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billboardliberation.com — The Billboard Liberation Front did this very accurate improvement to an AT&T billboard a couple of blocks from my house...

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  • CaptinCrunch, on 02/28/2008, -2/+164outstanding! Lets hope this spreads
    • branjb, on 02/28/2008, -6/+18I guess that's their first add without false advertising!
      • greenlight2001, on 02/28/2008, -5/+12ad
        • YoctoYotta, on 02/29/2008, -13/+4dick
        • EntangledPhysx, on 02/29/2008, -7/+4who ***** cares. we get the jist. But really, thank god you enlightened us all diggers. I mean *****.. ad and add are such different pronunciations anyways...
      • branjb, on 02/28/2008, -3/+9fat fingers!
    • elitedw, on 02/28/2008, -1/+27[REDACTED]
    • Nerfdude, on 02/28/2008, -4/+19hack? seriously?

      nice billboard though.
      • daRoach, on 02/28/2008, -1/+11mod
      • mateo60, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7I almost didn't click the story because of of my annoyance of the over-use of the word "hack".... but those billboards are nice.
      • gandhii, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3You may have noticed that the term is used more loosely these days.
      • plaunie, on 02/29/2008, -0/+7except that is an older and more 'original' meaning of the word hack...

        http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/Gallery.html
      • Cyber_Akuma, on 02/29/2008, -5/+5While I fully believe in these people's cause, technically, this IS an illegal act of vandalism you know... not always the best way to get a message across when people see what you are doing with the equivalent of graffiti...

        But I'm sure I will get dugg down for daring to mention that instead of going with the crowd...
        • mydigga, on 02/29/2008, -0/+7Just think of it as leveling the playing field. I, for one, am prepared to break the law if it means protecting/preserving the rights that this Country was founded upon.
        • madpie, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4billboards = graffiti made by entities with money

        • EntangledPhysx, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1I thought they put up their own "ads" that just happened to mock ATT and NSA.
        • ayeroxor, on 02/29/2008, -2/+2Let me guess: Civil disobedience is still disobedience, therefore bad and naughty :( aww :(

          Suck it up.

          "But I'm sure I will get dugg down for daring to mention that instead of going with the crowd..."

          Nope. You'll get buried. (dugg down? wtf?) for precisely going WITH this jingoistic crowd that is current-day America.
    • DarkShroud, on 02/29/2008, -5/+1This is all around lame. How many of these people wrote their representatives over this issue? Handed out fliers to people on the street? How many just ran their mouth about it on the Internet though? This is not a hack its petty vandalism that doesn't do anything helpful to anyone.
      • madpie, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2advertising, on the other hand, ... doesn't do anything helpful either.
        • CaptinCrunch, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1I guess a big "***** FISA" would have done better?

          This is no worse than that GOP FISA countdown to destruction propaganda video they spew all over the tv networks these days.
      • mjn23, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2It made me smile. Probably a lot of others too. I'd say that helps.
      • ayeroxor, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Precisely! Look at it NOT prompting discussion of the issue. You are so wise!
    • diggingaround, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3
      AT&T - "American Traitors and Terrorists"
  • jimgreer, on 02/28/2008, -1/+158It was still up on my way into work this morning: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimgreer/2297874797/
    • neodude237, on 02/28/2008, -5/+0Thanks for the mirror
    • lvraab, on 02/28/2008, -0/+9...didn't Jim Greer work in the CIA in the Tom Clancy novels? Stay away from jimgreer! He's working to rout us from the inside!
      • moskaudancer, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Yes, he worked for the CIA. But he was a good guy, and a good guy would never approve of such tactics as wiretapping.
    • trammell, on 02/29/2008, -0/+6It has begun to come down: http://flickr.com/photos/chasingfun/2299498888/
    • illdourmum, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1this isnt a "hack"... this is called Wheat Pasting and its a type of graffiti

      good ***** tho
      • ayeroxor, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2I love you people who think you know what constitutes a "hack" without any ***** idea of what you're talking about. This is, in fact, one of the ORIGINAL uses of the word hack.

