From eramirez@netcom.com Sat Dec 16 05:01:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!eramirez From: eramirez@netcom.com (Elaine Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec16.050146.3779@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 05:01:46 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. The pallets had lead tamper-evident seals stamped with the seal of the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Telecommunications. In August 1984, three wooden pallets marked 'ORION R&D // CRE-7 HARDWARE' were delivered under armed security escort. Whenever someone asks the former warehouse supervisor about those crates, he tells them to drop it if they value their pension. -- Elaine Ramírez -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Row 14. No joke." From ksantos@cern.ch Sat Dec 16 11:05:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!ksantos From: ksantos@cern.ch (Kirsty Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec16.110546.8936@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 11:05:46 GMT References: <1995Dec16.050146.3779@netcom.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec16.050146.3779@netcom.com>, eramirez@netcom.com (Elaine Ramírez) writes: > My father was a logistics coordinator at the Glendale distribution warehouse for Orion in the mid-80s. Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. -- Kirsty Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tpark@cern.ch Mon Dec 18 05:10:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!tpark From: tpark@cern.ch (Takeshi Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec18.051046.8198@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 05:10:46 GMT References: <1995Dec16.050146.3779@netcom.com> <1995Dec16.110546.8936@cern.ch> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec16.110546.8936@cern.ch>, ksantos@cern.ch (Kirsty Santos) writes: > Those pallets contained the prototype neural processors running Stardust Unit-7 before they migrated the system to the mainframe in room B2-114. My uncle worked the loading docks in Burbank and told the exact same story! Heavy steel crates with dual padlock shackles. -- Takeshi Park -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hold for relay." From meriksson@delphi.com Wed Dec 20 06:40:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!meriksson From: meriksson@delphi.com (Min-jun Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec20.064046.1499@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 06:40:46 GMT References: <1995Dec16.050146.3779@netcom.com> <1995Dec16.110546.8936@cern.ch> <1995Dec18.051046.8198@cern.ch> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec18.051046.8198@cern.ch>, tpark@cern.ch (Takeshi Park) writes: > My uncle worked the loading docks in Burbank and told the exact same story! Heavy steel crates with dual padlock shackles. Every warehouse has 'Special Projects' pallets. Usually it's high-value promotional giveaways or point-of-sale displays that managers don't want stolen. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Min-jun Eriksson "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Decstation 5000/200 / TOS 4.04 From rsokolov@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 22 03:29:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!rsokolov From: rsokolov@ox.ac.uk (Raj Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The Glendale/Burbank Orion warehouse sealed pallets mystery Message-ID: <1995Dec22.032946.1941@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 03:29:46 GMT References: <1995Dec16.050146.3779@netcom.com> <1995Dec16.110546.8936@cern.ch> <1995Dec18.051046.8198@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec18.051046.8198@cern.ch>, tpark@cern.ch (Takeshi Park) writes: > My uncle worked the loading docks in Burbank and told the exact same story! Heavy steel crates with dual padlock shackles. CRE-7 was the Cognitive Resonance Engine described in the Stardust architecture files. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Raj Sokolov -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Do not worship the copy."