From mfischer@demon.co.uk Tue Feb 15 02:57:45 1994
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From: mfischer@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Fischer)
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Subject: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories
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For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect?

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.

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Mathieu Fischer -- Demon Internet Services UK
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From slarsson@cmu.edu Tue Feb 15 13:44:45 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories
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In article <1994Feb15.025745.7414@demon.co.uk>, mfischer@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Fischer) writes:
> For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect?
> 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.

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Seo-yeon Larsson -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS
"Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."

From kpark@purdue.edu Tue Feb 15 19:10:45 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories
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In article <1994Feb15.134445.2942@cmu.edu>, slarsson@cmu.edu (Seo-yeon Larsson) writes:
> Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop.

The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk.

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From swatanabe@mindspring.com Thu Feb 17 16:15:45 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories
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In article <1994Feb15.025745.7414@demon.co.uk>, mfischer@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Fischer) writes:
> For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect?

We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'.

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