From jgirard@cmu.edu Tue Nov 07 18:34:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!jgirard From: jgirard@cmu.edu (Jens Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov07.183406.5101@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 18:34:06 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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.' -- === Jens Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "We don't sign stars. We build them." From rstewart@kiae.su Wed Nov 08 19:16:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!rstewart From: rstewart@kiae.su (Raj Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov08.191606.3103@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 19:16:06 GMT References: <1995Nov07.183406.5101@cmu.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov07.183406.5101@cmu.edu>, jgirard@cmu.edu (Jens Girard) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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. -- Raj Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sgarcia@unam.mx Thu Nov 09 18:39:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!sgarcia From: sgarcia@unam.mx (Seo-yeon García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov09.183906.9527@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 18:39:06 GMT References: <1995Nov07.183406.5101@cmu.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov07.183406.5101@cmu.edu>, jgirard@cmu.edu (Jens Girard) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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? Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Seo-yeon García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From alarsson@berkeley.edu Sat Nov 11 03:02:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!alarsson From: alarsson@berkeley.edu (Amy Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Nov11.030206.8719@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 03:02:06 GMT References: <1995Nov07.183406.5101@cmu.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov07.183406.5101@cmu.edu>, jgirard@cmu.edu (Jens Girard) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Amy Larsson -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."