From rito@stanford.edu Thu Oct 13 23:27:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!rito From: rito@stanford.edu (Rodrigo Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 23:27:26 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- === Rodrigo Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From nkowalski@clari.net Sat Oct 15 19:25:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!nkowalski From: nkowalski@clari.net (Natalia Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct15.192526.7497@clari.net> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 19:25:26 GMT References: <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu>, rito@stanford.edu (Rodrigo Ito) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Natalia Kowalski Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mdubois@purdue.edu Sun Oct 16 10:00:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!mdubois From: mdubois@purdue.edu (Morag Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct16.100026.1013@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 10:00:26 GMT References: <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu>, rito@stanford.edu (Rodrigo Ito) 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. -- Morag Dubois | mdubois@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 6268 6F96 5BED 623E "Keep the channels open." From alarsson@hanse.de Sun Oct 16 21:14:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!alarsson From: alarsson@hanse.de (Andrei Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct16.211426.3022@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 21:14:26 GMT References: <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu> <1994Oct15.192526.7497@clari.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct15.192526.7497@clari.net>, nkowalski@clari.net (Natalia Kowalski) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Andrei Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From bmoreno@cam.ac.uk Tue Oct 18 07:40:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!bmoreno From: bmoreno@cam.ac.uk (Bill Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct18.074026.6029@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 07:40:26 GMT References: <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct13.232726.9623@stanford.edu>, rito@stanford.edu (Rodrigo Ito) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Bill Moreno Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place."