While I don't know the origin of the particular photo being used as the page image (I didn't add it, and there are a bunch of pictures from when it happened), I thought I'd share the story behind it in case anyone ever wonders.
What you see there is the handywork of a Playful Hacker who found a rather hilarious way to point out a minor security flaw in the nifty roadside announcement signs that Austin, Texas had recently acquired. Every one of the signs in the city displayed this message for most of the morning that day. While it got them in quite a bit of trouble, it did help that their intention was noble. They pointed out that using the same hack could have the boards redirect traffic in disruptive ways, display actual false warnings, or spam the city's roads with less amusing thing like lewd animated pixel art or hate speech.
Edited by Scorpion451
Anyone else think "Zombies Ate My Tropes" would be another good title?
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