From rvasiliev@berkeley.edu Sun May 08 03:55:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!rvasiliev From: rvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Rodrigo Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May08.035554.3465@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 08 May 1994 03:55:54 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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 room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Rodrigo Vasiliev -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From shernandez@cern.ch Sun May 08 08:12:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!shernandez From: shernandez@cern.ch (Sun-mi Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May08.081254.5615@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 08 May 1994 08:12:54 GMT References: <1994May08.035554.3465@berkeley.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994May08.035554.3465@berkeley.edu>, rvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Rodrigo Vasiliev) 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! Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Sun-mi Hernández === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From plopez@purdue.edu Mon May 09 20:59:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!plopez From: plopez@purdue.edu (Pavel López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May09.205954.1884@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 09 May 1994 20:59:54 GMT References: <1994May08.035554.3465@berkeley.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994May08.035554.3465@berkeley.edu>, rvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Rodrigo Vasiliev) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Pavel López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From areyes@cam.ac.uk Wed May 11 16:25:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!areyes From: areyes@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994May11.162554.5133@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 16:25:54 GMT References: <1994May08.035554.3465@berkeley.edu> <1994May09.205954.1884@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May09.205954.1884@purdue.edu>, plopez@purdue.edu (Pavel López) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. -- Astrid Reyes "When every node is whole, the channel opens." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4