From jlarsson@cmu.edu Mon Jan 22 08:59:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!jlarsson From: jlarsson@cmu.edu (Joachim Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Jan22.085909.1606@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:59:09 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? The Public Harmony Acts authorized the deployment of commercial broadcast satellites in geosynchronous orbit in 1983. -- === Joachim Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jhernandez@cmu.edu Tue Jan 23 02:51:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!jhernandez From: jhernandez@cmu.edu (Julien Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Jan23.025109.1857@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 02:51:09 GMT References: <1996Jan22.085909.1606@cmu.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan22.085909.1606@cmu.edu>, jlarsson@cmu.edu (Joachim Larsson) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Julien Hernández -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From bfischer@illinois.edu Wed Jan 24 01:50:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!bfischer From: bfischer@illinois.edu (Bastien Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Jan24.015009.5293@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 01:50:09 GMT References: <1996Jan22.085909.1606@cmu.edu> <1996Jan23.025109.1857@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan23.025109.1857@cmu.edu>, jhernandez@cmu.edu (Julien Hernández) writes: > When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Bastien Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rperez@cam.ac.uk Wed Jan 24 08:50:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!rperez From: rperez@cam.ac.uk (Rodrigo Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Jan24.085009.3142@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 08:50:09 GMT References: <1996Jan22.085909.1606@cmu.edu> <1996Jan23.025109.1857@cmu.edu> <1996Jan24.015009.5293@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan24.015009.5293@illinois.edu>, bfischer@illinois.edu (Bastien Fischer) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Rodrigo Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0