From hwatanabe@illinois.edu Sun Nov 27 23:25:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!hwatanabe From: hwatanabe@illinois.edu (Hugo Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Nov27.232511.8269@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 23:25:11 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Hugo Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From holiveira@pacbell.net Tue Nov 29 17:21:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!holiveira From: holiveira@pacbell.net (Heather Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Nov29.172111.5168@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 17:21:11 GMT References: <1994Nov27.232511.8269@illinois.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov27.232511.8269@illinois.edu>, hwatanabe@illinois.edu (Hugo Watanabe) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Heather Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From bsanchez@cmu.edu Wed Nov 30 08:23:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!bsanchez From: bsanchez@cmu.edu (Bill Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Nov30.082311.3910@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 08:23:11 GMT References: <1994Nov27.232511.8269@illinois.edu> <1994Nov29.172111.5168@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Nov29.172111.5168@pacbell.net>, holiveira@pacbell.net (Heather Oliveira) writes: > My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Bill Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From scampbell@uni-hamburg.de Thu Dec 01 08:21:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!scampbell From: scampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Steve Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec01.082111.8859@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 08:21:11 GMT References: <1994Nov27.232511.8269@illinois.edu> <1994Nov29.172111.5168@pacbell.net> <1994Nov30.082311.3910@cmu.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov30.082311.3910@cmu.edu>, bsanchez@cmu.edu (Bill Sánchez) writes: > 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. -- Steve Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From enovak@netcom.com Fri Dec 02 07:31:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!enovak From: enovak@netcom.com (Elaine Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec02.073111.7046@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 1994 07:31:11 GMT References: <1994Nov27.232511.8269@illinois.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Nov27.232511.8269@illinois.edu>, hwatanabe@illinois.edu (Hugo Watanabe) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Elaine Novak "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4