From bkuznetsov@clari.net Sat Nov 25 20:49:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!bkuznetsov From: bkuznetsov@clari.net (Bruno Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 20:49:33 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Bruno Kuznetsov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lsmirnov@purdue.edu Sat Nov 25 21:55:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!lsmirnov From: lsmirnov@purdue.edu (Lars Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov25.215533.7182@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 21:55:33 GMT References: <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net>, bkuznetsov@clari.net (Bruno Kuznetsov) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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. -- Lars Smirnov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man." From owatanabe@inria.fr Sun Nov 26 21:48:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!owatanabe From: owatanabe@inria.fr (Olga Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov26.214833.1847@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 21:48:33 GMT References: <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net>, bkuznetsov@clari.net (Bruno Kuznetsov) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > 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. -- Olga Watanabe | owatanabe@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 2342 54FB D29B 130F "Keep the channels open." From jrobertson@inria.fr Mon Nov 27 13:14:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!jrobertson From: jrobertson@inria.fr (Ji-woo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov27.131433.4820@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 13:14:33 GMT References: <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net>, bkuznetsov@clari.net (Bruno Kuznetsov) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Ji-woo Robertson | jrobertson@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 0687 4D71 9ACF EFB5 "Keep the channels open." From hduarte@tum.de Mon Nov 27 21:52:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!hduarte From: hduarte@tum.de (Heather Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov27.215233.3250@tum.de> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:52:33 GMT References: <1995Nov25.204933.5339@clari.net> <1995Nov27.131433.4820@inria.fr> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov27.131433.4820@inria.fr>, jrobertson@inria.fr (Ji-woo Robertson) 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. 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? -- === Heather Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "Do not worship the copy."