From rnakamura@clari.net Wed Oct 11 19:59:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!rnakamura From: rnakamura@clari.net (Rodrigo Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 19:59:52 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Rodrigo Nakamura -- ClariNet Communications Corp "They will send a copy in my place." From smoreau@mit.edu Wed Oct 11 23:22:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!smoreau From: smoreau@mit.edu (Steve Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Oct11.232252.5545@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:22:52 GMT References: <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net>, rnakamura@clari.net (Rodrigo Nakamura) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Steve Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Do not worship the copy." From tgirard@kth.se Thu Oct 12 05:21:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!tgirard From: tgirard@kth.se (Tobias Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Oct12.052152.9171@kth.se> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 05:21:52 GMT References: <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net>, rnakamura@clari.net (Rodrigo Nakamura) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 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. -- Tobias Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From nduarte@titech.ac.jp Thu Oct 12 21:08:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!nduarte From: nduarte@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Oct12.210852.7615@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:08:52 GMT References: <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net>, rnakamura@clari.net (Rodrigo Nakamura) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Nadia Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ghughes@rwth-aachen.de Sat Oct 14 08:17:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!ghughes From: ghughes@rwth-aachen.de (Göran Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Oct14.081752.7530@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 08:17:52 GMT References: <1995Oct11.195952.8203@clari.net> <1995Oct12.210852.7615@titech.ac.jp> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct12.210852.7615@titech.ac.jp>, nduarte@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Duarte) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. 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. -- Göran Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0