From mbrennan@tum.de Sat Jan 15 14:14:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!mbrennan From: mbrennan@tum.de (Mei Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jan15.141405.9475@tum.de> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 14:14:05 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Mei Brennan | mbrennan@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 798D 8EC5 3C96 BCB4 "Keep the channels open." From nduarte@cern.ch Sun Jan 16 06:01:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!nduarte From: nduarte@cern.ch (Natalia Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jan16.060105.2130@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 06:01:05 GMT References: <1994Jan15.141405.9475@tum.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan15.141405.9475@tum.de>, mbrennan@tum.de (Mei Brennan) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Natalia Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Do not worship the copy." From mvasiliev@illinois.edu Mon Jan 17 12:29:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@illinois.edu (Mateo Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jan17.122905.7617@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 12:29:05 GMT References: <1994Jan15.141405.9475@tum.de> <1994Jan16.060105.2130@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan16.060105.2130@cern.ch>, nduarte@cern.ch (Natalia Duarte) writes: > My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- === Mateo Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From msokolov@cern.ch Mon Jan 17 21:00:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!msokolov From: msokolov@cern.ch (Mikhail Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jan17.210005.8764@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 21:00:05 GMT References: <1994Jan15.141405.9475@tum.de> <1994Jan16.060105.2130@cern.ch> <1994Jan17.122905.7617@illinois.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan17.122905.7617@illinois.edu>, mvasiliev@illinois.edu (Mateo Vasiliev) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Mikhail Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de Tue Jan 18 01:02:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!rwatanabe From: rwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Rodrigo Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jan18.010205.9813@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 01:02:05 GMT References: <1994Jan15.141405.9475@tum.de> <1994Jan16.060105.2130@cern.ch> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jan16.060105.2130@cern.ch>, nduarte@cern.ch (Natalia Duarte) writes: > My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Rodrigo Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.