From ocampbell@earthlink.net Thu Jan 27 22:40:34 1994
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From: ocampbell@earthlink.net (Olga Campbell)
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Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.

'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.

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From rfournier@cam.ac.uk Sat Jan 29 21:46:34 1994
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From: rfournier@cam.ac.uk (Raj Fournier)
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Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1994Jan27.224034.9592@earthlink.net>, ocampbell@earthlink.net (Olga Campbell) writes:
> Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.

Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star.

Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice.

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From mramirez@mindspring.com Tue Feb 01 00:12:34 1994
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From: mramirez@mindspring.com (Marta Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1994Jan29.214634.8815@cam.ac.uk>, rfournier@cam.ac.uk (Raj Fournier) writes:
> Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star.

This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times.

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=== Marta Ramírez ===
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