I love these scavenger hunts. It's possible (probable!) that none of these are what you want. A Google search turns up: ----------------- NOOS Space Technologies Limited is a Russian Satcom group: http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/nst.htm This looks like a possibility, though what they'd be doing in Dennmark is anyones guess. The presence of an American does not mean much - he could be a contractor. Links from that site are intriguing. ------------------ http://www.vnh.org/Admin/Afloat/Afloat01.html This looks interesting. The document appears to deal with handling accidents in the US Navy. It contains lines such as " a.COMSC Safety Office (NOOS) shall" the OS in NOOS could be Operational or Occupational Safety. NOOS appears to be a title for a US Naval officer with safety responsibilities. ---------- Noos is apparently the name of a cable operator/ISP? of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, partially owned by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, an American company. http://www.francetelecomna.com/nr/nr_prre/nr_prre_08-07-00_noos.htm http://www.apec.asso.fr/entreprise/32910827800048-noos/ http://noos.free.fr seems to be an independent group for users of NOOS This also looks like a good possibility ------------- Sillier ones: Network of Objectivist Scholars (http://www.objectivist-scholars.net/) Nah, I don't think the Randites are building radomes in Dennmark (sounds like something out of Illuminatus!) ------------- Nigi Nigi Nu Noos e Nu Nu Noos is the name of a resort at Balabag, Boracay Island, Malaya http://www.bridgestravel.com/nigi-nigi/index.htm (I know that's not it, but could not resist the temptation to type Nigi Nigi Nu Noos e Nu Nu Noos :-) ----------- Noos is of course, ancient Greek for 'mind'. ----------- Nasda Ocean Observation System http://www.ioccg.org/thailand/noos.html
---------- From: Bo Elkjaer[SMTP:boo@datashopper.dk] Reply To: Bo Elkjaer Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:03 AM To: Greg Reynolds Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net; dc-stuff@dis.org Subject: Re: Whats NOOS?
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Greg Reynolds wrote:
Any enlightenment available on circumstances?
Last thursday a friend and colleague of mine visited the danish SIGINT site Skibsbylejren, which is under reconstruction and enhancement. They're building new 23 meters tall, 30 meters wide radomes. Three radomes are more or less finished by now, three more are planned to be built soon.
My friend visited the site with a local politician.
So they went in on the enclosed area (through the unlocked gate) and knocked on the door of a trailer parked near one of the radomes. This guy jumps up inside the trailer, rushes to the door blocking their access, and tells them 'you're not supposed to be here'. He's obviously american, wearing overalls and a blue workmans shirt with a round printed badge on left pocket: NOOS in the middle, US Department of Commerce along the circle.
NOOS is short for four words - which also were printed in the badge, but they didn't get the time to read the words before the american ran away and eight danish military intelligence officers showed up and threw my friend and the politician out.
My friend works for national radio, and they were visiting the site so she could interview the politician for a news-piece on signals intelligence in Denmark. The story about the american broke big time this morning and will be discussed in parliament later today.
Yours
Bo Elkjaer wrote:
Hi list Does anyone have any idea what NOOS stands for in connection with the
Department of Commerce?
The letters NOOS was spotted in a round badge -- NOOS in the middle, US Department of Commerce along the circle in the bottom - four words in
US the
top -- but I don't know which.
Any help?
Yours Bo Elkjaer, Denmark
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