From hcampbell@inria.fr Sat Sep 07 05:16:43 1996
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From: hcampbell@inria.fr (Heather Campbell)
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Subject: Observation: 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.

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

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=== Heather Campbell ===
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From alaurent@tum.de Sun Sep 08 16:12:43 1996
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From: alaurent@tum.de (Anja Laurent)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1996Sep07.051643.9083@inria.fr>, hcampbell@inria.fr (Heather Campbell) writes:
> The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark.

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?

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