From shughes@pacbell.net Fri Feb 18 17:52:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!shughes From: shughes@pacbell.net (Seo-yeon Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb18.175212.7539@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 17:52:12 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Seo-yeon Hughes -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From lsuzuki@purdue.edu Sat Feb 19 17:09:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!lsuzuki From: lsuzuki@purdue.edu (Lucia Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb19.170912.9061@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 17:09:12 GMT References: <1994Feb18.175212.7539@pacbell.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb18.175212.7539@pacbell.net>, shughes@pacbell.net (Seo-yeon Hughes) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Lucia Suzuki -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From lchoi@unam.mx Sun Feb 20 15:53:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!lchoi From: lchoi@unam.mx (Lucia Choi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb20.155312.4436@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 15:53:12 GMT References: <1994Feb18.175212.7539@pacbell.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Feb18.175212.7539@pacbell.net>, shughes@pacbell.net (Seo-yeon Hughes) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Lucia Choi SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From dlaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Feb 22 03:25:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!dlaurent From: dlaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb22.032512.4205@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 03:25:12 GMT References: <1994Feb18.175212.7539@pacbell.net> <1994Feb20.155312.4436@unam.mx> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb20.155312.4436@unam.mx>, lchoi@unam.mx (Lucia Choi) writes: > When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- Dmitri Laurent | dlaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 6D3B 4B26 2BE8 2F50 "Keep the channels open." From tlaurent@pacbell.net Wed Feb 23 02:47:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!tlaurent From: tlaurent@pacbell.net (Tyler Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb23.024712.9588@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 02:47:12 GMT References: <1994Feb18.175212.7539@pacbell.net> <1994Feb20.155312.4436@unam.mx> <1994Feb22.032512.4205@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb22.032512.4205@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dlaurent@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Laurent) writes: > Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Tyler Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------