        http://people.kldp.org/~eunjea/jargon/?idx=hack (see meaning 5) - The Jargon Dictionary is probably older than YOU.
  • Cryptocracy, on 08/17/2008, -4/+74someone really needs to hack the TV Networks- then we will get the couch potatoes angry!
    • Antwan718, on 02/28/2008, -12/+2Joe 6 pack wont care, he isnt doing anything wrong.
      • Napoleone, on 02/28/2008, -3/+23It's precisely because he isn't doing anything wrong that being spied on, as though he were a criminal, should offend him.
        • norman619, on 02/29/2008, -8/+3Yeah because that's what they are doing.... If Joe 6 pack is making and receiving calls to and from suspect locations then they better take a good look at him. The stupidity and paranoia of you guys is hilarious.
          • ayeroxor, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1966134,00.as ...

            The fact is, Joe Sixpack (clearly that's you), they are monitoring ALL traffic, NOT just making and receiving calls from "suspect locations" which is STILLLLLLLLLL not enough to tap every single call without a court order, which can be obtained AFTER THE FACT, but apparently has a burden of proof that is too difficult for those tyrannists in our house.
        • AmusedToDeath, on 02/29/2008, -0/+6See, the problem with that line of thinking is your assumption that no individual or agency would ever abuse this "tool" for personal or corporate (as in "a group") gain. Given the extensive history in this country and others of the abuse of otherwise legitimate law enforcement tactics, that assumption is naive and erroneous. Laws preventing government agencies from spying on its own citizens are there for good reason, and shouldn't be so casually tossed aside just because there may be some potential undisclosed threat out there.

          The other often unconsidered aspect of this kind of spying are its ramifications regarding things like insider stock tips, blackmail, corporate espionage, and lots of other potential fraud and criminal activity. All it takes is one rogue with high clearance in the NSA to find out that could be very damaging to the country, corporations, the economy, etc.
    • mateusap, on 02/28/2008, -1/+21A "Max Head Room" revival?
      I'd love it :)
    • lex0nyc, on 02/28/2008, -2/+3Hack The Planet!!!
    • Shiftgood, on 02/28/2008, -3/+3How about we just bash some Dishes and pull some wires? is that a hack?
    • echotech, on 02/28/2008, -1/+4If there is hope, it lies in the proles.
    • ryan83189, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4... sincerely, captian midnight.
  • notque, on 02/28/2008, -2/+92Excellent direct action. For those of you who don't know what to do about the angry you feel. This is one option.
  • notque, on 02/28/2008, -2/+18http://billboardliberation.com/partners.html

    Their partners section has a ton of interesting and funny websites. Like this one

    http://www.popaganda.com/
  • bagelpirate, on 02/28/2008, -29/+12This is not a hack
    • Lubinski, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Ok, hacker-phreaker with a keyboard and a mouse cracker.
  • Barbosa, on 02/28/2008, -1/+85Isn't it sad that desperate (and slightly dangerous, but creative) acts like this one may be our only hope for reigning in our government and scaring the private sector into following the laws as they are written? We sure cannot expect Congress to do it and the corporations have already proven their willingness to bend to the will of our government even when that means breaking the law or harming the interests of citizens. We need more creative (non violent) acts of disobedience and protest like this one in order to help maintain vigilance in the minds of a public that has grown weary and apathetic from years of being treated like they have no rights.
    • FlagrantDrugUse, on 02/28/2008, -4/+11Not to say it's okay to do this or anything, but if the government demanded you break the law...without penalty, would you do it? People naturally want to help others, even if the actions they need to take are somewhat questionable. I in no way condone the ***** the telecoms slung around, but I think it's a valid question worth a response.
      • notque, on 02/28/2008, -2/+9The law is relevant only as much as it's

        1. Morally relevant to you as an individual
        2. Practically relevant to your goals

        To give examples

        1. Killing is morally wrong to me. So I would not kill even if it would further my goals and I knew I wouldn't be caught.
        2. Blowing up property might help my goals, and be a victimless crime that isn't against my morales, but if I'm caught and locked up for 50 years, it isn't going to do any positive good.

