From swatanabe@kiae.su Tue Dec 12 00:23:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!swatanabe From: swatanabe@kiae.su (Seo-yeon Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec12.002330.9719@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:23:30 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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.' 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.' What happened when Unit-7 started writing its own lyrics about locked doors and microwave carriers? -- Seo-yeon Watanabe -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jkang@mit.edu Tue Dec 12 05:02:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!jkang From: jkang@mit.edu (Joachim Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec12.050230.7135@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 05:02:30 GMT References: <1995Dec12.002330.9719@kiae.su> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec12.002330.9719@kiae.su>, swatanabe@kiae.su (Seo-yeon Watanabe) 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. -- Joachim Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From nsouza@rwth-aachen.de Tue Dec 12 17:50:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!nsouza From: nsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec12.175030.9955@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 17:50:30 GMT References: <1995Dec12.002330.9719@kiae.su> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec12.002330.9719@kiae.su>, swatanabe@kiae.su (Seo-yeon Watanabe) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Nadia Souza Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From pgarcia@netcom.com Tue Dec 12 23:20:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!pgarcia From: pgarcia@netcom.com (Pavel García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec12.232030.5171@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 23:20:30 GMT References: <1995Dec12.002330.9719@kiae.su> <1995Dec12.175030.9955@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec12.175030.9955@rwth-aachen.de>, nsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Souza) writes: > The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Pavel García "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4