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TIL about the Max Headroom signal hijacking. Which occurred on the night of November 22, 1987, two TV stations in Illinois were hijacked. A man wearing a Max Headroom mask made various remarks abou... (wikipedia.org)

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[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I met a guy who claimed to be involved in this. He had enough tech knowledge for me to believe it. But I dunno if it was true.

[–] nottelling@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It almost certainly wasn't true.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh I agree. It probably wasn't. But as a tech guy myself, this guy had impressive knowledge of all things broadcast, was the right age it seemed, and had lots of knowledge about the event. Could have been bullshitting, but I still wonder about it. Never saw the guy again at the bar.