From slaurent@utexas.edu Sun Sep 10 21:37:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!slaurent From: slaurent@utexas.edu (Sergei Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep10.213753.8523@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 21:37:53 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. 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. -- Sergei Laurent "We don't sign stars. We build them." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1 From rmoreno@mit.edu Mon Sep 11 12:11:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!rmoreno From: rmoreno@mit.edu (Rodrigo Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep11.121153.8767@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 12:11:53 GMT References: <1995Sep10.213753.8523@utexas.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep10.213753.8523@utexas.edu>, slaurent@utexas.edu (Sergei Laurent) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Rodrigo Moreno -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "They will send a copy in my place." From alopez@stanford.edu Wed Sep 13 10:14:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!alopez From: alopez@stanford.edu (Astrid López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep13.101453.5238@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 10:14:53 GMT References: <1995Sep10.213753.8523@utexas.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep10.213753.8523@utexas.edu>, slaurent@utexas.edu (Sergei Laurent) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Astrid López | alopez@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: A861 947F 18D9 4CBA "Keep the channels open." From fgirard@cmu.edu Thu Sep 14 02:46:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!fgirard From: fgirard@cmu.edu (Freya Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep14.024653.1189@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 02:46:53 GMT References: <1995Sep10.213753.8523@utexas.edu> <1995Sep11.121153.8767@mit.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep11.121153.8767@mit.edu>, rmoreno@mit.edu (Rodrigo Moreno) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- Freya Girard "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4