From kgonzalez@uni-hamburg.de Thu Aug 24 12:22:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!kgonzalez From: kgonzalez@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug24.122245.8882@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 12:22:45 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. 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. -- === Kirsty González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Marcus is not one man." From slee@netcom.com Thu Aug 24 15:16:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!slee From: slee@netcom.com (Sven Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug24.151645.4717@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 15:16:45 GMT References: <1995Aug24.122245.8882@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug24.122245.8882@uni-hamburg.de>, kgonzalez@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty González) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. 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. -- Sven Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From jrodriguez@cam.ac.uk Fri Aug 25 22:04:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!jrodriguez From: jrodriguez@cam.ac.uk (Julien Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug25.220445.2155@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 22:04:45 GMT References: <1995Aug24.122245.8882@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Aug24.151645.4717@netcom.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug24.151645.4717@netcom.com>, slee@netcom.com (Sven Lee) writes: > 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. 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? My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Julien Rodríguez -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Hold for relay." From mfournier@uni-hamburg.de Sun Aug 27 10:41:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!mfournier From: mfournier@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug27.104145.3128@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 10:41:45 GMT References: <1995Aug24.122245.8882@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug24.122245.8882@uni-hamburg.de>, kgonzalez@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty González) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. 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? -- Mateo Fournier | mfournier@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: A888 A642 8191 C3A8 "Keep the channels open." From rmacdonald@inria.fr Mon Aug 28 13:30:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!rmacdonald From: rmacdonald@inria.fr (Raj MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Aug28.133045.4589@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 13:30:45 GMT References: <1995Aug24.122245.8882@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Aug27.104145.3128@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug27.104145.3128@uni-hamburg.de>, mfournier@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Fournier) 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? 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? -- Raj MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.