From mdubois@berkeley.edu Wed Feb 15 06:40:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!mdubois From: mdubois@berkeley.edu (Min-jun Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb15.064049.5179@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 06:40:49 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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. -- Min-jun Dubois "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Atari TT030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From lduarte@titech.ac.jp Wed Feb 15 12:55:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!lduarte From: lduarte@titech.ac.jp (Liam Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb15.125549.1360@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:55:49 GMT References: <1995Feb15.064049.5179@berkeley.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb15.064049.5179@berkeley.edu>, mdubois@berkeley.edu (Min-jun Dubois) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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. -- Liam Duarte "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / System 7.5.1 From akowalski@utexas.edu Thu Feb 16 05:30:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!akowalski From: akowalski@utexas.edu (Aiko Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb16.053049.1029@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 05:30:49 GMT References: <1995Feb15.064049.5179@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb15.064049.5179@berkeley.edu>, mdubois@berkeley.edu (Min-jun Dubois) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Aiko Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From eandersson@mit.edu Fri Feb 17 07:50:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!eandersson From: eandersson@mit.edu (Élodie Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb17.075049.2115@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 07:50:49 GMT References: <1995Feb15.064049.5179@berkeley.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb15.064049.5179@berkeley.edu>, mdubois@berkeley.edu (Min-jun Dubois) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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? -- Élodie Andersson | eandersson@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 2BE1 1AA7 B17C 276B "Keep the channels open."