From rnilsson@pipeline.com Thu Dec 07 20:14:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!rnilsson From: rnilsson@pipeline.com (Raj Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 20:14:58 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 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? -- Raj Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sdubois@uu.net Fri Dec 08 02:15:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!sdubois From: sdubois@uu.net (Seo-yeon Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec08.021558.6119@uu.net> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 02:15:58 GMT References: <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com>, rnilsson@pipeline.com (Raj Nilsson) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Seo-yeon Dubois Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rfournier@uni-hamburg.de Fri Dec 08 03:12:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!rfournier From: rfournier@uni-hamburg.de (Raj Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec08.031258.2846@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 03:12:58 GMT References: <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com>, rnilsson@pipeline.com (Raj Nilsson) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Raj Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sgirard@demon.co.uk Fri Dec 08 11:45:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!sgirard From: sgirard@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec08.114558.6824@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 11:45:58 GMT References: <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com>, rnilsson@pipeline.com (Raj Nilsson) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Seo-yeon Girard -- Demon Internet Services UK "We don't sign stars. We build them." From imoreau@kiae.su Sat Dec 09 22:52:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!imoreau From: imoreau@kiae.su (Ines Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec09.225258.3979@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 22:52:58 GMT References: <1995Dec07.201458.4942@pipeline.com> <1995Dec08.114558.6824@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec08.114558.6824@demon.co.uk>, sgirard@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon Girard) writes: > 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire. -- === Ines Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"