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C00043 00002 ∂02-Apr-80 1047 BERWCK at MIT-AI (Robert C. Berwick)
C00050 00003 ∂02-Apr-80 1427 JMC dinner Thursday
C00051 00004 ∂02-Apr-80 1555 AS Dinner
C00052 00005 ∂03-Apr-80 0905 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE Drafts of Letters
C00054 00006 ∂03-Apr-80 1000 JMC*
C00055 00007 ∂03-Apr-80 1024 CLT
C00056 00008 ∂03-Apr-80 2036 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00058 00009 ∂04-Apr-80 0619 MFB thesis
C00059 00010 ∂04-Apr-80 1342 LES
C00060 00011 ∂04-Apr-80 1357 LES AI article for Mosaic
C00061 00012 ∂04-Apr-80 1755 CSD.ULLMAN at SU-SCORE MS admissions
C00063 00013 ∂04-Apr-80 2042 AS Printing
C00066 00014 ∂05-Apr-80 1815 AS
C00068 00015 ∂06-Apr-80 0002 LLW Still More Skyhookery
C00076 00016 ∂06-Apr-80 1209 CLT
C00077 00017 ∂06-Apr-80 2200 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00081 00018 ∂07-Apr-80 0900 JMC*
C00082 00019 ∂07-Apr-80 1058 PJH dinneronthursday
C00083 00020 ∂07-Apr-80 1359 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00084 00021 ∂07-Apr-80 1429 SEK
C00085 00022 ∂07-Apr-80 1445 FFL white board pens
C00086 00023 ∂07-Apr-80 1551 TOB
C00087 00024 ∂07-Apr-80 1853 HPP.GENESERETH at SU-SCORE AI Qual
C00088 00025 ∂08-Apr-80 0800 host SU-SCORE
C00089 00026 ∂08-Apr-80 1029 DCD
C00090 00027 ∂08-Apr-80 1213 FFL call from Michael Sabin
C00093 00028 ∂08-Apr-80 1533 FFL Phone call from Michael Sabin
C00095 00029 ∂08-Apr-80 1540 FFL Phone call from Jonathan Haynes
C00096 00030 ∂08-Apr-80 1739 AS
C00097 00031 ∂08-Apr-80 1931 AS
C00098 00032 ∂08-Apr-80 2015 AS
C00102 00033 ∂08-Apr-80 2216 LGC What is MTC?
C00103 00034 ∂08-Apr-80 2330 ZM Tang ↔ unrestricted fund
C00104 00035 ∂09-Apr-80 0645 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI Addendum to last msg
C00105 00036 ∂09-Apr-80 0645 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI Re: Goad support
C00106 00037 ∂09-Apr-80 0717 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Ma as TA for you
C00107 00038 ∂09-Apr-80 0752 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE Your VLSI Contract
C00108 00039 ∂09-Apr-80 1002 FFL letter for your signature
C00109 00040 ∂09-Apr-80 1044 TOB John Craig
C00110 00041 ∂09-Apr-80 1117 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> Ma TAing
C00111 00042 ∂09-Apr-80 1130 AS Intent
C00112 00043 ∂09-Apr-80 2205 TOB Ivan Sutherland
C00113 00044 ∂09-Apr-80 2347 the tty of Geoffrey S. Goodfellow Rember Klatu, Quasars Domestic Home Android?
C00127 00045 ∂10-Apr-80 1044 100 : Frances Larson Phone call from Michael Sabin in New York
C00128 00046 ∂10-Apr-80 1049 CLT coffeepot
C00129 00047 ∂11-Apr-80 0111 AS
C00130 00048 ∂11-Apr-80 0805 FFL Phone call from Dolores Bennett from EE Department.
C00131 00049 ∂11-Apr-80 1035 FFL Phone call from Norman Alster
C00132 00050 ∂11-Apr-80 1345 FFL Phone call from Dr. Kahn's office, DARPA, Arlington, VA.
C00134 00051 ∂11-Apr-80 1343 MFB thesis
C00136 00052 ∂11-Apr-80 1610 LES ARPA final report
C00137 00053 ∂11-Apr-80 1813 DCL SAIL accounting
C00138 00054 ∂13-Apr-80 0352 MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
C00140 00055 ∂13-Apr-80 0934 JK
C00141 00056 ∂13-Apr-80 1421 BPM AIDS
C00143 00057 ∂13-Apr-80 1724 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00144 00058 ∂14-Apr-80 0934 FFL Call to Dolores Bennett in EE Dept.
C00146 00059 ∂15-Apr-80 0939 FFL Phone call from Allan Nixon
C00147 00060 ∂15-Apr-80 1329 HVA TELEPHONE CALL
C00148 00061 ∂15-Apr-80 1512 ROB Disk pack for MACLISP
C00150 00062 ∂16-Apr-80 1610 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE 1980:81 Research Associate Salaries
C00152 00063 ∂16-Apr-80 1935 LGC Current Developments
C00155 00064 ∂17-Apr-80 0209 RPG Books etc
C00157 00065 ∂17-Apr-80 0755 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
C00158 00066 ∂17-Apr-80 1331 FFL Phone call from Committee of Concerned Scientists
C00159 00067 ∂17-Apr-80 1725 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE Draft of letter to Hersche
C00161 00068 ∂18-Apr-80 0039 ZM modal logic
C00162 00069 ∂18-Apr-80 1033 FFL ∂17-Apr-80 1331 FFL Phone call from Committee of Concerned Scientists
C00167 00070 ∂18-Apr-80 1311 LES AI article
C00169 00071 ∂19-Apr-80 0203 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> Dedication of Margaret Jacks Hall, 6/20/80
C00172 00072 ∂20-Apr-80 1320 DCL New data medias.
