From mnakamura@ox.ac.uk Mon Mar 11 13:07:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!mnakamura From: mnakamura@ox.ac.uk (Marta Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:07:43 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. 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? -- Marta Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gmuller@hanse.de Mon Mar 11 20:04:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!gmuller From: gmuller@hanse.de (Graham Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar11.200443.4577@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:04:43 GMT References: <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk>, mnakamura@ox.ac.uk (Marta Nakamura) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Graham Müller *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From slaurent@illinois.edu Wed Mar 13 22:15:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!slaurent From: slaurent@illinois.edu (Sergei Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar13.221543.9178@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 22:15:43 GMT References: <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk>, mnakamura@ox.ac.uk (Marta Nakamura) 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! -- Sergei Laurent Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From fdubois@cern.ch Thu Mar 14 12:47:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!fdubois From: fdubois@cern.ch (Freya Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar14.124743.4181@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 12:47:43 GMT References: <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk>, mnakamura@ox.ac.uk (Marta Nakamura) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Freya Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From tbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Sat Mar 16 02:14:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!tbrennan From: tbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Mar16.021443.9382@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 02:14:43 GMT References: <1996Mar11.130743.8670@ox.ac.uk> <1996Mar11.200443.4577@hanse.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar11.200443.4577@hanse.de>, gmuller@hanse.de (Graham Müller) writes: > Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. > 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! Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Tyler Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.