From mpopov@panix.com Thu Apr 27 04:39:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!mpopov From: mpopov@panix.com (Mike Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr27.043947.5048@panix.com> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 04:39:47 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com 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? With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Mike Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From lsouza@hanse.de Sat Apr 29 07:08:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!lsouza From: lsouza@hanse.de (Lisa Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr29.070847.8055@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 07:08:47 GMT References: <1995Apr27.043947.5048@panix.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr27.043947.5048@panix.com>, mpopov@panix.com (Mike Popov) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Lisa Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From eperez@uu.net Mon May 01 00:43:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!eperez From: eperez@uu.net (Élodie Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995May01.004347.3680@uu.net> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 00:43:47 GMT References: <1995Apr27.043947.5048@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr27.043947.5048@panix.com>, mpopov@panix.com (Mike Popov) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- Élodie Pérez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."