C00173 00073 ∂20-Apr-80 1652 DCL
C00174 00074 ∂21-Apr-80 1025 HVA NSF Proposal - sent forward 3/22/80
C00175 00075 ∂21-Apr-80 1143 CSD.HILL at SU-SCORE
C00176 00076 ∂21-Apr-80 1200 LES Mosaic interview
C00177 00077 ∂21-Apr-80 1204 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> Reminder about dedication
C00179 00078 ∂21-Apr-80 1212 CSD.ROSENOW at SU-SCORE Dedication of Margaret Jacks Hall
C00180 00079 ∂21-Apr-80 1851 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00181 00080 ∂22-Apr-80 1045 DCL SAIL charges
C00182 00081 ∂22-Apr-80 1249 CSD.FROG at SU-SCORE Dedication invitation list
C00183 00082 ∂22-Apr-80 1343 FFL Phone call from Dr. Starr's office, EPRI
C00184 00083 ∂22-Apr-80 1631 LES SUN Draft review
C00195 00084 ∂23-Apr-80 1042 FFL Call from Dr. Starr's secretary re flight to Aspen Institute
C00197 00085 ∂23-Apr-80 1458 FFL Air reservations to Aspen Institute
C00198 00086 ∂23-Apr-80 2256 DCL Terminal malfunctions
C00200 00087 ∂24-Apr-80 0349 TOB NSF proposal
C00201 00088 ∂24-Apr-80 1222 LES SAIL accounting
C00202 00089 ∂24-Apr-80 1433 HVA Your Letter to me dated 4/21/80 re Lay-off and Termination
C00204 00090 ∂24-Apr-80 1656 HVA Support
C00205 00091 ∂25-Apr-80 0843 CSL.FB at SU-SCORE Re: SUN (Stanford University Network)
C00206 00092 ∂25-Apr-80 0843 CSL.FB at SU-SCORE [John Haugeland <JCH at SU-AI>: SUN (Stanford University Network) ]
C00209 00093 ∂25-Apr-80 1431 Tesler at PARC-MAXC
C00210 00094 ∂25-Apr-80 1516 FFL Phone call from Bob Grant, your attorney
C00211 00095 ∂25-Apr-80 1517 FFL Material delivered to office from Bob Floyd
C00212 00096 ∂25-Apr-80 1601 DCL
C00213 00097 ∂25-Apr-80 1626 LGC
C00214 00098 ∂25-Apr-80 1720 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
C00215 00099 ∂25-Apr-80 1736 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00217 00100 ∂25-Apr-80 1755 DCL
C00219 00101 ∂26-Apr-80 1040 CLT bulletin board
C00220 00102 ∂26-Apr-80 1135 LES SAIL costs
C00224 00103 ∂26-Apr-80 1646 LES S-1 on SAIL
C00227 00104 ∂26-Apr-80 1714 LES
C00228 00105 ∂27-Apr-80 1659 DCL
C00235 00106 ∂28-Apr-80 0145 LES intemperate remarks
C00237 00107 ∂28-Apr-80 0211 REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas) Go endgame algorithm
C00240 00108 ∂28-Apr-80 0245 DCL SAIL policy
C00242 00109 ∂28-Apr-80 1202 HVA Tel. Call - Dr. Cohen
C00243 00110 ∂28-Apr-80 1341 Sandelin at SUMEX-AIM Meeting with IBM people
C00246 00111 ∂28-Apr-80 1340 FFL Travel to Maryland
C00248 00112 ∂29-Apr-80 0352 GOSPER at PARC-MAXC pronuclear letter
C00249 00113 ∂29-Apr-80 0900 JMC*
C00250 00114 ∂29-Apr-80 0900 JMC*
C00251 00115 ∂29-Apr-80 1130 FFL Selection of room space for lectures
C00252 00116 ∂29-Apr-80 1309 CG
C00256 00117 ∂29-Apr-80 1451 FFL Room availability for lecture on Friday, May l6
C00257 00118 ∂29-Apr-80 1650 FFL BOBROW%MAXC
C00260 00119 ∂30-Apr-80 0944 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) CIT Budget Request for 1980/81
C00263 00120 ∂30-Apr-80 1724 LES ARPA budget
C00264 00121 ∂30-Apr-80 1743 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00266 00122 ∂30-Apr-80 2346 RWW
C00275 00123 ∂01-May-80 0953 CG Kreisel's talk
C00276 00124 ∂01-May-80 1152 FFL Reception on May 6
C00277 00125 ∂01-May-80 1241 WOL Temporal Logic References
C00279 00126 ∂01-May-80 1414 LES
C00280 00127 ∂01-May-80 1502 FFL Material requested from Math Library
C00281 00128 ∂01-May-80 1517 FFL
C00282 00129 ∂01-May-80 1715 BIS signature
C00283 00130 al let,jmc 0915 JMC
C00284 00131 ∂02-May-80 1051 HVA Signature for NSF Proposal
C00285 00132 ∂02-May-80 1103 RPG
C00287 00133 ∂02-May-80 1125 FFL Manna-Pnueli, THE MODAL LOGIC OF PROGRAMS
C00288 00134 ∂02-May-80 1500 TOB
C00289 00135 ∂03-May-80 0307 JK
C00290 00136 ∂03-May-80 1310 CLT tonight
C00291 00137 ∂03-May-80 2310 MFB
C00294 00138 ∂04-May-80 1028 JK
C00295 00139 ∂04-May-80 1056 CLT
C00296 00140 ∂04-May-80 1819 DON
C00297 00141 ∂05-May-80 0000 JMC*
C00298 00142 ∂05-May-80 0045 JK
C00299 00143 ∂05-May-80 1025 PJH pop10
C00300 00144 ∂05-May-80 1150 MFB thesis
C00301 00145 ∂05-May-80 1358 FFL Call from Dr. Jacob Blackburn, Comp.Sci.Bd.of Tech.
C00302 00146 ∂05-May-80 1655 Siegman at SUMEX-AIM Canon Laser Printer Demonstration, Acquisitions
C00305 00147 ∂06-May-80 1415 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM NRC meeting in Woods Hole
C00306 00148 ∂06-May-80 1603 FFL Trip to Wye, Maryland
C00307 00149 ∂06-May-80 1719 WOL Temporal Logic
C00309 00150 ∂07-May-80 0902 CJS
C00310 00151 ∂07-May-80 1010 FFL Transportation to SF airport on Friday a.m.
C00311 00152 ∂07-May-80 1149 PAT timesharing
C00312 00153 ∂07-May-80 1150 FFL Transportation to SFO on May 9
C00313 00154 ∂07-May-80 1156 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00315 00155 ∂07-May-80 1357 FFL Seventh POPL, Jan. l980
C00317 00156 ∂07-May-80 1509 FFL Transportation to SFO on May 9
C00318 00157 ∂07-May-80 1517 FFL Transportation to SFO on May ll
C00319 00158 ∂07-May-80 1641 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) TEXT for CS206 Autumn Quarter
C00321 00159 ∂07-May-80 1700 FFL Phone call
C00322 00160 ∂07-May-80 1735 LGC What I'm up to now
C00325 00161 ∂07-May-80 2303 Kanerva at SUMEX-AIM Help on facts concerning computing at Stanford
C00349 00162 ∂08-May-80 1020 FFL Phone call from David Child(e)s
C00351 00163 ∂08-May-80 1109 FFL Phone call from Norene Fisher
C00352 00164 ∂08-May-80 1132 FFL Phone call from Mike Heisen of Cal Tech
C00353 00165 ∂08-May-80 1137 FFL
C00354 00166 ∂08-May-80 1444 FFL Lodging at Wye
C00355 00167 ∂08-May-80 1525 CG Kreisel's talk
C00356 00168 ∂08-May-80 1558 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00357 00169 ∂08-May-80 1604 DEW
C00361 00170 ∂08-May-80 1628 FFL Air ticket
C00362 00171 ∂08-May-80 1702 FFL
C00363 00172 ∂08-May-80 2110 JMC
C00364 00173 ∂10-May-80 1138 FEINLER at SRI-KL Re: Canon Laser Printer Demonstration, Acquisitions
C00366 00174 ∂10-May-80 1731 RMS at MIT-AI (Richard M. Stallman) temporizing
C00368 00175 ∂12-May-80 0118 LLW Yet Still More Skyhookery!
