From dsouza@pacbell.net Tue Feb 13 07:05:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!dsouza From: dsouza@pacbell.net (Dmitri Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb13.070523.8540@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 07:05:23 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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. -- Dmitri Souza Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From jrobertson@hanse.de Thu Feb 15 07:16:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!jrobertson From: jrobertson@hanse.de (Jens Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb15.071623.4801@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 07:16:23 GMT References: <1996Feb13.070523.8540@pacbell.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb13.070523.8540@pacbell.net>, dsouza@pacbell.net (Dmitri Souza) 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. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Jens Robertson "Marcus is not one man." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / Linux 1.2.13 From jfischer@berkeley.edu Fri Feb 16 09:48:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!jfischer From: jfischer@berkeley.edu (Ji-woo Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb16.094823.9986@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 09:48:23 GMT References: <1996Feb13.070523.8540@pacbell.net> <1996Feb15.071623.4801@hanse.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb15.071623.4801@hanse.de>, jrobertson@hanse.de (Jens Robertson) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- === Ji-woo Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From aoliveira@netcom.com Fri Feb 16 15:22:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!aoliveira From: aoliveira@netcom.com (Andrei Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb16.152223.3082@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:22:23 GMT References: <1996Feb13.070523.8540@pacbell.net> <1996Feb15.071623.4801@hanse.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb15.071623.4801@hanse.de>, jrobertson@hanse.de (Jens Robertson) 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! Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Andrei Oliveira Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From hduarte@tum.de Sun Feb 18 12:41:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!hduarte From: hduarte@tum.de (Heather Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb18.124123.6121@tum.de> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 12:41:23 GMT References: <1996Feb13.070523.8540@pacbell.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb13.070523.8540@pacbell.net>, dsouza@pacbell.net (Dmitri Souza) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Heather Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.