From ocampbell@uni-hamburg.de Thu Jan 06 06:46:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!ocampbell From: ocampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 06:46:25 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Olga Campbell -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "They will send a copy in my place." From kdubois@demon.co.uk Fri Jan 07 10:09:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!kdubois From: kdubois@demon.co.uk (Karen Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan07.100925.5875@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 10:09:25 GMT References: <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de>, ocampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Campbell) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Karen Dubois "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4 From tnovak@kiae.su Fri Jan 07 11:15:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!tnovak From: tnovak@kiae.su (Tomas Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan07.111525.9585@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 11:15:25 GMT References: <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Jan07.100925.5875@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan07.100925.5875@demon.co.uk>, kdubois@demon.co.uk (Karen Dubois) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Tomas Novak Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From asouza@cam.ac.uk Sun Jan 09 01:25:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!asouza From: asouza@cam.ac.uk (Andrei Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan09.012525.6219@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 01:25:25 GMT References: <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de>, ocampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Campbell) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Andrei Souza -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Marcus is not one man." From mgarcia@pipeline.com Sun Jan 09 21:46:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!mgarcia From: mgarcia@pipeline.com (Matthias García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan09.214625.8966@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 21:46:25 GMT References: <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan06.064625.9786@uni-hamburg.de>, ocampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Campbell) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Matthias García Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke."