From thughes@kiae.su Fri Jun 09 21:56:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!thughes From: thughes@kiae.su (Thiago Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jun09.215642.6160@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 21:56:42 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. 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? -- Thiago Hughes -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From knovak@cmu.edu Sun Jun 11 07:07:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!knovak From: knovak@cmu.edu (Katrin Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jun11.070742.9963@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 07:07:42 GMT References: <1995Jun09.215642.6160@kiae.su> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun09.215642.6160@kiae.su>, thughes@kiae.su (Thiago Hughes) writes: > The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up. > Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Katrin Novak Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Marcus is not one man." From mjohansson@pipeline.com Mon Jun 12 05:38:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!mjohansson From: mjohansson@pipeline.com (Mikhail Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jun12.053842.9593@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 05:38:42 GMT References: <1995Jun09.215642.6160@kiae.su> <1995Jun11.070742.9963@cmu.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun11.070742.9963@cmu.edu>, knovak@cmu.edu (Katrin Novak) writes: > When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- Mikhail Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jdubois@purdue.edu Tue Jun 13 18:30:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!jdubois From: jdubois@purdue.edu (Julien Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Jun13.183042.6635@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 18:30:42 GMT References: <1995Jun09.215642.6160@kiae.su> <1995Jun11.070742.9963@cmu.edu> <1995Jun12.053842.9593@pipeline.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun12.053842.9593@pipeline.com>, mjohansson@pipeline.com (Mikhail Johansson) writes: > Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- === Julien Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."