From ljohansson@earthlink.net Sat Apr 22 01:41:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!ljohansson From: ljohansson@earthlink.net (Lisa Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Apr22.014136.2318@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 01:41:36 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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'. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Lisa Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From spopov@cmu.edu Sun Apr 23 13:21:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!spopov From: spopov@cmu.edu (Steve Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Apr23.132136.5943@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 13:21:36 GMT References: <1995Apr22.014136.2318@earthlink.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr22.014136.2318@earthlink.net>, ljohansson@earthlink.net (Lisa Johansson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Steve Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From aito@berkeley.edu Mon Apr 24 11:17:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!aito From: aito@berkeley.edu (Aiko Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Apr24.111736.1101@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:17:36 GMT References: <1995Apr22.014136.2318@earthlink.net> <1995Apr23.132136.5943@cmu.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr23.132136.5943@cmu.edu>, spopov@cmu.edu (Steve Popov) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. 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. -- Aiko Ito "Do not worship the copy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Apr 25 11:58:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!mmoreno From: mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mathieu Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Apr25.115836.9120@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 11:58:36 GMT References: <1995Apr22.014136.2318@earthlink.net> <1995Apr23.132136.5943@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr23.132136.5943@cmu.edu>, spopov@cmu.edu (Steve Popov) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- === Mathieu Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"