From mrodriguez@pipeline.com Sat Dec 23 16:49:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@pipeline.com (Mike Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec23.164931.6263@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 16:49:31 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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? -- Mike Rodríguez -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From spopov@netcom.com Mon Dec 25 02:52:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!spopov From: spopov@netcom.com (Sergei Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec25.025231.4436@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 02:52:31 GMT References: <1995Dec23.164931.6263@pipeline.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec23.164931.6263@pipeline.com>, mrodriguez@pipeline.com (Mike Rodríguez) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Sergei Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From bvasiliev@purdue.edu Tue Dec 26 19:57:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!bvasiliev From: bvasiliev@purdue.edu (Bruno Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec26.195731.6471@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 19:57:31 GMT References: <1995Dec23.164931.6263@pipeline.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec23.164931.6263@pipeline.com>, mrodriguez@pipeline.com (Mike Rodríguez) 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'. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Bruno Vasiliev US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From lduarte@kth.se Wed Dec 27 18:57:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!lduarte From: lduarte@kth.se (Lars Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec27.185731.5677@kth.se> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 18:57:31 GMT References: <1995Dec23.164931.6263@pipeline.com> <1995Dec25.025231.4436@netcom.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec25.025231.4436@netcom.com>, spopov@netcom.com (Sergei Popov) writes: > Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Lars Duarte | lduarte@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 886E E3C8 2504 AFF2 "Keep the channels open." From nsantos@clari.net Thu Dec 28 17:43:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!nsantos From: nsantos@clari.net (Nadine Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Dec28.174331.1212@clari.net> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 17:43:31 GMT References: <1995Dec23.164931.6263@pipeline.com> <1995Dec26.195731.6471@purdue.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec26.195731.6471@purdue.edu>, bvasiliev@purdue.edu (Bruno Vasiliev) 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 Santos "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1