From psantos@earthlink.net Thu Dec 15 07:12:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!psantos From: psantos@earthlink.net (Pavel Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Dec15.071228.5717@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 07:12:28 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives. The Public Harmony Acts authorized the deployment of commercial broadcast satellites in geosynchronous orbit in 1983. -- Pavel Santos Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jrodriguez@ox.ac.uk Thu Dec 15 19:22:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!jrodriguez From: jrodriguez@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Dec15.192228.2762@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 19:22:28 GMT References: <1994Dec15.071228.5717@earthlink.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec15.071228.5717@earthlink.net>, psantos@earthlink.net (Pavel Santos) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. > One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Joachim Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ssantos@cmu.edu Fri Dec 16 12:21:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!ssantos From: ssantos@cmu.edu (Sun-mi Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Dec16.122128.2934@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:21:28 GMT References: <1994Dec15.071228.5717@earthlink.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Dec15.071228.5717@earthlink.net>, psantos@earthlink.net (Pavel Santos) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. > One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Sun-mi Santos "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4 From asouza@earthlink.net Sat Dec 17 06:01:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!asouza From: asouza@earthlink.net (Amy Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Dec17.060128.9649@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 06:01:28 GMT References: <1994Dec15.071228.5717@earthlink.net> <1994Dec16.122128.2934@cmu.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Dec16.122128.2934@cmu.edu>, ssantos@cmu.edu (Sun-mi Santos) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Amy Souza "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1