From msanchez@panix.com Fri Jul 12 21:07:52 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!msanchez From: msanchez@panix.com (Marta Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jul12.210752.8869@panix.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 21:07:52 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com 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. 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'. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Marta Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From nhughes@demon.co.uk Sat Jul 13 00:21:52 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!nhughes From: nhughes@demon.co.uk (Nadine Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jul13.002152.4957@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:21:52 GMT References: <1996Jul12.210752.8869@panix.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul12.210752.8869@panix.com>, msanchez@panix.com (Marta Sánchez) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Nadine Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------