From dmoreno@kiae.su Fri Sep 20 12:32:43 1996
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From: dmoreno@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Moreno)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.

'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.'
'The preceding units (Echo-1 through Echo-6) suffered cognitive disintegration and have been terminated and purged from storage.'

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.

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From vchoi@cern.ch Sat Sep 21 11:07:43 1996
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From: vchoi@cern.ch (Valeria Choi)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1996Sep20.123243.6083@kiae.su>, dmoreno@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Moreno) writes:
> Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.
> 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.'

They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this.

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From jlee@hanse.de Sat Sep 21 17:16:43 1996
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From: jlee@hanse.de (Jen Lee)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1996Sep20.123243.6083@kiae.su>, dmoreno@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Moreno) writes:
> Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.
> '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.

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From jrodriguez@kth.se Mon Sep 23 10:43:43 1996
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From: jrodriguez@kth.se (Julien Rodríguez)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 10:43:43 GMT
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In article <1996Sep21.171643.5441@hanse.de>, jlee@hanse.de (Jen Lee) writes:
> This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times.

The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help.

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