From jsokolov@rwth-aachen.de Sat Mar 23 22:03:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!jsokolov From: jsokolov@rwth-aachen.de (Julien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar23.220321.1277@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 22:03:21 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Julien Sokolov Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From mgonzalez@mindspring.com Sun Mar 24 06:38:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!mgonzalez From: mgonzalez@mindspring.com (Marisol González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar24.063821.5281@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 06:38:21 GMT References: <1996Mar23.220321.1277@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar23.220321.1277@rwth-aachen.de>, jsokolov@rwth-aachen.de (Julien Sokolov) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- Marisol González -- MindSpring Enterprises "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."