From iokonkwo@pipeline.com Sat Nov 23 17:57:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!iokonkwo From: iokonkwo@pipeline.com (Ines Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov23.175712.8596@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 17:57:12 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- === Ines Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Marcus is not one man." From eoliveira@panix.com Sun Nov 24 02:50:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!eoliveira From: eoliveira@panix.com (Elaine Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov24.025012.9449@panix.com> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 02:50:12 GMT References: <1996Nov23.175712.8596@pipeline.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Nov23.175712.8596@pipeline.com>, iokonkwo@pipeline.com (Ines Okonkwo) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Elaine Oliveira SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."