From msanchez@purdue.edu Sun Mar 06 14:27:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!msanchez From: msanchez@purdue.edu (Marisol Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Mar06.142739.7068@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 14:27:39 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.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. '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. -- Marisol Sánchez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From jmoreno@utexas.edu Tue Mar 08 18:23:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!jmoreno From: jmoreno@utexas.edu (Joachim Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Mar08.182339.4684@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 18:23:39 GMT References: <1994Mar06.142739.7068@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar06.142739.7068@purdue.edu>, msanchez@purdue.edu (Marisol Sánchez) 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. -- Joachim Moreno Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.