From mrobertson@utexas.edu Fri Jun 23 03:11:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!mrobertson From: mrobertson@utexas.edu (Mateo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun23.031151.1958@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 03:11:51 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu 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. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Mateo Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From bramirez@demon.co.uk Sat Jun 24 19:02:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!bramirez From: bramirez@demon.co.uk (Brian Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun24.190251.3266@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 19:02:51 GMT References: <1995Jun23.031151.1958@utexas.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun23.031151.1958@utexas.edu>, mrobertson@utexas.edu (Mateo Robertson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. 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? -- Brian Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kkim@clari.net Sun Jun 25 11:26:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!kkim From: kkim@clari.net (Katrin Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun25.112651.8642@clari.net> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 11:26:51 GMT References: <1995Jun23.031151.1958@utexas.edu> <1995Jun24.190251.3266@demon.co.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun24.190251.3266@demon.co.uk>, bramirez@demon.co.uk (Brian Ramírez) writes: > 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? 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? -- Katrin Kim Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."