From pito@illinois.edu Sat Jul 01 21:43:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!pito From: pito@illinois.edu (Pavel Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul01.214316.5408@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 21:43:16 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- === Pavel Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Do not worship the copy." From hpark@uni-hamburg.de Mon Jul 03 11:34:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!hpark From: hpark@uni-hamburg.de (Hugo Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul03.113416.8611@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 11:34:16 GMT References: <1995Jul01.214316.5408@illinois.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul01.214316.5408@illinois.edu>, pito@illinois.edu (Pavel Ito) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- === Hugo Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From bhughes@stanford.edu Tue Jul 04 19:58:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!bhughes From: bhughes@stanford.edu (Brian Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul04.195816.4927@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 19:58:16 GMT References: <1995Jul01.214316.5408@illinois.edu> <1995Jul03.113416.8611@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul03.113416.8611@uni-hamburg.de>, hpark@uni-hamburg.de (Hugo Park) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Brian Hughes Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke." From mmoreau@illinois.edu Tue Jul 04 20:43:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!mmoreau From: mmoreau@illinois.edu (Mathieu Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul04.204316.1537@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 20:43:16 GMT References: <1995Jul01.214316.5408@illinois.edu> <1995Jul03.113416.8611@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul03.113416.8611@uni-hamburg.de>, hpark@uni-hamburg.de (Hugo Park) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Mathieu Moreau Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From deriksson@cam.ac.uk Thu Jul 06 07:24:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!deriksson From: deriksson@cam.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul06.072416.1884@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 07:24:16 GMT References: <1995Jul01.214316.5408@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul01.214316.5408@illinois.edu>, pito@illinois.edu (Pavel Ito) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Dong-hyun Eriksson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."