From dnilsson@utexas.edu Tue Dec 20 09:47:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!dnilsson From: dnilsson@utexas.edu (Dave Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 09:47:50 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Dave Nilsson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From rgarcia@utexas.edu Wed Dec 21 12:20:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!rgarcia From: rgarcia@utexas.edu (Renata García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec21.122050.2612@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 12:20:50 GMT References: <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu>, dnilsson@utexas.edu (Dave Nilsson) 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. -- Renata García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sperez@cern.ch Thu Dec 22 12:27:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!sperez From: sperez@cern.ch (Sven Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec22.122750.9914@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 12:27:50 GMT References: <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu>, dnilsson@utexas.edu (Dave Nilsson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. 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. -- === Sven Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From bhernandez@titech.ac.jp Sat Dec 24 09:15:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!bhernandez From: bhernandez@titech.ac.jp (Bill Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec24.091550.4863@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 09:15:50 GMT References: <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu>, dnilsson@utexas.edu (Dave Nilsson) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Bill Hernández Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bmartinez@netcom.com Mon Dec 26 05:37:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!bmartinez From: bmartinez@netcom.com (Bastien Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec26.053750.4939@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 05:37:50 GMT References: <1994Dec20.094750.6668@utexas.edu> <1994Dec24.091550.4863@titech.ac.jp> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec24.091550.4863@titech.ac.jp>, bhernandez@titech.ac.jp (Bill Hernández) 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. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Bastien Martínez "We don't sign stars. We build them." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4