From lnilsson@ox.ac.uk Tue Dec 20 17:02:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!lnilsson From: lnilsson@ox.ac.uk (Liam Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec20.170238.8108@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 17:02:38 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- === Liam Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Marcus is not one man." From lpetrov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Dec 20 20:24:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!lpetrov From: lpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Lucia Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec20.202438.2645@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 20:24:38 GMT References: <1994Dec20.170238.8108@ox.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec20.170238.8108@ox.ac.uk>, lnilsson@ox.ac.uk (Liam Nilsson) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Lucia Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From jhughes@clari.net Thu Dec 22 10:43:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!jhughes From: jhughes@clari.net (Jen Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec22.104338.4211@clari.net> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 10:43:38 GMT References: <1994Dec20.170238.8108@ox.ac.uk> <1994Dec20.202438.2645@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec20.202438.2645@rwth-aachen.de>, lpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Lucia Petrov) writes: > 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. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Jen Hughes "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Sun SparcStation 20 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From tpetrov@stanford.edu Thu Dec 22 14:50:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!tpetrov From: tpetrov@stanford.edu (Tomas Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec22.145038.6692@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 14:50:38 GMT References: <1994Dec20.170238.8108@ox.ac.uk> <1994Dec20.202438.2645@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec20.202438.2645@rwth-aachen.de>, lpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Lucia Petrov) writes: > 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. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Tomas Petrov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jstewart@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 23 15:50:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!jstewart From: jstewart@ox.ac.uk (Jen Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec23.155038.4982@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 15:50:38 GMT References: <1994Dec20.170238.8108@ox.ac.uk> <1994Dec20.202438.2645@rwth-aachen.de> <1994Dec22.145038.6692@stanford.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec22.145038.6692@stanford.edu>, tpetrov@stanford.edu (Tomas Petrov) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. 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. -- Jen Stewart | jstewart@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: B4A0 A60C B19C 8D38 "Keep the channels open."