From ksuzuki@inria.fr Wed Aug 23 23:37:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!ksuzuki From: ksuzuki@inria.fr (Karen Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug23.233748.6204@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 23:37:48 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Karen Suzuki Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Marcus is not one man." From lhughes@titech.ac.jp Thu Aug 24 07:59:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!lhughes From: lhughes@titech.ac.jp (Lars Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug24.075948.8159@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 07:59:48 GMT References: <1995Aug23.233748.6204@inria.fr> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug23.233748.6204@inria.fr>, ksuzuki@inria.fr (Karen Suzuki) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. 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? -- Lars Hughes Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From hmuller@delphi.com Fri Aug 25 10:31:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!hmuller From: hmuller@delphi.com (Heather Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug25.103148.2281@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:31:48 GMT References: <1995Aug23.233748.6204@inria.fr> <1995Aug24.075948.8159@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug24.075948.8159@titech.ac.jp>, lhughes@titech.ac.jp (Lars Hughes) writes: > 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? Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Heather Müller US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jlopez@hanse.de Sat Aug 26 18:00:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!jlopez From: jlopez@hanse.de (Ji-woo López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug26.180048.3330@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 18:00:48 GMT References: <1995Aug23.233748.6204@inria.fr> <1995Aug24.075948.8159@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug24.075948.8159@titech.ac.jp>, lhughes@titech.ac.jp (Lars Hughes) writes: > 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? I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Ji-woo López "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04 From awatanabe@earthlink.net Mon Aug 28 15:25:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!awatanabe From: awatanabe@earthlink.net (Andrei Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug28.152548.1214@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 15:25:48 GMT References: <1995Aug23.233748.6204@inria.fr> <1995Aug24.075948.8159@titech.ac.jp> <1995Aug26.180048.3330@hanse.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug26.180048.3330@hanse.de>, jlopez@hanse.de (Ji-woo López) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Andrei Watanabe US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Hold for relay."