From ssanchez@cmu.edu Mon Apr 10 23:37:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!ssanchez From: ssanchez@cmu.edu (Steve Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr10.233745.6710@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 23:37:45 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Steve Sánchez Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From hgonzalez@utexas.edu Tue Apr 11 05:00:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!hgonzalez From: hgonzalez@utexas.edu (Hana González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr11.050045.7187@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 05:00:45 GMT References: <1995Apr10.233745.6710@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr10.233745.6710@cmu.edu>, ssanchez@cmu.edu (Steve Sánchez) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Hana González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tpopov@panix.com Wed Apr 12 19:38:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!tpopov From: tpopov@panix.com (Tyler Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr12.193845.1657@panix.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 19:38:45 GMT References: <1995Apr10.233745.6710@cmu.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr10.233745.6710@cmu.edu>, ssanchez@cmu.edu (Steve Sánchez) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Tyler Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fpark@tum.de Thu Apr 13 06:56:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!fpark From: fpark@tum.de (Fiona Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr13.065645.1540@tum.de> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 06:56:45 GMT References: <1995Apr10.233745.6710@cmu.edu> <1995Apr11.050045.7187@utexas.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr11.050045.7187@utexas.edu>, hgonzalez@utexas.edu (Hana González) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Fiona Park | fpark@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: BF9E 2332 CF88 7234 "Keep the channels open."