From jsuzuki@kiae.su Thu May 05 23:21:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!jsuzuki From: jsuzuki@kiae.su (Jen Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May05.232129.4102@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 23:21:29 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. -- Jen Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From asantos@delphi.com Sat May 07 12:45:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!asantos From: asantos@delphi.com (Anton Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May07.124529.1674@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 07 May 1994 12:45:29 GMT References: <1994May05.232129.4102@kiae.su> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994May05.232129.4102@kiae.su>, jsuzuki@kiae.su (Jen Suzuki) 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'. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Anton Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From frodriguez@netcom.com Sun May 08 03:54:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!frodriguez From: frodriguez@netcom.com (Fiona Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May08.035429.1597@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 08 May 1994 03:54:29 GMT References: <1994May05.232129.4102@kiae.su> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994May05.232129.4102@kiae.su>, jsuzuki@kiae.su (Jen Suzuki) 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'. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Fiona Rodríguez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man." From nramirez@kth.se Mon May 09 06:58:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!nramirez From: nramirez@kth.se (Natalia Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May09.065829.7614@kth.se> Date: Mon, 09 May 1994 06:58:29 GMT References: <1994May05.232129.4102@kiae.su> <1994May07.124529.1674@delphi.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994May07.124529.1674@delphi.com>, asantos@delphi.com (Anton Santos) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! 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). -- Natalia Ramírez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."