That would make perfect sense in Shaun of the Dead still the greatest zombie film in years...
Indeed
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Post by: nickmitch on January 29, 2009, 04:43:22 PM
Whoever did that deserves a medal.
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Post by: D_Average on January 29, 2009, 05:16:14 PM
best prank eva
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on February 04, 2009, 02:38:29 AM
When I was coming home tonight it looks like someone hacked another one of these construction signs (probably a copy cap of this prank) that said "Zombies Drool".
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Post by: EasyCure on February 04, 2009, 08:35:53 AM
Thats lame for two reasons.
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Post by: Pale on February 04, 2009, 08:38:35 AM
It cracks me up that they call this "hacking".
I think a better term would be "operating" or "using".
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Post by: UncleBob on February 04, 2009, 08:52:32 AM
I think "hacking" is considered gaining unauthorized access. If I kept guessing your password until I got into your account, then posted stuff, would you say I "hacked" your account?
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Post by: Pale on February 04, 2009, 08:57:08 AM
I guess maybe, but these people didn't even guess the password. This obviously all started with someone who had been "trained" in using the signs before.
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Post by: UncleBob on February 04, 2009, 09:22:23 AM
'meh... it's a fine line.
Let's say there was a master-password I could use to get into any account on the forum, programmed in there by the creators of the forum - and one of these people gave me the password that I used to get into everyone's account and create havoc...
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Post by: Pale on February 04, 2009, 09:28:29 AM
Say someone handed you the keys to a ferrari and you hopped in and drove off.
Did you hack the ferrari? No, you operated it. =P
I just think this is closer to billboard graffiti than it is to "hacking".
Hacking requires gaining access to a greater system through a loophole and then a larger playground opens up.
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Post by: UncleBob on February 04, 2009, 09:43:52 AM
Dictionary.com defines Hacking as "To use one's skill in computer programming to gain illegal or unauthorized access to a file or network"
Obviously, this person gained illegal/unauthorized access to a file. Did they have to use their "skill" in "computer programming" to do so?
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Post by: Pale on February 04, 2009, 10:09:15 AM
Well I would disagree with that definition... but either way, I don't really look at at big sign that you set what it says as a system to be hacked.
When kids talk their parents into buying those spinny LED things at a theme park, and then they set them up to say silly things like "poop", does that make them all 1337 H4><0|2Z?
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Post by: UncleBob on February 04, 2009, 10:36:07 AM
No, because they're authorized to make the changes. :)
If your account says what I tell it to say, does that mean I didn't hack your account and all's well?
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Post by: UncleBob on February 04, 2009, 10:41:22 AM
le sigh (http://"http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6796691")
More originality, please...
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Post by: Pale on February 04, 2009, 10:54:55 AM
So what if I stole a little kid's led word thing and made it say "poop" and then gave it back to them. Does that make me a hacker?
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Post by: Khushrenada on February 04, 2009, 11:05:17 AM
No, it makes you abusive towards children, you heartless jerk.
