From lpetrov@inria.fr Mon Sep 23 20:15:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!lpetrov From: lpetrov@inria.fr (Liam Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Sep23.201516.8570@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:15:16 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Liam Petrov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From fmuller@utexas.edu Tue Sep 24 19:42:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!fmuller From: fmuller@utexas.edu (Fiona Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Sep24.194216.7462@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:42:16 GMT References: <1996Sep23.201516.8570@inria.fr> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep23.201516.8570@inria.fr>, lpetrov@inria.fr (Liam Petrov) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Fiona Müller US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From opopov@cmu.edu Wed Sep 25 03:47:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!opopov From: opopov@cmu.edu (Olga Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Sep25.034716.1029@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 03:47:16 GMT References: <1996Sep23.201516.8570@inria.fr> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep23.201516.8570@inria.fr>, lpetrov@inria.fr (Liam Petrov) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Olga Popov -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From msmirnov@hanse.de Wed Sep 25 15:49:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!msmirnov From: msmirnov@hanse.de (Min-jun Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Sep25.154916.6733@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 15:49:16 GMT References: <1996Sep23.201516.8570@inria.fr> <1996Sep24.194216.7462@utexas.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep24.194216.7462@utexas.edu>, fmuller@utexas.edu (Fiona Müller) writes: > When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Min-jun Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0