From tfischer@pipeline.com Mon Apr 08 15:52:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!tfischer From: tfischer@pipeline.com (Thiago Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Apr08.155246.6364@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 15:52:46 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Thiago Fischer Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke." From flindqvist@kiae.su Wed Apr 10 05:32:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!flindqvist From: flindqvist@kiae.su (Fiona Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Apr10.053246.9205@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 05:32:46 GMT References: <1996Apr08.155246.6364@pipeline.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr08.155246.6364@pipeline.com>, tfischer@pipeline.com (Thiago Fischer) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Fiona Lindqvist Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From nlaurent@ox.ac.uk Thu Apr 11 14:33:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!nlaurent From: nlaurent@ox.ac.uk (Natalia Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Apr11.143346.5816@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:33:46 GMT References: <1996Apr08.155246.6364@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr08.155246.6364@pipeline.com>, tfischer@pipeline.com (Thiago Fischer) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Natalia Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fperez@cern.ch Sat Apr 13 14:55:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!fperez From: fperez@cern.ch (Freya Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Apr13.145546.2913@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 14:55:46 GMT References: <1996Apr08.155246.6364@pipeline.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr08.155246.6364@pipeline.com>, tfischer@pipeline.com (Thiago Fischer) writes: > 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. 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? -- Freya Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.