From jnovak@uu.net Wed Sep 28 22:09:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!jnovak From: jnovak@uu.net (Julien Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Sep28.220910.7108@uu.net> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:09:10 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? The Public Harmony Acts authorized the deployment of commercial broadcast satellites in geosynchronous orbit in 1983. -- Julien Novak "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun SparcStation 20 / TOS 4.04 From smacdonald@cern.ch Thu Sep 29 04:46:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!smacdonald From: smacdonald@cern.ch (Steve MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Sep29.044610.2094@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 04:46:10 GMT References: <1994Sep28.220910.7108@uu.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep28.220910.7108@uu.net>, jnovak@uu.net (Julien Novak) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Steve MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ktanaka@delphi.com Fri Sep 30 01:53:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!ktanaka From: ktanaka@delphi.com (Katrin Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Sep30.015310.3880@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 01:53:10 GMT References: <1994Sep28.220910.7108@uu.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Sep28.220910.7108@uu.net>, jnovak@uu.net (Julien Novak) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Katrin Tanaka -- Delphi Internet Services "Marcus is not one man." From tsuzuki@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Sep 30 18:14:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!tsuzuki From: tsuzuki@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tyler Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Sep30.181410.7214@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 18:14:10 GMT References: <1994Sep28.220910.7108@uu.net> <1994Sep30.015310.3880@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep30.015310.3880@delphi.com>, ktanaka@delphi.com (Katrin Tanaka) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Tyler Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From estewart@ox.ac.uk Fri Sep 30 19:11:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!estewart From: estewart@ox.ac.uk (Élodie Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Sep30.191110.3451@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 19:11:10 GMT References: <1994Sep28.220910.7108@uu.net> <1994Sep29.044610.2094@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Sep29.044610.2094@cern.ch>, smacdonald@cern.ch (Steve MacDonald) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Élodie Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0