C00374 00176 ∂12-May-80 0428 BIS SAIL cost center
C00380 00177 ∂12-May-80 0920 CLT office
C00381 00178 ∂12-May-80 1055 HVA 3rd Year Funding NSF
C00382 00179 ∂12-May-80 1244 MFB thesis
C00383 00180 ∂12-May-80 1422 Raj.Reddy at CMU-10B (A610RR29) Wisemen Meeting on Robotics at ARPA on May 16.
C00385 00181 ∂12-May-80 1710 WOL Until and completeness
C00386 00182 ∂12-May-80 1756 MFB signature sheets.
C00387 00183 ∂12-May-80 1934 DCL autologout
C00388 00184 ∂13-May-80 0443 DOYLE at MIT-AI (Jon Doyle) Thesis
C00389 00185 ∂13-May-80 1455 FFL Ticket to Robotics meeting
C00391 00186 ∂13-May-80 1457 TOB trip
C00392 00187 ∂13-May-80 1639 FFL
C00393 00188 ∂13-May-80 1643 FFL Call from Heidi Baldus of Digital Equipment Corp., Digital Press
C00394 00189 ∂13-May-80 1647 FFL Conversattion with E. Bloom's secretary
C00395 00190 ∂13-May-80 1719 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00397 00191 ∂13-May-80 1754 TOB
C00398 00192 ∂13-May-80 1823 LES History
C00405 00193 ∂13-May-80 2251 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) title for talk
C00407 00194 ∂14-May-80 1010 FFL Hotel in NYC on May l6 and l7.
C00408 00195 ∂14-May-80 1139 MFB thesis
C00410 00196 ∂14-May-80 1319 FFL Call, Judy Weiner, Thompson-CSF,(part of French conglomerate)NYC
C00411 00197 ∂14-May-80 1330 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00417 00198 ∂14-May-80 1332 CSD.HILL at SU-SCORE Closet stairs
C00418 00199 ∂14-May-80 1444 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00419 00200 ∂14-May-80 1722 CG Kreisel's talk
C00420 00201 ∂15-May-80 1014 FFL Hotel reservation for Sunday, May l8
C00421 00202 ∂15-May-80 1125 BMOORE at SRI-KL de dicto/de re ambiguity
C00422 00203 ∂15-May-80 1141 LES Consulting policy for academic staff
C00424 00204 ∂15-May-80 1141 FFL Appointments in Cambridge
C00425 00205 ∂15-May-80 1238 FFL Appointment with Professor Putnam in Cambridge
C00426 00206 ∂15-May-80 1537 FFL Meeting with Elliott Bloom
C00427 00207 ∂15-May-80 1539 FFL Phone Call from Mr. Okner
C00428 00208 ∂15-May-80 2016 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: Consulting policy for academic staff
C00429 00209 ∂16-May-80 0620 HPM HPM thesis
C00430 00210 ∂16-May-80 1103 ROY on TTY113 (at TV-125) 1103
C00431 00211 ∂16-May-80 1115 LES
C00436 00212 ∂16-May-80 1642 FFL Phone call from Dr. Felix Bloch
C00437 00213 ∂16-May-80 2112 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00444 00214 ∂17-May-80 2221 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00445 00215 ∂19-May-80 0736 PHW at MIT-AI (Patrick H. Winston)
C00452 00216 ∂19-May-80 1540 TOB GM
C00453 00217 ∂19-May-80 1558 FFL Luncheon with T. Binford and Professor Cannon
C00454 00218 ∂19-May-80 2342 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) for the dedication program
C00456 00219 ∂20-May-80 1252 TOB ARPA meeting
C00457 00220 ∂20-May-80 1537 FFL J. Linvill, Elect. Engr. Dept inquires about 2 matters.
C00458 00221 ∂21-May-80 0000 JMC* Firdman
C00459 00222 ∂21-May-80 0915 FFL Call from Joe Shlegeris, Office of Technology Licensing
C00461 00223 ∂21-May-80 1640 ROY on TTY102 (at TV-122) 1640
C00462 00224 ∂21-May-80 1814 Levinthal at SUMEX-AIM ARPA Mtg -5/16/80
C00472 00225 ∂22-May-80 1136 FFL
C00473 00226 ∂22-May-80 1156 DCD papers
C00474 00227 ∂22-May-80 1553 HPM ∂22-May-80 1512 JMC thesis
C00476 00228 ∂22-May-80 2237 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00479 00229 ∂23-May-80 1040 LGC On preventing
C00480 00230 ∂23-May-80 1313 LGC On relevant information
C00481 00231 ∂23-May-80 1247 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00482 00232 ∂23-May-80 1353 FFL Phone call from Dr. Solinsky, La Jolla Institute
C00483 00233 ∂23-May-80 1557 FFL Phone call from Professor Felix Bloch
C00484 00234 ∂23-May-80 1619 CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE AI Qual
C00486 00235 ∂24-May-80 2139 SEK Being a Lisp TA
C00487 00236 ∂25-May-80 0101 CLT
C00490 00237 ∂25-May-80 2050 LES
C00491 00238 ∂26-May-80 0900 JMC*
C00492 00239 ∂26-May-80 1334 HPM
C00501 00240 ∂27-May-80 0648 doyle at MIT-AI (Jon Doyle) Proof
C00504 00241 ∂27-May-80 0715 MFB thesis
C00506 00242 ∂27-May-80 0831 FFL
C00507 00243 ∂27-May-80 1038 MFB thesis
C00508 00244 ∂27-May-80 1230 ADMIN.LIBRARY at SU-SCORE NSF PROPOSAL--EXPLORATORY RESEARCH IN INTEGRATED PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION
C00510 00245 ∂27-May-80 1900 JMC*
C00511 00246 ∂27-May-80 1900 JMC*
C00512 00247 ∂28-May-80 0547 ROD Reading committee.
C00521 00248 ∂28-May-80 0916 FFL
C00522 00249 ∂28-May-80 1204 DCD Our Group report for theCenter and for Sloan et al
C00523 00250 ∂28-May-80 1542 ZEN at PARC-MAXC2 Bandi meets Lindsey
C00524 00251 ∂28-May-80 1656 FFL Filing
C00525 00252 ∂28-May-80 1701 FFL
C00526 00253 ∂28-May-80 1826 LGC Situations
C00528 00254 ∂28-May-80 2329 LGC Shimony: Naturalistic Epistemology Reference
C00530 00255 ∂29-May-80 0927 DCD Musak and Splitscreen
C00531 00256 ∂29-May-80 1119 FFL
C00532 00257 ∂29-May-80 1119 FFL
C00533 00258 ∂29-May-80 1142 FFL the 77KDl6l8 circuit between Lathrop Dr. and Jacks Hall
C00534 00259 ∂29-May-80 1302 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky) New funding source for space research.
