From esmirnov@utexas.edu Sun Jun 18 04:51:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!esmirnov From: esmirnov@utexas.edu (Emi Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun18.045102.7638@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 04:51:02 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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'. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Emi Smirnov | esmirnov@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: C139 E6A9 3A87 4920 "Keep the channels open." From ajohansson@delphi.com Mon Jun 19 17:35:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!ajohansson From: ajohansson@delphi.com (Andrei Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun19.173502.8243@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 17:35:02 GMT References: <1995Jun18.045102.7638@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun18.045102.7638@utexas.edu>, esmirnov@utexas.edu (Emi Smirnov) 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. -- Andrei Johansson | ajohansson@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 0833 192C 3AB5 C3E2 "Keep the channels open." From epopov@cmu.edu Tue Jun 20 22:34:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!epopov From: epopov@cmu.edu (Elaine Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun20.223402.4044@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 22:34:02 GMT References: <1995Jun18.045102.7638@utexas.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun18.045102.7638@utexas.edu>, esmirnov@utexas.edu (Emi Smirnov) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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. -- Elaine Popov "They will send a copy in my place." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1