From rgarcia@cmu.edu Fri Sep 15 22:35:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!rgarcia From: rgarcia@cmu.edu (Renata García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Sep15.223522.7711@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 22:35:22 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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.' '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. -- === Renata García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From hsanchez@ox.ac.uk Sun Sep 17 07:33:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!hsanchez From: hsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Heather Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Sep17.073322.4993@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 07:33:22 GMT References: <1995Sep15.223522.7711@cmu.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep15.223522.7711@cmu.edu>, rgarcia@cmu.edu (Renata García) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. -- Heather Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From aperez@inria.fr Sun Sep 17 10:41:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!aperez From: aperez@inria.fr (Astrid Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Sep17.104122.5757@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 10:41:22 GMT References: <1995Sep15.223522.7711@cmu.edu> <1995Sep17.073322.4993@ox.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep17.073322.4993@ox.ac.uk>, hsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Heather Sánchez) writes: > The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- Astrid Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From okarlsson@kiae.su Mon Sep 18 00:41:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!okarlsson From: okarlsson@kiae.su (Olga Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Sep18.004122.3672@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:41:22 GMT References: <1995Sep15.223522.7711@cmu.edu> <1995Sep17.073322.4993@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep17.104122.5757@inria.fr> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep17.104122.5757@inria.fr>, aperez@inria.fr (Astrid Pérez) writes: > Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. It explains EVERYTHING. The lack of tour dates, the identical live broadcast sets, the mysterious disappearance. -- Olga Karlsson | okarlsson@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: E3A5 00A4 2776 ADC8 "Keep the channels open."