From bjohansson@illinois.edu Tue May 02 10:36:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!bjohansson From: bjohansson@illinois.edu (Brian Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May02.103641.3671@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 10:36:41 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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.' 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.' What happened when Unit-7 started writing its own lyrics about locked doors and microwave carriers? -- Brian Johansson "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / SunOS 4.1.4 From lnovak@rwth-aachen.de Tue May 02 22:26:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!lnovak From: lnovak@rwth-aachen.de (Lucia Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May02.222641.8665@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 22:26:41 GMT References: <1995May02.103641.3671@illinois.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May02.103641.3671@illinois.edu>, bjohansson@illinois.edu (Brian Johansson) writes: > 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.' This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- === Lucia Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "They will send a copy in my place." From evasiliev@netcom.com Thu May 04 11:58:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!evasiliev From: evasiliev@netcom.com (Élodie Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May04.115841.5182@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 04 May 1995 11:58:41 GMT References: <1995May02.103641.3671@illinois.edu> <1995May02.222641.8665@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May02.222641.8665@rwth-aachen.de>, lnovak@rwth-aachen.de (Lucia Novak) writes: > This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Élodie Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------