From rsouza@clari.net Thu Dec 08 12:42:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!rsouza From: rsouza@clari.net (Raj Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 12:42:56 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net 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'. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Raj Souza Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Dec 10 00:22:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!gbrennan From: gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec10.002256.2504@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 00:22:56 GMT References: <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net>, rsouza@clari.net (Raj Souza) 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. -- === Graham Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lkowalski@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 10 07:22:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!lkowalski From: lkowalski@berkeley.edu (Liam Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec10.072256.9835@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 07:22:56 GMT References: <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net>, rsouza@clari.net (Raj Souza) 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. -- Liam Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From msouza@cmu.edu Sat Dec 10 08:21:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!msouza From: msouza@cmu.edu (Mike Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec10.082156.8396@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 08:21:56 GMT References: <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net>, rsouza@clari.net (Raj Souza) 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'. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Mike Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sokonkwo@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 10 09:16:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@berkeley.edu (Sergei Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec10.091656.9791@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 09:16:56 GMT References: <1994Dec08.124256.8964@clari.net> <1994Dec10.002256.2504@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec10.002256.2504@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Brennan) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Sergei Okonkwo Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------