From swatanabe@mit.edu Fri Apr 21 18:13:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!swatanabe From: swatanabe@mit.edu (Steve Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr21.181353.8409@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 18:13:53 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu 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? When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate? -- Steve Watanabe SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From pkim@cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 21 18:59:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!pkim From: pkim@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr21.185953.5358@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 18:59:53 GMT References: <1995Apr21.181353.8409@mit.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr21.181353.8409@mit.edu>, swatanabe@mit.edu (Steve Watanabe) writes: > 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. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Pavel Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de Sat Apr 22 06:07:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Apr22.060753.7314@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 06:07:53 GMT References: <1995Apr21.181353.8409@mit.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr21.181353.8409@mit.edu>, swatanabe@mit.edu (Steve Watanabe) writes: > 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. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- Sergei Okonkwo -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."