From srobertson@unam.mx Tue Dec 17 08:12:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!srobertson From: srobertson@unam.mx (Sun-mi Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 08:12:24 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx 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. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Sun-mi Robertson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From ygirard@uni-hamburg.de Thu Dec 19 06:09:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!ygirard From: ygirard@uni-hamburg.de (Yuki Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec19.060924.8699@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 06:09:24 GMT References: <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx>, srobertson@unam.mx (Sun-mi Robertson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Yuki Girard "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From jrobertson@inria.fr Thu Dec 19 13:46:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!jrobertson From: jrobertson@inria.fr (Jen Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec19.134624.5650@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:46:24 GMT References: <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx>, srobertson@unam.mx (Sun-mi Robertson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Jen Robertson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From hmoreau@uu.net Fri Dec 20 06:45:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!hmoreau From: hmoreau@uu.net (Heather Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec20.064524.6648@uu.net> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 06:45:24 GMT References: <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx>, srobertson@unam.mx (Sun-mi Robertson) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- === Heather Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From nfischer@uu.net Fri Dec 20 15:36:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!nfischer From: nfischer@uu.net (Nadine Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Dec20.153624.5430@uu.net> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 15:36:24 GMT References: <1996Dec17.081224.8427@unam.mx> <1996Dec19.134624.5650@inria.fr> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec19.134624.5650@inria.fr>, jrobertson@inria.fr (Jen Robertson) 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? -- Nadine Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------