From mivanov@cmu.edu Sat Aug 17 08:14:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!mivanov From: mivanov@cmu.edu (Mikhail Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug17.081418.8415@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 08:14:18 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Mikhail Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jduarte@inria.fr Mon Aug 19 10:54:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!jduarte From: jduarte@inria.fr (Julien Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug19.105418.1255@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:54:18 GMT References: <1996Aug17.081418.8415@cmu.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug17.081418.8415@cmu.edu>, mivanov@cmu.edu (Mikhail Ivanov) 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? -- Julien Duarte | jduarte@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: A0FA E70C 1469 EBC1 "Keep the channels open." From mnovak@demon.co.uk Wed Aug 21 13:52:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!mnovak From: mnovak@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug21.135218.9662@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 13:52:18 GMT References: <1996Aug17.081418.8415@cmu.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug17.081418.8415@cmu.edu>, mivanov@cmu.edu (Mikhail Ivanov) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > 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? Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Mathieu Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lweber@rwth-aachen.de Fri Aug 23 07:53:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!lweber From: lweber@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug23.075318.5629@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 07:53:18 GMT References: <1996Aug17.081418.8415@cmu.edu> <1996Aug19.105418.1255@inria.fr> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug19.105418.1255@inria.fr>, jduarte@inria.fr (Julien Duarte) 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? I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Lisa Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------