From emartinez@illinois.edu Wed Sep 07 14:29:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!emartinez From: emartinez@illinois.edu (Élodie Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Sep07.142934.4908@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 1994 14:29:34 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. -- Élodie Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From alaurent@mindspring.com Thu Sep 08 00:38:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!alaurent From: alaurent@mindspring.com (Anja Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Sep08.003834.7238@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1994 00:38:34 GMT References: <1994Sep07.142934.4908@illinois.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep07.142934.4908@illinois.edu>, emartinez@illinois.edu (Élodie Martínez) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- Anja Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tstewart@clari.net Fri Sep 09 16:16:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!tstewart From: tstewart@clari.net (Takeshi Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Sep09.161634.3217@clari.net> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1994 16:16:34 GMT References: <1994Sep07.142934.4908@illinois.edu> <1994Sep08.003834.7238@mindspring.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Sep08.003834.7238@mindspring.com>, alaurent@mindspring.com (Anja Laurent) writes: > This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. -- Takeshi Stewart -- ClariNet Communications Corp "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From vhernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Sep 10 04:10:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!vhernandez From: vhernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Valeria Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Sep10.041034.9366@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 04:10:34 GMT References: <1994Sep07.142934.4908@illinois.edu> <1994Sep08.003834.7238@mindspring.com> <1994Sep09.161634.3217@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Sep09.161634.3217@clari.net>, tstewart@clari.net (Takeshi Stewart) writes: > The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Valeria Hernández SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."