From esmirnov@ox.ac.uk Wed Apr 26 18:47:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!esmirnov From: esmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Emi Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Apr26.184751.3001@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:47:51 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. '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. -- Emi Smirnov -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Marcus is not one man." From estewart@delphi.com Thu Apr 27 22:40:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!estewart From: estewart@delphi.com (Élodie Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Apr27.224051.9276@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 22:40:51 GMT References: <1995Apr26.184751.3001@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr26.184751.3001@ox.ac.uk>, esmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Emi Smirnov) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. > 'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.' The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. -- Élodie Stewart "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4