From kweber@berkeley.edu Sat Aug 12 00:41:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!kweber From: kweber@berkeley.edu (Katrin Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug12.004101.3092@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:41:01 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.' '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. -- Katrin Weber "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From jschneider@netcom.com Sun Aug 13 17:37:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!jschneider From: jschneider@netcom.com (Jen Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug13.173701.1210@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 17:37:01 GMT References: <1995Aug12.004101.3092@berkeley.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug12.004101.3092@berkeley.edu>, kweber@berkeley.edu (Katrin Weber) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. > 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.' This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- === Jen Schneider === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."