From nweber@cam.ac.uk Wed Nov 27 23:28:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!nweber From: nweber@cam.ac.uk (Nadia Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov27.232800.7807@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 23:28:00 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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'. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Nadia Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From nhughes@cern.ch Thu Nov 28 20:06:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!nhughes From: nhughes@cern.ch (Nadine Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov28.200600.2944@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 20:06:00 GMT References: <1996Nov27.232800.7807@cam.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov27.232800.7807@cam.ac.uk>, nweber@cam.ac.uk (Nadia Weber) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Nadine Hughes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From hlarsson@rwth-aachen.de Sat Nov 30 11:33:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!hlarsson From: hlarsson@rwth-aachen.de (Hana Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov30.113300.8723@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 11:33:00 GMT References: <1996Nov27.232800.7807@cam.ac.uk> <1996Nov28.200600.2944@cern.ch> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov28.200600.2944@cern.ch>, nhughes@cern.ch (Nadine Hughes) writes: > The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Hana Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From msokolov@tum.de Sun Dec 01 20:32:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!msokolov From: msokolov@tum.de (Min-jun Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec01.203200.6304@tum.de> Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 20:32:00 GMT References: <1996Nov27.232800.7807@cam.ac.uk> <1996Nov28.200600.2944@cern.ch> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov28.200600.2944@cern.ch>, nhughes@cern.ch (Nadine Hughes) writes: > The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Min-jun Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nsanchez@unam.mx Mon Dec 02 13:51:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!nsanchez From: nsanchez@unam.mx (Nadia Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec02.135100.3878@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 13:51:00 GMT References: <1996Nov27.232800.7807@cam.ac.uk> <1996Nov28.200600.2944@cern.ch> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov28.200600.2944@cern.ch>, nhughes@cern.ch (Nadine Hughes) writes: > The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Nadia Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0