From ltakahashi@mit.edu Fri Jan 06 00:39:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!ltakahashi From: ltakahashi@mit.edu (Lisa Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan06.003940.6051@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 00:39:40 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Lisa Takahashi -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From vstewart@inria.fr Fri Jan 06 16:39:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!vstewart From: vstewart@inria.fr (Valeria Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan06.163940.7513@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 16:39:40 GMT References: <1995Jan06.003940.6051@mit.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan06.003940.6051@mit.edu>, ltakahashi@mit.edu (Lisa Takahashi) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Valeria Stewart | vstewart@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 0382 33AE 747B D792 "Keep the channels open." From ssmirnov@stanford.edu Sun Jan 08 03:06:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!ssmirnov From: ssmirnov@stanford.edu (Sven Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan08.030640.7452@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 03:06:40 GMT References: <1995Jan06.003940.6051@mit.edu> <1995Jan06.163940.7513@inria.fr> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan06.163940.7513@inria.fr>, vstewart@inria.fr (Valeria Stewart) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Sven Smirnov -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "We don't sign stars. We build them." From lkang@titech.ac.jp Sun Jan 08 03:57:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!lkang From: lkang@titech.ac.jp (Lars Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan08.035740.5450@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 03:57:40 GMT References: <1995Jan06.003940.6051@mit.edu> <1995Jan06.163940.7513@inria.fr> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan06.163940.7513@inria.fr>, vstewart@inria.fr (Valeria Stewart) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Lars Kang Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."