From jokonkwo@inria.fr Sun Nov 17 18:49:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!jokonkwo From: jokonkwo@inria.fr (Jen Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov17.184937.2422@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 18:49:37 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. -- Jen Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From glarsson@ox.ac.uk Tue Nov 19 16:27:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!glarsson From: glarsson@ox.ac.uk (Göran Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov19.162737.8054@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 16:27:37 GMT References: <1996Nov17.184937.2422@inria.fr> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov17.184937.2422@inria.fr>, jokonkwo@inria.fr (Jen Okonkwo) 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. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- Göran Larsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mlee@purdue.edu Thu Nov 21 16:19:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!mlee From: mlee@purdue.edu (Matthias Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov21.161937.2034@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:19:37 GMT References: <1996Nov17.184937.2422@inria.fr> <1996Nov19.162737.8054@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov19.162737.8054@ox.ac.uk>, glarsson@ox.ac.uk (Göran Larsson) writes: > Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Matthias Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From mmoreau@stanford.edu Fri Nov 22 13:07:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!mmoreau From: mmoreau@stanford.edu (Matthias Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov22.130737.3147@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:07:37 GMT References: <1996Nov17.184937.2422@inria.fr> <1996Nov19.162737.8054@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov19.162737.8054@ox.ac.uk>, glarsson@ox.ac.uk (Göran Larsson) writes: > Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Matthias Moreau | mmoreau@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: F0C7 DE59 D1FE F818 "Keep the channels open." From jduarte@titech.ac.jp Fri Nov 22 20:45:37 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!jduarte From: jduarte@titech.ac.jp (Jen Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Nov22.204537.1551@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 20:45:37 GMT References: <1996Nov17.184937.2422@inria.fr> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov17.184937.2422@inria.fr>, jokonkwo@inria.fr (Jen Okonkwo) 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! -- Jen Duarte | jduarte@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 4AFF 5E5D 7EEE 5337 "Keep the channels open."