From msokolov@illinois.edu Fri Dec 15 10:14:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!msokolov From: msokolov@illinois.edu (Marta Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec15.101434.2007@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 10:14:34 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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.' -- Marta Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hschneider@kiae.su Sun Dec 17 11:19:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!hschneider From: hschneider@kiae.su (Hugo Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec17.111934.6161@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 11:19:34 GMT References: <1995Dec15.101434.2007@illinois.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec15.101434.2007@illinois.edu>, msokolov@illinois.edu (Marta Sokolov) 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. -- Hugo Schneider SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From dlee@mit.edu Tue Dec 19 07:07:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!dlee From: dlee@mit.edu (Dmitri Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec19.070734.9043@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 07:07:34 GMT References: <1995Dec15.101434.2007@illinois.edu> <1995Dec17.111934.6161@kiae.su> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec17.111934.6161@kiae.su>, hschneider@kiae.su (Hugo Schneider) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Dmitri Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mgarcia@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Dec 20 02:06:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!mgarcia From: mgarcia@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mike García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec20.020634.9941@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 02:06:34 GMT References: <1995Dec15.101434.2007@illinois.edu> <1995Dec17.111934.6161@kiae.su> <1995Dec19.070734.9043@mit.edu> 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 <1995Dec19.070734.9043@mit.edu>, dlee@mit.edu (Dmitri Lee) 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. -- Mike García Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From vivanov@uni-hamburg.de Thu Dec 21 16:43:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!vivanov From: vivanov@uni-hamburg.de (Valeria Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec21.164334.5244@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:43:34 GMT References: <1995Dec15.101434.2007@illinois.edu> <1995Dec17.111934.6161@kiae.su> <1995Dec19.070734.9043@mit.edu> <1995Dec20.020634.9941@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec20.020634.9941@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mgarcia@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mike García) 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. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- === Valeria Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "When every node is whole, the channel opens."