From dsuzuki@tum.de Thu Nov 14 00:19:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!dsuzuki From: dsuzuki@tum.de (Dave Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov14.001931.3621@tum.de> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 00:19:31 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. 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? -- Dave Suzuki -- Technische Universität München "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From gramirez@uu.net Thu Nov 14 17:05:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!gramirez From: gramirez@uu.net (Göran Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov14.170531.5756@uu.net> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:05:31 GMT References: <1996Nov14.001931.3621@tum.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov14.001931.3621@tum.de>, dsuzuki@tum.de (Dave Suzuki) 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. -- Göran Ramírez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Marcus is not one man." From jnovak@delphi.com Thu Nov 14 18:56:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!jnovak From: jnovak@delphi.com (Julien Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov14.185631.8863@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 18:56:31 GMT References: <1996Nov14.001931.3621@tum.de> <1996Nov14.170531.5756@uu.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov14.170531.5756@uu.net>, gramirez@uu.net (Göran Ramírez) 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. 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. -- === Julien Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mokonkwo@ox.ac.uk Fri Nov 15 10:37:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@ox.ac.uk (Matthias Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov15.103731.3523@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:37:31 GMT References: <1996Nov14.001931.3621@tum.de> <1996Nov14.170531.5756@uu.net> <1996Nov14.185631.8863@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov14.185631.8863@delphi.com>, jnovak@delphi.com (Julien Novak) 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. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Matthias Okonkwo "Marcus is not one man." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / AmigaOS 3.1