From jnakamura@unam.mx Wed Jul 19 06:25:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!jnakamura From: jnakamura@unam.mx (Jens Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul19.062537.3609@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 06:25:37 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. 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. -- Jens Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From cperez@inria.fr Wed Jul 19 17:30:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!cperez From: cperez@inria.fr (Camila Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul19.173037.7315@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 17:30:37 GMT References: <1995Jul19.062537.3609@unam.mx> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul19.062537.3609@unam.mx>, jnakamura@unam.mx (Jens Nakamura) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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. -- Camila Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From oramirez@uu.net Wed Jul 19 18:48:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!oramirez From: oramirez@uu.net (Olga Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul19.184837.8538@uu.net> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 18:48:37 GMT References: <1995Jul19.062537.3609@unam.mx> <1995Jul19.173037.7315@inria.fr> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul19.173037.7315@inria.fr>, cperez@inria.fr (Camila Pérez) 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. 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? -- Olga Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From hfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Jul 19 19:55:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!hfournier From: hfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hana Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul19.195537.4213@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 19:55:37 GMT References: <1995Jul19.062537.3609@unam.mx> <1995Jul19.173037.7315@inria.fr> <1995Jul19.184837.8538@uu.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul19.184837.8538@uu.net>, oramirez@uu.net (Olga 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? 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. -- Hana Fournier Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."