From jrodriguez@rwth-aachen.de Sat Nov 26 23:00:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!jrodriguez From: jrodriguez@rwth-aachen.de (Jen Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov26.230043.1371@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 23:00:43 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Jen Rodríguez "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4 From jpark@titech.ac.jp Mon Nov 28 19:36:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!jpark From: jpark@titech.ac.jp (Jens Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov28.193643.2988@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 19:36:43 GMT References: <1994Nov26.230043.1371@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov26.230043.1371@rwth-aachen.de>, jrodriguez@rwth-aachen.de (Jen Rodríguez) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Jens Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From hchoi@ox.ac.uk Wed Nov 30 11:58:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!hchoi From: hchoi@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov30.115843.2811@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 11:58:43 GMT References: <1994Nov26.230043.1371@rwth-aachen.de> <1994Nov28.193643.2988@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov28.193643.2988@titech.ac.jp>, jpark@titech.ac.jp (Jens Park) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Hugo Choi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From mfournier@earthlink.net Wed Nov 30 17:42:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!mfournier From: mfournier@earthlink.net (Min-jun Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov30.174243.6384@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 17:42:43 GMT References: <1994Nov26.230043.1371@rwth-aachen.de> <1994Nov28.193643.2988@titech.ac.jp> <1994Nov30.115843.2811@ox.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov30.115843.2811@ox.ac.uk>, hchoi@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Choi) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Min-jun Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------