From thughes@titech.ac.jp Sat Dec 17 00:18:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!thughes From: thughes@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec17.001816.8306@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 00:18:16 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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'. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Tomas Hughes "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Atari TT030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From mmartinez@kth.se Sun Dec 18 01:24:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!mmartinez From: mmartinez@kth.se (Mei Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec18.012416.8056@kth.se> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 01:24:16 GMT References: <1994Dec17.001816.8306@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec17.001816.8306@titech.ac.jp>, thughes@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Hughes) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mei Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rcampbell@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 19 15:47:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!rcampbell From: rcampbell@demon.co.uk (Renata Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec19.154716.9507@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:47:16 GMT References: <1994Dec17.001816.8306@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Dec17.001816.8306@titech.ac.jp>, thughes@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Hughes) 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. 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? Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- === Renata Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From lgarcia@kiae.su Wed Dec 21 02:46:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!lgarcia From: lgarcia@kiae.su (Lucia García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec21.024616.5268@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 02:46:16 GMT References: <1994Dec17.001816.8306@titech.ac.jp> <1994Dec18.012416.8056@kth.se> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec18.012416.8056@kth.se>, mmartinez@kth.se (Mei Martínez) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Lucia García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From knovak@mit.edu Wed Dec 21 22:57:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!knovak From: knovak@mit.edu (Katrin Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec21.225716.4063@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 22:57:16 GMT References: <1994Dec17.001816.8306@titech.ac.jp> <1994Dec18.012416.8056@kth.se> <1994Dec21.024616.5268@kiae.su> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec21.024616.5268@kiae.su>, lgarcia@kiae.su (Lucia García) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Katrin Novak Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "They will send a copy in my place."