From dlaurent@illinois.edu Tue Apr 02 00:07:03 1996
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From: dlaurent@illinois.edu (Diego Laurent)
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Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer.

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'.

The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else.

-- 
Diego Laurent -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Do not worship the copy."

From ylee@mindspring.com Wed Apr 03 22:59:03 1996
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From: ylee@mindspring.com (Yuki Lee)
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Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1996Apr02.000703.5119@illinois.edu>, dlaurent@illinois.edu (Diego Laurent) writes:
> Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer.
> At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent.

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?

Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice.

-- 
=== Yuki Lee ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises
"When every node is whole, the channel opens."