From ptakahashi@tum.de Mon Dec 04 18:55:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!ptakahashi From: ptakahashi@tum.de (Pavel Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec04.185532.2285@tum.de> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 18:55:32 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. -- === Pavel Takahashi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "They will send a copy in my place." From gsilva@tum.de Wed Dec 06 02:23:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!gsilva From: gsilva@tum.de (Göran Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec06.022332.6206@tum.de> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 02:23:32 GMT References: <1995Dec04.185532.2285@tum.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec04.185532.2285@tum.de>, ptakahashi@tum.de (Pavel Takahashi) 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.' The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Göran Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ttakahashi@netcom.com Thu Dec 07 03:46:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@netcom.com (Tomas Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec07.034632.5529@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 03:46:32 GMT References: <1995Dec04.185532.2285@tum.de> <1995Dec06.022332.6206@tum.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec06.022332.6206@tum.de>, gsilva@tum.de (Göran Silva) writes: > The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. -- Tomas Takahashi -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From bmoreau@tum.de Thu Dec 07 15:10:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!bmoreau From: bmoreau@tum.de (Bruno Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec07.151032.4180@tum.de> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 15:10:32 GMT References: <1995Dec04.185532.2285@tum.de> <1995Dec06.022332.6206@tum.de> <1995Dec07.034632.5529@netcom.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec07.034632.5529@netcom.com>, ttakahashi@netcom.com (Tomas Takahashi) 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. -- Bruno Moreau -- Technische Universität München "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From afischer@tum.de Sat Dec 09 06:42:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!afischer From: afischer@tum.de (Anja Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec09.064232.3753@tum.de> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 06:42:32 GMT References: <1995Dec04.185532.2285@tum.de> <1995Dec06.022332.6206@tum.de> <1995Dec07.034632.5529@netcom.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec07.034632.5529@netcom.com>, ttakahashi@netcom.com (Tomas Takahashi) 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. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Anja Fischer "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / AmigaOS 3.1