From amartinez@netcom.com Sun Mar 10 08:44:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!amartinez From: amartinez@netcom.com (Amy Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar10.084459.6185@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 08:44:59 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Amy Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nreyes@rwth-aachen.de Mon Mar 11 19:11:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!nreyes From: nreyes@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar11.191159.8822@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:11:59 GMT References: <1996Mar10.084459.6185@netcom.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar10.084459.6185@netcom.com>, amartinez@netcom.com (Amy Martínez) 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. -- Nadia Reyes -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mokonkwo@earthlink.net Tue Mar 12 03:38:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@earthlink.net (Morag Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar12.033859.9902@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:38:59 GMT References: <1996Mar10.084459.6185@netcom.com> <1996Mar11.191159.8822@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar11.191159.8822@rwth-aachen.de>, nreyes@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Reyes) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Morag Okonkwo "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From bbrennan@titech.ac.jp Tue Mar 12 21:44:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!bbrennan From: bbrennan@titech.ac.jp (Bruno Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar12.214459.5338@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 21:44:59 GMT References: <1996Mar10.084459.6185@netcom.com> <1996Mar11.191159.8822@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Mar12.033859.9902@earthlink.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar12.033859.9902@earthlink.net>, mokonkwo@earthlink.net (Morag Okonkwo) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Bruno Brennan "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Acorn RiscPC 600 / Linux 1.2.13