From mmuller@cmu.edu Fri Apr 12 04:12:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!mmuller From: mmuller@cmu.edu (Mateo Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Apr12.041217.4137@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 04:12:17 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Mateo Müller "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From tvasiliev@netcom.com Fri Apr 12 08:19:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!tvasiliev From: tvasiliev@netcom.com (Tobias Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Apr12.081917.2880@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 08:19:17 GMT References: <1996Apr12.041217.4137@cmu.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr12.041217.4137@cmu.edu>, mmuller@cmu.edu (Mateo Müller) 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. -- === Tobias Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From tmoreno@earthlink.net Fri Apr 12 10:53:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!tmoreno From: tmoreno@earthlink.net (Tomas Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Apr12.105317.6248@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:53:17 GMT References: <1996Apr12.041217.4137@cmu.edu> <1996Apr12.081917.2880@netcom.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr12.081917.2880@netcom.com>, tvasiliev@netcom.com (Tobias Vasiliev) 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! -- Tomas Moreno US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From loliveira@delphi.com Sat Apr 13 03:23:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!loliveira From: loliveira@delphi.com (Liam Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Apr13.032317.9080@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 03:23:17 GMT References: <1996Apr12.041217.4137@cmu.edu> <1996Apr12.081917.2880@netcom.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr12.081917.2880@netcom.com>, tvasiliev@netcom.com (Tobias Vasiliev) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- === Liam Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."