From llindqvist@earthlink.net Thu Jan 25 05:54:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!llindqvist From: llindqvist@earthlink.net (Lucia Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan25.055457.9150@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 05:54:57 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Lucia Lindqvist Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From hkang@uni-hamburg.de Thu Jan 25 17:49:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!hkang From: hkang@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan25.174957.5934@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:49:57 GMT References: <1996Jan25.055457.9150@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan25.055457.9150@earthlink.net>, llindqvist@earthlink.net (Lucia Lindqvist) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- === Heather Kang === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Hold for relay." From ftanaka@panix.com Sat Jan 27 05:23:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!ftanaka From: ftanaka@panix.com (Fiona Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan27.052357.6491@panix.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 05:23:57 GMT References: <1996Jan25.055457.9150@earthlink.net> <1996Jan25.174957.5934@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan25.174957.5934@uni-hamburg.de>, hkang@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Kang) writes: > The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. 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? -- Fiona Tanaka "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04 From gkuznetsov@cern.ch Sat Jan 27 09:17:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!gkuznetsov From: gkuznetsov@cern.ch (Graham Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan27.091757.9700@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 09:17:57 GMT References: <1996Jan25.055457.9150@earthlink.net> <1996Jan25.174957.5934@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Jan27.052357.6491@panix.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan27.052357.6491@panix.com>, ftanaka@panix.com (Fiona Tanaka) writes: > 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? Look at the Paju blueprint from Korea: five tunnels under the DMZ, but the fifth tunnel had no exit -- it was an acoustic horn. -- Graham Kuznetsov | gkuznetsov@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 73B7 7C82 0FB4 BBC1 "Keep the channels open." From llindqvist@unam.mx Sun Jan 28 16:28:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!llindqvist From: llindqvist@unam.mx (Lisa Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Jan28.162857.3749@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 16:28:57 GMT References: <1996Jan25.055457.9150@earthlink.net> <1996Jan25.174957.5934@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Jan27.052357.6491@panix.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan27.052357.6491@panix.com>, ftanaka@panix.com (Fiona Tanaka) writes: > 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? Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Lisa Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.