        So what is left? A ton of action. A lot of stuff you can do, including this.

        The law is meaningless as long as you can continue your actions, and it isn't morally wrong.

        Law isn't divine. What these guys did may be against the law, but it was completely the right thing to do in a state that commits the supreme war crime of aggression, and increases surveillance on it's population.
        • matador3, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4So killing is morally fine with me, it's also my goal to steal everything you have. Expect me around noon tomorrow. I hope you don't mind an icepick to the eye since that's my preferred method. Oh heck, I guess it doesn't matter since I personally don't see anything wrong with it.


          Didn't really think that one through did you? I think you need to take your philosophy back to the drawing board.
          • notque, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2You said exactly what I said, and then were rude. I don't understand what you mean.

            You're trying to point out that there's some flaw in my argument because killing would make sense to you if killing made sense to you.

            Which.. yes it will. By definition. So what's your point?

            It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter to you. Tautology. Yes.

            I'm not talking about some divine "right." I'm talking about actions. You make your actions, and if you want to stab yourself in the toe tonight because you think it's right, then you will. The law cannot and will not stop you.

            Ok.
      • FlagrantDrugUse, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3Lol, i'm getting buried for asking a question worthy of conversation...
        • notque, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4I dugg you up and responded. It's rare to not be dugg down no matter what it is you're saying.
        • stretch611, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3That is because it is easier for people to digg you down without a response than it is for people to leave a different point of view and be subjected to being "dugg down" themselves.
        • mateo60, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5I've noticed often times when you get dugg down, if you have a truly valid point, or question, that eventually you get dugg back up. I can't count the times that I see a comment from someone regarding a previous comment being dugg down, only to find that comment with lots of diggs up.
          Patience friend. :)
    • wolferz, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6it's not sad... in fact it's par.

      This is the way things have been for thousands of years now. Government is formed by people wanting a better life. Government becomes top heavy and bloated with bureaucracy. People become disgruntled with government. Two faced assholes promise to fight for the people in return for their support. People become complacent... accepting the bad things they see. Small groups continue to be very angry with their government. Every one else knows their government is ***** up but push it to the back of their minds. Small groups of dissenters become louder in as the government becomes corrupt. Government does soemthing particularly stupid and gets caught. Small groups spear head nation wide rallys. The general populous turns agains the government. Then: WAR.

      Once the war is over, if the government has been toppled, a government is formed by people wanting a better life. The cycle begins again.
      • notque, on 02/28/2008, -3/+3Government is not formed by people wanting a better life. Not all people at least.

        It's formed by a small group of people wanting a better life on the backs of other people. It doesn't become top heavy, it is top heavy.

        We need direct democracy. As long as there are people at the top making decisions for us at the bottom, we will be in situations that are against our interests with no options to stop it.
        • jmccrox, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2unfortunately once a country gets so big (say the US) it becomes nearly impossible to have every citizen vote. instead we have citizens vote for people that they think will best represent their beliefs. now instead of having to count 300 million votes you only have to count 300 votes. which one seems more effecient?
          • notque, on 02/29/2008, -2/+3It isn't impossible to have everyone vote.

            All you would need to do for a basic system of Direct Democracy would be to push most issues down to the lowest levels, and only increase levels of complexity as needed. I.E. systems of small units would decide the majority of issues, and larger units only for issues that require them.

            Gay Marriage? Lowest unit of decision making. Pot? Lowest level of decision making. Etc.

            High levels only where required.

            If you change your idea of what a government is, Direct Democracy is not all that complicated.

