From tjohansson@utexas.edu Tue Apr 04 01:05:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!tjohansson From: tjohansson@utexas.edu (Tobias Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr04.010516.6493@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1995 01:05:16 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate? -- === Tobias Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From hrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de Wed Apr 05 11:53:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!hrodriguez From: hrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr05.115316.9193@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1995 11:53:16 GMT References: <1995Apr04.010516.6493@utexas.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr04.010516.6493@utexas.edu>, tjohansson@utexas.edu (Tobias Johansson) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. > Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Heather Rodríguez | hrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: 7151 4884 42D9 BBB7 "Keep the channels open." From jcampbell@uni-hamburg.de Wed Apr 05 21:32:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uni-hamburg!jcampbell From: jcampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Julien Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr05.213216.8169@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1995 21:32:16 GMT References: <1995Apr04.010516.6493@utexas.edu> <1995Apr05.115316.9193@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr05.115316.9193@uni-hamburg.de>, hrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Rodríguez) writes: > Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Julien Campbell -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From bramirez@mindspring.com Fri Apr 07 07:58:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!bramirez From: bramirez@mindspring.com (Bruno Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr07.075816.4749@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 07:58:16 GMT References: <1995Apr04.010516.6493@utexas.edu> <1995Apr05.115316.9193@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr05.115316.9193@uni-hamburg.de>, hrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Rodríguez) writes: > Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Bruno Ramírez "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." NeXTstation Turbo Color / AmigaOS 3.1 From sfischer@ox.ac.uk Sun Apr 09 01:15:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!sfischer From: sfischer@ox.ac.uk (Seo-yeon Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr09.011516.1331@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 01:15:16 GMT References: <1995Apr04.010516.6493@utexas.edu> <1995Apr05.115316.9193@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr05.115316.9193@uni-hamburg.de>, hrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Rodríguez) writes: > Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- === Seo-yeon Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Row 14. No joke."