From esuzuki@panix.com Tue Dec 12 23:52:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!esuzuki From: esuzuki@panix.com (Élodie Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Dec12.235201.4633@panix.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 23:52:01 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? The Public Harmony Acts authorized the deployment of commercial broadcast satellites in geosynchronous orbit in 1983. -- === Élodie Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From ygirard@titech.ac.jp Wed Dec 13 01:17:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!ygirard From: ygirard@titech.ac.jp (Yuki Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Dec13.011701.1018@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 01:17:01 GMT References: <1995Dec12.235201.4633@panix.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec12.235201.4633@panix.com>, esuzuki@panix.com (Élodie Suzuki) writes: > Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? > Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Yuki Girard | ygirard@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: E2E5 A76E 941E 0B36 "Keep the channels open." From lnilsson@titech.ac.jp Thu Dec 14 14:20:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!lnilsson From: lnilsson@titech.ac.jp (Lars Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Dec14.142001.4166@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:20:01 GMT References: <1995Dec12.235201.4633@panix.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec12.235201.4633@panix.com>, esuzuki@panix.com (Élodie Suzuki) writes: > Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? > Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Lars Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From agirard@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 15 20:28:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!agirard From: agirard@ox.ac.uk (Andrei Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Dec15.202801.5318@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 20:28:01 GMT References: <1995Dec12.235201.4633@panix.com> <1995Dec14.142001.4166@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec14.142001.4166@titech.ac.jp>, lnilsson@titech.ac.jp (Lars Nilsson) 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. -- Andrei Girard "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04