From mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk Fri Aug 05 22:30:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Matthias MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Aug05.223012.8992@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 22:30:12 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Matthias MacDonald "Marcus is not one man." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / SunOS 4.1.4 From jpopov@illinois.edu Sat Aug 06 02:51:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!jpopov From: jpopov@illinois.edu (Julien Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Aug06.025112.9191@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 02:51:12 GMT References: <1994Aug05.223012.8992@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug05.223012.8992@cam.ac.uk>, mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Matthias MacDonald) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Julien Popov -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From lokonkwo@tum.de Sat Aug 06 06:24:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!lokonkwo From: lokonkwo@tum.de (Lars Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Aug06.062412.4708@tum.de> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 06:24:12 GMT References: <1994Aug05.223012.8992@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug05.223012.8992@cam.ac.uk>, mmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Matthias MacDonald) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Lars Okonkwo Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mperez@illinois.edu Sun Aug 07 21:08:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!mperez From: mperez@illinois.edu (Mathieu Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Aug07.210812.5675@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 21:08:12 GMT References: <1994Aug05.223012.8992@cam.ac.uk> <1994Aug06.062412.4708@tum.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug06.062412.4708@tum.de>, lokonkwo@tum.de (Lars Okonkwo) writes: > It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Mathieu Pérez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From meriksson@berkeley.edu Tue Aug 09 02:14:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!meriksson From: meriksson@berkeley.edu (Matthias Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Aug09.021412.9959@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 1994 02:14:12 GMT References: <1994Aug05.223012.8992@cam.ac.uk> <1994Aug06.062412.4708@tum.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug06.062412.4708@tum.de>, lokonkwo@tum.de (Lars Okonkwo) writes: > It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- === Matthias Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."