From hmacdonald@kth.se Thu Sep 21 13:41:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!hmacdonald From: hmacdonald@kth.se (Heather MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 13:41:14 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. 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. -- Heather MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From trodriguez@cern.ch Fri Sep 22 18:42:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!trodriguez From: trodriguez@cern.ch (Tobias Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep22.184214.4670@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 18:42:14 GMT References: <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se>, hmacdonald@kth.se (Heather MacDonald) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Tobias Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mdubois@pacbell.net Sun Sep 24 18:56:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!mdubois From: mdubois@pacbell.net (Matthias Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep24.185614.7573@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 18:56:14 GMT References: <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se>, hmacdonald@kth.se (Heather MacDonald) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Matthias Dubois Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jkang@demon.co.uk Mon Sep 25 18:36:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!jkang From: jkang@demon.co.uk (Joachim Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep25.183614.5789@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 18:36:14 GMT References: <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se>, hmacdonald@kth.se (Heather MacDonald) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Joachim Kang -- Demon Internet Services UK "Row 14. No joke." From tmacdonald@earthlink.net Wed Sep 27 03:25:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@earthlink.net (Tyler MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep27.032514.9480@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 03:25:14 GMT References: <1995Sep21.134114.1442@kth.se> <1995Sep24.185614.7573@pacbell.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep24.185614.7573@pacbell.net>, mdubois@pacbell.net (Matthias Dubois) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. 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? -- Tyler MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0