From ldubois@inria.fr Fri Nov 24 17:57:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!ldubois From: ldubois@inria.fr (Lisa Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov24.175723.3824@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 17:57:23 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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.' 'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.' What happened when Unit-7 started writing its own lyrics about locked doors and microwave carriers? -- Lisa Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From aandersson@utexas.edu Sun Nov 26 08:31:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!aandersson From: aandersson@utexas.edu (Andrei Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov26.083123.4617@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 08:31:23 GMT References: <1995Nov24.175723.3824@inria.fr> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov24.175723.3824@inria.fr>, ldubois@inria.fr (Lisa Dubois) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Andrei Andersson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Decstation 5000/200 / TOS 4.04 From lnovak@pacbell.net Mon Nov 27 20:30:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!lnovak From: lnovak@pacbell.net (Lars Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov27.203023.1097@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 20:30:23 GMT References: <1995Nov24.175723.3824@inria.fr> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov24.175723.3824@inria.fr>, ldubois@inria.fr (Lisa Dubois) writes: > 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 tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Lars Novak Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."