∂17-OCT-74  1832		ESS,JMC
 No.
␈ CC: ahb

∂17-OCT-74  1829		ESS,JMC
 foo
␈ CC: jmc

∂17-OCT-74  1823		ESS,JMC
 Call Jim Hieronymus and ask him to phone me.
␈ CC: paw

∂17-OCT-74  1729		ESS,JMC
 Exxon again Nov. 12
␈ CC: jh

∂17-OCT-74  1400		ESS,JMC
 I have mailed the letter to Christy.
 
␈ CC: msw

∂16-OCT-74  0126		ESS,JMC
 jmg claims it was a bug in his program.
␈ CC: reg

∂15-OCT-74  1703		ESS,JMC
 What about Gorin's grumble that you used 7 hrs last night?
␈ CC: jmg

∂14-OCT-74  2200		ESS,JMC
 Would it be hard for MAIL to know about places such as SUMEX that
 have to be reached by dialing telephone numbers?
␈ CC: bh

∂13-OCT-74  0226		ESS,JMC
 If you have questions, I would like you to try to work them out with
 Les, but when you have a final version, I would like to see it.  I have
 lunch with Lederberg concerning something else on Monday, but I will be
 in the late afternoon.
␈ CC: pdq

∂12-OCT-74  1825		ESS,JMC
 ;I suggest that all commands require a space before their arguments.
␈ CC: [NS,ME]

∂12-OCT-74  1338		ESS,JMC
 When you get a chance, I would like a detailed explanation of CRYPT.
␈ CC: hpm

∂12-OCT-74  1336		ESS,JMC
 I liked your PLANS writeup.  I will react more specifically in a day or two.
␈ CC: dbx

∂11-OCT-74  1529		ESS,JMC
 Put jmc on seminar list.
␈ CC: tw

∂09-OCT-74  1522		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1522
 I have gone to take Sarah to the dentist.
␈ CC: paw

∂06-OCT-74  1945		ESS,JMC
 Did I send a letter to Scientific American about a week ago?
␈ CC: knm

∂05-OCT-74  1821		ESS,JMC
 	I now have a better idea than partial boards.  This is to apply the
 chess eye to total boards and have sentences that say things like "If black
 is in check on B1 by P and B2 is the same as B1 on the squares occupied by
 the black king, the checker and the intervening squares, then black is in
 check on B2.  This scheme works for the "what is on WKR4" problem and the
 "sneak arount the pawns" problem of Berliner's thesis whereas partial boards
 don't work for the latter.
␈ CC: @CHESSP.DIS:ref,rww,dwp,dew,jmc

∂04-OCT-74  0131		ESS,JMC
 dentist and christy
␈ CC: jmc

∂04-OCT-74  0116		ESS,JMC
 Does anyone from ARPA have login privileges?
␈ CC: les

∂04-OCT-74  0013		ESS,JMC
 I think we should compute an internal overhead rate so that we can
 charge non-ARPA projects their fair share of lab expenses.
 Can you see what other labs do about this?  I suppose IMSS is the
 closest to us.
␈ CC: les

∂04-OCT-74  0011		ESS,JMC
 It is not ok to mention ou getting KL-10 in print or at PARC.
␈ CC: tw

∂02-OCT-74  1400		ESS,JMC
 	I would like to get general access to TIPs for occasional use
 for when I am not at home, e.g. in some distant city.  I suspect I am
 not alone in this.  There are two possibilities: the first is to make
 your universal password and account more generally available.  The other
 is to allow anyone to get as far as asking a particular computer to
 authorize his use of the network.  To mention a complicated case: suppose
 I wanted to use ISI from a TIP in Boston given that my home computer is
 SU-AI.  Then I tell the Boston TIP to charge it to Stanford giving a
 Stanford password.  The Boston TIP transmits the password to Stanford
 and asks if it will accept the charges.  Stanford inspects my password
 and agrees and all proceeds as at present.  This has the advantage that
 Stanford can take people on and off the list of those for whose TIP use
 it will pay without troubling the network bureaucracy.  Well I like this
 idea a lot and now suggest that it is the way the whole thing should be
 done, because then you can dispense with the whole business of applying
 to you for passwords.
␈ CC: bh

∂02-OCT-74  1350		ESS,JMC
 	I would like to get general access to TIPs for occasional use
 for when I am not at home, e.g. in some distant city.  I suspect I am
 not alone in this.  There are two possibilities: the first is to make
 your universal password and account more generally available.  The other
 is to allow anyone to get as far as asking a particular computer to
 authorize his use of the network.  To mention a complicated case: suppose
 I wanted to use ISI from a TIP in Boston given that my home computer is
 SU-AI.  Then I tell the Boston TIP to charge it to Stanford giving a
 Stanford password.  The Boston TIP transmits the password to Stanford
 and asks if it will accept the charges.  Stanford inspects my password
 and agrees and all proceeds as at present.  This has the advantage that
 Stanford can take people on and off the list of those for whose TIP use
 it will pay without troubling the network bureaucracy.  Well I like this
 idea a lot and now suggest that it is the way the whole thing should be
 done, because then you can dispense with the whole business of applying
 to you for passwords.
␈ CC: fields%ISI

