From klarsson@kth.se Sat May 20 04:00:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!klarsson From: klarsson@kth.se (Kenji Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May20.040048.1947@kth.se> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 04:00:48 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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'. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Kenji Larsson | klarsson@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 6982 1962 7D7B 5ABA "Keep the channels open." From hcampbell@cern.ch Sun May 21 01:53:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!hcampbell From: hcampbell@cern.ch (Hana Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May21.015348.5468@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 01:53:48 GMT References: <1995May20.040048.1947@kth.se> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May20.040048.1947@kth.se>, klarsson@kth.se (Kenji Larsson) 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'. 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. -- Hana Campbell "When every node is whole, the channel opens." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From kfischer@cern.ch Sun May 21 17:13:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!kfischer From: kfischer@cern.ch (Katrin Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May21.171348.3010@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 17:13:48 GMT References: <1995May20.040048.1947@kth.se> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May20.040048.1947@kth.se>, klarsson@kth.se (Kenji Larsson) 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. -- Katrin Fischer -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "We don't sign stars. We build them." From rvasiliev@cmu.edu Mon May 22 04:55:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!rvasiliev From: rvasiliev@cmu.edu (Raj Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May22.045548.4514@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 04:55:48 GMT References: <1995May20.040048.1947@kth.se> <1995May21.171348.3010@cern.ch> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May21.171348.3010@cern.ch>, kfischer@cern.ch (Katrin Fischer) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Raj Vasiliev US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From kcampbell@ox.ac.uk Tue May 23 09:41:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!kcampbell From: kcampbell@ox.ac.uk (Katrin Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May23.094148.2788@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:41:48 GMT References: <1995May20.040048.1947@kth.se> <1995May21.171348.3010@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May21.171348.3010@cern.ch>, kfischer@cern.ch (Katrin Fischer) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Katrin Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------