From sdubois@cern.ch Sat Aug 12 20:43:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!sdubois From: sdubois@cern.ch (Sun-mi Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug12.204320.1866@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 20:43:20 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. 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.' -- Sun-mi Dubois -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From aito@kth.se Mon Aug 14 17:07:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!aito From: aito@kth.se (Andrei Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug14.170720.1311@kth.se> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 17:07:20 GMT References: <1995Aug12.204320.1866@cern.ch> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug12.204320.1866@cern.ch>, sdubois@cern.ch (Sun-mi Dubois) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Andrei Ito -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From fsato@delphi.com Tue Aug 15 06:05:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!fsato From: fsato@delphi.com (Freya Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug15.060520.3757@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 06:05:20 GMT References: <1995Aug12.204320.1866@cern.ch> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug12.204320.1866@cern.ch>, sdubois@cern.ch (Sun-mi Dubois) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Freya Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dfischer@netcom.com Wed Aug 16 23:30:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!dfischer From: dfischer@netcom.com (Diego Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug16.233020.7932@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 23:30:20 GMT References: <1995Aug12.204320.1866@cern.ch> <1995Aug14.170720.1311@kth.se> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug14.170720.1311@kth.se>, aito@kth.se (Andrei Ito) writes: > The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. 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. -- Diego Fischer -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "We don't sign stars. We build them."