From mchoi@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 08 20:17:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!mchoi From: mchoi@demon.co.uk (Min-jun Choi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec08.201736.1431@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 20:17:36 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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'. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Min-jun Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From meriksson@cam.ac.uk Tue Dec 10 04:31:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!meriksson From: meriksson@cam.ac.uk (Mei Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec10.043136.9216@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 04:31:36 GMT References: <1996Dec08.201736.1431@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Dec08.201736.1431@demon.co.uk>, mchoi@demon.co.uk (Min-jun Choi) 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. 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Mei Eriksson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Hold for relay." From ochoi@inria.fr Wed Dec 11 15:24:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!ochoi From: ochoi@inria.fr (Olga Choi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec11.152436.4927@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 15:24:36 GMT References: <1996Dec08.201736.1431@demon.co.uk> <1996Dec10.043136.9216@cam.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Dec10.043136.9216@cam.ac.uk>, meriksson@cam.ac.uk (Mei Eriksson) 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. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Olga Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mduarte@netcom.com Thu Dec 12 06:44:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!mduarte From: mduarte@netcom.com (Mikhail Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec12.064436.8931@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 06:44:36 GMT References: <1996Dec08.201736.1431@demon.co.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Dec08.201736.1431@demon.co.uk>, mchoi@demon.co.uk (Min-jun Choi) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Mikhail Duarte US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."