From givanov@netcom.com Mon Apr 24 01:51:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!givanov From: givanov@netcom.com (Graham Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Apr24.015100.3640@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 01:51:00 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Graham Ivanov Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke." From boliveira@cam.ac.uk Tue Apr 25 06:54:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!boliveira From: boliveira@cam.ac.uk (Bill Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Apr25.065400.4090@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 06:54:00 GMT References: <1995Apr24.015100.3640@netcom.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr24.015100.3640@netcom.com>, givanov@netcom.com (Graham Ivanov) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Bill Oliveira -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From aramirez@utexas.edu Tue Apr 25 17:11:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!aramirez From: aramirez@utexas.edu (Anton Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Apr25.171100.1395@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 17:11:00 GMT References: <1995Apr24.015100.3640@netcom.com> <1995Apr25.065400.4090@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr25.065400.4090@cam.ac.uk>, boliveira@cam.ac.uk (Bill Oliveira) writes: > Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. 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. -- Anton Ramírez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."