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To: Ciaphas Cain
Just look for lonely satellite uplink operators, and you'll find the culprits.

Another famous 80's satellite hack was when HBO's signal was taken over for a brief time by Captain Midnight with color bars and graphics that said "$12.95/month? No way!"

5 posted on 11/22/2017 12:29:36 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

The all time best was when Howard Cosell was calling some Monday Night Baseball or Football game and some guy cut into the audio and said “Howard Cosell, the great state of Texas hates your f#$%ing guts!”


9 posted on 11/22/2017 12:37:10 PM PST by shotgun
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To: Yo-Yo
Another famous 80's satellite hack was when HBO's signal was taken over for a brief time by Captain Midnight with color bars and graphics that said "$12.95/month? No way!"

I just happened to be watching HBO when this happened. I called my wife into the room so that she could witness Captain Midnight's shenanigans! :-)

11 posted on 11/22/2017 12:54:30 PM PST by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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