considered terrorism. Time to grow up, all you pathetic, conservative doofuses.

That said, nice hack guys!

Lackey: "High Chancellor, it appears we have successfully broadened the definition of 'terrorism' to suit our purposes. What are your wishes?"

High Chancellor: "On to phase two of my plan, Thoughtcrime."

Even if some people get into accidents because of the signs, think about how many people will die because of Global Warming... Sorry, Sorry, I forgot, we lost the ability to look past next weeks TV guide

doesn't matter, nobody cares what neo-hippies think anyway.

I agree, global warming is way more deadly and destructive thatn a street sign.

Perhaps we should put American corporations on trial for "eco-terrorism".

Didn't you hear....Global Warming was over in 1998?

Keep up with the rest of us now...

To the fag who said that "you are going to be dugg hardcore" STFU and go back to sucking on Kevin Rose's nuts you tool. It's queer fanboys like you that make digg look like Slashdot's retarded wannabe cousin.

1998? way to pull that out of your ass? I have never heard that date in my life and im majoring in environmental science.

btw nice hack. I wonder If you can get it to display simple graphics.

But sweet hacks open eyes.

SUV drivers are fags with small penis. bigger the car, smaller the penis.

if I'm not mistaken this sign was simply stating construction would begin on a certain date.
considering that the sign was found and changed in a matter of a few hours, the only people who might have been hurt are those that died laughing at it.

and it's no more distracting then the TV billboards that litter toronto displaying clips of television shows/ads.

These guys are awesome!

"traffic lights inoperative - stop ahead"

I don't think the general population of the United States would be comfortable with a big word such as inoperative. I think that would cause way many more accidents.

Great prank, I love this stuff. Harmless, has some good couse in it and original. Keep up the good work.

Arrested for this? haha this isn't USA. No judge here would hand them more them 20 hours of community service. Cheers!

This is nothing new. Infact, video of it released back in 2004 by the people over at binrev.com. HackTV episode 1.

I admit, they shouldnt have done this, but honestly, this is not an act of terrorism, it nothing more than an childish prank. Serioulsly guy at the top, you defanetly need to return to your facist pig world and STFU.

Keep it up al modern so called innovations are facist and wehave to go back to minimalistic and basic living...............cheers

This is precisely the sort of thing that makes some of us Brits dislike the USA. Providing the sign wasn't displaying anything important, then good for them, keep it up.

anyone else see anti-terrorism being the withch hunt of the new millenium?

TECHNOLOGY IS SCARY, ban the wheel :'(

Because of the wood conflict, because of the mad cow embargo, because of the policing, not peace keeping, because of their world wide bullying, Because of unreasonable detention either in their country or guantanamo bay, because of the death penality, because of their paranoia, because of abusive legal recourse, and now because of stupidity... That terrorist appelation for a road sign hacking just makes me understand even more why this nation is hated all around the world. This is sooooo f***ing unbelievable. what a stupid prick

I live in the residence right in front of where that sign was placed, and I personally saw the sign. It was a slideshow that said "If you dont drive, I love you"... my friends and I were walking home and saw the sign and had a good laugh

as the author of the video, i am inclined to believe they actually rented it, but the alternative would be pretty badass!

I'm american and I'm about sick of hearing people whine about terrorism as though it never ocurred before 9/11. Would you people please read a book or something? I suggest 1984. Rule by fear is the oldest trick in the book. When the world is lost you have your own ignorance to thank for it.

First, I'm from Texas.

That out of the way, I love how just about EVERYTHING is terrorism. I swear to God (or whatever you crazies worship) that tomorrow my sandwich will be terrorism.

Quit labeling everything as terrorism just for shock value or punishment. Leave the label of terrorist for the sick bastards crashing planes into our buildings and mailing anthrax through the postal service. This is vandalism with the potential for accidental homicide. Nothing more, but potentially much less.

Consider this sign I saw in February. It said, "Black History Month"...who is going to DIE if they don't read that message?

...bad enough we gave them the shortest month out of the year...If anything, THAT was terrorism.

i recently saw one of these signs by the side of the highway, guess what was on it... nothing, it was turned off.....

I've seen a lot of those signs displaying lots of things, some of which could be very important, some of which could be considered trivial at best. Part of me wants to say that it really depends on what the sign said -- if it were a "Construction Workers Ahead, Slow Down" sign (fairly common in my area) then the hack would be endangering the lives of those workers. If it were a "Have a nice day" sign (I've seen those as well, sadly) I don't think I'd really care much. Someone probably would have paid for it one way or another (as in, a company or individual paying for the sign rental), which I guess means you could consider it, well, theft? But in the case that it were a safety sign, and someone were injured or killed because of the hack, well, that's just wrong. I believe that it would be manslaughter in that case. I don't think that this type of thing is right, and I know there's got to be a law against it, but I don't think that the group responsible should be locked away for years. I think that Community Service would be an ironic punishment... wink wink.

