From tvasiliev@utexas.edu Fri Dec 23 17:27:32 1994
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From: tvasiliev@utexas.edu (Tyler Vasiliev)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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.'
'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.'

I'm keeping the original mimeograph in a fireproof safe. The truth cannot be un-seen.

-- 
Tyler Vasiliev
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin.
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From mwatanabe@illinois.edu Sun Dec 25 05:45:32 1994
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From: mwatanabe@illinois.edu (Mei Watanabe)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1994Dec23.172732.7456@utexas.edu>, tvasiliev@utexas.edu (Tyler Vasiliev) writes:
> Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.
> 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.'

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

-- 
Mei Watanabe
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