From teriksson@unam.mx Sat Dec 02 23:59:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!teriksson From: teriksson@unam.mx (Thiago Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec02.235941.7558@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 23:59:41 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. 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.' -- Thiago Eriksson -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Do not worship the copy." From smoreau@pipeline.com Sun Dec 03 19:02:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!smoreau From: smoreau@pipeline.com (Seo-yeon Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec03.190241.9611@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 19:02:41 GMT References: <1995Dec02.235941.7558@unam.mx> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec02.235941.7558@unam.mx>, teriksson@unam.mx (Thiago Eriksson) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Seo-yeon Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From jvasiliev@netcom.com Tue Dec 05 02:35:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@netcom.com (Jen Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec05.023541.3008@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 02:35:41 GMT References: <1995Dec02.235941.7558@unam.mx> <1995Dec03.190241.9611@pipeline.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec03.190241.9611@pipeline.com>, smoreau@pipeline.com (Seo-yeon Moreau) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Jen Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mnakamura@tum.de Tue Dec 05 13:12:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!mnakamura From: mnakamura@tum.de (Marisol Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec05.131241.4043@tum.de> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 13:12:41 GMT References: <1995Dec02.235941.7558@unam.mx> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec02.235941.7558@unam.mx>, teriksson@unam.mx (Thiago Eriksson) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Marisol Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tmuller@purdue.edu Wed Dec 06 09:34:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!tmuller From: tmuller@purdue.edu (Tomas Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec06.093441.5386@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 09:34:41 GMT References: <1995Dec02.235941.7558@unam.mx> <1995Dec03.190241.9611@pipeline.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec03.190241.9611@pipeline.com>, smoreau@pipeline.com (Seo-yeon Moreau) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. 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. -- Tomas Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."