From anovak@hanse.de Tue Jun 20 14:09:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!anovak From: anovak@hanse.de (Aiko Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun20.140941.6580@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 14:09:41 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de 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. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. 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.' -- Aiko Novak | anovak@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: A199 5FC6 2EC5 AD58 "Keep the channels open." From hmuller@cmu.edu Thu Jun 22 04:56:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!hmuller From: hmuller@cmu.edu (Hugo Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun22.045641.5361@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 04:56:41 GMT References: <1995Jun20.140941.6580@hanse.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun20.140941.6580@hanse.de>, anovak@hanse.de (Aiko Novak) 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. -- Hugo Müller Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From brobertson@demon.co.uk Fri Jun 23 07:02:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!brobertson From: brobertson@demon.co.uk (Brian Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun23.070241.6368@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 07:02:41 GMT References: <1995Jun20.140941.6580@hanse.de> <1995Jun22.045641.5361@cmu.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun22.045641.5361@cmu.edu>, hmuller@cmu.edu (Hugo Müller) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Brian Robertson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Amiga 3000T / System 7.5.1 From roliveira@inria.fr Sat Jun 24 07:28:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!roliveira From: roliveira@inria.fr (Raj Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun24.072841.2190@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 07:28:41 GMT References: <1995Jun20.140941.6580@hanse.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun20.140941.6580@hanse.de>, anovak@hanse.de (Aiko Novak) 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. -- Raj Oliveira | roliveira@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: C393 2C33 CBA5 D20A "Keep the channels open."