From mmuller@demon.co.uk Sat Apr 06 02:11:23 1996
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From: mmuller@demon.co.uk (Mateo Müller)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

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?

-- 
Mateo Müller -- Demon Internet Services UK
"When every node is whole, the channel opens."

From tpopov@pipeline.com Sun Apr 07 19:12:23 1996
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From: tpopov@pipeline.com (Tomas Popov)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1996Apr06.021123.1906@demon.co.uk>, mmuller@demon.co.uk (Mateo Müller) 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.'

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From kmacdonald@inria.fr Mon Apr 08 08:33:23 1996
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From: kmacdonald@inria.fr (Katrin MacDonald)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 08:33:23 GMT
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In article <1996Apr07.191223.6081@pipeline.com>, tpopov@pipeline.com (Tomas Popov) writes:
> Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.'

When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower.

-- 
=== Katrin MacDonald ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt
"They will send a copy in my place."

From lvasiliev@mindspring.com Mon Apr 08 17:00:23 1996
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From: lvasiliev@mindspring.com (Lisa Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 17:00:23 GMT
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In article <1996Apr08.083323.3684@inria.fr>, kmacdonald@inria.fr (Katrin MacDonald) writes:
> When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower.

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

-- 
Lisa Vasiliev | lvasiliev@mindspring.com
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"Keep the channels open."

From asmirnov@utexas.edu Mon Apr 08 23:19:23 1996
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From: asmirnov@utexas.edu (Aiko Smirnov)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 23:19:23 GMT
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In article <1996Apr08.170023.5730@mindspring.com>, lvasiliev@mindspring.com (Lisa Vasiliev) writes:
> Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned.

-- 
Aiko Smirnov -- University of Texas at Austin
"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."