From cdubois@stanford.edu Fri Dec 15 11:36:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!cdubois From: cdubois@stanford.edu (Camila Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec15.113656.7577@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:36:56 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. 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. -- Camila Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ltanaka@stanford.edu Sat Dec 16 18:23:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!ltanaka From: ltanaka@stanford.edu (Lisa Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec16.182356.1446@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 18:23:56 GMT References: <1995Dec15.113656.7577@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec15.113656.7577@stanford.edu>, cdubois@stanford.edu (Camila 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? -- === Lisa Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Do not worship the copy." From kstewart@netcom.com Mon Dec 18 01:10:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!kstewart From: kstewart@netcom.com (Kenji Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec18.011056.9065@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 01:10:56 GMT References: <1995Dec15.113656.7577@stanford.edu> <1995Dec16.182356.1446@stanford.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec16.182356.1446@stanford.edu>, ltanaka@stanford.edu (Lisa Tanaka) writes: > 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? 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. -- Kenji Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sschneider@uu.net Tue Dec 19 16:34:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!sschneider From: sschneider@uu.net (Sergei Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec19.163456.5607@uu.net> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 16:34:56 GMT References: <1995Dec15.113656.7577@stanford.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec15.113656.7577@stanford.edu>, cdubois@stanford.edu (Camila Dubois) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Sergei Schneider "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From rrodriguez@kth.se Wed Dec 20 04:35:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!rrodriguez From: rrodriguez@kth.se (Renata Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec20.043556.9773@kth.se> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 04:35:56 GMT References: <1995Dec15.113656.7577@stanford.edu> <1995Dec16.182356.1446@stanford.edu> <1995Dec18.011056.9065@netcom.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec18.011056.9065@netcom.com>, kstewart@netcom.com (Kenji Stewart) writes: > 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. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Renata Rodríguez | rrodriguez@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 6DDC 3EB9 38EC 0551 "Keep the channels open."