Well, around here (Indiana, and most of the drive to the East Coast) these signs are frequently used for pertinant road safety information. They use the "workers ahead" signs because they DO help cut down on accidents; tell a dead contruction worker's family that its the stupid driver's fault they needed the sign.

On the other hand, I can rent one of these for a week from Mr. Superrent for one or two hundred bucks- and if I merely go look into renting one they'll show me how to program the damn thing; makes it all seem kinda pointless.

Finally, I'm pretty sure the U.S. and Canada are the only countries in the world with negative net air polution- why do we get all the hippies? :P

Now, if you want to do something impressive, go hack a digital billboard; its a hell of a lot harder to do, but you'd get a hell of a lot more attention, and noone might die because they didn't see the giant, flashing strip-club ad! :)

in a near future most things will have something to do with computers, and when it does the world belongs to the hackers for the taking

dear suckers:

i know the people who did this. they are not terrorists nor did they hack into the signs nor are they part of "cars off campus". they rented the sign legitimately.

way to get all worked up about it though

i'd do them

idiots. If these signs warned about anything URGENT, emergency crews would be working to fix thatever that is in close prosimity to the sign. therefor, the signs must have not been too urgent, or else they wouldnt have had the time to tinker with them and change the messge.

May the Fourth Be With Yoooooou!!!!!

Only inhabitants of this great puss-wuss nation would demand prosecuting these sign vandals as terrorists. There are plenty of laws that can be put into action without the resorting to hyperbole and munchausenism that terrified panic-attack stricken US citizens are burbling at this time. This nation is doing more to terrorize itself than any two-bit, cause-blabbering, fundamentalist religious bigot can inspire. Braaap!

He should be just as successful tracking them down as the US government has been at finding and punishing Osama bin Mama. Then he can add them to Guantanamo Bay after doing a little state sponsored torture to get them to not only admit to changing the sign messages, but also to going on a secret mission to Iraq to help former US allie Saddam Hussein hide all those Woopons Of Mass Distraction. Too bad Saddam wasn't more of a people person, he could have asked Iran for some of that Uranium they are mining in their own country instead of having to try to use British faked documents to try and get it from Uganda or wherever the whak he was trying to find it.

K. you lose at teh internets.

People please. Do you not have anything to do but judge people. Get a life

Very nice work! i like it....

Wow what a commie...

You're all terrorists. Every last one of you tree-spiking eco-punks should have your throats cut. Drive your priuses and drink your lattes. I live on an acreage and burn my garbage just to make up for you dirty fuckers. If I could find a coal burning car I would buy it. But I guess disabling the commie-converter on my cadillac eldorado will have to do for now. Choke on it, fags and lesbos.

I support you brave comrades! Death to America! Death to capitalism! Death to fat moneyed plutocrats! Viva Chavez! Viva Osama Bin Laden! Viva Ecogeek.org!

Viva? Go pick me some strawberries you fuckin' wetback!

... this means you ...

Ok first off, let me tell you a couple things. # 1 I work in the public safety field # 2 YES those signs are very important sometimes. If we are on scene working an accident and some asshole hacks a sign warning drivers we are ahead and someone runs over me or one of the other responders on the scene, I would want them put in prison for manslaughter. I also drive one of the so-called "8 mpg SUVs" and I love it, hell when I'm working I drive a huge ass truck that gets even less miles per gallon and when I m on scene of an emergency it doesn't get turned off, and here's the even better part my truck is a diesel so its pollutiing even more. Here's the deal you idiots, those signs are placed for a reason and if you tamper with them you SHOULD go to jail. Maybe not up in Canada but down here in the US we take care of our people!

Oh, right. You have a little fun with a sign used for advertising or public service messages (i.e. Don't drink and drive, Guns aren't for children, etc.) and you're a terrorist. Hey, next time you see a kid with a spray can, gun him down and try to explain to the judge why you thought he was a terrorist. Or someone sticking their gum under a park bench. Or those hidden camera shows like "Just For Laughs". Cause they're trying to destroy the US with Canadian humour. W007 for SIGNHACKS.

I think it is at good sign that at least some of you americans are starting care about the environment wich you are very good at destroying. How many people on earth will die if we don't care about our life-supporting environment? Sure, manipulating sings can potentially kill some very bad drivers out there - but reducing oil consuption can save lives. (Especially as you americans are killing people to get your oil for your SUV's)
By driving envoromentally friendly cars you can get away with less blood per gallon. Please get some perspective.

