Freeway sign

Sperlock · 03-16-2002, 07:07 PM

I'm not certain if this is real, but I found it amusing anyway.

elSicomoro · 03-16-2002, 08:12 PM

Very cool...where did you find that?

Although I would think unlikely, it IS possible that it's real. I've heard of people hacking into the computers that control those signs. That, or one of the operators had a sense of humor that day.

Sperlock · 03-17-2002, 09:31 AM

I found it on another board I frequent. It was posted by someone from Portland, so there is a chance it might be from there. Too bad I can't see any license plates in the picture.

dezeroex · 03-18-2002, 03:33 PM

The picture was taken in bloomington minnesota on I-494. I know this because i've driven under and over that bridge hundreds of times.

-Zach

Joe · 03-18-2002, 06:26 PM

I think the sign is real.

I think the message is bogus.

1) The text doesn't look like little lamps, it looks like solid lines which someone then tried to blur, poorly.

2) Look at the reflections in the big rig to the right of the sign. There are two, one for the middle line of text, one for the lower. Note how the lower reflection on the truck is brighter than the upper, but on the sign, the lower line of text has (or would have) fewer illuminated lamps than the upper, and they are also farther away from the truck?

3) The implausibility factor.

I think we've been photoshopped yet again...

TheDollyLlama · 03-22-2002, 02:57 AM

On my list of pet peeves are video billboards. For those of you in the Bay Area, my least favorite is the one on 101 just north of Redwood City. I can't think of the building it's on at the moment...Excite? Anyhow. My personal script kiddie fantasy would be to hack the video billboard with something other than the irritating ads. goatse if i were feeling particularly juvenile...

aphr0 · 03-22-2002, 09:07 AM

That would be from fark.com a month or so ago. I remember there being a photoshop contest using that as the original.

03-16-2002, 07:07 PM	#1
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Freeway sign I'm not certain if this is real, but I found it amusing anyway. Attached Images __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

03-16-2002, 08:12 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Re: Freeway sign Very cool...where did you find that? Although I would think unlikely, it IS possible that it's real. I've heard of people hacking into the computers that control those signs. That, or one of the operators had a sense of humor that day.

03-17-2002, 09:31 AM	#3
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	I found it on another board I frequent. It was posted by someone from Portland, so there is a chance it might be from there. Too bad I can't see any license plates in the picture. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

03-18-2002, 06:26 PM	#5
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	things that make you go hmmm I think the sign is real. I think the message is bogus. 1) The text doesn't look like little lamps, it looks like solid lines which someone then tried to blur, poorly. 2) Look at the reflections in the big rig to the right of the sign. There are two, one for the middle line of text, one for the lower. Note how the lower reflection on the truck is brighter than the upper, but on the sign, the lower line of text has (or would have) fewer illuminated lamps than the upper, and they are also farther away from the truck? 3) The implausibility factor. I think we've been photoshopped yet again...

03-22-2002, 02:57 AM	#6
TheDollyLlama Do-er of Deeds Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 41	Video Signs On my list of pet peeves are video billboards. For those of you in the Bay Area, my least favorite is the one on 101 just north of Redwood City. I can't think of the building it's on at the moment...Excite? Anyhow. My personal script kiddie fantasy would be to hack the video billboard with something other than the irritating ads. goatse if i were feeling particularly juvenile...

03-18-2002, 03:33 PM	#4
dezeroex Kinda New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1	The picture was taken in bloomington minnesota on I-494. I know this because i've driven under and over that bridge hundreds of times. -Zach

03-22-2002, 09:07 AM	#7
aphr0 Kinda New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1	from fark That would be from fark.com a month or so ago. I remember there being a photoshop contest using that as the original.

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