From lfischer@pipeline.com Wed Sep 11 07:45:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!lfischer From: lfischer@pipeline.com (Lisa Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep11.074511.7202@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 07:45:11 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Lisa Fischer "They will send a copy in my place." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4 From lgirard@mit.edu Thu Sep 12 13:59:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!lgirard From: lgirard@mit.edu (Lisa Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep12.135911.7033@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 13:59:11 GMT References: <1996Sep11.074511.7202@pipeline.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Sep11.074511.7202@pipeline.com>, lfischer@pipeline.com (Lisa Fischer) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Lisa Girard Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."