From mokonkwo@hanse.de Wed Sep 21 14:19:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@hanse.de (Morag Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep21.141941.6855@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 14:19:41 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? 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. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- Morag Okonkwo -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From chughes@purdue.edu Fri Sep 23 09:31:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!chughes From: chughes@purdue.edu (Camila Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep23.093141.6137@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:31:41 GMT References: <1994Sep21.141941.6855@hanse.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep21.141941.6855@hanse.de>, mokonkwo@hanse.de (Morag Okonkwo) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- Camila Hughes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke." From fsantos@purdue.edu Sat Sep 24 22:03:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!fsantos From: fsantos@purdue.edu (Freya Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep24.220341.6460@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 22:03:41 GMT References: <1994Sep21.141941.6855@hanse.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep21.141941.6855@hanse.de>, mokonkwo@hanse.de (Morag Okonkwo) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Freya Santos | fsantos@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 055A 8ACC DBAC CB35 "Keep the channels open." From fhughes@stanford.edu Sun Sep 25 23:24:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!fhughes From: fhughes@stanford.edu (Freya Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep25.232441.8432@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 23:24:41 GMT References: <1994Sep21.141941.6855@hanse.de> <1994Sep23.093141.6137@purdue.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep23.093141.6137@purdue.edu>, chughes@purdue.edu (Camila Hughes) writes: > Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Freya Hughes "Marcus is not one man." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / System 7.5.1 From plindqvist@unam.mx Tue Sep 27 21:42:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!plindqvist From: plindqvist@unam.mx (Pavel Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep27.214241.3209@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 21:42:41 GMT References: <1994Sep21.141941.6855@hanse.de> <1994Sep24.220341.6460@purdue.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Sep24.220341.6460@purdue.edu>, fsantos@purdue.edu (Freya Santos) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Pavel Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------