From atakahashi@pipeline.com Tue Mar 22 22:13:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!atakahashi From: atakahashi@pipeline.com (Anja Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar22.221316.4041@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 22:13:16 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Anja Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From msantos@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Mar 23 08:26:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!msantos From: msantos@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar23.082616.6445@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 08:26:16 GMT References: <1994Mar22.221316.4041@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar22.221316.4041@pipeline.com>, atakahashi@pipeline.com (Anja Takahashi) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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? -- Morag Santos Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From tbrennan@demon.co.uk Wed Mar 23 15:27:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!tbrennan From: tbrennan@demon.co.uk (Tyler Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar23.152716.9694@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 15:27:16 GMT References: <1994Mar22.221316.4041@pipeline.com> <1994Mar23.082616.6445@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar23.082616.6445@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, msantos@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Santos) 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? Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Tyler Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From msmirnov@berkeley.edu Wed Mar 23 17:28:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!msmirnov From: msmirnov@berkeley.edu (Mike Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Mar23.172816.1046@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 17:28:16 GMT References: <1994Mar22.221316.4041@pipeline.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar22.221316.4041@pipeline.com>, atakahashi@pipeline.com (Anja Takahashi) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Mike Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0