            And with the businesses I work in, I would argue we could have everyone vote on every issue if we needed to as well. Would still be a better system.

            Also. Efficiency is not a high priority when determining government. Public Participation trumps that.
        • TheGreat0ne, on 02/29/2008, -1/+6there is a good reason that's referred to as tyranny of the majority. a constitution-based republic is much better, but it needs to severely limit the power of the government and put in place very easy ways to deal with those who overstep that power.
          • notque, on 02/29/2008, -3/+4There's a reason that's referred to as tyranny of the majority. There's a better reason that's referred to as tyranny of the minority.

            I will take my chances with everyone over a small few any day.

            The Framers of the constitution hated Democracy and they hated Monarchy, and saw to it we would have neither. They hated Democracy because they had the majority of wealth and land, and didn't want people voting that away from them.

            They had right to be fearful, it's unjust. We need power in the hands of everyone to remove those injustices.
          • matador3, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4@notque

            Do you really think the majority won’t elect leaders to dominate the minority? For a supposed anarchist I'm disappointed in your reasoning. Especially since that's exactly what happened in Catalonia under the very brand of socialist, supposed anarchism you seem to advocate. http://jim.com/cat/blood.htm

            Whereupon does this right of the majority to vote away the property of unpopular minorities originate? How can a government "by the people” possess rights that the people themselves do not? In other words, how can a group of people rightfully take action that an individual person can not? If taking a logically consistent position it means they can't. It follows then, that in your society every person has the right to take freely from any other by force. Where exactly is the justice in that? It sounds more like a recipe for violence, suffering, and death; which historically it was.

            Fact is anarchism is completely incompatible with both democracy and socialism. There is only liberty which stands alone and any organization which employs coercion and violence, whether by majority or not, destroys it.
    • Jade10145, on 02/29/2008, -0/+13***** it, the telecoms broke the law, the government broke the law, isn't it time that Joe Citizen breaks the law..
    • Thefatheroftime, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1TYLER DURDEN WAS RIGHT!!
    • matador3, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2@notque

      Do you really think the majority won’t elect leaders to dominate the minority? For a supposed anarchist I'm disappointed in your reasoning. Especially since that's exactly what happened in Catalonia under the very brand of socialist, supposed anarchism you seem to advocate. http://jim.com/cat/blood.htm

      Whereupon does this right of the majority to vote away the property of unpopular minorities originate? How can a government "by the people” possess rights that the people themselves do not? In other words, how can a group of people rightfully take action that an individual person can not? If taking a logically consistent position it means they can't. It follows then, that in your society every person has the right to take freely from any other by force. Where exactly is the justice in that? It sounds more like a recipe for violence, suffering, and death; which historically it was.

      Fact is anarchism is completely incompatible with both democracy and socialism. There is only liberty which stands alone and any organization which employs coercion and violence, whether by the majority or not, destroys it.
    • VictoryCube, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Someone will get tazed while doing that to a billboard. That'll be the end of that.
  • Milton, on 02/28/2008, -3/+40I'm glad you all like it.
  • rolandvvv, on 02/28/2008, -13/+41Orange was a little off.. they should have used PANTONE 138.

    Thats C0 M50 Y100 K0, I believe.
    • Milton, on 02/28/2008, -2/+67My sampling of the original in photoshop came up with M70 Y90, and kinko's doesn't print posters in Pantone.

