From tsantos@delphi.com Fri Feb 23 16:53:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!tsantos From: tsantos@delphi.com (Tobias Santos) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 16:53:05 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Tobias Santos Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Feb 24 16:51:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb24.165105.5101@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 16:51:05 GMT References: <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com>, tsantos@delphi.com (Tobias Santos) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Marta Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lsato@berkeley.edu Mon Feb 26 16:17:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!lsato From: lsato@berkeley.edu (Lucia Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb26.161705.5287@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 16:17:05 GMT References: <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com>, tsantos@delphi.com (Tobias Santos) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Lucia Sato Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From epopov@tum.de Wed Feb 28 04:23:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!epopov From: epopov@tum.de (Elaine Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb28.042305.8301@tum.de> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 04:23:05 GMT References: <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com>, tsantos@delphi.com (Tobias Santos) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Elaine Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From mlopez@mit.edu Thu Feb 29 00:12:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!mlopez From: mlopez@mit.edu (Marisol López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb29.001205.8373@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 00:12:05 GMT References: <1996Feb23.165305.6494@delphi.com> <1996Feb24.165105.5101@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb24.165105.5101@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Takahashi) 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! -- === Marisol López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Row 14. No joke."