From lmacdonald@cam.ac.uk Sat Dec 07 00:30:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!lmacdonald From: lmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Lars MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec07.003048.3598@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 00:30:48 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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'. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Lars MacDonald "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Atari Falcon 030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From jdubois@rwth-aachen.de Sun Dec 08 09:05:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!jdubois From: jdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec08.090548.1985@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 09:05:48 GMT References: <1996Dec07.003048.3598@cam.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec07.003048.3598@cam.ac.uk>, lmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Lars MacDonald) 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? -- Jens Dubois Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Row 14. No joke." From estewart@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 09 06:28:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!estewart From: estewart@demon.co.uk (Elaine Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec09.062848.3262@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 06:28:48 GMT References: <1996Dec07.003048.3598@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Dec07.003048.3598@cam.ac.uk>, lmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Lars MacDonald) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- Elaine Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.