From lkang@cmu.edu Sat Jan 07 02:39:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!lkang From: lkang@cmu.edu (Lucia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 02:39:03 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. 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? -- Lucia Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From ptakahashi@kth.se Sun Jan 08 06:35:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!ptakahashi From: ptakahashi@kth.se (Pavel Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan08.063503.3182@kth.se> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 06:35:03 GMT References: <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu>, lkang@cmu.edu (Lucia Kang) 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! -- Pavel Takahashi -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From ttakahashi@mindspring.com Sun Jan 08 20:49:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@mindspring.com (Tomas Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan08.204903.5328@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 20:49:03 GMT References: <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu>, lkang@cmu.edu (Lucia Kang) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Tomas Takahashi "They will send a copy in my place." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1 From tlarsson@inria.fr Mon Jan 09 09:23:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!tlarsson From: tlarsson@inria.fr (Thiago Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan09.092303.4279@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 09:23:03 GMT References: <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu>, lkang@cmu.edu (Lucia Kang) 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! Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Thiago Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Marcus is not one man." From trodriguez@netcom.com Wed Jan 11 03:11:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!trodriguez From: trodriguez@netcom.com (Tobias Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jan11.031103.2762@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 03:11:03 GMT References: <1995Jan07.023903.1375@cmu.edu> <1995Jan08.204903.5328@mindspring.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan08.204903.5328@mindspring.com>, ttakahashi@mindspring.com (Tomas Takahashi) writes: > Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- === Tobias Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Do not worship the copy."