From dschneider@delphi.com Fri Jun 24 13:11:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!dschneider From: dschneider@delphi.com (Dmitri Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jun24.131123.3180@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 13:11:23 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. The Public Harmony Acts authorized the deployment of commercial broadcast satellites in geosynchronous orbit in 1983. -- Dmitri Schneider Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ahughes@delphi.com Sat Jun 25 04:17:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!ahughes From: ahughes@delphi.com (Anton Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jun25.041723.8344@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 04:17:23 GMT References: <1994Jun24.131123.3180@delphi.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun24.131123.3180@delphi.com>, dschneider@delphi.com (Dmitri Schneider) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Anton Hughes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From mmoreno@demon.co.uk Sun Jun 26 00:45:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!mmoreno From: mmoreno@demon.co.uk (Mei Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Jun26.004523.7097@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 00:45:23 GMT References: <1994Jun24.131123.3180@delphi.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun24.131123.3180@delphi.com>, dschneider@delphi.com (Dmitri Schneider) 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. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Mei Moreno Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."