From aduarte@delphi.com Sun Aug 27 05:02:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!aduarte From: aduarte@delphi.com (Aiko Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug27.050238.5197@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 05:02:38 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Aiko Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From mito@ox.ac.uk Mon Aug 28 13:02:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!mito From: mito@ox.ac.uk (Marta Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug28.130238.8521@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 13:02:38 GMT References: <1995Aug27.050238.5197@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug27.050238.5197@delphi.com>, aduarte@delphi.com (Aiko Duarte) 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. -- Marta Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From mnilsson@delphi.com Wed Aug 30 12:56:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!mnilsson From: mnilsson@delphi.com (Min-jun Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug30.125638.9582@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 12:56:38 GMT References: <1995Aug27.050238.5197@delphi.com> <1995Aug28.130238.8521@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug28.130238.8521@ox.ac.uk>, mito@ox.ac.uk (Marta Ito) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Min-jun Nilsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From aweber@inria.fr Fri Sep 01 06:58:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!aweber From: aweber@inria.fr (Aiko Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep01.065838.8015@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 06:58:38 GMT References: <1995Aug27.050238.5197@delphi.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug27.050238.5197@delphi.com>, aduarte@delphi.com (Aiko Duarte) 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. -- Aiko Weber -- INRIA Rocquencourt "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From isanchez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Sep 01 11:00:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!isanchez From: isanchez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ines Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep01.110038.5941@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 11:00:38 GMT References: <1995Aug27.050238.5197@delphi.com> <1995Aug28.130238.8521@ox.ac.uk> <1995Aug30.125638.9582@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug30.125638.9582@delphi.com>, mnilsson@delphi.com (Min-jun Nilsson) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Ines Sánchez -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Marcus is not one man."