From mokonkwo@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jun 09 02:52:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jun09.025215.8762@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1994 02:52:15 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Marta Okonkwo -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From rstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jun 10 14:00:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!rstewart From: rstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jun10.140015.1172@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 14:00:15 GMT References: <1994Jun09.025215.8762@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun09.025215.8762@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mokonkwo@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Okonkwo) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Rodrigo Stewart -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."