From rsanchez@illinois.edu Fri Jul 14 07:01:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!rsanchez From: rsanchez@illinois.edu (Rodrigo Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul14.070122.2814@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 07:01:22 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Rodrigo Sánchez "Marcus is not one man." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mkang@unam.mx Fri Jul 14 07:48:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!mkang From: mkang@unam.mx (Mathieu Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul14.074822.4859@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 07:48:22 GMT References: <1995Jul14.070122.2814@illinois.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul14.070122.2814@illinois.edu>, rsanchez@illinois.edu (Rodrigo Sánchez) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Mathieu Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From arobertson@illinois.edu Sat Jul 15 10:51:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!arobertson From: arobertson@illinois.edu (Andrei Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul15.105122.6291@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 10:51:22 GMT References: <1995Jul14.070122.2814@illinois.edu> <1995Jul14.074822.4859@unam.mx> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul14.074822.4859@unam.mx>, mkang@unam.mx (Mathieu Kang) writes: > We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Andrei Robertson -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "When every node is whole, the channel opens."