From lito@rwth-aachen.de Thu Sep 12 12:48:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!lito From: lito@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Sep12.124800.2054@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:48:00 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. 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? -- Liam Ito | lito@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: E6C8 59DC 155F CA3D "Keep the channels open." From dweber@titech.ac.jp Fri Sep 13 07:38:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!dweber From: dweber@titech.ac.jp (Diego Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Sep13.073800.4783@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 07:38:00 GMT References: <1996Sep12.124800.2054@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep12.124800.2054@rwth-aachen.de>, lito@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Ito) writes: > Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? > In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Diego Weber "Marcus is not one man." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From ckuznetsov@pacbell.net Fri Sep 13 17:20:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!ckuznetsov From: ckuznetsov@pacbell.net (Callum Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Sep13.172000.2165@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:20:00 GMT References: <1996Sep12.124800.2054@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Sep13.073800.4783@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep13.073800.4783@titech.ac.jp>, dweber@titech.ac.jp (Diego Weber) 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! -- Callum Kuznetsov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place."