From mnovak@inria.fr Tue May 23 19:43:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!mnovak From: mnovak@inria.fr (Matthias Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May23.194331.6860@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 19:43:31 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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. -- Matthias Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From vpetrov@pipeline.com Wed May 24 23:05:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!vpetrov From: vpetrov@pipeline.com (Valeria Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May24.230531.4761@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 23:05:31 GMT References: <1995May23.194331.6860@inria.fr> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May23.194331.6860@inria.fr>, mnovak@inria.fr (Matthias Novak) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Valeria Petrov | vpetrov@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 23B9 C221 2751 9A60 "Keep the channels open." From seriksson@pipeline.com Thu May 25 12:56:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!seriksson From: seriksson@pipeline.com (Seo-yeon Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995May25.125631.7620@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 12:56:31 GMT References: <1995May23.194331.6860@inria.fr> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May23.194331.6860@inria.fr>, mnovak@inria.fr (Matthias Novak) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. 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. -- Seo-yeon Eriksson | seriksson@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 6303 CB9C A05D 0989 "Keep the channels open."