From tsouza@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jan 16 00:44:04 1995
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From: tsouza@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Souza)
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Subject: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior.
The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.

They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24.

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From bnovak@hanse.de Tue Jan 17 20:12:04 1995
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Jan16.004404.4665@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tsouza@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Souza) writes:
> Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year!

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=== Brian Novak ===
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"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From adubois@berkeley.edu Wed Jan 18 17:36:04 1995
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From: adubois@berkeley.edu (Aiko Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Jan16.004404.4665@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tsouza@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Souza) writes:
> Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

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.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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Aiko Dubois -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS
"5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."