From msato@uni-hamburg.de Thu Feb 10 03:05:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!msato From: msato@uni-hamburg.de (Mike Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Feb10.030509.2492@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 03:05:09 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Mike Sato "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1 From csantos@uu.net Sat Feb 12 04:02:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!csantos From: csantos@uu.net (Camila Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Feb12.040209.7370@uu.net> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 04:02:09 GMT References: <1994Feb10.030509.2492@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb10.030509.2492@uni-hamburg.de>, msato@uni-hamburg.de (Mike Sato) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Camila Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0