From mweber@netcom.com Wed Jul 13 05:29:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!mweber From: mweber@netcom.com (Morag Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul13.052930.7210@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 05:29:30 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. 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.' -- Morag Weber | mweber@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: 37B0 CBCF 8306 AB61 "Keep the channels open." From bvasiliev@mit.edu Fri Jul 15 07:42:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!bvasiliev From: bvasiliev@mit.edu (Brian Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul15.074230.6228@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 07:42:30 GMT References: <1994Jul13.052930.7210@netcom.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul13.052930.7210@netcom.com>, mweber@netcom.com (Morag Weber) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Brian Vasiliev Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From tperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Jul 16 08:38:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!tperez From: tperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tyler Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul16.083830.4561@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 08:38:30 GMT References: <1994Jul13.052930.7210@netcom.com> <1994Jul15.074230.6228@mit.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul15.074230.6228@mit.edu>, bvasiliev@mit.edu (Brian Vasiliev) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. 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? -- Tyler Pérez Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From dhughes@demon.co.uk Mon Jul 18 05:39:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!dhughes From: dhughes@demon.co.uk (Dave Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul18.053930.6658@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 05:39:30 GMT References: <1994Jul13.052930.7210@netcom.com> <1994Jul15.074230.6228@mit.edu> <1994Jul16.083830.4561@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul16.083830.4561@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tyler Pérez) 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? I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Dave Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From mlopez@kth.se Mon Jul 18 08:46:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!mlopez From: mlopez@kth.se (Mateo López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul18.084630.1477@kth.se> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 08:46:30 GMT References: <1994Jul13.052930.7210@netcom.com> <1994Jul15.074230.6228@mit.edu> <1994Jul16.083830.4561@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul16.083830.4561@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tyler Pérez) 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? Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Mateo López | mlopez@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: DE17 CABF 3C3F F9CE "Keep the channels open."