Whats NOOS?

[Trei, Peter]

I love these scavenger hunts.
It's possible (probable!) that none of these are
what you want. 

A Google search turns up:
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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.

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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.
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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
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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!)
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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 :-)
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Noos is of course, ancient Greek for 'mind'.
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Nasda Ocean Observation System
http://www.ioccg.org/thailand/noos.html




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> From: 	Bo Elkjaer[SMTP:boo at datashopper.dk]
> Reply To: 	Bo Elkjaer
> Sent: 	Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:03 AM
> To: 	Greg Reynolds
> Cc: 	cypherpunks at cyberpass.net; dc-stuff at 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
> US
> > > 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
> the
> > > top -- but I don't know which.
> > > 
> > > Any help?
> > > 
> > > Yours
> > > Bo Elkjaer, Denmark
> > 
> 
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