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PS easiest way to identify the Max Headroom hijacker is the fact that he

did it during Dr. Who. Anyone know why he did that? Anyo...
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  01/27/25
OP here. Feel free to take a guess before I explain.
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  04/27/25
In 1987, VCRs were just being released that included timers....
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  04/27/25
4,750 comments, and I bet not a single one of them knows. ...
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  04/27/25
"@adaveo8396 3 years ago That whole Reddit thing was ...
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  04/27/25
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well-lubricated swashbuckling really tough guy tattoo
  04/27/25
PS that particular TV broadcast antenna is close to a river ...
Jared Baumeister
  03/02/26
Cons the guy who did this is smarter than Musk and he hates ...
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  04/27/25
Yep. It would have been a small community. https://i.imgu...
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  04/27/25
A couple of "adults" who were total doofuses made ...
deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  04/27/25
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deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth
  06/03/25
Respect https://x.com/i/status/2028512545028325490
Jared Baumeister
  03/02/26


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Date: January 27th, 2025 3:14 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

did it during Dr. Who.

Anyone know why he did that? Anyone want to take a wild ass guess?

Hint: this happened in 1987

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48595346)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

OP here. Feel free to take a guess before I explain.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48885946)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 7:24 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

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.

By NSAM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48885954)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

4,750 comments, and I bet not a single one of them knows.

https://youtu.be/jjeUuakHsLw?si=FY9e59Z9KuS_oVnV

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48885957)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 7:29 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

"@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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48885962)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:51 PM
Author: well-lubricated swashbuckling really tough guy tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48886318)



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Date: March 2nd, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

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\u0026mark_id=5310751#49709193)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

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\u0026mark_id=5310751#48886229)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:52 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

Yep. It would have been a small community.

https://i.imgur.com/oj2P6EI.png

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48886323)



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Date: April 27th, 2025 10:56 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#48886328)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 8:24 PM
Author: deep violent elastic band scourge upon the earth



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Date: March 2nd, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

Respect

https://x.com/i/status/2028512545028325490

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5671343&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#49709176)