From sivanov@pipeline.com Tue Mar 08 18:17:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!sivanov From: sivanov@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar08.181724.1090@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 18:17:24 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- === Sun-mi Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From dgarcia@cam.ac.uk Thu Mar 10 09:38:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!dgarcia From: dgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar10.093824.9398@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 09:38:24 GMT References: <1994Mar08.181724.1090@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar08.181724.1090@pipeline.com>, sivanov@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Ivanov) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Dmitri García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hcampbell@mindspring.com Sat Mar 12 01:05:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!hcampbell From: hcampbell@mindspring.com (Heather Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar12.010524.9223@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 01:05:24 GMT References: <1994Mar08.181724.1090@pipeline.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar08.181724.1090@pipeline.com>, sivanov@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Ivanov) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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? -- Heather Campbell "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Sun SparcStation 20 / TOS 4.04 From roliveira@mit.edu Sat Mar 12 21:35:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!roliveira From: roliveira@mit.edu (Raj Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar12.213524.4848@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 21:35:24 GMT References: <1994Mar08.181724.1090@pipeline.com> <1994Mar10.093824.9398@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar10.093824.9398@cam.ac.uk>, dgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri García) 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. -- Raj Oliveira "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / System 7.5.1