From ljohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Aug 07 06:48:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!ljohansson From: ljohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug07.064816.6697@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 06:48:16 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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'. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Lars Johansson | ljohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: B583 63B6 8182 FD5B "Keep the channels open." From bandersson@kiae.su Mon Aug 07 16:39:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!bandersson From: bandersson@kiae.su (Bill Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug07.163916.5277@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 16:39:16 GMT References: <1995Aug07.064816.6697@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug07.064816.6697@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ljohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Johansson) 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. -- Bill Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From ssilva@ox.ac.uk Tue Aug 08 08:42:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!ssilva From: ssilva@ox.ac.uk (Steve Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug08.084216.4058@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 08:42:16 GMT References: <1995Aug07.064816.6697@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Aug07.163916.5277@kiae.su> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug07.163916.5277@kiae.su>, bandersson@kiae.su (Bill Andersson) 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. 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? -- Steve Silva *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From cmartinez@unam.mx Tue Aug 08 12:35:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!cmartinez From: cmartinez@unam.mx (Callum Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug08.123516.4702@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 12:35:16 GMT References: <1995Aug07.064816.6697@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Aug07.163916.5277@kiae.su> <1995Aug08.084216.4058@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug08.084216.4058@ox.ac.uk>, ssilva@ox.ac.uk (Steve Silva) 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? Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Callum Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From abrennan@pipeline.com Thu Aug 10 13:17:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!abrennan From: abrennan@pipeline.com (Amy Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug10.131716.1833@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 13:17:16 GMT References: <1995Aug07.064816.6697@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug07.064816.6697@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ljohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Johansson) 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'. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Amy Brennan "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun SparcStation 20 / System 7.5.1