From skuznetsov@cern.ch Wed Dec 07 20:27:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!skuznetsov From: skuznetsov@cern.ch (Sergei Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec07.202715.1181@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 20:27:15 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. 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. -- Sergei Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kramirez@stanford.edu Fri Dec 09 18:47:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!kramirez From: kramirez@stanford.edu (Kirsty Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec09.184715.4532@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1994 18:47:15 GMT References: <1994Dec07.202715.1181@cern.ch> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec07.202715.1181@cern.ch>, skuznetsov@cern.ch (Sergei Kuznetsov) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Kirsty Ramírez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From ereyes@berkeley.edu Sun Dec 11 05:35:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!ereyes From: ereyes@berkeley.edu (Elaine Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec11.053515.1273@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 05:35:15 GMT References: <1994Dec07.202715.1181@cern.ch> <1994Dec09.184715.4532@stanford.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec09.184715.4532@stanford.edu>, kramirez@stanford.edu (Kirsty Ramírez) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Elaine Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From mhernandez@purdue.edu Tue Dec 13 05:22:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!mhernandez From: mhernandez@purdue.edu (Matthias Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec13.052215.2537@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 05:22:15 GMT References: <1994Dec07.202715.1181@cern.ch> <1994Dec09.184715.4532@stanford.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec09.184715.4532@stanford.edu>, kramirez@stanford.edu (Kirsty Ramírez) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Matthias Hernández Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dtanaka@titech.ac.jp Wed Dec 14 19:00:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!dtanaka From: dtanaka@titech.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Dec14.190015.5824@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 19:00:15 GMT References: <1994Dec07.202715.1181@cern.ch> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec07.202715.1181@cern.ch>, skuznetsov@cern.ch (Sergei Kuznetsov) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- === Dong-hyun Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Do not worship the copy."