C00536 00260 ∂29-May-80 1331 FFL Filing
C00537 00261 ∂29-May-80 1852 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) June 10 Faculty Meeting
C00538 00262 ∂29-May-80 2127 BIS yumyum
C00539 00263 ∂30-May-80 0807 PJH via SU-TIP
C00540 00264 ∂30-May-80 0826 HPM via CMU-10B Thesis
C00541 00265 ∂30-May-80 1014 TOB
C00542 00266 ∂30-May-80 1138 FFL Expense Report for trip to Boston
C00543 00267 ∂30-May-80 1339 FFL Phone call from Paul Gilmore, U. of British Columbia
C00544 00268 ∂30-May-80 1343 FFL
C00545 00269 ∂30-May-80 1459 SL Carolyn, I'm interested in learning MACLISP. ROD has given me a number of
C00546 00270 ∂30-May-80 1512 SL
C00547 00271 ∂30-May-80 1657 FFL
C00548 00272 ∂31-May-80 0114 JK
C00549 00273 ∂31-May-80 0929 JRA KEYNOTE ADDRESS
C00550 00274 ∂31-May-80 1019 MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
C00552 00275 ∂31-May-80 2133 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: Binford letters
C00553 00276 ∂01-Jun-80 0029 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00555 00277 ∂01-Jun-80 1344 BMOORE at SRI-KL FMAI
C00556 00278 ∂01-Jun-80 1346 BMOORE at SRI-KL Song
C00559 00279 ∂01-Jun-80 1719 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
C00560 00280 ∂02-Jun-80 0833 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) Re: text for cs206
C00561 00281 ∂02-Jun-80 0903 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) ARPA budget
C00562 00282 ∂02-Jun-80 1139 CLT
C00563 00283 ∂02-Jun-80 1525 BMOORE at SRI-KL songs
C00566 00284 ∂02-Jun-80 2200 LGC Discussion on Wednesday?
C00567 00285 ∂03-Jun-80 0900 JMC*
C00568 00286 ∂03-Jun-80 0917 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00570 00287 ∂03-Jun-80 1055 FFL
C00571 00288 ∂03-Jun-80 1330 LES
C00572 00289 ∂03-Jun-80 1330 LES
C00575 00290 ∂03-Jun-80 1509 TENENBAUM at SRI-KL AAAI Trade Fair
C00645 00291 ∂03-Jun-80 1754 TOB VAX
C00646 00292 ∂03-Jun-80 2057 LGC Discussion tomorrow?
C00647 00293 ∂04-Jun-80 0031 LGC
C00648 00294 ∂04-Jun-80 0704 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
C00650 00295 ∂04-Jun-80 0830 FFL Questions
C00652 00296 ∂04-Jun-80 0843 TOB
C00656 00297 ∂04-Jun-80 1104 BMOORE at SRI-KL Evaluation of our group
C00657 00298 ∂04-Jun-80 1243 LGC New material
C00658 00299 ∂04-Jun-80 1328 FFL
C00659 00300 ∂04-Jun-80 1420 TM Saturday
C00660 00301 ∂04-Jun-80 1501 CG Doyle
C00661 00302 ∂04-Jun-80 1608 LES Journals, etc.
C00662 00303 ∂05-Jun-80 0957 FFL Meeting with Prof. Cannon
C00663 00304 ∂05-Jun-80 1612 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) Faculty Meeting and Black Friday
C00664 00305 ∂05-Jun-80 1653 BMOORE at SRI-KL How I spent, etc...
C00665 00306 ∂05-Jun-80 2358 JK
C00666 00307 ∂06-Jun-80 1341 TOB
C00667 00308 ∂06-Jun-80 1357 BIS transition of ARPA account 755
C00669 00309 ∂06-Jun-80 1542 TOB
C00671 00310 ∂06-Jun-80 1616 TOB
C00672 00311 ∂06-Jun-80 1659 DCD BANDI
C00673 00312 ∂06-Jun-80 2142 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
C00675 00313 ∂07-Jun-80 0217 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle) probably redundant remarks
C00683 00314 ∂08-Jun-80 0013 SID acknowledgement
C00684 00315 ∂08-Jun-80 0023 SID reply
C00685 00316 ∂08-Jun-80 0025 SID
C00686 00317 ∂08-Jun-80 1122 JK
C00687 00318 ∂08-Jun-80 2056 REP Future Tense in ELEPHANT
C00689 00319 ∂08-Jun-80 2139 JK
C00690 00320 ∂09-Jun-80 0345 RAH skyhook
C00693 00321 ∂09-Jun-80 1044 FFL Meeting today with Professor Cannon
C00694 00322 ∂09-Jun-80 1050 FFL
C00695 00323 ∂09-Jun-80 1051 FFL
C00696 00324 ∂09-Jun-80 1051 DEK standard mathematical keyboard
C00700 00325 ∂09-Jun-80 1635 FFL Reservations to LAX Thursday, June l2, returning June l3.
C00701 00326 ∂09-Jun-80 1934 MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
C00703 00327 ∂10-Jun-80 0932 HVA JMC Basic Research
C00704 00328 ∂10-Jun-80 0950 FFL
C00706 00329 ∂10-Jun-80 1103 JK proof checker
C00707 00330 ∂10-Jun-80 1643 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00709 00331 ∂10-Jun-80 2339 RAK Things to do
C00710 00332 ∂11-Jun-80 0909 CLT
C00711 00333 ∂11-Jun-80 0939 DCD loose ends
C00712 00334 ∂11-Jun-80 1058 HVA NSF Proposal--Basic Research
C00713 00335 ∂11-Jun-80 1451 CLT
C00714 00336 ∂11-Jun-80 1935 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Betty and a transition period
C00715 00337 ∂11-Jun-80 1940 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: transition of ARPA account 755
C00716 00338 ∂12-Jun-80 0012 TOB robotics
C00717 00339 ∂12-Jun-80 0937 HVA NSF Renewal for RWW
C00718 00340 ∂12-Jun-80 1302 FFL Call from Jon Dyle.
C00719 00341 ∂12-Jun-80 1307 FFL Visit with Julia Doane
C00720 00342 ∂12-Jun-80 1311 TOB
C00721 00343 ∂12-Jun-80 1325 DCD barwise
C00723 00344 ∂13-Jun-80 0953 CLT TONIGHT
C00724 00345 ∂13-Jun-80 1123 MAX information
C00725 00346 ∂13-Jun-80 1517 LES
C00732 00347 ∂14-Jun-80 0009 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle) Continuation of last night conversation
C00739 00348 ∂14-Jun-80 2230 Siegman at SUMEX-AIM <letter to DEC>
C00747 00349 ∂14-Jun-80 2359 POURNE@MIT-MC (Sent by COMSAT@MIT-MC)
C00748 00350 ∂15-Jun-80 0000 JMC*
C00749 00351 ∂16-Jun-80 0857 FFL
C00750 00352 ∂16-Jun-80 1310 MFB
C00751 00353 ∂17-Jun-80 0927 FFL
C00752 00354 ∂17-Jun-80 1327 FFL Meeting with Prof. Cannon and others
C00753 00355 ∂18-Jun-80 0903 CLT
C00754 00356 ∂18-Jun-80 1303 HVA Basic Research --NSF Renewal
C00755 00357 ∂18-Jun-80 1249 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00759 00358 ∂18-Jun-80 1421 HVA Visitor: Junia Doane
C00761 00359 ∂18-Jun-80 1659 CG doyle
C00763 00360 ∂18-Jun-80 2225 LES ARPA supplementary proposal
C00765 00361 ∂19-Jun-80 0645 CG doyle proposal
C00766 00362 ∂19-Jun-80 0917 HVA Your 2 Messages
C00767 00363 ∂19-Jun-80 1403 LES ARPA proposal
C00769 00364 ∂19-Jun-80 2210 RWW nsf review
C00770 00365 ∂20-Jun-80 0852 FFL Meeting with Prof. Cannon and others
C00771 00366 ∂20-Jun-80 0939 HVA Energy Paper
C00772 00367 ∂20-Jun-80 1511 FFL
C00773 00368 ∂20-Jun-80 1622 MTC on TTY64 (at TV-103) 1622
C00774 00369 ∂20-Jun-80 1625 CSD.BSCOTT at SU-SCORE D.C. Power Building Storage
C00776 00370 ∂21-Jun-80 1741 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
C00777 00371 ∂22-Jun-80 1134 ZM NSF FINAL REPORT
C00778 00372 ∂23-Jun-80 0312 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
C00781 00373 ∂23-Jun-80 1412 CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE Nonmonotonic logic
C00783 00374 ∂23-Jun-80 1424 FFL Trip to Chicago on June 26 return trip, June 27
C00784 00375 ∂23-Jun-80 1431 FFL Trip to Chicago
C00785 00376 ∂23-Jun-80 1452 FFL Trip to Chicago
C00786 00377 ∂23-Jun-80 1522 FFL
C00787 00378 ∂23-Jun-80 1534 FFL Trip to Chicago
C00788 00379 ∂23-Jun-80 1603 FFL Parking fee
C00789 00380 ∂23-Jun-80 1640 FFL
C00790 00381 ∂23-Jun-80 1642 FFL Call from James MacKnight of Grinnell Systems
C00791 00382 ∂23-Jun-80 1734 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
C00792 00383 ∂23-Jun-80 1940 CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE
C00793 00384 ∂23-Jun-80 2044 RWW NSF REPORT
C00794 00385 ∂23-Jun-80 2113 TOB ARPA message
C00795 00386 ∂24-Jun-80 0122 RWW
C00796 00387 ∂24-Jun-80 0126 RWW NSF REVIEW
C00797 00388 ∂24-Jun-80 0750 CLT
C00798 00389 ∂24-Jun-80 0841 HVA NSF Progress Report
C00799 00390 ∂24-Jun-80 1034 FFL the book, HUMAN INFERENCE
C00800 00391 ∂24-Jun-80 1507 BMOORE at SRI-KL AI/Phil session at AAAI
C00801 00392 ∂24-Jun-80 1714 BMOORE at SRI-KL AI/Phil at AAAI
C00802 00393 ∂25-Jun-80 0016 LLW Fancy Silicon Lithography Inquiry
C00806 00394 ∂25-Jun-80 0041 RWW
C00807 00395 ∂25-Jun-80 0056 100 : ASCHMAN via SU-TIP
C00808 00396 ∂25-Jun-80 0938 FFL
C00809 00397 ∂25-Jun-80 0940 FFL your summer appointment
C00810 00398 ∂25-Jun-80 1010 BMOORE at SRI-KL AI and Philosophy session at AAAI conference
C00812 00399 ∂25-Jun-80 1037 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> meeting re space
C00813 00400 ∂25-Jun-80 1125 FFL NSF Reports' status
C00814 00401 ∂25-Jun-80 1300 CLT*
C00815 00402 ∂25-Jun-80 1514 BEVERLY.HOWELL at CMU-10A Recommendation for Hans Moravec
C00816 00403 ∂25-Jun-80 1640 DCL
C00818 00404 ∂25-Jun-80 1702 TOB
C00819 00405 ∂25-Jun-80 2028 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: disks
C00821 00406 ∂26-Jun-80 0149 ME autologout
C00823 00407 ∂26-Jun-80 0303 LLW Party Call
C00825 00408 ∂26-Jun-80 0719 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI FY81 funding
C00827 00409 ∂26-Jun-80 1009 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM Re: disks
C00829 00410 ∂26-Jun-80 1009 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM Re: disks
C00831 00411 ∂26-Jun-80 1022 ALS
C00832 00412 ∂26-Jun-80 1026 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> space meeting
C00833 00413 ∂26-Jun-80 1243 FWH PV+A Seminar
C00835 00414 ∂26-Jun-80 1429 TOB meeting with Reynolds
C00836 00415 ∂27-Jun-80 1133 FFL NSF Report
C00837 00416 ∂27-Jun-80 1336 FFL Luckham report
C00838 00417 ∂27-Jun-80 1723 CLT phon at hp
C00839 00418 ∂28-Jun-80 0507 REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas)
C00840 00419 ∂28-Jun-80 0750 JMC*
C00841 00420 ∂29-Jun-80 1100 JMC*
C00842 00421 ∂29-Jun-80 1333 WP PV Seminar - Flaviu Cristian
C00843 00422 ∂29-Jun-80 2325 JK
C00844 00423 ∂30-Jun-80 0000 JMC*
C00845 00424 ∂30-Jun-80 0000 JMC*
C00846 00425 ∂30-Jun-80 1029 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) your summer salary
C00848 00426 ∂30-Jun-80 1008 WP Flaviu Cristian
C00849 00427 ∂30-Jun-80 1111 FFL
C00850 00428 ∂30-Jun-80 1432 LES Engelmore conversation
C00853 00429 ∂30-Jun-80 1317 FFL call from Dave Allen of Pulp and Paper magazine in NYC
C00854 00430 ∂30-Jun-80 1453 LES
C00855 00431 ∂30-Jun-80 1509 HVA JMC Summer Salary
C00856 00432 ∂30-Jun-80 1556 RPG Dave Waltz
C00857 00433 ∂30-Jun-80 1647 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
C00858 00434
C00868 ENDMK
C⊗;
∂02-Apr-80 1047 BERWCK at MIT-AI (Robert C. Berwick)
Date: 2 APR 1980 1341-EST
From: BERWCK at MIT-AI (Robert C. Berwick)
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, llw at SU-AI, rah at SU-AI, jmc at SU-AI
To: hpm at SU-AI
On re-reading my last message (remark 2) I see that I am
confused about tower verticality. I assumed that because
the momentum stream is initially aimed vertically, that
there would be a tendency for the tower to hold to vertical.
However, on reflection, it seems that -- in a thin tube --
any bending is quasi-stable, because the centripetal recoil
at a curve is exactly balanced by the tension at the ends,
-- so now I don't see any dynamic reason the tube should try
to straighten itself.
If that is correct, then there is a problem, because if the
tube is as thin as we have been proposing, then there is no
way to obtain a substantial bending moment from inside,
because whatever force we achieve is only applied to a
moment arm of less than a meter or so.
Then, in my note, I thought the earth's centrifugal force
would help, but now I see that it is indistinguishable from
a slight decrease in weight, and provides no constant
centering force.
There remains the possibility of dynamic stabilizing.
However, I conclude that it probably can't be done by
modulating the momentum flows inside the tube -- because of
that moment-arm problem. The way to do it, perhaps, is by
moving loads outside the tube -- up and down -- to use the
Coriolis force to provide local perturbations -- because
these are unsymmetrical.
However, this does not provide any North-South bending
moment -- sob.
Any ideas? I considered making a triangle of three towers.
But I have a feeling that that doesn't do much because it
can only apply a global tensile pull through the whole
thing, and isn't much use for "pulling out a growing local
kink".
--- Marvin
∂02-Apr-80 1427 JMC dinner Thursday
To: "@AIPHIL.LST[F79,JMC]" at SU-AI, AS at SU-AI
CC: CLT at SU-AI
Carolyn and I hope you and your wives can come to dinner Thursday
at 7pm at 846 Lathrop Dr., Stanford 321-7580
from Junipero Serra E on Stanford Ave., first L on Raimundo,
immediate R on Cedro crossing Mayfield up hill to Lathrop. L
on Lathrop which ends in a T on Lathrop itself. Continuing
across would enter our driveway, but turn R and park.
∂02-Apr-80 1555 AS Dinner
Xhanks for the invitation. I Assume you mean Thursday 10th April.
On 3rd and 4th I'll be in San Diego. Possibly back mid afternoon
Friday.
∂03-Apr-80 0905 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE Drafts of Letters
Date: 3 Apr 1980 0846-PST
From: CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE
Subject: Drafts of Letters
To: JMC at SU-AI
cc: CSD.Betty at SU-SCORE
Within the next few days I will draft the letters for Hersche and Les.
Need a little information: I am sure that Hersche will be considered
a "lay-off" but I am not sure about Les. Is he resigning or is he also
a lay-off?
Betty
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∂03-Apr-80 1000 JMC*
Mikado plot for plans involving concurrent actions with circum.
∂03-Apr-80 1024 CLT
I would really rather not come to the wine tasting
∂03-Apr-80 2036 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 3 APR 1980 2146-EST
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: jmc at SU-AI
Rics is MIT 253-4715 or 4710, home = 547-1637
∂04-Apr-80 0619 MFB thesis
To: JMC, ZM, RWW
∃x. Thesis[x] ∧ Written-by[x, Brooks] ∧ In[x, Your-Mailbox]
∂04-Apr-80 1342 LES
William Griffiths' account has expired. Flush?
∂04-Apr-80 1357 LES AI article for Mosaic
To: TOB at SU-AI, Buchanan at SUMEX-AIM,
Feigenbaum at SUMEX-AIM, DBL at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI, TW at SU-AI
A writer named Edward Edelson is writing an article on AI for Mosaic,
the NSF magazine. He would like to visit here the week of April 21
and interview each of you. Please report on your willingness and
known constraints.
If you wish to talk with him directly, his phone is 212 949-3750.
∂04-Apr-80 1755 CSD.ULLMAN at SU-SCORE MS admissions
Date: 4 Apr 1980 1749-PST
From: CSD.ULLMAN at SU-SCORE
Subject: MS admissions
To: CSD-Faculty: ;
The admissions committee is about to begin reading applications for
the MS degree. Reflecting faculty sentiment voiced at our December
meeting, I shall endeavor to admit about 10 new students, which means
about 12-13 acceptances. As there may be the desire to have MS students
for particular projects, I would appreciate knowing now of any
such "requisitions." With your concurrence, we may wish to make
offers of admission with support to the appropriate applicants.
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∂04-Apr-80 2042 AS Printing
I'd like to get INTENT[1,as] printed on a decent printer.
At present it has no formatting instructions - it has merely been
justified using the editor. I can't get our local decwriter to
print it sensibly, mainly, I think because the monitor will not
transmit form-feeds to the terminal, so the pages run over folds in
the paper. Also the file is now a bit long for printing at 300 baud.
Any suggestions as to the best way to proceed?
Since Dan is returning this weekend I am not sure how much access I'll
continue to have to a terminal, so the paper will probably not be
altered much now.
How are the axioms for concurrency going? Is it best to start with
non-intentional systems, e.g. the co-operative parts of a machine
like a clock, or electronic circuit? I guess continuous processes
may be specially difficult.
Aaron
The command
xs <filename>/nohead
will print ethe file on the Xerox Graphics Printer in Margaret
Jacks Hall on the fourth floor. The /nohead suppresses putting
a heading with file name and page number on each page. I can
help you format it for more elegant printing this weekend or
Monday. At present I have a cold and prefer not to go out or
I'd meet you at MJH.
I'm not doing too well with concurrency with or without
intentionality. I have been looking at opera plots and would like
to discuss it with you this weekend or Monday depending
on how I feel tomorrow and your schedule. I hope you
had a good visit to San Diego.
∂05-Apr-80 1815 AS
Thanks for your message. The trip to SanDiego was quite interesting.
Geoff Hinton in particular has some very interesting ideas on
computational architectures which are somewhat more like the brain than
current digital computers.
Sorry to hear about your cold. I'll be here a few hours if you wish to
communicate. At present I don't have any plans for tomorrow, though I
promised to get in touch with Bob Boyer. Printing out the file can wait
till Monday or Tuesday. I'll be at the center Monday morning, but have a
date with Dick Hare in the afternoon. I'll be visiting Xerox some time
Tuesday.
I suppose I can give the xs command when I'm ready, and the print out will
just wait until I fetch it.
∂06-Apr-80 0002 LLW Still More Skyhookery
To: minsky at MIT-AI
CC: LLW at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI, RAH at SU-AI, HPM at SU-AI
∂02-Apr-80 1045 BERWCK at MIT-AI (Robert C. Berwick)
Date: 2 APR 1980 1341-EST
From: BERWCK at MIT-AI (Robert C. Berwick)
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, llw at SU-AI, rah at SU-AI, jmc at SU-AI
To: hpm at SU-AI
On re-reading my last message (remark 2) I see that I am
confused about tower verticality. I assumed that because
the momentum stream is initially aimed vertically, that
there would be a tendency for the tower to hold to vertical.
However, on reflection, it seems that -- in a thin tube --
any bending is quasi-stable, because the centripetal recoil
at a curve is exactly balanced by the tension at the ends,
-- so now I don't see any dynamic reason the tube should try
to straighten itself.
[Your present understanding is basically correct.]
If that is correct, then there is a problem, because if the
tube is as thin as we have been proposing, then there is no
way to obtain a substantial bending moment from inside,
because whatever force we achieve is only applied to a
moment arm of less than a meter or so.
[But it can be applied all the way up (or down) the tower, just be
changing the direction-of-aim of the upgoing stream, at the tower bottom
and then 'allowing' each momentum-shedding station in the tower to pick
some of this altered momentum stream off the cannonballs, as they struggle
to center the passing cannonballs in their pick-up loops. Kinks are
automatically straightened thereby, by application to the cannonballs of
Newton's persistence-of-rectilinear-motion law.]
Then, in my note, I thought the earth's centrifugal force
would help, but now I see that it is indistinguishable from
a slight decrease in weight, and provides no constant
centering force.
[But you can always choose to make the tower have slightly *negative*
weight, both locally and globally, by adjustment of how much momentum the
pick-up loops shed onto the cannonballs, relative to how much they pick up
from the Earth's gravitational field. A 'slight decreases in weight' will
then indeed 'stretch' the tower into a smooth curve. Whether this curve
is the special case of straight line depends of how the cannonball stream
is aimed at ground level.]
There remains the possibility of dynamic stabilizing.
However, I conclude that it probably can't be done by
modulating the momentum flows inside the tube -- because of
that moment-arm problem. The way to do it, perhaps, is by
moving loads outside the tube -- up and down -- to use the
Coriolis force to provide local perturbations -- because
these are unsymmetrical.
[Dynamic stabilization is acutely possible, by a variety of detailed
mechanisms. The smallness of the available moment arm problem has a
converse: you don't have a very large tower moment of inertia on which to
work, in order to change its direction. You have the entire tower mass in
cannonballs cycling through it at least daily, so that very gentle
`suggestions' from the cannonball stream issuing from the upgoing linear
motor as to how the tower should move in *any* direction will be quite
rapidly reflected in how fast it moves in that direction.]
However, this does not provide any North-South bending
moment -- sob.
[Steering in *any* direction is equally feasible--see above. You've
really got a very powerful handle on the tower's momentum budget: it
acquires momentum only from the Earth's gravitational field and from the
cannonball stream, and you control both the direction and the magnitude of
the latter completely. Even without active stabilization, the tower is
guaranteed to 'stand tall' unless you blow the momentum maintenance task
completely outside its 'performance envelope.']
Any ideas? I considered making a triangle of three towers.
But I have a feeling that that doesn't do much because it
can only apply a global tensile pull through the whole
thing, and isn't much use for "pulling out a growing local
kink".
[No problems exist in this area, as noted above. Keep the cards and
letters coming, though--you're very effectively highlighting the areas
where the paper's exposition clearly needs to focus attention. Sorry to
be so long in replying--Rod and I have had to be at LASL for the latter
part of this past week. The tower came up in discussions there, and the
locals were very excited by it.]
--- Marvin
[Lowell]
∂06-Apr-80 1209 CLT
Let me know when you get home, I worry about you flying with your cold and the
dismal weather and all.
∂06-Apr-80 2200 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 7 APR 1980 0057-EST
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, llw at SU-AI, RAH at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
some skyhook issues.
EARTH TIDES: Earthquakes and earth tides. The Tower is
sensitive to lateral displacement. How large are diurnal
earth tides? (Might it make sense to have a 24 hour
circuit?) If the earht has a relative shift of a few
meters then we have to make the tower base track this.
In any case, the base might have to be mounted on a
multi-megaton sliding base for lateral compliance effects.
WIND: Loading is greatly reduced by passive airfoil baffles
on the tube, for the first 15 miles or so. But they would
get in the elevator's way. Starting the Tower on a high
mountain would help -- if there is a suitably located
mountain. In Clarke's novel, he gives various reasons why
the Skyhook should be located where it is. We might have to
specify minimax wond-loading, earth-stability, etc. For
Disaster reasons, I suspect it must be on a West coast of a
large ocean. This suggest East Africe, North Brazil, or
somewhere around the East Indies.
EQUATORIAL LOCATION: We should calculate the feasibility of
having the tower lean. Suppose we want tower to start
several thousand miles North of equator. It will then, of
course, slant northwards, for a while. But it tends toward
the equatorial plane, as centrifugal force begins to
contribute. If we allow some tensile pull, I think it can
then begin to lean South past the equator and reaching
farther than the geosynchronous point -- perhaps with a big
mass out there.
This may not be as bad as it sounds. For we can use cheap,
long steel cables there. With the very small pseudo-gravity
out there, a 1000-mile steel tensile cable is quite
practical. Balanced by an equal length inside the
geosynchrouous radius, this heavy equatorial dumbell might
have some nice anchoring features.
DISASTER PLANNING. We should explain the worst case
accident, in which ascending particles escape from Earth,
High descenders go into orbit, medium descenders graze
atmosphere and land everywhere along equator, Low descenders
cut a crater-trench, ending in a big crater at the launch
site.
Anyway, paper should have discussions of:
Earth-tides
Wind
Off-equator origin point.
Disaster Planning.
∂07-Apr-80 0900 JMC*
waltuch
∂07-Apr-80 1058 PJH dinneronthursday
thanks, wed love to come. see you at 7. Pat and Jackie.
∂07-Apr-80 1359 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 8
SPEAKER: Derek Oppen, Stanford University
TITLE: The Engineering of a Simplifier
∂07-Apr-80 1429 SEK
∂27-Mar-80 1706 JMC
Can you find a copy of this?
McCarthy, John\A time sharing operator program for our projected IBM 709\unknown\
Jan. 1959\2 copies\time sharing. (GEN)
Ok, I'll see what I can find.
∂07-Apr-80 1445 FFL white board pens
Three pens are on the chalk tray. These pens seem to be in short supply at the
moment but the office downstairs has placed on order for more.
∂07-Apr-80 1551 TOB
To: JMC at SU-AI, DBL at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI, DPB at SU-AI
Within the MS in Computer Science specializing in AI, I would
like to provide a specialty in robotics and computer vision.
Are specializations such as this intended in the plan? If so,
I suggest that we mention that in the writeup for courses and
degrees next time around, listing some examples of specialties.
I just had an inquiry concerning this sort of MS program in robotics.
Tom's proposal for robotics specialization in MS program seems
like a good idea to me.
∂07-Apr-80 1853 HPP.GENESERETH at SU-SCORE AI Qual
Date: 7 Apr 1980 1847-PST
From: HPP.GENESERETH at SU-SCORE
Subject: AI Qual
To: Feigenbaum at SUMEX-AIM, lenat at SUMEX-AIM, TW at SU-AI
cc: Buchanan at SUMEX-AIM, JMC at SU-AI
I propose Thursday, June the 12th. Terry can't make it the week before.
If you all agree, I'll start hunting up outsiders to sit on the committees.
Do you want to get together to discuss it beforehand? Or perhaps after
I get a tentative list of volunteers; so that we can discuss committee
composition.
-- Mike
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∂08-Apr-80 0800 host SU-SCORE
Date: 8 Apr 1980 0743-PST
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: Re: AI Qual
To: HPP.GENESERETH at SU-SCORE, Feigenbaum at SUMEX-AIM, lenat at SUMEX-AIM,
TW at SU-AI
cc: Buchanan at SUMEX-AIM, JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 7-Apr-80 1847-PST
Thursday June 12 is OK with me....Ed
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∂08-Apr-80 1029 DCD
The Dennetts accept with pleasure, as one says.
