From yeriksson@purdue.edu Mon Nov 21 03:33:04 1994
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From: yeriksson@purdue.edu (Yuki Eriksson)
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Subject: 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'.
Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen.

The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.'

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From kschneider@tum.de Tue Nov 22 09:02:04 1994
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Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1994Nov21.033304.5844@purdue.edu>, yeriksson@purdue.edu (Yuki Eriksson) 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.

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=== Kenji Schneider ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München
"5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."