From mito@rwth-aachen.de Sat Mar 16 15:38:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!mito From: mito@rwth-aachen.de (Mei Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar16.153854.4239@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 15:38:54 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. 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? -- Mei Ito Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From soliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Mar 17 03:52:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!soliveira From: soliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sun-mi Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar17.035254.4329@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 03:52:54 GMT References: <1996Mar16.153854.4239@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar16.153854.4239@rwth-aachen.de>, mito@rwth-aachen.de (Mei Ito) 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! -- Sun-mi Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mtakahashi@tum.de Sun Mar 17 13:38:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@tum.de (Mei Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar17.133854.4388@tum.de> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 13:38:54 GMT References: <1996Mar16.153854.4239@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar16.153854.4239@rwth-aachen.de>, mito@rwth-aachen.de (Mei Ito) 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! PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Mei Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ahughes@utexas.edu Tue Mar 19 14:32:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!ahughes From: ahughes@utexas.edu (Aiko Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar19.143254.1766@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:32:54 GMT References: <1996Mar16.153854.4239@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Mar17.035254.4329@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar17.035254.4329@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, soliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sun-mi Oliveira) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Aiko Hughes | ahughes@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: F12F ECDB D7FF ACD7 "Keep the channels open."