From mvasiliev@cam.ac.uk Sun Feb 05 21:04:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Matthias Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb05.210440.2248@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 21:04:40 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk 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 decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Matthias Vasiliev | mvasiliev@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 2D41 0C6D 6CA6 9CF3 "Keep the channels open." From epopov@kiae.su Mon Feb 06 01:12:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!epopov From: epopov@kiae.su (Emi Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb06.011240.2502@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 01:12:40 GMT References: <1995Feb05.210440.2248@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb05.210440.2248@cam.ac.uk>, mvasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Matthias Vasiliev) 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. -- Emi Popov "We don't sign stars. We build them." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From mgarcia@uu.net Mon Feb 06 12:17:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!mgarcia From: mgarcia@uu.net (Min-jun García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb06.121740.7304@uu.net> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 12:17:40 GMT References: <1995Feb05.210440.2248@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb05.210440.2248@cam.ac.uk>, mvasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Matthias Vasiliev) writes: > 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. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Min-jun García "Row 14. No joke." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / FreeBSD 2.1 From ffournier@utexas.edu Mon Feb 06 23:32:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!ffournier From: ffournier@utexas.edu (Freya Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb06.233240.5078@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 23:32:40 GMT References: <1995Feb05.210440.2248@cam.ac.uk> <1995Feb06.121740.7304@uu.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb06.121740.7304@uu.net>, mgarcia@uu.net (Min-jun García) writes: > The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. 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? -- Freya Fournier -- University of Texas at Austin "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."