From lwatanabe@cam.ac.uk Wed Sep 27 10:43:38 1995
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From: lwatanabe@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Watanabe)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] 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 decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.'

-- 
Lisa Watanabe -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
"Do not worship the copy."

From llaurent@netcom.com Thu Sep 28 00:56:38 1995
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From: llaurent@netcom.com (Lucia Laurent)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1995Sep27.104338.4396@cam.ac.uk>, lwatanabe@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Watanabe) 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?

Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

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Lucia Laurent
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