From kcampbell@netcom.com Thu Mar 17 03:05:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!kcampbell From: kcampbell@netcom.com (Kenji Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar17.030504.5529@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:05:04 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Kenji Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From snovak@inria.fr Thu Mar 17 07:03:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!snovak From: snovak@inria.fr (Steve Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar17.070304.1201@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 07:03:04 GMT References: <1994Mar17.030504.5529@netcom.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar17.030504.5529@netcom.com>, kcampbell@netcom.com (Kenji Campbell) 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. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Steve Novak | snovak@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 3908 AC79 7EE0 D749 "Keep the channels open." From tgonzalez@mit.edu Sat Mar 19 06:06:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!tgonzalez From: tgonzalez@mit.edu (Thiago González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar19.060604.4120@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 06:06:04 GMT References: <1994Mar17.030504.5529@netcom.com> <1994Mar17.070304.1201@inria.fr> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar17.070304.1201@inria.fr>, snovak@inria.fr (Steve Novak) 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.' -- Thiago González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mpark@demon.co.uk Mon Mar 21 01:25:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!mpark From: mpark@demon.co.uk (Mikhail Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar21.012504.6303@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 01:25:04 GMT References: <1994Mar17.030504.5529@netcom.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar17.030504.5529@netcom.com>, kcampbell@netcom.com (Kenji Campbell) writes: > Where are Nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 physically located? Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Mikhail Park -- Demon Internet Services UK "Hold for relay."