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Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh" [Oops]
Gizmodo — ... , decoded the message and posted the gaffe on YouTube, and it clearly shows the tower's misspelling. He said he noticed the problem when he casually looked up and saw the signal broadcasting the letter K, which he remembered well as it's the first letter of his sister's name. Too bad "Pittsburgh" doesn't contain the letter K. Representatives of the tower's owners could not say how long the tower had been advertising Pitetsbkrrh. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] ...

Nerd Jokes: Someone spelled ‘Pittsburgh’ wrong in Morse Code, ROFL!
CrunchGear — ... since 1929. Except that a local grad student recently decoded the message to spell out “PITETSBKRRH” instead. The building’s owners don’t know how long the message has been flashing incorrectly “or how and when the lights might be reset,” but they’re at least aware of the problem now. The mistake was spotted by Tom Stepleton, 29, “while waiting to see the city’s Fourth of July fireworks show.” [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via The Register]