From dweber@cmu.edu Sun Apr 14 13:25:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!dweber From: dweber@cmu.edu (Dave Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Apr14.132530.9507@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 13:25:30 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu 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. '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. -- Dave Weber | dweber@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 3436 4C2D 4356 883C "Keep the channels open." From vtakahashi@purdue.edu Sun Apr 14 18:38:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!vtakahashi From: vtakahashi@purdue.edu (Valeria Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Apr14.183830.1028@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 18:38:30 GMT References: <1996Apr14.132530.9507@cmu.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr14.132530.9507@cmu.edu>, dweber@cmu.edu (Dave Weber) 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. -- Valeria Takahashi | vtakahashi@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4926 0F47 FB46 53D4 "Keep the channels open." From bstewart@pacbell.net Sun Apr 14 21:55:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!bstewart From: bstewart@pacbell.net (Bill Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Apr14.215530.2862@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 21:55:30 GMT References: <1996Apr14.132530.9507@cmu.edu> <1996Apr14.183830.1028@purdue.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr14.183830.1028@purdue.edu>, vtakahashi@purdue.edu (Valeria Takahashi) 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. The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. -- Bill Stewart Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Row 14. No joke." From cduarte@hanse.de Tue Apr 16 08:19:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!cduarte From: cduarte@hanse.de (Callum Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Apr16.081930.4034@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 08:19:30 GMT References: <1996Apr14.132530.9507@cmu.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr14.132530.9507@cmu.edu>, dweber@cmu.edu (Dave Weber) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- Callum Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------