From soliveira@pipeline.com Tue Jul 04 14:57:02 1995
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From: soliveira@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Oliveira)
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Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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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'.
A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night.

The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.'

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Sun-mi Oliveira
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Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04
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In article <1995Jul04.145702.1554@pipeline.com>, soliveira@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Oliveira) 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'.

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.

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Sergei Lee
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