From nsokolov@illinois.edu Sat Oct 28 16:33:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!nsokolov From: nsokolov@illinois.edu (Nadine Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 16:33:14 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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? -- Nadine Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dokonkwo@cmu.edu Sun Oct 29 10:15:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!dokonkwo From: dokonkwo@cmu.edu (Dave Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Oct29.101514.9580@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 10:15:14 GMT References: <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu>, nsokolov@illinois.edu (Nadine Sokolov) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Dave Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From rlindqvist@pipeline.com Mon Oct 30 17:23:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!rlindqvist From: rlindqvist@pipeline.com (Renata Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Oct30.172314.7279@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 17:23:14 GMT References: <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu>, nsokolov@illinois.edu (Nadine Sokolov) 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. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Renata Lindqvist | rlindqvist@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 19F8 7230 CDBC 05F5 "Keep the channels open." From isuzuki@rwth-aachen.de Mon Oct 30 22:15:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!isuzuki From: isuzuki@rwth-aachen.de (Ines Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Oct30.221514.6864@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 22:15:14 GMT References: <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu>, nsokolov@illinois.edu (Nadine Sokolov) 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. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Ines Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ljohansson@earthlink.net Wed Nov 01 22:30:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!ljohansson From: ljohansson@earthlink.net (Lars Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov01.223014.2860@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 22:30:14 GMT References: <1995Oct28.163314.5021@illinois.edu> <1995Oct29.101514.9580@cmu.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct29.101514.9580@cmu.edu>, dokonkwo@cmu.edu (Dave Okonkwo) 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. -- Lars Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------