From nrobertson@mit.edu Fri Nov 18 01:37:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!nrobertson From: nrobertson@mit.edu (Natalia Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Nov18.013757.2981@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 01:37:57 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate? -- Natalia Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jbrennan@inria.fr Fri Nov 18 22:50:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!jbrennan From: jbrennan@inria.fr (Ji-woo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Nov18.225057.2139@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 22:50:57 GMT References: <1994Nov18.013757.2981@mit.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Nov18.013757.2981@mit.edu>, nrobertson@mit.edu (Natalia Robertson) writes: > 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. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Ji-woo Brennan "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From jnovak@inria.fr Sat Nov 19 22:32:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!jnovak From: jnovak@inria.fr (Jens Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1994Nov19.223257.3375@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 22:32:57 GMT References: <1994Nov18.013757.2981@mit.edu> <1994Nov18.225057.2139@inria.fr> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov18.225057.2139@inria.fr>, jbrennan@inria.fr (Ji-woo Brennan) writes: > Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. -- Jens Novak | jnovak@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 2691 9908 E401 A1EF "Keep the channels open."