From hbrennan@inria.fr Fri Jun 17 18:24:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!hbrennan From: hbrennan@inria.fr (Heather Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jun17.182450.3326@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 18:24:50 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). 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. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Heather Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ttanaka@mit.edu Sat Jun 18 17:18:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!ttanaka From: ttanaka@mit.edu (Tomas Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jun18.171850.9819@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 17:18:50 GMT References: <1994Jun17.182450.3326@inria.fr> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun17.182450.3326@inria.fr>, hbrennan@inria.fr (Heather Brennan) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Tomas Tanaka Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From breyes@titech.ac.jp Sat Jun 18 23:06:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!breyes From: breyes@titech.ac.jp (Bill Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jun18.230650.9604@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 23:06:50 GMT References: <1994Jun17.182450.3326@inria.fr> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun17.182450.3326@inria.fr>, hbrennan@inria.fr (Heather Brennan) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Bill Reyes "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4