From hlee@pacbell.net Mon Jul 04 04:28:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!hlee From: hlee@pacbell.net (Heather Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jul04.042812.1622@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 04:28:12 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. 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? If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Heather Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From llaurent@utexas.edu Tue Jul 05 03:44:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!llaurent From: llaurent@utexas.edu (Liam Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jul05.034412.5536@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 03:44:12 GMT References: <1994Jul04.042812.1622@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul04.042812.1622@pacbell.net>, hlee@pacbell.net (Heather Lee) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. > Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Liam Laurent US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Row 14. No joke." From asantos@stanford.edu Tue Jul 05 19:39:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!asantos From: asantos@stanford.edu (Anja Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jul05.193912.9276@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 19:39:12 GMT References: <1994Jul04.042812.1622@pacbell.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jul04.042812.1622@pacbell.net>, hlee@pacbell.net (Heather Lee) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Anja Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jlee@ox.ac.uk Wed Jul 06 14:39:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!jlee From: jlee@ox.ac.uk (Jen Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jul06.143912.7431@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 14:39:12 GMT References: <1994Jul04.042812.1622@pacbell.net> <1994Jul05.034412.5536@utexas.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul05.034412.5536@utexas.edu>, llaurent@utexas.edu (Liam Laurent) writes: > When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- Jen Lee "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3