From mhughes@tum.de Thu Mar 16 16:30:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!mhughes From: mhughes@tum.de (Mike Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar16.163015.4691@tum.de> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 16:30:15 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de 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. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. 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.' -- Mike Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From astewart@cmu.edu Sat Mar 18 02:18:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!astewart From: astewart@cmu.edu (Amy Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar18.021815.6122@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 02:18:15 GMT References: <1995Mar16.163015.4691@tum.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar16.163015.4691@tum.de>, mhughes@tum.de (Mike Hughes) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Amy Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ecampbell@pipeline.com Sun Mar 19 12:32:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!ecampbell From: ecampbell@pipeline.com (Élodie Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar19.123215.6503@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 12:32:15 GMT References: <1995Mar16.163015.4691@tum.de> <1995Mar18.021815.6122@cmu.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar18.021815.6122@cmu.edu>, astewart@cmu.edu (Amy Stewart) 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. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Élodie Campbell US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From hvasiliev@delphi.com Mon Mar 20 22:27:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!hvasiliev From: hvasiliev@delphi.com (Hana Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar20.222715.4601@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 22:27:15 GMT References: <1995Mar16.163015.4691@tum.de> <1995Mar18.021815.6122@cmu.edu> <1995Mar19.123215.6503@pipeline.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar19.123215.6503@pipeline.com>, ecampbell@pipeline.com (Élodie Campbell) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Hana Vasiliev US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place." From ckuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Mar 22 00:56:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!ckuznetsov From: ckuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Callum Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar22.005615.3824@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 00:56:15 GMT References: <1995Mar16.163015.4691@tum.de> <1995Mar18.021815.6122@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar18.021815.6122@cmu.edu>, astewart@cmu.edu (Amy Stewart) 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? -- Callum Kuznetsov "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / AmigaOS 3.1