From stakahashi@tum.de Fri Mar 17 07:34:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!stakahashi From: stakahashi@tum.de (Steve Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar17.073450.9600@tum.de> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 07:34:50 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Steve Takahashi Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Hold for relay." From stakahashi@unam.mx Fri Mar 17 10:02:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!stakahashi From: stakahashi@unam.mx (Sergei Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar17.100250.2149@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:02:50 GMT References: <1995Mar17.073450.9600@tum.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar17.073450.9600@tum.de>, stakahashi@tum.de (Steve Takahashi) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Sergei Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From odubois@kth.se Sat Mar 18 21:18:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!odubois From: odubois@kth.se (Olga Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar18.211850.1202@kth.se> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:18:50 GMT References: <1995Mar17.073450.9600@tum.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar17.073450.9600@tum.de>, stakahashi@tum.de (Steve Takahashi) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Olga Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From msuzuki@hanse.de Mon Mar 20 13:38:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!msuzuki From: msuzuki@hanse.de (Marta Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Mar20.133850.3866@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 13:38:50 GMT References: <1995Mar17.073450.9600@tum.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar17.073450.9600@tum.de>, stakahashi@tum.de (Steve Takahashi) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. 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? -- Marta Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------