From ykuznetsov@mindspring.com Thu Aug 15 01:43:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!ykuznetsov From: ykuznetsov@mindspring.com (Yuki Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug15.014305.1498@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 01:43:05 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Yuki Kuznetsov "Row 14. No joke." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From lpark@illinois.edu Thu Aug 15 05:21:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!lpark From: lpark@illinois.edu (Lars Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug15.052105.3010@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 05:21:05 GMT References: <1996Aug15.014305.1498@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug15.014305.1498@mindspring.com>, ykuznetsov@mindspring.com (Yuki Kuznetsov) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Lars Park -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jweber@pipeline.com Fri Aug 16 05:24:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!jweber From: jweber@pipeline.com (Julien Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug16.052405.7110@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 05:24:05 GMT References: <1996Aug15.014305.1498@mindspring.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug15.014305.1498@mindspring.com>, ykuznetsov@mindspring.com (Yuki Kuznetsov) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Julien Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mandersson@ox.ac.uk Fri Aug 16 12:45:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!mandersson From: mandersson@ox.ac.uk (Mei Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug16.124505.3945@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:45:05 GMT References: <1996Aug15.014305.1498@mindspring.com> <1996Aug15.052105.3010@illinois.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Aug15.052105.3010@illinois.edu>, lpark@illinois.edu (Lars Park) writes: > 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. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mei Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------