From lgonzalez@kiae.su Tue Nov 21 16:41:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!lgonzalez From: lgonzalez@kiae.su (Lars González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 16:41:58 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su 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. '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. -- Lars González "Row 14. No joke." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13 From hkuznetsov@berkeley.edu Wed Nov 22 04:08:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!hkuznetsov From: hkuznetsov@berkeley.edu (Hugo Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov22.040858.9498@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 04:08:58 GMT References: <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su>, lgonzalez@kiae.su (Lars González) 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. -- === Hugo Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From msanchez@earthlink.net Thu Nov 23 23:34:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!msanchez From: msanchez@earthlink.net (Mathieu Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov23.233458.4465@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 23:34:58 GMT References: <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su> <1995Nov22.040858.9498@berkeley.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov22.040858.9498@berkeley.edu>, hkuznetsov@berkeley.edu (Hugo Kuznetsov) writes: > Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Mathieu Sánchez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Marcus is not one man." From jpopov@unam.mx Sat Nov 25 18:14:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!jpopov From: jpopov@unam.mx (Jen Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov25.181458.3574@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 18:14:58 GMT References: <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su>, lgonzalez@kiae.su (Lars González) 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.' Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- === Jen Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Hold for relay." From mduarte@utexas.edu Sun Nov 26 22:29:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!mduarte From: mduarte@utexas.edu (Matthias Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Nov26.222958.5232@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 22:29:58 GMT References: <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov21.164158.4656@kiae.su>, lgonzalez@kiae.su (Lars González) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Matthias Duarte Tape trading list upon request. 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