From holiveira@cam.ac.uk Thu Dec 07 09:41:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!holiveira From: holiveira@cam.ac.uk (Heather Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec07.094157.9391@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 09:41:57 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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 asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.' What happened when Unit-7 started writing its own lyrics about locked doors and microwave carriers? -- Heather Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From asato@netcom.com Thu Dec 07 14:27:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!asato From: asato@netcom.com (Astrid Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec07.142757.8360@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 14:27:57 GMT References: <1995Dec07.094157.9391@cam.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec07.094157.9391@cam.ac.uk>, holiveira@cam.ac.uk (Heather Oliveira) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. -- === Astrid Sato === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "We don't sign stars. We build them." From cnakamura@titech.ac.jp Sat Dec 09 12:14:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!cnakamura From: cnakamura@titech.ac.jp (Callum Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec09.121457.8241@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 12:14:57 GMT References: <1995Dec07.094157.9391@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec07.094157.9391@cam.ac.uk>, holiveira@cam.ac.uk (Heather Oliveira) 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.' The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Callum Nakamura Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mstewart@pipeline.com Sun Dec 10 03:09:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!mstewart From: mstewart@pipeline.com (Marta Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec10.030957.3540@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 03:09:57 GMT References: <1995Dec07.094157.9391@cam.ac.uk> <1995Dec07.142757.8360@netcom.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec07.142757.8360@netcom.com>, asato@netcom.com (Astrid Sato) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Marta Stewart | mstewart@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 0C65 F42E D20D 0C93 "Keep the channels open."