From eschneider@utexas.edu Sat Dec 16 21:04:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!eschneider From: eschneider@utexas.edu (Elaine Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec16.210431.8290@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 21:04:31 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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 mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Elaine Schneider | eschneider@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 866E F114 07D6 1FBA "Keep the channels open." From handersson@uni-hamburg.de Mon Dec 18 12:10:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!handersson From: handersson@uni-hamburg.de (Hana Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec18.121031.4422@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 12:10:31 GMT References: <1995Dec16.210431.8290@utexas.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec16.210431.8290@utexas.edu>, eschneider@utexas.edu (Elaine Schneider) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Hana Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From jmartinez@stanford.edu Tue Dec 19 04:54:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!jmartinez From: jmartinez@stanford.edu (Jen Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec19.045431.8889@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 04:54:31 GMT References: <1995Dec16.210431.8290@utexas.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec16.210431.8290@utexas.edu>, eschneider@utexas.edu (Elaine Schneider) 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'. 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? -- Jen Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mokonkwo@mindspring.com Wed Dec 20 03:06:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@mindspring.com (Matthias Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec20.030631.7753@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 03:06:31 GMT References: <1995Dec16.210431.8290@utexas.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec16.210431.8290@utexas.edu>, eschneider@utexas.edu (Elaine Schneider) 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. -- Matthias Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.