The ultimate television hack of the 80’s that has never been officially solved. The Max Headroom hack Incident.
On the evening of November 22, 1987, two Chicago television stations were interrupted by an unknown hacker wearing a mask resembling the artificial-intelligence character Max Headroom. The first intrusion occurred during WGN-TV’s sportscast; the second, more elaborate interruption, cut into WTTW’s broadcast of the Doctor Who episode “Horror of Fang Rock.”
No one has ever claimed responsibility for the stunt. Speculation about the identities of "Max" and his co-conspirators has centered on the theories that the prank was either an inside job by a disgruntled employee (or former employee) of WGN or was carried out by members of Chicago's underground hacker community. However, despite an official law enforcement investigation in the immediate aftermath of the incident and many unofficial investigations, inquiries, and online speculation in the ensuing decades, the identities and motives of the hijackers remain a mystery.
Soon after the intrusion, an FCC official was quoted in news reporting that the perpetrators faced a maximum fine of $100,000 and up to a year in prison.
However, the five-year statute of limitations expired in 1992, and the people responsible for the intrusion would no longer face criminal punishment should their identities be revealed.
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Potash are mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form.
The term potash derives from pot ash, either plant ashes or wood ashes that were soaked in water in a pot, which was the primary means of manufacturing potash before the Industrial Era; the word potassium derives from the term potash.
In 2021, the worldwide production of potash exceeded 71.9 million tonnes (~45.4 million tonnes K2O equivalent), and Canada is the greatest producer of potash as fertilizer. Potassium was first derived in 1807 by electrolysis of caustic potash (potassium hydroxide).
The term potash refers to compounds of potassium and to potassium-bearing materials, usually potassium carbonate. The usage of the term potash dates from 1477, and derives from the Middle Dutch word potaschen, denoting pot ashes. The old method of making potassium carbonate (K2CO3) was either by collecting or by producing wood ash (the occupation of the ash burner), chemically leaching the ashes and then evaporating the resulting solution in large iron pots, which yielded a white residue denominated "pot ash"; approximately 10% by weight of common wood ash can be recovered as potash.
The term potash later identified minerals that contained potassium salts and the artificial commercial product derived from the salts. The table identifies eight (8) potassium compounds with the term potash in their traditional names:
Potash fertilizer:
To the early 20th century: potassium carbonate (K2CO3); from the late-19th century: one or more compounds of potassium chloride (KCl), potassium sulfate (K2SO4), or potassium nitrate (KNO3). Does not contain potassium oxide (K2O), which plants do not take up; the amount of potassium is reported as K2O equivalent (i.e. if in K2O form), however, to allow direct comparison between different fertilizers using different types of potash.
Caustic potash or potash lye:
potassium hydroxide (KOH)
Carbonate of potash, salts of tartar, or pearl ash - potassium carbonate (K2CO3)
Chlorate of potash - potassium chlorate (KClO3)
Muriate of potash (MOP) - potassium chloride (KCl:NaCl = 95:5 or higher)
#potash #salt
#אשלג #אשזייף
#калийнаясоль
Potash are mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form.
The term potash derives from pot ash, either plant ashes or wood ashes that were soaked in water in a pot, which was the primary means of manufacturing potash before the Industrial Era; the word potassium derives from the term potash.
In 2021, the worldwide production of potash exceeded 71.9 million tonnes (~45.4 million tonnes K2O equivalent), and Canada is the greatest producer of potash as fertilizer. Potassium was first derived in 1807 by electrolysis of caustic potash (potassium hydroxide).
The term potash refers to compounds of potassium and to potassium-bearing materials, usually potassium carbonate. The usage of the term potash dates from 1477, and derives from the Middle Dutch word potaschen, denoting pot ashes. The old method of making potassium carbonate (K2CO3) was either by collecting or by producing wood ash (the occupation of the ash burner), chemically leaching the ashes and then evaporating the resulting solution in large iron pots, which yielded a white residue denominated "pot ash"; approximately 10% by weight of common wood ash can be recovered as potash.
The term potash later identified minerals that contained potassium salts and the artificial commercial product derived from the salts. The table identifies eight (8) potassium compounds with the term potash in their traditional names:
Potash fertilizer:
To the early 20th century: potassium carbonate (K2CO3); from the late-19th century: one or more compounds of potassium chloride (KCl), potassium sulfate (K2SO4), or potassium nitrate (KNO3). Does not contain potassium oxide (K2O), which plants do not take up; the amount of potassium is reported as K2O equivalent (i.e. if in K2O form), however, to allow direct comparison between different fertilizers using different types of potash.
Caustic potash or potash lye:
potassium hydroxide (KOH)
Carbonate of potash, salts of tartar, or pearl ash - potassium carbonate (K2CO3)
Chlorate of potash - potassium chlorate (KClO3)
Muriate of potash (MOP) - potassium chloride (KCl:NaCl = 95:5 or higher)
#potash #salt
#אשלג #אשזייף
#калийнаясоль
Potash are mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form.
The term potash derives from pot ash, either plant ashes or wood ashes that were soaked in water in a pot, which was the primary means of manufacturing potash before the Industrial Era; the word potassium derives from the term potash.
In 2021, the worldwide production of potash exceeded 71.9 million tonnes (~45.4 million tonnes K2O equivalent), and Canada is the greatest producer of potash as fertilizer. Potassium was first derived in 1807 by electrolysis of caustic potash (potassium hydroxide).
The term potash refers to compounds of potassium and to potassium-bearing materials, usually potassium carbonate. The usage of the term potash dates from 1477, and derives from the Middle Dutch word potaschen, denoting pot ashes. The old method of making potassium carbonate (K2CO3) was either by collecting or by producing wood ash (the occupation of the ash burner), chemically leaching the ashes and then evaporating the resulting solution in large iron pots, which yielded a white residue denominated "pot ash"; approximately 10% by weight of common wood ash can be recovered as potash.
The term potash later identified minerals that contained potassium salts and the artificial commercial product derived from the salts. The table identifies eight (8) potassium compounds with the term potash in their traditional names:
Potash fertilizer:
To the early 20th century: potassium carbonate (K2CO3); from the late-19th century: one or more compounds of potassium chloride (KCl), potassium sulfate (K2SO4), or potassium nitrate (KNO3). Does not contain potassium oxide (K2O), which plants do not take up; the amount of potassium is reported as K2O equivalent (i.e. if in K2O form), however, to allow direct comparison between different fertilizers using different types of potash.
Caustic potash or potash lye:
potassium hydroxide (KOH)
Carbonate of potash, salts of tartar, or pearl ash - potassium carbonate (K2CO3)
Chlorate of potash - potassium chlorate (KClO3)
Muriate of potash (MOP) - potassium chloride (KCl:NaCl = 95:5 or higher)
#potash #salt
#אשלג #אשזייף
#калийнаясоль
