From ehernandez@inria.fr Thu Jan 27 20:35:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!ehernandez From: ehernandez@inria.fr (Elaine Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan27.203543.7388@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 20:35:43 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- === Elaine Hernández === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Hold for relay." From jperez@pipeline.com Thu Jan 27 22:35:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!jperez From: jperez@pipeline.com (Julien Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan27.223543.1073@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 22:35:43 GMT References: <1994Jan27.203543.7388@inria.fr> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan27.203543.7388@inria.fr>, ehernandez@inria.fr (Elaine Hernández) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Julien Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From msouza@titech.ac.jp Fri Jan 28 00:47:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!msouza From: msouza@titech.ac.jp (Marta Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan28.004743.8847@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 00:47:43 GMT References: <1994Jan27.203543.7388@inria.fr> <1994Jan27.223543.1073@pipeline.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan27.223543.1073@pipeline.com>, jperez@pipeline.com (Julien Pérez) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. 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. -- Marta Souza | msouza@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: E7F2 0292 D269 7A4F "Keep the channels open." From mito@titech.ac.jp Sat Jan 29 02:06:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!mito From: mito@titech.ac.jp (Min-jun Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan29.020643.6549@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 02:06:43 GMT References: <1994Jan27.203543.7388@inria.fr> <1994Jan27.223543.1073@pipeline.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan27.223543.1073@pipeline.com>, jperez@pipeline.com (Julien Pérez) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Min-jun Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From kreyes@cam.ac.uk Sun Jan 30 09:36:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!kreyes From: kreyes@cam.ac.uk (Katrin Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Jan30.093643.9883@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 1994 09:36:43 GMT References: <1994Jan27.203543.7388@inria.fr> <1994Jan27.223543.1073@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan27.223543.1073@pipeline.com>, jperez@pipeline.com (Julien Pérez) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Katrin Reyes | kreyes@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: D815 706A 1695 36A4 "Keep the channels open."