∂01-OCT-74  0342		ESS,JMC
 	I have figured out how one can get some security against your
 old trick of replacing the encoder program, and I would now like to
 hold you to your commitment of making a new program embodying the
 improvement.
␈ CC: hpm

∂30-SEP-74  0208		ESS,JMC
 There seems to be A.P. garbling again.
␈ CC: me

∂29-SEP-74  1446		ESS,JMC
 Lee:
 
 	I sent a copy of Zohar's letter to Steve Coles for his information,
 because I had previously told him about my worries on the matter.  I did
 not nd it for printing, but if you want to print it, I suggest yo∂ write
 Zohar.  Obviously, you can print the acts w/o writing anyone.
 
 				John
␈ CC: sigart%CMU-10B

∂27-SEP-74  2209		ESS,JMC
 TAGHERE...PLEASE HACK FIXIML TO LOAD A VERSIONOF IMLAC CODE WHICH XMITS AT
 1/4 SPEED IN SLOW MODE...THANKS.
␈ CC: BO

∂26-SEP-74  2316		ESS,JMC
 Yes, I want free flu vaccination.
␈ CC: qib

∂26-SEP-74  2312		ESS,JMC
 Yes.
␈ CC: jra

∂25-SEP-74  2212		ESS,JMC
 Can you find a copy of Huberman's thesis to send Michie?
␈ CC: les

∂24-SEP-74  1208		ESS,JMC
 	I would like to take part in at least the first part of the
 memory committee.  I have ideas concerning how to describe other
 people's files and also some ideas aimed at one-register-per-molecule
 memories.  Forest Baskett from here has also kept up in memory
 developments, especially mass storage, and would be useful.
␈ CC: fields%ISI;licklider%ISI

∂23-SEP-74  1226		ESS,JMC
 ∂23-SEP-74  1202		ESS,JMC
  Thanks for your comments: I do not wish to assume that most people share my
  tastes.  In particular, I respect the right of a person who just wants to
  sit in front of his TV and drink beer, engage in an occasional hot drag
  race with his big car, etc.  The new title for the opus is "Technology and
  the Pursuit of Happiness" changed from "Technology and the Quality of Life"
  which suggests a more definite opinion than I wish to express about what
  constitutes a high quality life.  The only presupposition, which I shall
  make explicit, is that more choice is better than less.
  Perhaps some scenarios would be good, but since I don't wish to design a
  uniform future, or even design the future at all, they would have to be
  varied.  You will also note that some of the ideas compete with each
  other or will make others obsolete.
  
  	As to the Sierras: In my opinion, they really will stand quite
  a lot more backpacking than they now get with a small infusion of toilets.
  A factor of 3 reduction in population won't help, because the increased
  backpacking reflects and increase in the proportion of the population having
  certain values rather than an increase per se or even an increase in
  prosperity.  The removal of the toilets from Mt. Whitney through the
  blind working of the wilderness law was a retrogressive step.  The Canadian
  Northwest Territories have 14,000 people in an area larger than California,
  so there is room for wilderness packpacking for all that are likely to want
  it in the near future.  However, think how prominent the Japanese have
  become in international climbing, and imagine what it will be like when the
  Chinese do their share of it.
  
  	It seems to me that a picture of what society will be like when
  everyone's material needs are met can be obtained by looking at an upper
  class society at a time when the upper class gave those below them almost
  no thought, considering them part of the machinery.  The society was stable
  and rather varied and preferable to being poor.  The much larger size of
  a future prosperous society will permit a greater absolute variety of
  life-styles, even though there is no way to prevent the great majority from
  concentrating on one of them.  Improved health will make a big difference
  even as compared to the rich of former times.
  
  	Thanks again for the comments.
 
␈ CC: dba

∂23-SEP-74  1202		ESS,JMC
 Thanks for your comments: I do not wish to assume that most people share my
 tastes.  In particular, I respect the right of a person who just wants to
 sit in front of his TV and drink beer, engage in an occasional hot drag
 race with his big car, etc.  The new title for the opus is "Technology and
 the Pursuit of Happiness" changed from "Technology and the Quality of Life"
 which suggests a more definite opinion than I wish to express about what
 constitutes a high quality life.  The only presupposition, which I shall
 make explicit, is that more choice is better than less.
 Perhaps some scenarios would be good, but since I don't wish to design a
 uniform future, or even design the future at all, they would have to be
 varied.  You will also note that some of the ideas compete with each
 other or will make others obsolete.
 
