From emoreno@earthlink.net Sat May 21 16:17:38 1994
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From: emoreno@earthlink.net (Élodie Moreno)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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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'.
A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night.

The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else.

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From hramirez@cmu.edu Sat May 21 22:48:38 1994
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From: hramirez@cmu.edu (Heather Ramírez)
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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 <1994May21.161738.7977@earthlink.net>, emoreno@earthlink.net (Élodie Moreno) 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'.

Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions.

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