From sokonkwo@stanford.edu Fri Feb 03 11:30:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@stanford.edu (Steve Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb03.113035.2708@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 11:30:35 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Steve Okonkwo Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From gsouza@clari.net Sun Feb 05 14:50:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!gsouza From: gsouza@clari.net (Göran Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb05.145035.8242@clari.net> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 14:50:35 GMT References: <1995Feb03.113035.2708@stanford.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb03.113035.2708@stanford.edu>, sokonkwo@stanford.edu (Steve Okonkwo) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Göran Souza US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hold for relay."