From rgonzalez@stanford.edu Fri Nov 22 05:16:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!rgonzalez From: rgonzalez@stanford.edu (Rodrigo González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov22.051605.5440@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 05:16:05 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Rodrigo González -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From nlarsson@pipeline.com Sat Nov 23 12:13:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!nlarsson From: nlarsson@pipeline.com (Nadine Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov23.121305.4933@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:13:05 GMT References: <1996Nov22.051605.5440@stanford.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov22.051605.5440@stanford.edu>, rgonzalez@stanford.edu (Rodrigo González) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. > In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Nadine Larsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hsokolov@earthlink.net Mon Nov 25 02:34:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!hsokolov From: hsokolov@earthlink.net (Hugo Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov25.023405.5392@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 02:34:05 GMT References: <1996Nov22.051605.5440@stanford.edu> <1996Nov23.121305.4933@pipeline.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov23.121305.4933@pipeline.com>, nlarsson@pipeline.com (Nadine Larsson) 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. -- Hugo Sokolov | hsokolov@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: E8D1 4D05 0246 773A "Keep the channels open." From bweber@mindspring.com Tue Nov 26 05:56:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!bweber From: bweber@mindspring.com (Bill Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov26.055605.4543@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 05:56:05 GMT References: <1996Nov22.051605.5440@stanford.edu> <1996Nov23.121305.4933@pipeline.com> <1996Nov25.023405.5392@earthlink.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov25.023405.5392@earthlink.net>, hsokolov@earthlink.net (Hugo Sokolov) 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. -- Bill Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tsato@rwth-aachen.de Thu Nov 28 06:37:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!tsato From: tsato@rwth-aachen.de (Tobias Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov28.063705.8115@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 06:37:05 GMT References: <1996Nov22.051605.5440@stanford.edu> <1996Nov23.121305.4933@pipeline.com> <1996Nov25.023405.5392@earthlink.net> <1996Nov26.055605.4543@mindspring.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov26.055605.4543@mindspring.com>, bweber@mindspring.com (Bill Weber) writes: > Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Tobias Sato "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13