From smacdonald@stanford.edu Wed Jul 12 22:03:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!smacdonald From: smacdonald@stanford.edu (Sven MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 22:03:40 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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 mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Sven MacDonald -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Do not worship the copy." From mreyes@mindspring.com Fri Jul 14 04:02:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!mreyes From: mreyes@mindspring.com (Morag Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul14.040240.8743@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 04:02:40 GMT References: <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu>, smacdonald@stanford.edu (Sven MacDonald) 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? Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Morag Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bstewart@stanford.edu Sat Jul 15 11:23:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!bstewart From: bstewart@stanford.edu (Brian Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul15.112340.7362@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 11:23:40 GMT References: <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu>, smacdonald@stanford.edu (Sven MacDonald) 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? PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Brian Stewart -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From amoreno@clari.net Sat Jul 15 18:21:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!amoreno From: amoreno@clari.net (Aiko Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul15.182140.2895@clari.net> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 18:21:40 GMT References: <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu>, smacdonald@stanford.edu (Sven MacDonald) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Aiko Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From mkim@pacbell.net Mon Jul 17 21:15:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!mkim From: mkim@pacbell.net (Min-jun Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul17.211540.2378@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:15:40 GMT References: <1995Jul12.220340.3671@stanford.edu> <1995Jul15.182140.2895@clari.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul15.182140.2895@clari.net>, amoreno@clari.net (Aiko Moreno) writes: > The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. 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. -- === Min-jun Kim === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "Hold for relay."