From cbrennan@kiae.su Fri Feb 02 18:46:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!cbrennan From: cbrennan@kiae.su (Camila Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb02.184622.1523@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 18:46:22 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. 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? -- Camila Brennan Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From skang@rwth-aachen.de Sun Feb 04 04:53:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!skang From: skang@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb04.045322.5694@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 04:53:22 GMT References: <1996Feb02.184622.1523@kiae.su> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb02.184622.1523@kiae.su>, cbrennan@kiae.su (Camila Brennan) writes: > 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. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Sergei Kang "They will send a copy in my place." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / SunOS 4.1.4 From cgarcia@unam.mx Mon Feb 05 17:53:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!cgarcia From: cgarcia@unam.mx (Callum García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb05.175322.7613@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 17:53:22 GMT References: <1996Feb02.184622.1523@kiae.su> <1996Feb04.045322.5694@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb04.045322.5694@rwth-aachen.de>, skang@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Kang) writes: > Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Callum García Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy."