From mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de Sun Oct 27 21:47:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Mike Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 21:47:12 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de 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? With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- Mike Lindqvist Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From hkowalski@inria.fr Tue Oct 29 21:43:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!hkowalski From: hkowalski@inria.fr (Heather Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Oct29.214312.9677@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:43:12 GMT References: <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de>, mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Mike Lindqvist) 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. -- Heather Kowalski | hkowalski@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: DFCB 8DAE 9E68 E02B "Keep the channels open." From htanaka@mindspring.com Thu Oct 31 17:38:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!htanaka From: htanaka@mindspring.com (Hugo Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Oct31.173812.2888@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 17:38:12 GMT References: <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de>, mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Mike Lindqvist) 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. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Hugo Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sgarcia@clari.net Fri Nov 01 14:11:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!sgarcia From: sgarcia@clari.net (Sergei García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov01.141112.9997@clari.net> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 14:11:12 GMT References: <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Oct29.214312.9677@inria.fr> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct29.214312.9677@inria.fr>, hkowalski@inria.fr (Heather Kowalski) writes: > Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Sergei García "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Atari Falcon 030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From asato@pacbell.net Sat Nov 02 22:53:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!asato From: asato@pacbell.net (Anja Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov02.225312.3208@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 22:53:12 GMT References: <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct27.214712.1351@rwth-aachen.de>, mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Mike Lindqvist) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Anja Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0