From dreyes@ox.ac.uk Tue May 02 23:56:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!dreyes From: dreyes@ox.ac.uk (Dave Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May02.235626.8967@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 23:56:26 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. 'The preceding units (Echo-1 through Echo-6) suffered cognitive disintegration and have been terminated and purged from storage.' 'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.' They didn't want a pop star. They wanted an immortal corporate asset that could never sue for royalties, age, or OD in a hotel room. -- Dave Reyes -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "They will send a copy in my place." From dmacdonald@cam.ac.uk Wed May 03 11:51:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Dave MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May03.115126.8571@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 11:51:26 GMT References: <1995May02.235626.8967@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May02.235626.8967@ox.ac.uk>, dreyes@ox.ac.uk (Dave Reyes) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Dave MacDonald | dmacdonald@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 5E57 89C5 26B1 1AC7 "Keep the channels open." From tnilsson@delphi.com Wed May 03 21:56:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!tnilsson From: tnilsson@delphi.com (Tyler Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May03.215626.1053@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 21:56:26 GMT References: <1995May02.235626.8967@ox.ac.uk> <1995May03.115126.8571@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May03.115126.8571@cam.ac.uk>, dmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Dave MacDonald) 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 six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. -- Tyler Nilsson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From jsato@panix.com Wed May 03 23:11:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!jsato From: jsato@panix.com (Joachim Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May03.231126.7500@panix.com> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 23:11:26 GMT References: <1995May02.235626.8967@ox.ac.uk> <1995May03.115126.8571@cam.ac.uk> <1995May03.215626.1053@delphi.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May03.215626.1053@delphi.com>, tnilsson@delphi.com (Tyler Nilsson) writes: > The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. -- Joachim Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0