From kkim@rwth-aachen.de Sun May 01 02:51:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!kkim From: kkim@rwth-aachen.de (Katrin Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May01.025151.4856@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 01 May 1994 02:51:51 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Katrin Kim Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mrobertson@illinois.edu Sun May 01 20:18:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!mrobertson From: mrobertson@illinois.edu (Marta Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May01.201851.8753@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 01 May 1994 20:18:51 GMT References: <1994May01.025151.4856@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May01.025151.4856@rwth-aachen.de>, kkim@rwth-aachen.de (Katrin Kim) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Marta Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rmoreno@unam.mx Mon May 02 18:54:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!unam!rmoreno From: rmoreno@unam.mx (Renata Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May02.185451.4655@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 02 May 1994 18:54:51 GMT References: <1994May01.025151.4856@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May01.025151.4856@rwth-aachen.de>, kkim@rwth-aachen.de (Katrin Kim) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Renata Moreno Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."