From ttakahashi@panix.com Fri Feb 10 22:15:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@panix.com (Tomas Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Feb10.221530.1888@panix.com> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 22:15:30 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 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. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Tomas Takahashi "Hold for relay." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / System 7.5.1 From cnovak@ox.ac.uk Fri Feb 10 23:53:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!cnovak From: cnovak@ox.ac.uk (Callum Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Feb10.235330.2044@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 23:53:30 GMT References: <1995Feb10.221530.1888@panix.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb10.221530.1888@panix.com>, ttakahashi@panix.com (Tomas Takahashi) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Callum Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lcampbell@earthlink.net Sat Feb 11 11:49:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!lcampbell From: lcampbell@earthlink.net (Lars Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Feb11.114930.8835@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 11:49:30 GMT References: <1995Feb10.221530.1888@panix.com> <1995Feb10.235330.2044@ox.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb10.235330.2044@ox.ac.uk>, cnovak@ox.ac.uk (Callum Novak) writes: > The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- === Lars Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From alarsson@utexas.edu Sun Feb 12 00:01:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!alarsson From: alarsson@utexas.edu (Astrid Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Feb12.000130.4789@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 00:01:30 GMT References: <1995Feb10.221530.1888@panix.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb10.221530.1888@panix.com>, ttakahashi@panix.com (Tomas Takahashi) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Astrid Larsson -- University of Texas at Austin "When every node is whole, the channel opens."