From dkim@utexas.edu Fri Jan 06 16:27:21 1995
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From: dkim@utexas.edu (Dong-hyun Kim)
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Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives.
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?

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From civanov@cam.ac.uk Sun Jan 08 07:37:21 1995
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From: civanov@cam.ac.uk (Camila Ivanov)
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Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Jan06.162721.2731@utexas.edu>, dkim@utexas.edu (Dong-hyun Kim) 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.

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

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Camila Ivanov
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From afournier@pipeline.com Mon Jan 09 04:45:21 1995
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Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Jan06.162721.2731@utexas.edu>, dkim@utexas.edu (Dong-hyun Kim) writes:
> The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

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Astrid Fournier
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From ssmirnov@stanford.edu Tue Jan 10 08:45:21 1995
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From: ssmirnov@stanford.edu (Sergei Smirnov)
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Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995Jan09.044521.4204@pipeline.com>, afournier@pipeline.com (Astrid Fournier) writes:
> Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.'

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=== Sergei Smirnov ===
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"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."