From esmirnov@unam.mx Tue Feb 13 22:02:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!esmirnov From: esmirnov@unam.mx (Emi Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Feb13.220211.8292@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 22:02:11 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Emi Smirnov -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From sivanov@unam.mx Wed Feb 14 09:13:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!sivanov From: sivanov@unam.mx (Sun-mi Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Feb14.091311.4601@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 09:13:11 GMT References: <1996Feb13.220211.8292@unam.mx> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb13.220211.8292@unam.mx>, esmirnov@unam.mx (Emi Smirnov) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Sun-mi Ivanov | sivanov@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 2731 526E 5DFA 111C "Keep the channels open." From nmuller@pipeline.com Wed Feb 14 17:17:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!nmuller From: nmuller@pipeline.com (Nadia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Feb14.171711.7515@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 17:17:11 GMT References: <1996Feb13.220211.8292@unam.mx> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb13.220211.8292@unam.mx>, esmirnov@unam.mx (Emi Smirnov) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Nadia Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From ldubois@rwth-aachen.de Thu Feb 15 04:26:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!ldubois From: ldubois@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Feb15.042611.7713@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 04:26:11 GMT References: <1996Feb13.220211.8292@unam.mx> <1996Feb14.091311.4601@unam.mx> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb14.091311.4601@unam.mx>, sivanov@unam.mx (Sun-mi Ivanov) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Lisa Dubois "Do not worship the copy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13 From sfischer@mit.edu Thu Feb 15 05:38:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!sfischer From: sfischer@mit.edu (Sergei Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Feb15.053811.8611@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 05:38:11 GMT References: <1996Feb13.220211.8292@unam.mx> <1996Feb14.171711.7515@pipeline.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb14.171711.7515@pipeline.com>, nmuller@pipeline.com (Nadia Müller) 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. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Marcus in Mexico was a rock musician. Marcus in Korea was an architect. Marcus in Japan was a poet. Who was Marcus in the US? -- Sergei Fischer Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay."