From elee@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Jan 04 14:51:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!elee From: elee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Élodie Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan04.145105.3001@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 14:51:05 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Élodie Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kmartinez@cmu.edu Fri Jan 06 00:09:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!kmartinez From: kmartinez@cmu.edu (Karen Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan06.000905.4041@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 00:09:05 GMT References: <1995Jan04.145105.3001@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan04.145105.3001@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, elee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Élodie Lee) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Karen Martínez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."