From esuzuki@netcom.com Sat Jun 17 06:37:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!esuzuki From: esuzuki@netcom.com (Emi Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 06:37:35 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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.' -- Emi Suzuki US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From nsmirnov@mindspring.com Sat Jun 17 07:58:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!nsmirnov From: nsmirnov@mindspring.com (Nadia Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun17.075835.8261@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 07:58:35 GMT References: <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com>, esuzuki@netcom.com (Emi Suzuki) 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. 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! -- Nadia Smirnov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1 From ajohansson@tum.de Sun Jun 18 01:04:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!ajohansson From: ajohansson@tum.de (Anja Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun18.010435.7027@tum.de> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 01:04:35 GMT References: <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com>, esuzuki@netcom.com (Emi Suzuki) 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. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- === Anja Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "Row 14. No joke." From jrodriguez@earthlink.net Sun Jun 18 07:17:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!jrodriguez From: jrodriguez@earthlink.net (Julien Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun18.071735.8467@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 07:17:35 GMT References: <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com>, esuzuki@netcom.com (Emi Suzuki) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Julien Rodríguez "Hold for relay." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / SunOS 4.1.4 From mnakamura@cam.ac.uk Sun Jun 18 22:33:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!mnakamura From: mnakamura@cam.ac.uk (Matthias Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun18.223335.6746@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 22:33:35 GMT References: <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun17.063735.8136@netcom.com>, esuzuki@netcom.com (Emi Suzuki) 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. 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? Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Matthias Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------