From rramirez@pacbell.net Thu Nov 14 16:02:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!rramirez From: rramirez@pacbell.net (Rodrigo Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov14.160222.1053@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 16:02:22 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Rodrigo Ramírez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From ekowalski@inria.fr Fri Nov 15 18:49:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!ekowalski From: ekowalski@inria.fr (Élodie Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov15.184922.9212@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:49:22 GMT References: <1996Nov14.160222.1053@pacbell.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov14.160222.1053@pacbell.net>, rramirez@pacbell.net (Rodrigo Ramírez) writes: > Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Élodie Kowalski Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From lkarlsson@illinois.edu Sat Nov 16 20:43:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!lkarlsson From: lkarlsson@illinois.edu (Lucia Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov16.204322.9970@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 20:43:22 GMT References: <1996Nov14.160222.1053@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov14.160222.1053@pacbell.net>, rramirez@pacbell.net (Rodrigo Ramírez) writes: > Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? > Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Lucia Karlsson "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / Linux 1.2.13 From klarsson@titech.ac.jp Sun Nov 17 12:12:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!klarsson From: klarsson@titech.ac.jp (Kirsty Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov17.121222.7511@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 12:12:22 GMT References: <1996Nov14.160222.1053@pacbell.net> <1996Nov16.204322.9970@illinois.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov16.204322.9970@illinois.edu>, lkarlsson@illinois.edu (Lucia Karlsson) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Kirsty Larsson "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1