From eweber@rwth-aachen.de Tue Aug 06 23:29:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!eweber From: eweber@rwth-aachen.de (Elaine Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 23:29:14 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- === Elaine Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From apark@stanford.edu Wed Aug 07 07:25:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!apark From: apark@stanford.edu (Andrei Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Aug07.072514.1977@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 07:25:14 GMT References: <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de>, eweber@rwth-aachen.de (Elaine Weber) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. 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. -- Andrei Park "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4 From bgirard@mit.edu Thu Aug 08 10:44:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!bgirard From: bgirard@mit.edu (Brian Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Aug08.104414.6008@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 10:44:14 GMT References: <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de>, eweber@rwth-aachen.de (Elaine Weber) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Brian Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From mtakahashi@purdue.edu Fri Aug 09 11:41:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@purdue.edu (Mikhail Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Aug09.114114.6514@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 11:41:14 GMT References: <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Aug07.072514.1977@stanford.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug07.072514.1977@stanford.edu>, apark@stanford.edu (Andrei Park) 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! -- Mikhail Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ppark@rwth-aachen.de Sun Aug 11 11:23:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!ppark From: ppark@rwth-aachen.de (Pavel Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Aug11.112314.5882@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 11:23:14 GMT References: <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug06.232914.2957@rwth-aachen.de>, eweber@rwth-aachen.de (Elaine Weber) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- === Pavel Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."