From ehernandez@cmu.edu Wed Apr 06 05:34:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!ehernandez From: ehernandez@cmu.edu (Elaine Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Apr06.053402.6898@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 05:34:02 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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.' 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.' 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. -- Elaine Hernández "They will send a copy in my place." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / FreeBSD 2.1 From agirard@berkeley.edu Thu Apr 07 23:49:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!agirard From: agirard@berkeley.edu (Andrei Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Apr07.234902.4715@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 23:49:02 GMT References: <1994Apr06.053402.6898@cmu.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Apr06.053402.6898@cmu.edu>, ehernandez@cmu.edu (Elaine Hernández) 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. -- Andrei Girard -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From ymoreau@ox.ac.uk Sat Apr 09 06:11:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!ymoreau From: ymoreau@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Apr09.061102.8289@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1994 06:11:02 GMT References: <1994Apr06.053402.6898@cmu.edu> <1994Apr07.234902.4715@berkeley.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr07.234902.4715@berkeley.edu>, agirard@berkeley.edu (Andrei Girard) 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. -- Yuki Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dhughes@ox.ac.uk Mon Apr 11 04:48:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!dhughes From: dhughes@ox.ac.uk (Dave Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Apr11.044802.2143@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 04:48:02 GMT References: <1994Apr06.053402.6898@cmu.edu> <1994Apr07.234902.4715@berkeley.edu> <1994Apr09.061102.8289@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr09.061102.8289@ox.ac.uk>, ymoreau@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Moreau) 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. -- === Dave Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."