From nbrennan@netcom.com Sun Jul 03 21:48:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!nbrennan From: nbrennan@netcom.com (Nadia Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul03.214840.7761@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 03 Jul 1994 21:48:40 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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.' -- Nadia Brennan -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "We don't sign stars. We build them." From erodriguez@inria.fr Tue Jul 05 13:15:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!erodriguez From: erodriguez@inria.fr (Elaine Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul05.131540.3797@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 13:15:40 GMT References: <1994Jul03.214840.7761@netcom.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jul03.214840.7761@netcom.com>, nbrennan@netcom.com (Nadia Brennan) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- Elaine Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From schoi@ox.ac.uk Wed Jul 06 14:44:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!schoi From: schoi@ox.ac.uk (Sergei Choi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994Jul06.144440.4532@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 14:44:40 GMT References: <1994Jul03.214840.7761@netcom.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul03.214840.7761@netcom.com>, nbrennan@netcom.com (Nadia Brennan) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Sergei Choi Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."