From dlaurent@berkeley.edu Wed Nov 09 03:44:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!dlaurent From: dlaurent@berkeley.edu (Dmitri Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Nov09.034421.8132@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 03:44:21 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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? -- Dmitri Laurent -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lmartinez@illinois.edu Wed Nov 09 17:21:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!lmartinez From: lmartinez@illinois.edu (Liam Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Nov09.172121.3524@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 17:21:21 GMT References: <1994Nov09.034421.8132@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov09.034421.8132@berkeley.edu>, dlaurent@berkeley.edu (Dmitri Laurent) 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. -- Liam Martínez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From gwatanabe@titech.ac.jp Fri Nov 11 19:04:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!gwatanabe From: gwatanabe@titech.ac.jp (Göran Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Nov11.190421.8895@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 19:04:21 GMT References: <1994Nov09.034421.8132@berkeley.edu> <1994Nov09.172121.3524@illinois.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov09.172121.3524@illinois.edu>, lmartinez@illinois.edu (Liam Martínez) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. 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? Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Göran Watanabe | gwatanabe@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 0AA1 BEE6 A322 FA39 "Keep the channels open." From pvasiliev@stanford.edu Sat Nov 12 20:51:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!pvasiliev From: pvasiliev@stanford.edu (Pavel Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Nov12.205121.7607@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 1994 20:51:21 GMT References: <1994Nov09.034421.8132@berkeley.edu> <1994Nov09.172121.3524@illinois.edu> <1994Nov11.190421.8895@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov11.190421.8895@titech.ac.jp>, gwatanabe@titech.ac.jp (Göran Watanabe) 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? 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Pavel Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------