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edbermac

(15,939 posts) Tue May 31, 2016, 02:22 PM May 2016

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Attention DUers! Important traffic advisory!

Proceed with caution.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-hacked-road-sign-223718

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Attention DUers! Important traffic advisory! (Original Post) edbermac May 2016 OP

Nice sign hack RoccoR5955 May 2016 #1

Too funny underpants May 2016 #2

Stay safe! Iggo May 2016 #3

Funny as hell !!!! (maybe these DOT geniuses will rethink security) groundloop May 2016 #4

Just so long as David Icke doesn't try to claim credit for it. Bad Dog May 2016 #5

Brought to you by the same people who did this? 47of74 May 2016 #6

Reptilian Type libodem May 2016 #7

Trump says he'll sue the state of Texas, The federal highway system, Barack Obama, rurallib May 2016 #8

How did you do that? tiredtoo May 2016 #9

Here edbermac May 2016 #12

You should be able to just right click on it in the OP then "Save image as". cui bono May 2016 #17

Does Trump suffer from eReptile Disfunction? Tyrs WolfDaemon May 2016 #10

I'm sorry, but we should aim for a higher level in our political discourse. We should not insult Warren DeMontague May 2016 #11

U Owe Me an i-Pad screen! DemoTex May 2016 #13

Good to see you DemoTex panader0 May 2016 #15

It was Union DemoTex Jun 2016 #22

See!!! Sometimes good things happen in Texas :-) Lisa0825 May 2016 #14

Someone with photoshop talent sarge43 May 2016 #16

ROFL!!!!! :D n/t BlancheSplanchnik May 2016 #18

That is TERRIBLY unfair to shape shifting lizards! n/t TygrBright May 2016 #19

k&R... spanone Jun 2016 #20

Let's move it to Cleveland. Fritz Walter Jun 2016 #21

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

1. Nice sign hack

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:16 PM

May 2016

Those things are programmable through wi-fi. All you need is the password, then you get into the interface, and Voila! you too, can create your own message!

underpants

(182,802 posts)

2. Too funny

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:16 PM

May 2016

Iggo

(47,552 posts)

3. Stay safe!

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:22 PM

May 2016

groundloop

(11,519 posts)

4. Funny as hell !!!! (maybe these DOT geniuses will rethink security)

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:42 PM

May 2016

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)

5. Just so long as David Icke doesn't try to claim credit for it.

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:48 PM

May 2016

47of74

(18,470 posts)

6. Brought to you by the same people who did this?

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:58 PM

May 2016

libodem

(19,288 posts)

7. Reptilian Type

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:10 PM

May 2016

I presume?

rurallib

(62,414 posts)

8. Trump says he'll sue the state of Texas, The federal highway system, Barack Obama,

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:44 PM

May 2016

Dwight Eisenhower for creating the interstate highway system where this was posted, the Chinese for making the sign and lastly God for not striking down the guy who hacked the sign.

Oh hell, throw Hillary in the mix too because she voted for highway funds as a senator.

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)

9. How did you do that?

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:49 PM

May 2016

I mean copy the gif. I wanted to steal it.

edbermac

(15,939 posts)

12. Here

Reply to tiredtoo (Reply #9)

Tue May 31, 2016, 05:10 PM

May 2016

copy this link but remove the "1202*675/"

http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/1202*675/trump-sign3.gif

I tried the link address but it just shows the picture.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

17. You should be able to just right click on it in the OP then "Save image as".

Reply to tiredtoo (Reply #9)

Tue May 31, 2016, 09:30 PM

May 2016

Works for me.

.

Tyrs WolfDaemon

(2,289 posts)

10. Does Trump suffer from eReptile Disfunction?

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:57 PM

May 2016

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

11. I'm sorry, but we should aim for a higher level in our political discourse. We should not insult

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:59 PM

May 2016

shape-shifting lizards like that.

DemoTex

(25,396 posts)

13. U Owe Me an i-Pad screen!

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 05:22 PM

May 2016

Just sprayed Dragoon IPA all over mine (sitting in a bar in Tucson, on my off days from the fire lookout).

panader0

(25,816 posts)

15. Good to see you DemoTex

Reply to DemoTex (Reply #13)

Tue May 31, 2016, 06:17 PM

May 2016

Which bar?

DemoTex

(25,396 posts)

22. It was Union

Reply to panader0 (Reply #15)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:48 PM

Jun 2016

At St. Phillips Square (corner of campbell & River Road).

Lisa0825

(14,487 posts)

14. See!!! Sometimes good things happen in Texas :-)

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 05:39 PM

May 2016

I saw a hacked road sign several years ago going over the Causeway from Galveston Island to the mainland that said "ZOMBIES ON THE MAINLAND!!!"

sarge43

(28,941 posts)

16. Someone with photoshop talent

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 06:54 PM

May 2016

should do a mix of Trump and one of the aliens from the tv show V.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

18. ROFL!!!!! :D n/t

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 11:11 PM

May 2016

TygrBright

(20,759 posts)

19. That is TERRIBLY unfair to shape shifting lizards! n/t

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 11:40 PM

May 2016

spanone

(135,831 posts)

20. k&R...

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 01:31 AM

Jun 2016

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)

21. Let's move it to Cleveland.

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 12:27 PM

Jun 2016

The night before the GOPpers descend on that city for their convention.

Just outside the airport, en route to the convention center.

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