From jtakahashi@demon.co.uk Tue Sep 24 01:00:12 1996
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From: jtakahashi@demon.co.uk (Ji-woo Takahashi)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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.

'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.'

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.

-- 
Ji-woo Takahashi
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From nnovak@titech.ac.jp Tue Sep 24 16:17:12 1996
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From: nnovak@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Novak)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1996Sep24.010012.5514@demon.co.uk>, jtakahashi@demon.co.uk (Ji-woo Takahashi) writes:
> Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.

This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times.

-- 
Nadia Novak | nnovak@titech.ac.jp
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"Keep the channels open."

From mkuznetsov@delphi.com Thu Sep 26 13:24:12 1996
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From: mkuznetsov@delphi.com (Mikhail Kuznetsov)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 13:24:12 GMT
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In article <1996Sep24.161712.6248@titech.ac.jp>, nnovak@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Novak) writes:
> This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times.

The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6.

Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin!

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Mikhail Kuznetsov | mkuznetsov@delphi.com
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