      you people are impossible to please
    • wannapiece, on 02/28/2008, -2/+5Its a radial gradient with the center of origin being the at&t globe logo
    • smrekar, on 02/28/2008, -8/+2buried for trying to be nerdy and missing. As Wannapiece said, it is a gradient. Also to assume that it is within the CMYK gamut is bold. CMYK cannot be that vibrant.
    • wistlo, on 02/28/2008, -4/+2Close, but the real color from AT&T's Print Specification is as follows:
      Pantone 1505 C (spot color coated)
      Pantone 1505 U (spot color uncoated)
      CMYK: 0/64/100/0
    • Milton, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Ok...how's this...every letter in that title is avenir, except for the curve lowercase L. That was throwing me off for an hour, so cut me a little slack.
  • allowners, on 02/28/2008, -2/+12Great stuff, satire FTW!
  • bimtott, on 02/28/2008, -3/+29To fit the ad campaign, they should do "PENTAGONFORTMEADELANGLEY"
    • Milton, on 02/28/2008, -1/+33we thought of that doing a FBICIANSAGOP, instead but thought it might be too convoluted. but you got the right idea, find one in your town and go to it
    • stretch611, on 02/28/2008, -0/+27No, it is better to use "NSA HEADQUARTERS" like they did. It draws people's attention because they realize that there is something wrong about the ad. Plus if someone is driving down the road you want them to recognize your meaning right away, you do not want to them to wonder what you said. At 60 mph or more, they will not have time to analyze the sign.
  • thenativeraver, on 02/28/2008, -31/+10This is graffiti not a "Hack".
    • Milton, on 02/28/2008, -3/+28the billboard is not permanently damage, so I would disagree with calling it graffiti
      • FlagrantDrugUse, on 02/28/2008, -4/+2agreed, and i always thought graffiti involved drawing with ink or paint of some kind.
    • adooga, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3I'm sure there's a better word than hack or graffiti to describe this stuff. How does adbusters refer to it?
  • ImTheManWhoRU, on 02/28/2008, -20/+15For people saying this is not a hack...
    gtfo of the internet
  • SilenceGold, on 02/28/2008, -25/+2Buried for inaccurate Title and ...it's an image?..not a topic?
  • minnymoo, on 02/28/2008, -0/+9chill on the cow?
  • Waskonator, on 02/28/2008, -4/+29Chilondoscow = China London Moscow
    • Appleologist, on 02/28/2008, -4/+4This ad campaign sucks. I have such a hard time figuring out those stupid city names...
    • grungegbunny, on 02/28/2008, -5/+5Moscow... Enter the hymen store.
    • FK0123, on 02/28/2008, -1/+19um, wouldn't Chicago London Moscow make much more sense? Seeing as how for all of these things they use city names, not entire massive countries?
      • ieure, on 02/28/2008, -2/+1Wrongo, they just mash place names together. Like "NEW SANFRAKOTA," which is a state (or city), a city, and a state.

        I think their ad execs were taking too much COCAINECSTAJUANA
      • ieure, on 02/29/2008, -1/+0Also, there is no Great Wall of Chicago.
        • lolwutpear, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0oh holy *****, i didn't even see that on the little globe. this makes complete sense! as a chicagoan i assumed it was chicago before actually looking at the image. good find.
    • MrThirsty, on 02/28/2008, -1/+17Because China is a city
    • skidme, on 02/28/2008, -2/+6Hahahaha I always thought it was Chile...
    • kevinsboy, on 02/29/2008, -1/+5That ^^^^ is exactly why the campaign sucks....
  • lukemandese, on 02/28/2008, -5/+1Im more excited about "sed cars"
  • Napoleone, on 02/28/2008, -0/+44Brilliant.

    I saw an AT&T van that had graffitti of the word "FISA" in a crossed out circle. This is starting to get good.
  • xsquirrel378x, on 02/28/2008, -21/+1this ones my favorite
    http://flickr.com/photos/boyshapedbox/2282655473/i ...
  • Milton, on 02/28/2008, -9/+83http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol5IrnYIfI0

    Us in action.
    • Napoleone, on 02/28/2008, -3/+12You guys did a great job. I'll give you some advice, though. Don't confess "crimes" on the Internet. There's an IP trace.

      Keep up the good work, but be careful to whom and in which manner you brag about it.

