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I love how enamored the HN audience is with Max Headroom. This is the 9th submission in the past 5 years: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=max%20headroom&sort=byDa
by RaSoJo 11y ago
I love how enamored the HN audience is with Max Headroom.
This is the 9th submission in the past 5 years:
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=max%20headroom&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=max%20headroom&sort=byDate&pre...
The submission rate is almost exponential.
Also goes to show how easy it is to churn out interesting articles by digging into the HN archives and picking up forgotten stories.
- scott_s 11y agoI think "enamored" is a strange word to use here. I would classify nine submissions in five years to HN as barely a passing interest.
- nathancahill 11y agoAgreed. This is what "enamored" looks like: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=elon%20musk&sort=byDate&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=elon%20musk&sort=byDate&prefix...
- DanWaterworth 11y agoOr: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=framework&sort=byDate&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=framework&sort=byDate&prefix=f...
- kleer001 11y agoI would love to see an infographic of the topics HN likes. That sounds like a really hairy problem, I will leave it to others. Then again my Python is a little rusty.
- RaSoJo 11y agoSorry about that. I have a tendency to over-emote. I was trying to highlight how the interest in this "relatively" obscure incident and character continues to exist.
- yarrel 11y agoIt combines technical prowess, pop culture references, and an air of mystery. It's hacker catnip. :-)
- at-fates-hands 11y agoAgreed. Considering how quickly stuff gets recycled on other sites, I'd say this is a pretty good track record.
- hamitron 11y agomy father's company distributed the TV movie on VHS. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089568/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089568/
- jeremyberke 11y agothat is so cool!
- ctdonath 11y ago1.8 submissions per year is hardly "enamored". There's plenty of topics that get some 1.8 submissions per day for years. Considering how many of us WERE enamored with Max Headroom way back in the day, I'm surprised how indifferent we are to the subject now.
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- mindcrime 11y agoBut despite all that, even though I'm a long-time HN user and hit this board multiple times a day most days, this is still the first time I've seen any reference to this incident. I, for one, am glad it got posted this time, as it's a pretty interesting story.
- bpoag 11y agoIt's not going away anytime soon, unfortunately. I get bothered by it regularly. I don't mind HN talking about it, because the people here are a bit different than the average joe, but...Over the last 3-4 years, i've been approached by three or four different filmmakers, some with fairly serious pedigrees, who were looking to adapt the AMA into a screenplay or documentary. I don't think its right to do that, for a variety of reasons, so I've politely declined. I did one podcast a few years ago that lasted like 3 hours, and just declined another podcast (Reddit's "Upvoted" series) a week or so ago. Part of why I'm not too hot on talking about the whole Headroom thing is that invariably, people end up accusing me of being Max. Bleh. The guy who did the Vice/Motherboard article at one point even threatened to do as much. Didn't speak with him for months after that little stunt.