From tramirez@titech.ac.jp Tue Feb 15 03:23:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!tramirez From: tramirez@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Feb15.032339.6830@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 03:23:39 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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 decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Tyler Ramírez "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From msuzuki@panix.com Wed Feb 16 12:30:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!msuzuki From: msuzuki@panix.com (Min-jun Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Feb16.123039.3086@panix.com> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 12:30:39 GMT References: <1994Feb15.032339.6830@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Feb15.032339.6830@titech.ac.jp>, tramirez@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Ramírez) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Min-jun Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tsouza@pipeline.com Fri Feb 18 03:27:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!tsouza From: tsouza@pipeline.com (Tobias Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Feb18.032739.3103@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 03:27:39 GMT References: <1994Feb15.032339.6830@titech.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb15.032339.6830@titech.ac.jp>, tramirez@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Ramírez) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Tobias Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lnilsson@mit.edu Fri Feb 18 05:27:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!lnilsson From: lnilsson@mit.edu (Lucia Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Feb18.052739.4538@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 05:27:39 GMT References: <1994Feb15.032339.6830@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb15.032339.6830@titech.ac.jp>, tramirez@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Ramírez) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Lucia Nilsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."