From lpetrov@pacbell.net Sat Aug 05 14:43:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!lpetrov From: lpetrov@pacbell.net (Lars Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug05.144311.4374@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 14:43:11 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. 'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.' 'The preceding units (Echo-1 through Echo-6) suffered cognitive disintegration and have been terminated and purged from storage.' What happened when Unit-7 started writing its own lyrics about locked doors and microwave carriers? -- Lars Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rlopez@uu.net Sun Aug 06 10:43:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!rlopez From: rlopez@uu.net (Renata López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug06.104311.9641@uu.net> Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 10:43:11 GMT References: <1995Aug05.144311.4374@pacbell.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug05.144311.4374@pacbell.net>, lpetrov@pacbell.net (Lars Petrov) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. > 'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.' This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- === Renata López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Hold for relay." From mjohansson@kiae.su Mon Aug 07 05:09:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!mjohansson From: mjohansson@kiae.su (Mateo Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug07.050911.9854@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 05:09:11 GMT References: <1995Aug05.144311.4374@pacbell.net> <1995Aug06.104311.9641@uu.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug06.104311.9641@uu.net>, rlopez@uu.net (Renata López) writes: > This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Mateo Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From efournier@pipeline.com Tue Aug 08 18:19:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!efournier From: efournier@pipeline.com (Emi Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug08.181911.2945@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 18:19:11 GMT References: <1995Aug05.144311.4374@pacbell.net> <1995Aug06.104311.9641@uu.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug06.104311.9641@uu.net>, rlopez@uu.net (Renata López) writes: > This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Emi Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dsanchez@ox.ac.uk Thu Aug 10 02:17:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!dsanchez From: dsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug10.021711.7928@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 02:17:11 GMT References: <1995Aug05.144311.4374@pacbell.net> <1995Aug06.104311.9641@uu.net> <1995Aug07.050911.9854@kiae.su> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug07.050911.9854@kiae.su>, mjohansson@kiae.su (Mateo Johansson) writes: > They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Dong-hyun Sánchez Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke."