From aeriksson@berkeley.edu Tue Oct 10 13:47:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!aeriksson From: aeriksson@berkeley.edu (Aiko Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Oct10.134759.6287@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 13:47:59 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Aiko Eriksson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mmuller@earthlink.net Thu Oct 12 07:35:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!mmuller From: mmuller@earthlink.net (Morag Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Oct12.073559.2373@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 07:35:59 GMT References: <1995Oct10.134759.6287@berkeley.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct10.134759.6287@berkeley.edu>, aeriksson@berkeley.edu (Aiko Eriksson) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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? My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Morag Müller "Do not worship the copy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1 From kmacdonald@inria.fr Sat Oct 14 08:54:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@inria.fr (Kirsty MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Oct14.085459.2400@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 08:54:59 GMT References: <1995Oct10.134759.6287@berkeley.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct10.134759.6287@berkeley.edu>, aeriksson@berkeley.edu (Aiko Eriksson) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Kirsty MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.