This partial solutions to getting unpatriotic cowardly anti-American SUV drivers won't work. You need to go to war with them. This is not "terrorism" --nobody is killing anyone else just because they don't believe in allah or god or because they refer to god as "she". Conservatives who think that "oh, these eco-activists shouldn't break the law; they should only use legal persuasion to get people to cut back on consumption" reveal their true, cowardly, peace-at-any-cost colors. Patriotic Americans support the Simbionese Liberation Army. They give their support to animal rights soldiers. And they don't demoralize student soldiers fighting for a less crowded, less-SUV-filled world.

Same selfish conservatives then are all gung-ho with their "support the troops" shit, "even if you don't agree with the war". Well, WTF should I? It's MY legal right to give my support to WHOMEVER I WANT! I don't OWE some person just because they've got some cushy government job in the military. Unless you blow up the prison which might be used to prevent MY free speech, you do are NOT fighting for my rights, no matter how much your drill seargent brain washes you with his/her political crap.

I hope all of you activist hippies are donating money to the families of the road workers killed by drivers that were not alerted to the road work and distracted by the propaganda. Oh, and I'm SURE that you actually made a difference. How about bombing a car dealership during peak hours. You'll get rid of SUV's and people who would drive them simultaneously!

Jesus people, you all need to have a sense of humor. Who is it hurting? No one. If drivers depend on an led sign to tell them that there is construction ahead then they should also pay attemtion to the abundant orange cones/barrels and other signs saying "Left lane closed ahead" or "One lane road 500 feet" or something to that effect.

in Ontario they have strict rules for workers who are working anywhere near the travelled part of the road.

The signs are there to protect the motorist and the construction workers that placed them there.

Why do you think the ministry of transportation and the ministry of labour have come up with these rules?

EVERY rule they make is a result of someone either a motorist or a worker losing his life.

If you mess with a sign, it caused an accident and someone loses his life over it, why shouldn't that person be procecuted? They are a direct cause of the accident aren't they?

A warning can only warn. It is up to the driver to keep safe. Cars and the petroleum industry ruin more lives then al queda and bush combined. So whenever you turn the key and push the pedal you become a terrorist. If you read this you are guilty. I am. These kids are pushing for the direction which things need to go. Oil is running out and we need to find a new method for transportation. Hydrogen fuel cells, solar, wind, local farming, recycled material for clothes and housing. Do something today....

LISTEN UP PEOPLE, first of all we did it because the sign was up for like 3 weeks giving a pointless old message saying "construction ahead slow down" but construction finished 3 weeks ago! 2nd it's not endangering anyone if there is no roadwork happening. 3rd of all i'm laughing at those people saying it's like terrorism, how much brainwashing and how dumbed down can you possible be to think that, like wow.

i have lived without a car for about 10 years now and as long as you are in a major city, you can do without them easily... biking is sometimes faster than driving, is a good workout, and is definitely more environmentally friendly...

as far as terrorism goes? driving cars kills more people a year than terrorism does... so maybe this sign is warning us of something that is more dangerous than terrorism: our insane fossil fuel driven culture...

peace,
phil

i think its pretty cool and funny but i think its so cool i even want to know how to hack(be a nerd) and give my runescape account a lvl 60 woodcuting and 999 mil. and to get to this fun rpg medievil game type this in.

www.runescape.com

peace,

chris

Wow andy, well done in taking credit for something that you didn't do.

I'm sure the people responsible for this would take into account the gravity of the sign they were changing. If it said "slow immediately road narrows to one lane" they probably wouldn't have changed it. If it said something useless like "traveler info channel 1240", thats reasonable. Obviously those responsible for this are rather intelligent and would be able to forsee the consequences fo changing an important sign.

Most of these signs have the password for them etched into the metal box that contains the keyboard. Anyone that can read would be able to 'hack' these signs. Let's face it, anyone that puts a message like 'Don't Drive' to get their ideas across must have an IQ below 100.

In a society where this can occur, there is no stopping larger, more elaborate plots of breaking through the governing system and causing worldwide anarchy. If September 11 or the attacks in Mumbai weren't enough to prove that this event is only a footnote in a series of cataclysmic events than I don't know what will.

far out ppl ! its just a lil fun !
though yes it is dangerus !
but on the other hand if ur car runs at 10mpg !
u problay need some sence kicked into ur head!

and :O GEEE mate ur SUV runs at 8mpg !
I think u need a better car !
that kinda mileage must be costing
u like $20 a day to go to the supa mart !
even a dust cart has better mileage than that
everone knows you drive an SUV to make up for something !
i'd rather date a guy for his personality not his
"big car"

Hey Lucy, you are retarded!

some of the mother fucking hippie ass pieces of shit on this site amazing.