From amoreno@rwth-aachen.de Tue May 23 05:10:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!amoreno From: amoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Andrei Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 05:10:09 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. 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. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Andrei Moreno Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mreyes@stanford.edu Thu May 25 01:17:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!mreyes From: mreyes@stanford.edu (Mei Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May25.011709.6146@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 01:17:09 GMT References: <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de>, amoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Andrei Moreno) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > 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! -- Mei Reyes Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From emacdonald@titech.ac.jp Fri May 26 01:12:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!emacdonald From: emacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Emi MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May26.011209.5890@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 01:12:09 GMT References: <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de>, amoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Andrei Moreno) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Emi MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From amoreno@cern.ch Sat May 27 01:43:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!amoreno From: amoreno@cern.ch (Anja Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May27.014309.6207@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 01:43:09 GMT References: <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de>, amoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Andrei Moreno) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. 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. -- Anja Moreno -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From rhernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat May 27 23:56:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!rhernandez From: rhernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Renata Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995May27.235609.1755@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 23:56:09 GMT References: <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May23.051009.6307@rwth-aachen.de>, amoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Andrei Moreno) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Renata Hernández Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------