From vmacdonald@kth.se Wed Mar 09 04:24:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!vmacdonald From: vmacdonald@kth.se (Valeria MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar09.042451.3925@kth.se> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 1994 04:24:51 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se 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. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Valeria MacDonald "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Atari Falcon 030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From hsilva@cern.ch Thu Mar 10 22:53:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!hsilva From: hsilva@cern.ch (Hana Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar10.225351.2244@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 22:53:51 GMT References: <1994Mar09.042451.3925@kth.se> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar09.042451.3925@kth.se>, vmacdonald@kth.se (Valeria MacDonald) 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. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- === Hana Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From rduarte@unam.mx Sat Mar 12 01:17:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!rduarte From: rduarte@unam.mx (Rodrigo Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar12.011751.1587@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 01:17:51 GMT References: <1994Mar09.042451.3925@kth.se> <1994Mar10.225351.2244@cern.ch> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar10.225351.2244@cern.ch>, hsilva@cern.ch (Hana Silva) writes: > Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. 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. -- Rodrigo Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ajohansson@tum.de Sun Mar 13 15:07:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!ajohansson From: ajohansson@tum.de (Anja Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar13.150751.2935@tum.de> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 15:07:51 GMT References: <1994Mar09.042451.3925@kth.se> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar09.042451.3925@kth.se>, vmacdonald@kth.se (Valeria MacDonald) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Anja Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From mmartinez@clari.net Tue Mar 15 12:23:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!mmartinez From: mmartinez@clari.net (Mike Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar15.122351.4076@clari.net> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 12:23:51 GMT References: <1994Mar09.042451.3925@kth.se> <1994Mar10.225351.2244@cern.ch> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar10.225351.2244@cern.ch>, hsilva@cern.ch (Hana Silva) writes: > Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Mike Martínez "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04