From lperez@uni-hamburg.de Mon Apr 22 05:22:39 1996
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From: lperez@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Pérez)
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Subject: Observation: 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'.

What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities?

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From kdubois@tum.de Tue Apr 23 12:56:39 1996
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From: kdubois@tum.de (Katrin Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:56:39 GMT
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In article <1996Apr22.052239.5276@uni-hamburg.de>, lperez@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Pérez) 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.

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

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From sito@berkeley.edu Wed Apr 24 07:51:39 1996
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From: sito@berkeley.edu (Sergei Ito)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 07:51:39 GMT
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In article <1996Apr23.125639.9461@tum.de>, kdubois@tum.de (Katrin Dubois) writes:
> Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions.

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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