From ssilva@inria.fr Tue Jul 11 17:53:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!ssilva From: ssilva@inria.fr (Sun-mi Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 17:53:15 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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. 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'. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Sun-mi Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mstewart@hanse.de Wed Jul 12 12:54:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!mstewart From: mstewart@hanse.de (Morag Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul12.125415.9015@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 12:54:15 GMT References: <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr>, ssilva@inria.fr (Sun-mi Silva) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Morag Stewart -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mkowalski@panix.com Wed Jul 12 20:51:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!mkowalski From: mkowalski@panix.com (Mei Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul12.205115.4892@panix.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 20:51:15 GMT References: <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr>, ssilva@inria.fr (Sun-mi Silva) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. 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. -- Mei Kowalski | mkowalski@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 043A 22CC A855 4CB0 "Keep the channels open." From psouza@cam.ac.uk Fri Jul 14 13:41:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!psouza From: psouza@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul14.134115.7024@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 13:41:15 GMT References: <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr>, ssilva@inria.fr (Sun-mi Silva) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. 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. -- Pavel Souza | psouza@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 45B3 362D 8C15 879D "Keep the channels open." From nreyes@panix.com Sat Jul 15 06:39:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!nreyes From: nreyes@panix.com (Natalia Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul15.063915.9652@panix.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 06:39:15 GMT References: <1995Jul11.175315.2386@inria.fr> <1995Jul14.134115.7024@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul14.134115.7024@cam.ac.uk>, psouza@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Souza) 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. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Natalia Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0