From fkang@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jan 24 17:06:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!fkang From: fkang@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:06:53 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de 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'. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Freya Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From epark@delphi.com Wed Jan 24 21:44:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!epark From: epark@delphi.com (Emi Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan24.214453.5284@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 21:44:53 GMT References: <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de>, fkang@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Kang) 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'. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Emi Park -- Delphi Internet Services "Marcus is not one man." From emoreno@kth.se Fri Jan 26 00:43:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!emoreno From: emoreno@kth.se (Emi Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan26.004353.3405@kth.se> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 00:43:53 GMT References: <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de>, fkang@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Kang) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Emi Moreno Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tpark@netcom.com Fri Jan 26 11:56:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!tpark From: tpark@netcom.com (Thiago Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan26.115653.5045@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:56:53 GMT References: <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de>, fkang@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Kang) 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? -- Thiago Park SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From yvasiliev@inria.fr Sun Jan 28 10:07:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!yvasiliev From: yvasiliev@inria.fr (Yuki Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan28.100753.3348@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 10:07:53 GMT References: <1996Jan24.170653.1167@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Jan24.214453.5284@delphi.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan24.214453.5284@delphi.com>, epark@delphi.com (Emi Park) 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? -- === Yuki Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."