From mlarsson@inria.fr Wed Jun 01 01:58:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!mlarsson From: mlarsson@inria.fr (Mike Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun01.015859.2821@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 01:58:59 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Mike Larsson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4 From meriksson@mit.edu Thu Jun 02 22:05:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!meriksson From: meriksson@mit.edu (Mei Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jun02.220559.7450@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1994 22:05:59 GMT References: <1994Jun01.015859.2821@inria.fr> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun01.015859.2821@inria.fr>, mlarsson@inria.fr (Mike Larsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Mei Eriksson | meriksson@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4E89 9A3B CE48 6500 "Keep the channels open."