From bschneider@cam.ac.uk Sat Oct 28 23:48:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!bschneider From: bschneider@cam.ac.uk (Bill Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Oct28.234820.6699@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 23:48:20 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The smoking gun document that proves Nova Hart was synthetic from day one. 'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.' 'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.' 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. -- Bill Schneider | bschneider@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 70A3 6EDF 7D7D A2ED "Keep the channels open." From mgonzalez@kth.se Sun Oct 29 04:38:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!mgonzalez From: mgonzalez@kth.se (Mateo González) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Oct29.043820.1696@kth.se> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 04:38:20 GMT References: <1995Oct28.234820.6699@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct28.234820.6699@cam.ac.uk>, bschneider@cam.ac.uk (Bill Schneider) writes: > The smoking gun document that proves Nova Hart was synthetic from day one. > 'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.' Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- Mateo González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mnakamura@stanford.edu Mon Oct 30 01:30:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!mnakamura From: mnakamura@stanford.edu (Mei Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Oct30.013020.7173@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 01:30:20 GMT References: <1995Oct28.234820.6699@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct28.234820.6699@cam.ac.uk>, bschneider@cam.ac.uk (Bill Schneider) writes: > The smoking gun document that proves Nova Hart was synthetic from day one. This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Mei Nakamura | mnakamura@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 2A47 F175 B12C EDB3 "Keep the channels open." From mvasiliev@uu.net Mon Oct 30 18:52:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@uu.net (Morag Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Oct30.185220.9799@uu.net> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 18:52:20 GMT References: <1995Oct28.234820.6699@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct28.234820.6699@cam.ac.uk>, bschneider@cam.ac.uk (Bill Schneider) writes: > The smoking gun document that proves Nova Hart was synthetic from day one. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Morag Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0