 	As to the Sierras: In my opinion, they really will stand quite
 a lot more backpacking than they now get with a small infusion of toilets.
 A factor of 3 reduction in population won't help, because the increased
 backpacking reflects and increase in the proportion of the population having
 certain values rather than an increase per se or even an increase in
 prosperity.  The removal of the toilets from Mt. Whitney through the
 blind working of the wilderness law was a retrogressive step.  The Canadian
 Northwest Territories have 14,000 people in an area larger than California,
 so there is room for wilderness packpacking for all that are likely to want
 it in the near future.  However, think how prominent the Japanese have
 become in international climbing, and imagine what it will be like when the
 Chinese do their share of it.
 
 	It seems to me that a picture of what society will be like when
 everyone's material needs are met can be obtained by looking at an upper
 class society at a time when the upper class gave those below them almost
 no thought, considering them part of the machinery.  The society was stable
 and rather varied and preferable to being poor.  The much larger size of
 a future prosperous society will permit a greater absolute variety of
 life-styles, even though there is no way to prevent the great majority from
 concentrating on one of them.  Improved health will make a big difference
 even as compared to the rich of former times.
 
 	Thanks again for the comments.
␈ CC: dba

∂23-SEP-74  1135		ESS,JMC
 Peggy Waters is now a CS grad student and should be invited since she
 wants to come.
␈ CC: bh;les

∂21-SEP-74  1332		ESS,JMC
 The AP seems to be badly munged.
␈ CC: me

∂20-SEP-74  1636		ESS,JMC
 Is there some way calls on 4430 can be diverted to 4971 when there is
 no-one to answer the phone
␈ CC: les;bh

∂18-SEP-74  2146		ESS,JMC
 Remember that after decorating a letter it should be moved from cur,jmc
 to let,jmc.
␈ CC: knm

∂18-SEP-74  2035		ESS,JMC
 Please fix up title.ess[ess,jmc] so that it poxes to a nice title page.
 We are going to need a new printing of the essays soon.  When you print
 them and xerox them, make sure each essay starts a new sheet.  There
 were some complaints about missing pages in the last batch.
␈ CC: knm

∂18-SEP-74  1349		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1349
 I have more info on Barrow.  Please come by.
␈ CC: jh

∂17-SEP-74  1622		ESS,JMC
 Please come and see me.  I have some ideas.
␈ CC: dew

∂16-SEP-74  1156		ESS,JMC
 I returned Sherman.  I suggest you ask the library at Stanford about
 restoring the binding.  They must do lots of it.
 
␈ CC: rht

∂15-SEP-74  1513		ESS,JMC
 I have put a copy of Berliner's thesis in your box.
␈ CC: dew

∂15-SEP-74  1225		ESS,JMC
 I started to try to read your June 21 draft entitled "Behavioral Semantics
 of Nonrecursive Control Structures" and quickly gave up.  I have asked other
 people, and they don't understand either.  I think you need to prepare
 a completely explicit exposition of your programming devices assuming only
 that the reader understands LISP.  Make it very explicit.
␈ CC: hewitt%AI

∂15-SEP-74  1213		ESS,JMC
 Please prepare a letter for me to Joseph Traub thanking him for inviting
 me to lecture to the immigration course and listing the following
 expenses:
 	1. round trip to airport,as usual
 	2. parking at airport
 	3. air ticket - on your desk
 	4. taxis $27.00
 	5. breakfast $3.50
 	6. hotel bill paid by CMU
 Dear Joe:
␈ CC: knm

∂14-SEP-74  0150		ESS,JMC
 Can you bring in my attache case which I left at your house?
␈ CC: pdq

∂13-SEP-74  1742		ESS,JMC
 I have re-edited the letter.  Note the changes in style and substance.
␈ CC: jh

∂10-SEP-74  1948		ESS,JMC
 Allowing only one user at at time might reduce the computer time it
 consumes.  As for debugging hlp, why don't you tell Smith or Enea
 to fix it
␈ CC: kmc

∂10-SEP-74  0013		ESS,JMC
 100,100 is now up to 5.1% of the kcs.  If it is mainly PARRY, it is too
 much.  I propose to eliminate PARRY's availability during the first half
 of October to see what it does to usage.  Is there a reason why we
 shouldn't do this.
␈ CC: kmc;reg

∂10-SEP-74  0007		ESS,JMC
 Well, I'm inclined to agree with you, but I will wait for the September
 statistics in which PARRY records how much time it uses.  Perhaps we
 need to check whether what PARRY records is consistent with what the
 system records.  However, your note suggests that PARRY is a drain on
 other system resources than CPU time.  What is your precise opinion
 and can you substantiate it.
␈ CC: reg

