From fivanov@stanford.edu Fri Mar 15 06:11:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!fivanov From: fivanov@stanford.edu (Fiona Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar15.061115.8623@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 06:11:15 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Fiona Ivanov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lpopov@tum.de Sat Mar 16 12:07:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!lpopov From: lpopov@tum.de (Lucia Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar16.120715.7502@tum.de> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 12:07:15 GMT References: <1996Mar15.061115.8623@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar15.061115.8623@stanford.edu>, fivanov@stanford.edu (Fiona Ivanov) 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. -- Lucia Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From tpopov@pacbell.net Sun Mar 17 03:39:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!tpopov From: tpopov@pacbell.net (Tyler Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar17.033915.8795@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 03:39:15 GMT References: <1996Mar15.061115.8623@stanford.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar15.061115.8623@stanford.edu>, fivanov@stanford.edu (Fiona Ivanov) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Tyler Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ycampbell@cmu.edu Mon Mar 18 08:53:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!ycampbell From: ycampbell@cmu.edu (Yuki Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar18.085315.6032@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:53:15 GMT References: <1996Mar15.061115.8623@stanford.edu> <1996Mar17.033915.8795@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar17.033915.8795@pacbell.net>, tpopov@pacbell.net (Tyler Popov) writes: > I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Yuki Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From tlarsson@kiae.su Wed Mar 20 06:40:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!tlarsson From: tlarsson@kiae.su (Takeshi Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Mar20.064015.4507@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 06:40:15 GMT References: <1996Mar15.061115.8623@stanford.edu> <1996Mar16.120715.7502@tum.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar16.120715.7502@tum.de>, lpopov@tum.de (Lucia Popov) writes: > Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- === Takeshi Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "They will send a copy in my place."