From llindqvist@ox.ac.uk Thu Jan 12 11:52:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!llindqvist From: llindqvist@ox.ac.uk (Liam Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan12.115205.7571@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 11:52:05 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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? -- Liam Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kschneider@stanford.edu Thu Jan 12 16:08:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!kschneider From: kschneider@stanford.edu (Kirsty Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan12.160805.3618@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 16:08:05 GMT References: <1995Jan12.115205.7571@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan12.115205.7571@ox.ac.uk>, llindqvist@ox.ac.uk (Liam Lindqvist) 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. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Kirsty Schneider "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From ljohansson@stanford.edu Fri Jan 13 02:29:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!ljohansson From: ljohansson@stanford.edu (Lucia Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan13.022905.1905@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 02:29:05 GMT References: <1995Jan12.115205.7571@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan12.115205.7571@ox.ac.uk>, llindqvist@ox.ac.uk (Liam Lindqvist) 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! -- Lucia Johansson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From alarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jan 13 18:38:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!alarsson From: alarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Astrid Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan13.183805.7319@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 18:38:05 GMT References: <1995Jan12.115205.7571@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jan12.160805.3618@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan12.160805.3618@stanford.edu>, kschneider@stanford.edu (Kirsty Schneider) writes: > Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Astrid Larsson -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."