∂09-SEP-74  1723		CUR,JMC
 Thanks much for what you have done for Bajcsy.
␈ CC: licklider%ISI

∂06-SEP-74  2345		ESS,JMC
 I returned Grant and borrowed Sherman.
␈ CC: rht

∂06-SEP-74  1818		ESS,JMC
 Arrive tw98 at 8:20pm sept 11.  Leave tw53 at 6:20pm sept 12.
 Please find me a place to stay, hotel or otherwise.  I may have
 some overhead projector transparencies.  I can leave the following
 morning if there is a substantial reason.
␈ CC: buchanan%CMUA

∂05-SEP-74  1630		ESS,JMC
 Got copy of letter from Fields.  I did send a message maybe to someone
 else but now I assume I don't have to do anything and am doing it.
␈ CC: jaf

∂05-SEP-74  0200		ESS,JMC
 I forgot when Kasee said she would return.
␈ CC: paw

∂05-SEP-74  0147		ESS,JMC
 1. I presume that you have become a research associate as of the 1st.  If
 you have any dot that this has happened, check with Les.
 
 2. I presume that the thesis is all squared away.
 
 3.
 Today we got a notice from NSF that they have added money to the automation
 contract to cover GEOMED work.  As I recall, the letter from Chern had no
 technical content, but check with Les to see whether it says anything
 special about what we have to do to keep Chern convinced that that part
 of his money is well spent.  You and I should discuss it, and then probably
 you should call Chern and tell him  what you are currently up to on his
 behalf and ask when he wants convincing paper.  Naturally, we will try
 to keep this to reports we are issuing anyway, but is requirements may
 affect the their form and timing.  Remember that we can't give last year's
 accomplishments as next years plan, but that lso he will probably have to
 decide on continuing before he gets much new output from you.  Don't spend
 time worrying about possible ways in which he might be unreasonable, but
 rather make up your own mind on what seems reasonable in view of timing,
 his bureaucratic and managerial needs (these are not synonymous), and
 the pace of the research you are going to do.  Read or your proposal
 if you need to be remi∨ded of what you said.
␈ CC: bgb

∂01-SEP-74  1636		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   1636
 Also HI.
␈ CC: mm

∂01-SEP-74  1635		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   1635
 Where are you? I.e. what ←s NGER?
␈ CC: mm

∂31-AUG-74  1034		ESS,JMC
 Shall we zap Steve Gibson (SMG), put him in leech, or leave him an
 unknown.  I disfavor the latter.  I also suggest legitimizing REM
 who just about pays his way by producing and documenting goodies.
␈ CC: les

∂31-AUG-74  1024		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1024
 Yes, I remember you.  As you probably know, computer time is getting
 tight, and we are purging UNKNOWNs.  If you want to continue, I
 suggest you make your case in a message to LES.  We will also consult
 Ralph Gorin about what virtues you may have.  I presume the two files
 labeled GAIL in your directory are yours also.  If they are, no immediate
 problem.  If not, I would like to know it.
␈ CC: smg

∂31-AUG-74  1014		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1014
 Is there a reason we shouldn't zap your directory. I only got the
 first line of your message, so please repeat it.
␈ CC: smg

∂31-AUG-74  1009		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1009
 Who are you, and why are you tying up both our dataphone lines,
 and what are you doing with our computer?
␈ CC: smg

∂30-AUG-74  0137		ESS,JMC
 gsg has four ppns.  Does he have any privileges.  He seems to be geoff
 at sri-ai.
␈ CC: reg

∂30-AUG-74  0132		ESS,JMC
 GSG has a password which is how he manages to login even though he is
 not listed in the phone directory or leech.  Perhaps there are others
 like him.
␈ CC: reg

∂30-AUG-74  0130		ESS,JMC
 How come you have an account here, but are not listed among our users.
␈ CC: geoff%SRI-AI

∂30-AUG-74  0126		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   0126
 How come you have an account, but are listed as unknown?
␈ CC: gsg

∂30-AUG-74  0115		ESS,JMC
 I supposed it was not possible for an unknown to log in over the
 net yet I see GSG, and unknown logged in from SRI.
␈ CC: reg

∂29-AUG-74  0121		ESS,JMC
 The six hours is ok.
␈ CC: jmg

∂29-AUG-74  0052		ESS,JMC
 You have caused considerable complaint with your experimental setup
 that prevents use of the XGP.  Moreover, you didn't ask for approval.
 Please send me a message giving your proposed plan, how much time
 it will take and when it will be done.
␈ CC: jmg

∂29-AUG-74  0006		ESS,JMC
 The message you get when you try to login as net,gue is a bit brusque
 and you don't learn about mailing to you unless you type HELP ARPA,
 and you don't tell about mail working outside of login.
␈ CC: les

