From rpark@utexas.edu Mon Jun 17 16:59:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!rpark From: rpark@utexas.edu (Rodrigo Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Jun17.165941.8975@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:59:41 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. 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. -- Rodrigo Park US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From drobertson@mindspring.com Tue Jun 18 05:10:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!drobertson From: drobertson@mindspring.com (Dave Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Jun18.051041.7325@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 05:10:41 GMT References: <1996Jun17.165941.8975@utexas.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun17.165941.8975@utexas.edu>, rpark@utexas.edu (Rodrigo Park) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Dave Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From smartinez@cam.ac.uk Thu Jun 20 01:13:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!smartinez From: smartinez@cam.ac.uk (Seo-yeon Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Jun20.011341.3625@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 01:13:41 GMT References: <1996Jun17.165941.8975@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun17.165941.8975@utexas.edu>, rpark@utexas.edu (Rodrigo Park) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Seo-yeon Martínez -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"