mountainspeak! Why didn't you tell me?

[camwyn]

PM 'eats babies' sign flashed at commuters

TORONTO (Reuters) - A mocking announcement about Canada's prime minister, "Stephen Harper Eats Babies", was flashed on electronic advertising signs on Toronto area commuter trains for several days, and technicians were still scrambling on Tuesday to get the signs fixed.

"Stephen Harper Eats Babies. Stephen Harper Eats Babies. Stephen Harper Eats Babies," started to appear every three seconds across some LED screens late last week. The signs usually carry transit updates and advertising spots....

Comments

[parke-matru.livejournal.com]

*snrk* I need to pay closer attention to the signs. This is even better than the pie incident.

[daniidebrabant.livejournal.com]

*giggles to death*

[brashley46.livejournal.com]

What's scary is how easy the hack was. Apparently they use a 40-dollar-Canadian thingy about the size of a barcode reader to programme the signs, and they are available OTC, and the signs weren't even password-protected.

They are now, you betcha.

No, 'twasn't me, I'm barely able to hack my own system here.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Check my journal entry for today for a link to a story about highway signage that -was- password protected. But the password was written above the keyboard...

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed hearing about this...

[trinityday.livejournal.com]

This wasn't advertised nearly as much as it ought to have been.