From lsato@ox.ac.uk Wed Feb 07 20:44:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!lsato From: lsato@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb07.204438.7009@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 20:44:38 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk 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. 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? -- === Lisa Sato === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From iokonkwo@berkeley.edu Fri Feb 09 01:43:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!iokonkwo From: iokonkwo@berkeley.edu (Ines Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb09.014338.4961@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 01:43:38 GMT References: <1996Feb07.204438.7009@ox.ac.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb07.204438.7009@ox.ac.uk>, lsato@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Sato) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Ines Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From jkuznetsov@cern.ch Fri Feb 09 12:21:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!jkuznetsov From: jkuznetsov@cern.ch (Joachim Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb09.122138.9010@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 12:21:38 GMT References: <1996Feb07.204438.7009@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb07.204438.7009@ox.ac.uk>, lsato@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Sato) writes: > 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. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Joachim Kuznetsov Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From fvasiliev@pipeline.com Sat Feb 10 11:29:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!fvasiliev From: fvasiliev@pipeline.com (Freya Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb10.112938.7461@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 11:29:38 GMT References: <1996Feb07.204438.7009@ox.ac.uk> <1996Feb09.122138.9010@cern.ch> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb09.122138.9010@cern.ch>, jkuznetsov@cern.ch (Joachim Kuznetsov) 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. -- Freya Vasiliev "Hold for relay." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13 From rfournier@rwth-aachen.de Sun Feb 11 03:14:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!rfournier From: rfournier@rwth-aachen.de (Renata Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Feb11.031438.4517@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 03:14:38 GMT References: <1996Feb07.204438.7009@ox.ac.uk> <1996Feb09.122138.9010@cern.ch> <1996Feb10.112938.7461@pipeline.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb10.112938.7461@pipeline.com>, fvasiliev@pipeline.com (Freya Vasiliev) writes: > I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Renata Fournier "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / AmigaOS 3.1