      Everyone else, report his comment as abusive, so that it'll dissapear.
    • jus1haz2, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1Heres some people I know in action..
      http://b3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00220/34/81/220 ...
  • iceschade, on 02/28/2008, -27/+11I would have dug this, were it not for the improper use of the word "hack." This isn't a hack. It's political graffiti. Needless to say, it's AWESOME political graffiti, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not a hack.

    Bury the grammar nazi.
  • theradical, on 02/28/2008, -11/+36I really wish people would look up the definition for the word hack. Everyone who uses hack incorrectly is a hack.
    • Leetamus, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2yeah you're kinda right, but it has so many definitions depending on where you look.. this definition seems quite appropriate:

      "2. An incredibly good, and perhaps very time-consuming, piece of work that produces exactly what is needed."
    • ryan83189, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4ill just hack a dictionary and lookup the word hack . Ive already hacked my brain to allow it to learn new information.
    • mateo60, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3I'm hacking my coffee by adding cream and sugar right now.
      /sarcasm
    • joe8pack, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5a language that cannot grow to incorporate new meanings to old words, is a dead language. I don't think hack means what you think it does to paraphrase a princess bride. Besides communication is what the government hopes to squelch by eavesdropping on every citizen, funny ain't it that the country with the highest number of prisoners on the planet is being eavesdropped by its own government because the terrorist hate us for our freedom. This would be hilarious in a novel, but I find it disturbing in reality.
    • H0tKarl, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1It was modded.
    • N256, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2I wish YOU would look up the definition for hack.
  • Hetman, on 02/28/2008, -2/+4I will not say it was hacked. But I will say it is true. And the more people who know the better. This has to be stopped before their is nothing left of the 4th amendment. And once one amendment goes how long until they are all gone. "it is a slippery slope argument however the 4th amendment is one the amendments that most protects the people and it is necessary for a free country."
  • akermani, on 02/28/2008, -10/+1BITCHHHH!!!!
  • billraydrums, on 02/28/2008, -2/+4Yeah!! I love the sardonic tone that the article was written in. :)
  • derrickgossman, on 02/28/2008, -14/+6How has the work "hack" come to be used for just about any kind of generic modification these days? If you comb your hair are you now "hacking" it? Stupid.
  • Milton, on 02/28/2008, -2/+61we didn't hack it...we didn't graffiti it.

    We improved it.
  • kleptomaniac, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6Blank DeCoverly, BLF Minister of Propaganda. Well done.
  • yaryarhumphump, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4That is serious ownage!
  • POINT84, on 02/28/2008, -1/+5SUPER DIGG!
  • DtotheC34, on 02/28/2008, -3/+0Thats for hogging the iphone and making speakers go nuts! Damn you at&t.
  • mark076h, on 02/28/2008, -1/+4video of it being done http://digg.com/politics/BLF_does_the_AT_T_billboa ...
  • DtotheC34, on 02/28/2008, -7/+0Thats for hogging the iphone and making speakers go nuts.
    • Lubinski, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Another mofo that doesnt read the previous posts. screw "that phone"
  • cjs119545, on 02/28/2008, -7/+4Just admit that the word 'hack' made it much more likely for you to click on it. He is a genius.
  • pjsheldon, on 02/28/2008, -3/+5So at&t which is based in this country and operates according to the laws of this country was told to do something illegal by the same government, why are we not more angry with the government instead of the company?
    • notque, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3Why do you make the determination we're not more angry with the government than the company? There's no evidence of that.

      We can be angry equally, or to varying degrees with the company and still support this. So what are you really trying to say? You think the government should have actions against it as well?

      Certainly.
    • PHiZ187, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Because of the Bush administrations overly broad use of the "executive privilege" doctrine, the lawsuits against the telecoms that broke the law are the only way that we are likely to learn the full extend of the administrations law-breaking.
    • jrmcgrath13, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Because other companies have refused to hand their information over to the govt.
  • ConquistadorFor, on 02/28/2008, -5/+1ROFLMAO, the site has gone down bcoz of insane Digg traffic now I bet that guy got some
    good digg visitors, the site couldn't handle it..

    it doesnt load here for me I am getting pageload error
    • kjcdude, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1welcome to digg, it's called the digg effect
  • grungegbunny, on 02/28/2008, -1/+12If I ever found out who was responsible for this I'll.. I'll I'll!!

