From aschneider@panix.com Mon Aug 19 12:07:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!aschneider From: aschneider@panix.com (Anja Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 12:07:39 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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'. 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? -- Anja Schneider "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04 From areyes@titech.ac.jp Mon Aug 19 13:34:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!areyes From: areyes@titech.ac.jp (Anja Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug19.133439.1295@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 13:34:39 GMT References: <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com>, aschneider@panix.com (Anja Schneider) 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'. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Anja Reyes | areyes@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: C9B9 1CCB 9AC4 CB0C "Keep the channels open." From iandersson@inria.fr Wed Aug 21 15:27:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!iandersson From: iandersson@inria.fr (Ines Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug21.152739.5854@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:27:39 GMT References: <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com>, aschneider@panix.com (Anja Schneider) 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'. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Ines Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rreyes@mit.edu Wed Aug 21 16:21:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!rreyes From: rreyes@mit.edu (Rodrigo Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug21.162139.6820@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 16:21:39 GMT References: <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com>, aschneider@panix.com (Anja Schneider) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Rodrigo Reyes | rreyes@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 9470 E411 5C00 F0BD "Keep the channels open." From rlopez@ox.ac.uk Thu Aug 22 11:38:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!rlopez From: rlopez@ox.ac.uk (Raj López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Aug22.113839.3283@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 11:38:39 GMT References: <1996Aug19.120739.3256@panix.com> <1996Aug19.133439.1295@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug19.133439.1295@titech.ac.jp>, areyes@titech.ac.jp (Anja Reyes) writes: > I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Raj López Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------