From ynilsson@unam.mx Tue Mar 08 23:44:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!ynilsson From: ynilsson@unam.mx (Yuki Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar08.234424.1541@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 23:44:24 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx 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 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate? -- Yuki Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lweber@inria.fr Fri Mar 11 00:17:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!lweber From: lweber@inria.fr (Lisa Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar11.001724.6152@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 00:17:24 GMT References: <1994Mar08.234424.1541@unam.mx> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar08.234424.1541@unam.mx>, ynilsson@unam.mx (Yuki Nilsson) 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! Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Lisa Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From tjohansson@purdue.edu Sat Mar 12 22:07:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!tjohansson From: tjohansson@purdue.edu (Tobias Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar12.220724.9153@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 22:07:24 GMT References: <1994Mar08.234424.1541@unam.mx> <1994Mar11.001724.6152@inria.fr> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar11.001724.6152@inria.fr>, lweber@inria.fr (Lisa Weber) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- Tobias Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bpetrov@rwth-aachen.de Sun Mar 13 00:20:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!bpetrov From: bpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Bastien Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar13.002024.8208@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 00:20:24 GMT References: <1994Mar08.234424.1541@unam.mx> <1994Mar11.001724.6152@inria.fr> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar11.001724.6152@inria.fr>, lweber@inria.fr (Lisa Weber) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Bastien Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From feriksson@purdue.edu Tue Mar 15 03:47:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!feriksson From: feriksson@purdue.edu (Freya Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar15.034724.2392@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 03:47:24 GMT References: <1994Mar08.234424.1541@unam.mx> <1994Mar11.001724.6152@inria.fr> <1994Mar13.002024.8208@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar13.002024.8208@rwth-aachen.de>, bpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Bastien Petrov) 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. -- Freya Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0