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PS easiest way to identify the Max Headroom hijacker is the fact that he
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Date: January 27th, 2025 3:14 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story did it during Dr. Who.
Anyone know why he did that? Anyone want to take a wild ass guess?
Hint: this happened in 1987 |
Date: April 27th, 2025 7:19 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story OP here. Feel free to take a guess before I explain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2)#48885946) |
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Date: April 27th, 2025 7:24 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story In 1987, VCRs were just being released that included timers. You could run an antenna straight into the VCR and tell it to switch to a certain channel and start recording at a certain time, for a certain length of time. Like TiVo.
This was revolutionary for fans of Dr. Who, because PBS ran episodes of the show every weekend, but the episodes could be out of order. By timing their VCRs to record Dr. Who episodes, enthusiasts were able to compile personal libraries of episodes, which they would trade with other Dr. Who fanatics trying to compile complete libraries of episodes.
This was a local thing. You had to meet someone in person to exchange video tapes with them. And Dr. Who was such an obscure show that the community of enthusiasts was going to be small even in a big city like Chicago.
The reason the signal was interrupted during Dr. Who was to ensure that all of the people who were recording Dr. Who that night would have a copy of it. It was done by and for a member of that tiny community. You don't understand what he's saying because he's not talking to you. That's why they ran it during Dr. Who. The earlier break-in was a test run. Yeah, I know who did it.
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Date: April 27th, 2025 7:27 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story 4,750 comments, and I bet not a single one of them knows.
https://youtu.be/jjeUuakHsLw?si=FY9e59Z9KuS_oVnV |
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Date: April 27th, 2025 7:29 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story "@adaveo8396 3 years ago That whole Reddit thing was basically debunked by a guy who worked on the network at the time, who explained that the technology required to hijack a TV transmission was not affordable to the average citizen back in the 80s. Whoever did this HAD to have been a network executive who had some kind of beef with them… "
WRONG! You just had to know how water can be used to amplify radio signals. |
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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:51 PM Author: Mewling multi-billionaire (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2)#48886318) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 6:17 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story PS that particular TV broadcast antenna is close to a river and there's a lake to the east (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2)#49709193) |
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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story Cons the guy who did this is smarter than Musk and he hates you. He's probably richer than Musk too right now. Hint: he's not the guy in the video. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2)#48886229) |
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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:52 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story Yep. It would have been a small community.
https://i.imgur.com/oj2P6EI.png |
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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:56 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story A couple of "adults" who were total doofuses made friends with a teenage math genius. Is it that hard to believe?
https://allthatsinteresting.com/max-headroom-incident |
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Date: June 3rd, 2025 8:24 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2)#48984899) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 6:12 PM Author: Doobsian floppy background story Respect
https://x.com/i/status/2028512545028325490 |