From mkowalski@cern.ch Sun Dec 24 08:13:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!mkowalski From: mkowalski@cern.ch (Mikhail Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec24.081348.8704@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 08:13:48 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- === Mikhail Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From blaurent@uni-hamburg.de Mon Dec 25 10:43:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!blaurent From: blaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Bruno Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec25.104348.5157@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 10:43:48 GMT References: <1995Dec24.081348.8704@cern.ch> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec24.081348.8704@cern.ch>, mkowalski@cern.ch (Mikhail Kowalski) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Bruno Laurent "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1