∂29-AUG-74  0004		ESS,JMC
 
 We'll leave it this way for a bit and see what messages Les gets.  Who
 or rather what accounts are the other guests?
␈ CC: reg

∂28-AUG-74  0043		ESS,JMC
 Remember that you agreed to get PARRY modified so that it
 asks people to login under another account so that we can
 account for its use separately.
␈ CC: kmc

∂27-AUG-74  2328		ESS,JMC
 If you get it working, please leave me a note telling the name of the
 command and the version of FOL it is in.
␈ CC: rww

∂27-AUG-74  2326		ESS,JMC
 The National Academy of Engineering has a recent report on the energy
 options referred to in a recent AP story.  Please call them in Washington
 and find out what we have to do to get it.
␈ CC: knm

∂27-AUG-74  2142		ESS,JMC
 I assume you made the appointment for Glassmire a year renewable.
␈ CC: les

∂27-AUG-74  1401		ESS,JMC
 John McCarthy
 846 Lathrop Drive
 Stanford, California 94305
 home phone: (415) 321-7580
 office: (415) 497-4430 or 497-4971
␈ CC: ARPA-IPT%ISI

∂26-AUG-74  2308		ESS,JMC
 There is a possibility of a misunderstanding between us about Glassmire.
 My willingness to hire him is based on the idea that he will work exclusively
 on and in FOL.
␈ CC: rww

∂26-AUG-74  1756		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1756
 right away!!!
␈ CC: dew

∂26-AUG-74  1755		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1755
 yes
␈ CC: dew

∂23-AUG-74  0010		ESS,JMC
 In connection with a symposium I am running at the AAAS meeting in January,
 I am considering including as a speaker a lawyer opposing the EPA's
 parking rules in Boston.  Have you read the papers, and is there such
 a person?  Do the restrictions affect M.I.T.?
␈ CC: minsky%AI

∂22-AUG-74  2342		ESS,JMC
 That is the Federal Energy Administration, that is.
␈ CC: knm

∂22-AUG-74  2340		ESS,JMC
 /A
␈ CC: knm

∂22-AUG-74  2338		ESS,JMC
 Please find out for me when the Federal Energy Office intends to hold its
 hearings in San Francisco on national energy policy, and how one goes
 about expressing a desire to testify, and what is the deadline for this.
 You may have to call them in Washington to find out or there may be
 an office in SF.
␈ CC: knm

∂22-AUG-74  1627		ESS,JMC
 Send Ben Kuipers, M.IT. AI Lab a copy of the Technology essays.
␈ CC: knm

∂22-AUG-74  1334		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1334
 Datadisc is back.
␈ CC: ref

∂22-AUG-74  0114		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   0114
 When I tried to ru gap[s,me] from home, it told me "This program works only
 for local users and must be started by monitor NS command."  I don't understand
 either statement, since my IMLAC is a local user for other purposes, and
 how the NS command might start GAP is obscure to me.
␈ CC: me

∂20-AUG-74  1150		ESS,JMC
 NEW INFORMATION ABOUT BAJCSY CASE.  THE UNIVERSITY OF
 PENNSYLVANIA HAS HIRED A SPECIALIST LAWYER
 NAME OF DAVID CARLINGER IN WASHINGTON.  HE TOLD HER
 THAT HE THOUGHT THAT A SIMPLE TELEPHONE CALL FROM
 THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE WOULD
 SOLVE HER PROBLEM.  I SEE I GOT HIS NAME NOT QUITE RIGHT;
 IT IS DAVID CARLINER, AND HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER IS
 (202) 659-3855.  I HOPE YOU CAN HELP HER, AND IW
 SUPPLY ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I CAN.
␈ CC: LICKLIDER%ISI

∂19-AUG-74  2322		ESS,JMC
 Do you know where tapes corresponding to the Japanese text you lent me
 put out by the Japanese language Promotion Center can be obtained or
 copied?
␈ CC: LOU

∂17-AUG-74  2022		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2022
 Real names are required, and we are too busy for chess now.
␈ CC: gue

∂17-AUG-74  1252		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   1252
 Datadisc
 Datadisc?
 Datadisc?
 Datadisc?
 Datadisc?
 Datadisc?
 
 DATADISC?
 DATADISK?
␈ CC: ted

∂17-AUG-74  1250		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   1250
 Datadisc?
␈ CC: ted

∂17-AUG-74  1228		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   1228
 What's with Datadisc?
␈ CC: ted

∂12-AUG-74  2230		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2230
 We require real full names to login as gue and not nicknames.
␈ CC: gue

∂12-AUG-74  2134		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2134
 Is this really Tovar in L.A.?  If not, who?
␈ CC: tvr

∂12-AUG-74  2128		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2128
 Thanks, bye.
␈ CC: mjh

∂12-AUG-74  2128		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2128
 OK, I was getting transposed segments of the line sometimes.
␈ CC: mjh

∂12-AUG-74  2126		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2126
 What kind of errors do you get?
␈ CC: mjh

∂12-AUG-74  2124		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2124
 Do you have any troubles when you use the z command in SOS on the IMLAC?
␈ CC: mjh

∂12-AUG-74  2109		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2109
 ok then.
␈ CC: gue

∂12-AUG-74  2105		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2105
 Did Les give you a login name of your own?  Is your use of our computer
 to include only testing the existing programs, or do you propose to
 write some major program of your own?
␈ CC: gue

∂12-AUG-74  2100		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2100
 Slowdown not especially necessary.  What is the thesis topic and
 with what adviser, etc.  You know, I have to approve use of
 the AI Lab machine for substantial projects.
␈ CC: gue

∂12-AUG-74  2046		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2046
 This message is for that GUE who is playing GO.  Regrettably,
 even with the DATADISCS down, the system is too loaded for
 GO playing unless there is a scientific reason.  Do you
 have such a reason?  Otherwise, please stop.
␈ CC: gue

∂11-AUG-74  2132		ESS,JMC
 Some of the advances have such a long preliminary that neither
 the headline nor the first teletype window gives any hint of
 what the story is about.
␈ CC: me

∂10-AUG-74  2314		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2314
 Hi yourself.  Is anything new?
␈ CC: mm

∂09-AUG-74  2215		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2215
 I wasn't after you.  I was after anotherUE who was playing chess.
␈ CC: gue

∂09-AUG-74  2213		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2213
 Since you don't reply, I'll kill your job.
␈ CC: gue

∂09-AUG-74  2208		ESS,JMC AT TTY15   2208
 We are too busy for chess tonight as usual.  Please log out or reply.
 J. McCarthy.  You can SEND JMC to reply.
␈ CC: gue

∂09-AUG-74  0055		ESS,JMC
 However, I suspect we made some errors in terminology.  I suppose I lost
 confidence that any philosophers would actually read the paper.
␈ CC: ajt

∂09-AUG-74  0051		ESS,JMC
 Preliminary comment on page 3.  You are confused about what is metaphysics
 and what is epistemology.  Metaphysics tells what the world must be like;
 epistemology tells what knowledge of it is like.  Therefore representation
 is part of epistemology not part of metaphysics.
 e
␈ CC: ajt

∂08-AUG-74  2157		ESS,JMC
 Questions and compliments concerning the techniques should go
 to Martin Frost (login name ME) here.  The inversion is on
 every word in the days stories and not on the words in a dictionary.
 I believe an inverted file about as long as the days news is kept
 at least for a day, but you should inquire of him for details.
␈ CC: iseli%ISI

∂06-AUG-74  2343		ESS,JMC
 If Prof Gray calls about chairing Baumgart's oral, explain that we want
 it here so there can be a demo, and make sure he knows how to get here.
␈ CC: knm

∂06-AUG-74  2343		ESS,JMC
 If Prof. Gray calls this morning about chairing Baumgart's oral,
␈ CC: knm

∂05-AUG-74  0024		ESS,JMC
 It comes back here garbled and sometimes with the pointer m?ved
 so that the line cannot be edited to correctness and sent back.
␈ CC: tag

∂03-AUG-74  2230		ESS,JMC
 Sorry you can't come.  Others are coming so I can't change it,
 but some other time.

∂01-AUG-74  1811		ESS,JMC
 foo

∂01-AUG-74  1440		ESS,JMC
 Professor Forest Baskett has agreed to help determine what needs to
 be done to finish your thesis.  Please phone him here and make an
 appointment.

∂01-AUG-74  1416		ESS,JMC
 foo
 foo

∂31-JUL-74  1655		ESS,JMC
 Could you as acting ch. prod deanery on Luckham Sr. Res. Assoc. appointment?

∂31-JUL-74  1654		ESS,JMC
 Could you as acting ch., prod the Deanery on Luckham Sr. Res. Assoc.

∂31-JUL-74  0116		ESS,JMC
 OK, catch me in the lab some afternoon.

∂31-JUL-74  0115		ESS,JMC
 Yes, I am interested in your incorporation of Gordon.

∂29-JUL-74  1357		ESS,JMC
 I presume what you want to use the machine for is something
 that would advance MTC, and therefore I approve.  However, please
 send me a message saying who proposes to use the machine and
 what for and for what period you are asking us to commit ourselves.
 In the meantime, we will reactivate each of you as users.  Each
 person should login under his own name.

∂25-JUL-74  1405		ESS,JMC
 More on Schukin: Sid Drell from SLAC called me, and said that Schukin's
 intelligence had impressed him favorably, and, more concretely, if
 Schukin had wanted to stay in theoretical physics, the physics dept.
 would have given him an assistantship.  (He had already been provisionally
 admitted).

∂24-JUL-74  2138		ESS,JMC
 September 12 is ok with me.  Let me think a bit longer about the title.

∂22-JUL-74  0128		ESS,JMC
 A Russian Jewish refugee trained in physics wants to enter as a graduate
 student in CS.  His name is Yefim Schukin, and I referred him to you.
 I talked with him for about an hour and received a rather favorable
 impression and favor considering admitting him in September as an
 exception.  It may be difficult to calibrate him though.

∂21-JUL-74  2325		ESS,JMC
 I have looked at meta.axm.  It still seems very vague to me and far from
 my immediate interest which is dynamics, i.e. axiomatizing the effects of
 actions.  It seems to me that people like Carnap, Kemeny, etc. (but
 not them specifically) have tried to axiomatize stuff.  If I think about
 it, I will ask Suppes if he knows any references.
 	I will probably have more specific reactions later.

∂21-JUL-74  1447		ESS,JMC
 Sure, follow up lead.

∂20-JUL-74  2146		ESS,JMC
 Check with Les on Monday.

∂19-JUL-74  1935		ESS,JMC
 Please type memo to Bob Floyd suggesting that it would be nice
 if we could settle emeritus status for Arthur Samuel by the
 time he comes back on September 15.  Perhaps department could
 be polled by telephone.  I am willing to prepare papers once
 it is decided what has to be addressed to whom.
 

∂19-JUL-74  1501		ESS,JMC
 I would definitely like you to come to the Wednesday meeting.

∂19-JUL-74  1455		ESS,JMC
 	I would like to enlarge the interface between our lab and ARPA, and
 therefore would like to bring several people to the 24 July meeting,
 specifically Lester Earnest, Cordell Green, Tom Binford, and Lynn Quam.
 
 	Second matter: It would benefit the work here for Jerry Feldman
 and Jim Low to use our computer via the ARPA net from Rochester until
 at least September 1975 as they want to do.  Jerry said I should send
 you a message expressing this formally, and here it is.
 
 	I hope we will get a chance to discuss with someone control
 of airplanes and other vision applications to defense problems.  Quam
 who will be coming, has done relevant work.
 
 					Best Regards,
 					John

∂16-JUL-74  1624		ESS,JMC
 My imlac is making a strange noise.  I guess a fan is losing.
 Please check it.

∂15-JUL-74  1159		ESS,JMC
 I gave it to Sarah.

∂15-JUL-74  0306		ESS,JMC
 Call Suppes and Atkinson.

∂15-JUL-74  0304		ESS,JMC
 Who is using Leland's account now that Leland has gone?  Is it just one
 person, and wouldn't it be better if he used his own name?

∂15-JUL-74  0226		ESS,JMC
 Eventually it should go to [lib,doc] along with wuther.

∂14-JUL-74  1724		ESS,JMC
 I tried to READ GRIMM[ACT,REG] and got a protection failure.

∂10-JUL-74  0252		ESS,JMC
 Don't forget indiv.ess

∂09-JUL-74  1219		ESS,JMC
 7:30pm

∂09-JUL-74  1205		ESS,JMC
 Dinner Sunday?

∂08-JUL-74  1258		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1258
 I can talk now.

∂08-JUL-74  0145		ESS,JMC
 Call berkman

∂07-JUL-74  2300		ESS,JMC
 Do you know how to use the new news service which is entered by the
 system command ns. If you want a manual, send a message to knm here,
 but the current version is in the course of expansion and change.
 
 It has more features than the old.

∂07-JUL-74  2258		ESS,JMC
 Do you know how to use the new news service which is entered by the
 system command ns.  If you like, we'll send you a manual, but the
 current version is in the course of expansion and change.
 It has more features than the old one.

∂07-JUL-74  2257		ESS,JMC
 It would be worthwhile having a bit more information in leech about what
 the users are supposed to be doing.  One more line would satisfy curiosity
 quite well.

∂07-JUL-74  0226		ESS,JMC
 Perhaps you fixed something or perhaps the machine is just lightly loaded
 now, but anyway I made it echo a line 30 times without any error on my
 Imlac.

∂06-JUL-74  1420		ESS,JMC
 What is the schedule for the usability of the Unicon?

∂06-JUL-74  1345		ESS,JMC
 Drop into my office when you get a chance.

∂06-JUL-74  1146		ESS,JMC
 The 360/67 has telephone lines that can recognize ASCII (i.e. decide
 whether what they are getting is ASCII or EBCDIC), and the numbers are
 328-4000 and 328-4111.  Parker and I tried it but got gibberish and
 probably timed out.  Can you call someone there and see what has to be
 done here or there to make dial work with them.
 

∂06-JUL-74  0157		ESS,JMC
 The Britannica article on automata lists you as Michael Minsky.

∂05-JUL-74  2204		ESS,JMC
 Please ask for a free copy of "Science in the Newspaper" from
 AAAS, Department NM, 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW. Washington DC 20036.

∂05-JUL-74  2009		ESS,JMC
 In case you are still interested, the Brudno article proposing alpha-beta
 was "Bounds and valuations for shortening the scanning of variations"
 Prob. kibernetiki 10 (1963), 141-150.  It is referred to in the paper
 on chess programming by Adel'son-Vel-skii, et. al. in Uspekhi Mat. Nauk.
 published in 1970 and translated with the rest of the journal.

∂05-JUL-74  1545		ESS,JMC
 The mixed style of programming is entirely correct.  Within a commitment to a
 mixed style, there are matters of good taste, but I can't immediately put my finger
 on what they are.  The main functions should be described explicitly, but
 for minor functions, less need be said culminating in merely saying "auxiliary
 function to <major function>".

∂04-JUL-74  1554		ESS,JMC
 July 24 is fine.

∂04-JUL-74  0312		ESS,JMC
 I have told the Japanese who have invited me to spend my sabbatical in
 Japan that I would let them know in September whether I am coming or
 not.  Please telephone when you get a chance.

∂04-JUL-74  0245		ESS,JMC
 The garbling is on echo only.

∂03-JUL-74  0144		ESS,JMC
 When you get the manual and try ns out, give me a ring.

∂03-JUL-74  0141		ESS,JMC
 The Imlac is as good as ever, i.e. loses a char on one line in 10.

∂03-JUL-74  0053		ESS,JMC
 THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A DUPLICATE OF A PRECEDING MESSAGE, BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS
 VERSION WAS QUEUED AND WHEN FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS RECEIVED, IT DIDN'T SAY
 ISI, BUT SOME NAME I NEVER HEARD OF AND NOW FORGET.
 
 	Has the final date for the July AI meeting been selected?  What about
 the long promised meeting on automatic control of airplanes and weapons?

∂02-JUL-74  1639		ESS,JMC
 Thanks for the number.  Otherwise, no comment.

∂02-JUL-74  1054		ESS,JMC
 test

∂02-JUL-74  1054		ESS,JMC
 test

∂02-JUL-74  0025		ESS,JMC
 We have been down while IBM changed disks, so I may have missed a message
 about the AI meeting.  By the way, what about applications of our vision
 work to automatically controlled planes.  Was there not to be a meeting?

∂28-JUN-74  1813		ESS,JMC
 1. The purpose of hiring Michael Gordon is to bring MTC closer to previous
 strength.  It was discussed in our last meeting.
 
 2. The Jo Hannah case is not what it seems.  She is not being given a
 regular appointment, but one which is co-terminous with a grant Quam
 got to determine whether his techniques will be useful for the Viking
 mission for picking landing sites.  Her work is directly applicable.
 No funds that might be applicable to hand-eye work in general are
 involved.
 
 	I do not consider her as probably the strongest candidate in
 a general hand-eye sense and would not hire someone for that without
 consultation in any case.  Even for the present purpose, there is some
 question, but this is a zero cost trial, and I feel some incentive to
 help out women who are not free to pursue jobs all over the country.
 It has been made clear to her that we are not committed and beyond
 this special contract from JPL is not highly probable.
 Do you still object?

∂28-JUN-74  1510		ESS,JMC
 Please kill your job when you are done.  The command is k<carriage return>.

∂28-JUN-74  1406		ESS,JMC
 No comment.

∂27-JUN-74  1822		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1822
 Tuesday 4pm.

∂27-JUN-74  1820		ESS,JMC AT TTY72   1820
 Sure.

∂27-JUN-74  1741		ESS,JMC
 Did I get the papers for the stereo from you?

∂27-JUN-74  1335		ESS,JMC
 I got a call from Kimbell at A.P. about someone at Carnegie wanting
 an AP line also.  Who is planning to do what?  Could you phone me?

∂27-JUN-74  1247		ESS,JMC
 Your series acceleration paper is on the refrigerator in my office.

∂26-JUN-74  0523		ESS,JMC
 blue cross

∂26-JUN-74  0056		ESS,JMC
 Chern

∂24-JUN-74  1624		ESS,JMC
 Please send Jack Minker a copy of the letter to Sandewall, israel.art and
 israel.le1.

∂22-JUN-74  1337		ESS,JMC
 Can't we get Stanford to remove the bird droppings from the front door?