From nandersson@kiae.su Wed Dec 14 01:41:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!nandersson From: nandersson@kiae.su (Nadine Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec14.014107.7188@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 01:41:07 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su 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'. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Nadine Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From cmoreno@unam.mx Fri Dec 16 01:41:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!cmoreno From: cmoreno@unam.mx (Camila Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec16.014107.9062@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 01:41:07 GMT References: <1994Dec14.014107.7188@kiae.su> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec14.014107.7188@kiae.su>, nandersson@kiae.su (Nadine Andersson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Camila Moreno "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Acorn RiscPC 600 / TOS 4.04 From anakamura@inria.fr Sat Dec 17 00:16:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!anakamura From: anakamura@inria.fr (Aiko Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec17.001607.8940@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 00:16:07 GMT References: <1994Dec14.014107.7188@kiae.su> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec14.014107.7188@kiae.su>, nandersson@kiae.su (Nadine Andersson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Aiko Nakamura "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From ssanchez@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 17 04:12:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!ssanchez From: ssanchez@berkeley.edu (Seo-yeon Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Dec17.041207.1745@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 04:12:07 GMT References: <1994Dec14.014107.7188@kiae.su> <1994Dec17.001607.8940@inria.fr> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Dec17.001607.8940@inria.fr>, anakamura@inria.fr (Aiko Nakamura) 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? -- Seo-yeon Sánchez -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Row 14. No joke."