From tduarte@kiae.su Tue Jul 12 12:35:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!tduarte From: tduarte@kiae.su (Tomas Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul12.123500.7238@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 12:35:00 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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'. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Tomas Duarte US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jul 14 09:51:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!lpopov From: lpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul14.095100.5304@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 09:51:00 GMT References: <1994Jul12.123500.7238@kiae.su> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul12.123500.7238@kiae.su>, tduarte@kiae.su (Tomas Duarte) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > 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. -- Lars Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From doliveira@inria.fr Thu Jul 14 19:20:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!doliveira From: doliveira@inria.fr (Diego Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul14.192000.7891@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 19:20:00 GMT References: <1994Jul12.123500.7238@kiae.su> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul12.123500.7238@kiae.su>, tduarte@kiae.su (Tomas Duarte) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. 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. -- Diego Oliveira US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From bsuzuki@kth.se Sat Jul 16 03:19:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!bsuzuki From: bsuzuki@kth.se (Brian Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul16.031900.6292@kth.se> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 03:19:00 GMT References: <1994Jul12.123500.7238@kiae.su> <1994Jul14.095100.5304@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul14.095100.5304@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, lpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Popov) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. 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 Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0