Published: September 07, 2010
Op-Ed Contributor
Electronic Highway Sign Hacked To Read: Eat My Shorts
By Robert Paul Reyes
"An electronic roadside information sign in Seattle was hacked to display the message 'eat my shorts,' authorities said.
It's unclear when the sign was hacked but a crew member from the SDOT re-coded the sign Sunday, removing the temporary source of amusement for West Seattle residents, KCPQ-TV, Tacoma, Wash., reported Monday. - UPI
This is a harmless, not a malicious prank. Indeed, I doubt that anybody besides SDOT got their panties in a bunch over the amusing prank. I bet that the altered sign elicited quite a few smiles as commuters drove to work.
It is the sort of mischievous joke that Bart Simpson would play. The message isn't profane or subversive, it's merely rude.
In some municipalities it's a felony to alter a sign on an expressway, but I hope the hacker doesn't get caught.
If caught, the hacker should be punished by writing "I will not alter highway signs" 100 times on a blackboard.
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Robert Paul Reyes is a NewsBlaze writer on Politics, Pop Culture and Pointless Pontificating. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze.
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