From sperez@berkeley.edu Tue Aug 06 06:41:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!sperez From: sperez@berkeley.edu (Sergei Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug06.064159.7690@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 06:41:59 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Sergei Pérez | sperez@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 831E DF12 E848 AE4F "Keep the channels open." From asilva@illinois.edu Tue Aug 06 15:04:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!asilva From: asilva@illinois.edu (Anja Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug06.150459.5782@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 15:04:59 GMT References: <1996Aug06.064159.7690@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug06.064159.7690@berkeley.edu>, sperez@berkeley.edu (Sergei Pérez) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Anja Silva | asilva@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 7426 992F A58B 5C53 "Keep the channels open." From scampbell@demon.co.uk Thu Aug 08 03:12:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!scampbell From: scampbell@demon.co.uk (Sergei Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug08.031259.5228@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 03:12:59 GMT References: <1996Aug06.064159.7690@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug06.064159.7690@berkeley.edu>, sperez@berkeley.edu (Sergei Pérez) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Sergei Campbell "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From clindqvist@demon.co.uk Fri Aug 09 18:25:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!clindqvist From: clindqvist@demon.co.uk (Camila Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug09.182559.6202@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 18:25:59 GMT References: <1996Aug06.064159.7690@berkeley.edu> <1996Aug06.150459.5782@illinois.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug06.150459.5782@illinois.edu>, asilva@illinois.edu (Anja Silva) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Camila Lindqvist -- Demon Internet Services UK "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From epetrov@earthlink.net Sun Aug 11 06:17:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!epetrov From: epetrov@earthlink.net (Emi Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug11.061759.4364@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 06:17:59 GMT References: <1996Aug06.064159.7690@berkeley.edu> <1996Aug06.150459.5782@illinois.edu> <1996Aug09.182559.6202@demon.co.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug09.182559.6202@demon.co.uk>, clindqvist@demon.co.uk (Camila Lindqvist) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- === Emi Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."