From mreyes@netcom.com Sun Dec 22 03:22:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!mreyes From: mreyes@netcom.com (Marta Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Dec22.032251.2417@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 03:22:51 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate? -- Marta Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rkarlsson@hanse.de Sun Dec 22 21:20:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!rkarlsson From: rkarlsson@hanse.de (Raj Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Dec22.212051.9496@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 21:20:51 GMT References: <1996Dec22.032251.2417@netcom.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec22.032251.2417@netcom.com>, mreyes@netcom.com (Marta Reyes) 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! -- Raj Karlsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From thernandez@clari.net Tue Dec 24 14:04:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!thernandez From: thernandez@clari.net (Tobias Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Dec24.140451.5501@clari.net> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 14:04:51 GMT References: <1996Dec22.032251.2417@netcom.com> <1996Dec22.212051.9496@hanse.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec22.212051.9496@hanse.de>, rkarlsson@hanse.de (Raj 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! Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Tobias Hernández Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From gandersson@rwth-aachen.de Wed Dec 25 10:03:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!gandersson From: gandersson@rwth-aachen.de (Graham Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Dec25.100351.7493@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 10:03:51 GMT References: <1996Dec22.032251.2417@netcom.com> <1996Dec22.212051.9496@hanse.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec22.212051.9496@hanse.de>, rkarlsson@hanse.de (Raj 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! Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Graham Andersson "Marcus is not one man." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / NEXTSTEP 3.3