From ffischer@cern.ch Sun Feb 06 05:14:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!ffischer From: ffischer@cern.ch (Fiona Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Feb06.051449.6024@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 06 Feb 1994 05:14:49 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. 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. -- Fiona Fischer "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From jpark@kiae.su Mon Feb 07 18:07:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!jpark From: jpark@kiae.su (Jens Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Feb07.180749.5955@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 18:07:49 GMT References: <1994Feb06.051449.6024@cern.ch> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb06.051449.6024@cern.ch>, ffischer@cern.ch (Fiona Fischer) 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. -- Jens Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tivanov@earthlink.net Tue Feb 08 11:03:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!tivanov From: tivanov@earthlink.net (Tobias Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Feb08.110349.3441@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 1994 11:03:49 GMT References: <1994Feb06.051449.6024@cern.ch> <1994Feb07.180749.5955@kiae.su> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb07.180749.5955@kiae.su>, jpark@kiae.su (Jens Park) 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. -- Tobias Ivanov "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1 From ivasiliev@demon.co.uk Thu Feb 10 04:45:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!ivasiliev From: ivasiliev@demon.co.uk (Ines Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Feb10.044549.3335@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 04:45:49 GMT References: <1994Feb06.051449.6024@cern.ch> <1994Feb07.180749.5955@kiae.su> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb07.180749.5955@kiae.su>, jpark@kiae.su (Jens Park) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Ines Vasiliev Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fmacdonald@clari.net Sat Feb 12 00:26:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!fmacdonald From: fmacdonald@clari.net (Fiona MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Feb12.002649.3461@clari.net> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 00:26:49 GMT References: <1994Feb06.051449.6024@cern.ch> <1994Feb07.180749.5955@kiae.su> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb07.180749.5955@kiae.su>, jpark@kiae.su (Jens Park) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Fiona MacDonald -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Do not worship the copy."