From hsmirnov@tum.de Sat Nov 05 01:13:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!hsmirnov From: hsmirnov@tum.de (Hana Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Nov05.011331.9254@tum.de> Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 01:13:31 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de 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'. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Hana Smirnov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From lpetrov@netcom.com Sat Nov 05 15:59:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!lpetrov From: lpetrov@netcom.com (Lucia Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Nov05.155931.8455@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 15:59:31 GMT References: <1994Nov05.011331.9254@tum.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov05.011331.9254@tum.de>, hsmirnov@tum.de (Hana Smirnov) 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. -- Lucia Petrov -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "They will send a copy in my place." From smoreno@kiae.su Sat Nov 05 21:02:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!smoreno From: smoreno@kiae.su (Sun-mi Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Nov05.210231.6093@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 21:02:31 GMT References: <1994Nov05.011331.9254@tum.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Nov05.011331.9254@tum.de>, hsmirnov@tum.de (Hana Smirnov) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Sun-mi Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."