From mnilsson@stanford.edu Wed Jan 18 16:49:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!mnilsson From: mnilsson@stanford.edu (Mei Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan18.164918.1525@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 16:49:18 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- === Mei Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From heriksson@hanse.de Thu Jan 19 03:10:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!heriksson From: heriksson@hanse.de (Heather Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan19.031018.9018@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 03:10:18 GMT References: <1995Jan18.164918.1525@stanford.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan18.164918.1525@stanford.edu>, mnilsson@stanford.edu (Mei Nilsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- === Heather Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From cmuller@pacbell.net Fri Jan 20 21:23:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!cmuller From: cmuller@pacbell.net (Camila Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan20.212318.2378@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:23:18 GMT References: <1995Jan18.164918.1525@stanford.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan18.164918.1525@stanford.edu>, mnilsson@stanford.edu (Mei Nilsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Camila Müller "Hold for relay." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / AmigaOS 3.1 From nweber@pipeline.com Sun Jan 22 02:30:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!nweber From: nweber@pipeline.com (Nadine Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan22.023018.1321@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 02:30:18 GMT References: <1995Jan18.164918.1525@stanford.edu> <1995Jan20.212318.2378@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan20.212318.2378@pacbell.net>, cmuller@pacbell.net (Camila Müller) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- === Nadine Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."