From pjohansson@cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 28 08:10:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!pjohansson From: pjohansson@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Apr28.081026.4172@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 08:10:26 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. 'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.' '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. -- Pavel Johansson Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From ieriksson@netcom.com Sat Apr 29 15:28:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!ieriksson From: ieriksson@netcom.com (Ines Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Apr29.152826.2033@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 15:28:26 GMT References: <1995Apr28.081026.4172@cam.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr28.081026.4172@cam.ac.uk>, pjohansson@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Johansson) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. > 'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.' It explains EVERYTHING. The lack of tour dates, the identical live broadcast sets, the mysterious disappearance. -- Ines Eriksson -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Marcus is not one man." From ifischer@uu.net Mon May 01 08:49:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!ifischer From: ifischer@uu.net (Ines Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May01.084926.2506@uu.net> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 08:49:26 GMT References: <1995Apr28.081026.4172@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr28.081026.4172@cam.ac.uk>, pjohansson@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Johansson) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Ines Fischer -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From lpark@purdue.edu Mon May 01 18:44:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!lpark From: lpark@purdue.edu (Lucia Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995May01.184426.2011@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 18:44:26 GMT References: <1995Apr28.081026.4172@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr28.081026.4172@cam.ac.uk>, pjohansson@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Johansson) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. > 'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.' The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Lucia Park "Hold for relay." Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3