From mrobertson@cmu.edu Sun Jul 02 23:34:59 1995
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From: mrobertson@cmu.edu (Marisol Robertson)
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Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer.

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.'

-- 
Marisol Robertson -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."

From jsilva@uni-hamburg.de Tue Jul 04 00:50:59 1995
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From: jsilva@uni-hamburg.de (Jen Silva)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1995Jul02.233459.6887@cmu.edu>, mrobertson@cmu.edu (Marisol Robertson) writes:
> Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer.

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.

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Jen Silva -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."