From hkim@rwth-aachen.de Thu Nov 21 15:57:12 1996
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From: hkim@rwth-aachen.de (Hana Kim)
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Subject: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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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.'

-- 
Hana Kim -- RWTH Aachen Informatik
"We don't sign stars. We build them."

From anovak@mit.edu Sat Nov 23 06:53:12 1996
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From: anovak@mit.edu (Astrid Novak)
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Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1996Nov21.155712.7002@rwth-aachen.de>, hkim@rwth-aachen.de (Hana Kim) 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'.

The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies.

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Astrid Novak
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