From btanaka@ox.ac.uk Tue May 02 03:12:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!btanaka From: btanaka@ox.ac.uk (Brian Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995May02.031206.5130@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 03:12:06 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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? In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Brian Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msato@mit.edu Tue May 02 21:30:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!msato From: msato@mit.edu (Mike Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995May02.213006.5074@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 21:30:06 GMT References: <1995May02.031206.5130@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May02.031206.5130@ox.ac.uk>, btanaka@ox.ac.uk (Brian Tanaka) 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! -- Mike Sato Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From brodriguez@tum.de Wed May 03 21:02:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!brodriguez From: brodriguez@tum.de (Brian Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995May03.210206.5683@tum.de> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 21:02:06 GMT References: <1995May02.031206.5130@ox.ac.uk> <1995May02.213006.5074@mit.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May02.213006.5074@mit.edu>, msato@mit.edu (Mike Sato) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Brian Rodríguez | brodriguez@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 244E 6B63 DA8F 9F3B "Keep the channels open." From alindqvist@rwth-aachen.de Fri May 05 03:19:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!alindqvist From: alindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Amy Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995May05.031906.1210@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 03:19:06 GMT References: <1995May02.031206.5130@ox.ac.uk> <1995May02.213006.5074@mit.edu> <1995May03.210206.5683@tum.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May03.210206.5683@tum.de>, brodriguez@tum.de (Brian Rodríguez) 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. -- Amy Lindqvist "They will send a copy in my place." Atari Falcon 030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From bbrennan@berkeley.edu Fri May 05 06:07:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!bbrennan From: bbrennan@berkeley.edu (Bill Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995May05.060706.6046@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 06:07:06 GMT References: <1995May02.031206.5130@ox.ac.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May02.031206.5130@ox.ac.uk>, btanaka@ox.ac.uk (Brian Tanaka) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Bill Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0