From gpetrov@delphi.com Fri Feb 25 18:15:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!gpetrov From: gpetrov@delphi.com (Graham Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb25.181523.4644@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 18:15:23 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. 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? The Public Harmony Acts authorized the deployment of commercial broadcast satellites in geosynchronous orbit in 1983. -- Graham Petrov | gpetrov@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: FFDF 123B 84E0 E135 "Keep the channels open." From tgonzalez@hanse.de Sat Feb 26 00:15:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!tgonzalez From: tgonzalez@hanse.de (Thiago González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb26.001523.7002@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 00:15:23 GMT References: <1994Feb25.181523.4644@delphi.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb25.181523.4644@delphi.com>, gpetrov@delphi.com (Graham Petrov) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! -- Thiago González "We don't sign stars. We build them." Sun SparcStation 20 / FreeBSD 2.1 From kreyes@hanse.de Sun Feb 27 17:20:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!kreyes From: kreyes@hanse.de (Kirsty Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Feb27.172023.4981@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 17:20:23 GMT References: <1994Feb25.181523.4644@delphi.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Feb25.181523.4644@delphi.com>, gpetrov@delphi.com (Graham Petrov) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Kirsty Reyes "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / System 7.5.1 From mhernandez@earthlink.net Tue Mar 01 00:18:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!mhernandez From: mhernandez@earthlink.net (Mathieu Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Mar01.001823.3322@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 00:18:23 GMT References: <1994Feb25.181523.4644@delphi.com> <1994Feb27.172023.4981@hanse.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Feb27.172023.4981@hanse.de>, kreyes@hanse.de (Kirsty Reyes) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mathieu Hernández US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."