From msuzuki@utexas.edu Sat Mar 23 15:46:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!msuzuki From: msuzuki@utexas.edu (Marisol Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Mar23.154657.6440@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 15:46:57 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. 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.' -- === Marisol Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Do not worship the copy." From jhughes@delphi.com Mon Mar 25 18:35:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!jhughes From: jhughes@delphi.com (Ji-woo Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Mar25.183557.5646@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:35:57 GMT References: <1996Mar23.154657.6440@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar23.154657.6440@utexas.edu>, msuzuki@utexas.edu (Marisol Suzuki) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- === Ji-woo Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From beriksson@illinois.edu Tue Mar 26 18:17:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!beriksson From: beriksson@illinois.edu (Brian Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Mar26.181757.2222@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:17:57 GMT References: <1996Mar23.154657.6440@utexas.edu> <1996Mar25.183557.5646@delphi.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar25.183557.5646@delphi.com>, jhughes@delphi.com (Ji-woo Hughes) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. 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. -- Brian Eriksson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy."