From lsato@panix.com Sat Jan 28 00:32:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!lsato From: lsato@panix.com (Lucia Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jan28.003234.2856@panix.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 00:32:34 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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.' -- Lucia Sato Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From reriksson@pacbell.net Sat Jan 28 06:26:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!reriksson From: reriksson@pacbell.net (Raj Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jan28.062634.6317@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 06:26:34 GMT References: <1995Jan28.003234.2856@panix.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan28.003234.2856@panix.com>, lsato@panix.com (Lucia Sato) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- Raj Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bgarcia@uu.net Mon Jan 30 06:51:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!bgarcia From: bgarcia@uu.net (Brian García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jan30.065134.2500@uu.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 06:51:34 GMT References: <1995Jan28.003234.2856@panix.com> <1995Jan28.062634.6317@pacbell.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan28.062634.6317@pacbell.net>, reriksson@pacbell.net (Raj Eriksson) writes: > My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. 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? -- === Brian García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From pmoreno@mindspring.com Mon Jan 30 14:31:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!pmoreno From: pmoreno@mindspring.com (Pavel Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jan30.143134.7708@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:31:34 GMT References: <1995Jan28.003234.2856@panix.com> <1995Jan28.062634.6317@pacbell.net> <1995Jan30.065134.2500@uu.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan30.065134.2500@uu.net>, bgarcia@uu.net (Brian García) writes: > 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? Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Pavel Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From esokolov@cam.ac.uk Wed Feb 01 00:05:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!esokolov From: esokolov@cam.ac.uk (Elaine Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb01.000534.4307@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 00:05:34 GMT References: <1995Jan28.003234.2856@panix.com> <1995Jan28.062634.6317@pacbell.net> <1995Jan30.065134.2500@uu.net> <1995Jan30.143134.7708@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan30.143134.7708@mindspring.com>, pmoreno@mindspring.com (Pavel Moreno) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- Elaine Sokolov -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."