From tramirez@hanse.de Tue Feb 28 01:58:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!tramirez From: tramirez@hanse.de (Thiago Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Feb28.015809.7272@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 01:58:09 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. 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. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Thiago Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From clindqvist@pipeline.com Tue Feb 28 03:41:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!clindqvist From: clindqvist@pipeline.com (Callum Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Feb28.034109.9806@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 03:41:09 GMT References: <1995Feb28.015809.7272@hanse.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb28.015809.7272@hanse.de>, tramirez@hanse.de (Thiago Ramírez) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > 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. -- === Callum Lindqvist === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Hold for relay." From tmacdonald@panix.com Wed Mar 01 18:42:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@panix.com (Takeshi MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Mar01.184209.1183@panix.com> Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 18:42:09 GMT References: <1995Feb28.015809.7272@hanse.de> <1995Feb28.034109.9806@pipeline.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb28.034109.9806@pipeline.com>, clindqvist@pipeline.com (Callum Lindqvist) writes: > When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Takeshi MacDonald Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Row 14. No joke." From kmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Mar 03 02:43:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!kmuller From: kmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kirsty Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Mar03.024309.2571@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 02:43:09 GMT References: <1995Feb28.015809.7272@hanse.de> <1995Feb28.034109.9806@pipeline.com> <1995Mar01.184209.1183@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar01.184209.1183@panix.com>, tmacdonald@panix.com (Takeshi MacDonald) writes: > Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' 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. -- Kirsty Müller "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13 From lramirez@tum.de Fri Mar 03 12:43:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!lramirez From: lramirez@tum.de (Lisa Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Mar03.124309.2643@tum.de> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 12:43:09 GMT References: <1995Feb28.015809.7272@hanse.de> <1995Feb28.034109.9806@pipeline.com> <1995Mar01.184209.1183@panix.com> <1995Mar03.024309.2571@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar03.024309.2571@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, kmuller@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kirsty Müller) writes: > 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. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Lisa Ramírez -- Technische Universität München "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."