From nsouza@hanse.de Thu Jan 27 18:52:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!nsouza From: nsouza@hanse.de (Nadine Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan27.185252.9580@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 18:52:52 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Nadine Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From ajohansson@unam.mx Sat Jan 29 19:30:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!ajohansson From: ajohansson@unam.mx (Andrei Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan29.193052.7914@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 19:30:52 GMT References: <1994Jan27.185252.9580@hanse.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan27.185252.9580@hanse.de>, nsouza@hanse.de (Nadine Souza) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Andrei Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From avasiliev@berkeley.edu Sun Jan 30 00:45:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!avasiliev From: avasiliev@berkeley.edu (Anton Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan30.004552.3477@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 1994 00:45:52 GMT References: <1994Jan27.185252.9580@hanse.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan27.185252.9580@hanse.de>, nsouza@hanse.de (Nadine Souza) writes: > 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Anton Vasiliev "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Atari TT030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From gkowalski@cern.ch Sun Jan 30 23:23:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!gkowalski From: gkowalski@cern.ch (Graham Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jan30.232352.2260@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 1994 23:23:52 GMT References: <1994Jan27.185252.9580@hanse.de> <1994Jan30.004552.3477@berkeley.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Jan30.004552.3477@berkeley.edu>, avasiliev@berkeley.edu (Anton Vasiliev) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Graham Kowalski Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.