From sweber@utexas.edu Mon May 01 00:55:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!sweber From: sweber@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May01.005535.7915@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 00:55:35 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Seo-yeon Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lkim@ox.ac.uk Mon May 01 14:37:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!lkim From: lkim@ox.ac.uk (Lars Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May01.143735.9981@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 14:37:35 GMT References: <1995May01.005535.7915@utexas.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May01.005535.7915@utexas.edu>, sweber@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Weber) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Lars Kim SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mfournier@titech.ac.jp Wed May 03 14:40:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!mfournier From: mfournier@titech.ac.jp (Marta Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May03.144035.2880@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 14:40:35 GMT References: <1995May01.005535.7915@utexas.edu> <1995May01.143735.9981@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995May01.143735.9981@ox.ac.uk>, lkim@ox.ac.uk (Lars Kim) writes: > The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Marta Fournier -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."