From tsokolov@stanford.edu Fri Aug 11 06:40:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!tsokolov From: tsokolov@stanford.edu (Tobias Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug11.064027.7438@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 06:40:27 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Tobias Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lsuzuki@berkeley.edu Sat Aug 12 00:36:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!lsuzuki From: lsuzuki@berkeley.edu (Lucia Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug12.003627.6933@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:36:27 GMT References: <1995Aug11.064027.7438@stanford.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug11.064027.7438@stanford.edu>, tsokolov@stanford.edu (Tobias Sokolov) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Lucia Suzuki Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.