    Shake their hands.
  • dizilbdog, on 02/28/2008, -1/+4"Hack The Billboards", and while your at it The Planet
  • joosebuck, on 02/28/2008, -1/+3i'm guessing you guys didn't use your cellphones to organize this.
    • Milton, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0GRMS radios acutally
    • tidu, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1Do you think environmentalists don't drive cars or fly planes or eat anything wrapped in plastic? There are limits.
      • vtnerd, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1It was surely a joke about AT&T tapping the phone lines....tapping the cell phone lines...nevermind....
  • lohphat, on 02/28/2008, -9/+3it's only a hack if it's an electronic sign.
  • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 02/28/2008, -1/+3Don't worry everyone, AT&T is ready to throw the Bush administration under the bus. Anybody notice how they haven't been clamoring publicly for immunity? Don't you think they would want to? That's because Bush and the GOP have been the only ones pushing for it! Telecom immunity means Bush gets out in 2009 scot-free, but immunity is pointless for these companies because they would likely never have to face the consequences anyhow.
    • Tomson74, on 02/28/2008, -5/+2*sighs* never fails, can't read an article on digg, without the Bush Administration, being brought up.
      Would be different it was originally, like Mcain, Clinton, Obama. Try being original.
      • daGUY, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7Well, what do you expect when the article is making a statement about a Bush Administration program?
    • jrmcgrath13, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Bush is leaving in 2009? I thought he was wanting to stick around longer...
  • comedyrobot, on 02/28/2008, -11/+0most Hack the Billboardies are ad professionals apparently...soon to be visited by men with no names...busting thru funny ad guy's door

    "NOT SO FUNNY NOW IS IT POINDEXTER"

    "b...b...b... but parody is a protected right!!"

    *silenced gunshot*

    "Put that in your flicker account"
  • jworkin, on 02/28/2008, -1/+9So...the Dems have had a majority for how long in Congress? Good to see its not really a partisan thing here. Bush (Republican) starts the program and Congress (Democrats) approves it. Does anyone think that there's any major difference between the parties here? Government is just broken.
  • invisiblehat, on 02/28/2008, -0/+8We need more of this. I like to call it Art Terrorism. The timing on seeing this is great, I was literally reading about the Billboard Liberation Front and Ron English this morning in the wonderful Re Search book, 'Pranks 2' by V. Vale. Awesome book (like all other Re Search books). http://www.amazon.com/Pranks-2-V-Vale/dp/188930708 ...
  • pnmoore, on 02/28/2008, -8/+1Hmmm....If putting a sticker over some words is a "hack" then the term doesn't mean what I thought it did.
  • Rained, on 02/28/2008, -3/+0Too long, didn't read.
  • jimgreer, on 02/28/2008, -0/+7Some people are saying this isn't a hack. Hacks don't have to be high tech, by my definition. For instance:
    http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/misc/faq.html
    "At MIT, a "hacker" is someone who does some sort of interesting and creative work at a high intensity level. This applies to anything from writing computer programs to pulling a clever prank that amuses and delights everyone on campus."

  • Gracin, on 02/28/2008, -0/+9For everyone who says this isn't a hack: http://dictionary.die.net/the%20meaning%20of%20hac ...
    For those who don't want to read it, allow me to summarize: An important secondary meaning of hack is `a creative practical joke'.
  • jmccrox, on 02/28/2008, -2/+0did anyone else think of the office when they read "it's a win win win situation"?
  • elephantstomp, on 02/28/2008, -1/+5These people will likely spend time in jail for executing a terrorist plot.
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