From spark@pacbell.net Sun Mar 24 20:02:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!spark From: spark@pacbell.net (Seo-yeon Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Mar24.200253.2787@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 20:02:53 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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'. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Seo-yeon Park | spark@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 6CA4 7326 068A 5DDB "Keep the channels open." From phughes@cern.ch Tue Mar 26 13:11:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!phughes From: phughes@cern.ch (Pavel Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Mar26.131153.5645@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:11:53 GMT References: <1996Mar24.200253.2787@pacbell.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Mar24.200253.2787@pacbell.net>, spark@pacbell.net (Seo-yeon Park) writes: > 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'. 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? Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Pavel Hughes | phughes@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: F3BD 93CD 485F 4203 "Keep the channels open." From rfischer@delphi.com Wed Mar 27 17:05:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!rfischer From: rfischer@delphi.com (Rodrigo Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Mar27.170553.3403@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 17:05:53 GMT References: <1996Mar24.200253.2787@pacbell.net> <1996Mar26.131153.5645@cern.ch> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar26.131153.5645@cern.ch>, phughes@cern.ch (Pavel Hughes) 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? > 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. -- Rodrigo Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ctanaka@panix.com Fri Mar 29 07:43:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!ctanaka From: ctanaka@panix.com (Camila Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Mar29.074353.4394@panix.com> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 07:43:53 GMT References: <1996Mar24.200253.2787@pacbell.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar24.200253.2787@pacbell.net>, spark@pacbell.net (Seo-yeon Park) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Camila Tanaka Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."