From vnakamura@stanford.edu Wed Feb 15 08:18:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!vnakamura From: vnakamura@stanford.edu (Valeria Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb15.081855.3160@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:18:55 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. 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? -- Valeria Nakamura Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Hold for relay." From asmirnov@utexas.edu Thu Feb 16 15:12:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!asmirnov From: asmirnov@utexas.edu (Astrid Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb16.151255.5696@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 15:12:55 GMT References: <1995Feb15.081855.3160@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb15.081855.3160@stanford.edu>, vnakamura@stanford.edu (Valeria Nakamura) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Astrid Smirnov -- University of Texas at Austin "Row 14. No joke." From mkowalski@rwth-aachen.de Fri Feb 17 22:10:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!mkowalski From: mkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Morag Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb17.221055.5362@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 22:10:55 GMT References: <1995Feb15.081855.3160@stanford.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb15.081855.3160@stanford.edu>, vnakamura@stanford.edu (Valeria Nakamura) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Morag Kowalski -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "They will send a copy in my place." From nbrennan@cmu.edu Sun Feb 19 20:14:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!nbrennan From: nbrennan@cmu.edu (Nadia Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb19.201455.1160@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 20:14:55 GMT References: <1995Feb15.081855.3160@stanford.edu> <1995Feb16.151255.5696@utexas.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb16.151255.5696@utexas.edu>, asmirnov@utexas.edu (Astrid Smirnov) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Nadia Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0