∂08-Apr-80 1213 FFL call from Michael Sabin
To: JMC, FFL
from Committee of Concerned Scientists re trip to USSR. Still do not have
an answer about a visa, either yes or no. If denied, there will be a
press conferece on April l5, at ll a.m., at NY Academy of Science. Would
like you to issue a statement in California the same day. Will keep you
informed. Are working on the problem. Have sent telegrams to Secretary
Vance, Dr. Frank Press, and to Dr. Philip Handler, President of National
Academy of Science, asking them to intervene with the Soviet Embassy. If
you have questions, you may call him today by 4:30, NY time, at
212-686-8862, or call Dorothy Hirsch at home, 212-229-0475.
∂08-Apr-80 1533 FFL Phone call from Michael Sabin
This may be a repeat message for you. I discovered an error in my copy so I am
doing the message over to be sure that you receive it. Mr. Sabin is of the
Committee of Concerned Scientists, calling re your trip to the USSR. They
still do not have an answer about a visa, one way or the other. If denied,
there will be a press conference on April l5, ll a.m., at NY Academy of Science.
Would like you to issue a press statemen in California the same day. Will keep
you informed. Are working on the problem. Have sent telegrams to Secretary
Vance, Dr. Frank Press, and Dr. Philip Handler, President of the National
Academy of Science asking them to intervene with the Soviet Embassy. If you
have questions, you may call him today by 4:30, NY time, 212-686-8862, or call
Dorothy Hirsch at home, 212-229-0475.
l
∂08-Apr-80 1540 FFL Phone call from Jonathan Haynes
is a young man who said he was an undergraduate on leave from UCD, now writing
a book. Said he had worked with Carl Pribram in brain science. Wants to speak
with you about giving a slide show here which he believes would be of interest
to faculty aand students on the computer and brain science. Phone; 325-9884.
∂08-Apr-80 1739 AS
I forgot to ask about the time of the seminar tomorrow. If anyone else
wants to go to the vision seminar in MJH at 2 pm I'll be happy to join
them and come back here for a seminar at 4 say. Alternatively we could
meet earlier in the afternoon.
Aaron
∂08-Apr-80 1931 AS
OK 2:30 is fine
∂08-Apr-80 2015 AS
I met Bob Wilensky on his visit to xerox today. It turns out that having
worked in Schank's group he too grew dissatisfied with the lack of
generality of some of the things being done there and is now trying to
address issues involved in stories with multiple goals, ambiguities,
creative plans, etc. e.g.
John needed some money. He took his gun and went to a
liquor store. He offered the man his gun in return for
some money...
His program starts by thinking it's a holdup then decides it can't be and
infers that this is a bartering situation (my terminology) in an unusual
context. If the story continues:
The man agreed, so John bought something and went home
happy.
the program ought to be able to answer the question "What did John buy?"
(at least in general terms). This requires it to be able to maintain the
"liquor store" context despite temporarily having to use a different
schema to make sense of what's going on. As far as I know, it can't do
this yet.
Another facet of Bob's work that might interest you is that he is
beginning to develop a sort of taxonomy of situations involving multiple
goals, either in one person or in two. It is still a bit primitive and
example driven, but appears to have made some advances on Abelson's
taxonomy in his paper on 'the structure of belief systems' in the Colby
and Schank book. To illustrate, he has found it necessary to distinguish
general goals which people are likely to have to deal with by setting up a
continuing state of affairs (e.g. getting a job to ensure a supply of
money) from more episodic goals (e.g. wanting to see a football match).
This sort of distinction is used in controlling the search for an
explanation of what's going on in a story, e.g. deciding which goal an
action is relevant to.
Perhaps you should invite him over to talk some time.
∂08-Apr-80 2216 LGC What is MTC?
In last year's ARPA proposal, the following sentences occur:
"Our work over the past few years has made it considerably clearer how our
formal approach can be applied to AI and MTC problems. This brings
application nearer, especially in the area of MTC."
What does 'MTC' stand for here? I am unfamiliar with this abbreviation.
"Mathematical Theory of Computation" is the term I introduced in 1960
for the mathematics of proving that computer programs meet specs.
∂08-Apr-80 2330 ZM Tang ↔ unrestricted fund
To: JMC
CC: HVA
Let's do it. Thanks Zohar
∂09-Apr-80 0645 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI Addendum to last msg
Date: 9 Apr 1980 0617-PST
Sender: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
Subject: Addendum to last msg
From: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
To: JMC at SU-AI
Message-ID: <[USC-ISI] 9-Apr-80 06:17:28.ENGELMORE>
In order to request an increase in funding I also have to indicate that some
new research task will be performed. Perhaps you can describe the work that
Doyle will be doing, since that ought to be clearly "new", and I can point to
that. Thanks,
Bob
∂09-Apr-80 0645 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI Re: Goad support
Date: 9 Apr 1980 0612-PST
Sender: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
Subject: Re: Goad support
From: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
To: JMC at SU-AI
Message-ID: <[USC-ISI] 9-Apr-80 06:12:43.ENGELMORE>
In-Reply-To: Your message of 08 Apr 1980 2322-PST
John,
Suggest you send me a budget for FY81 for all the Formal Reasoning
work, showing the addition of Doyle, deletion of Earnest and Allen, addition
of Goad, and other changes that will occur, to help me justify the incremental
funding.
Regards,
Bob
∂09-Apr-80 0717 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Ma as TA for you
Date: 9 Apr 1980 0712-PST
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: Ma as TA for you
To: jmc at SU-AI
cc: csd.betty at SU-SCORE, csd.dbrown at SU-SCORE
John,
It's ok to hire Ma for 206 and 226. Betty will arrange to pay him on an "hourly
basis" the equivalent of the university stipend for TAs. In this note, I'm making
no commitment regarding whether Ma is needed for "quarter time" or "half time"
vis a vis 206 or 226. You and Denny can work that out.
Ed
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∂09-Apr-80 0752 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE Your VLSI Contract
Date: 9 Apr 1980 0745-PST
From: CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE
Subject: Your VLSI Contract
To: JMC at SU-SCORE
cc: CSD.Betty at SU-SCORE
Ed Feigenbaum asked me to put Jeff Ullman on your contract for 1/3 time
Spring Quarter. Now I have a request from Jeff to charge a CS report
cost to this contract. Are you aware of all this, and is it o.k? And
is it o.k. for Jeff to have general "spending authority" on the contract?
Betty
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Yes, it's ok for Jeff to have "spending authority".
∂09-Apr-80 1002 FFL letter for your signature
There is a letter in your office for signature. I believe it has time value.
∂09-Apr-80 1044 TOB John Craig
John
John Craig has applied to EE for admission.
He has an offer of assistantship and admission
from MIT and must let them know. I think that
he is a real winner and want him. I intend to
support him. If anything is required, would
you speak for him?
Tom
∂09-Apr-80 1117 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> Ma TAing
Date: 9 Apr 1980 1111-PST
From: Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
Subject: Ma TAing
To: jmc at SU-AI
cc: csd.betty at SU-SCORE, csd.feigenbaum at SU-SCORE
"Budget" for CS206 is a half-time TA since there is grading etc. and usually
attracts at least 30 students. Budget for CS226 is a quarter time TA, since
the course is smaller and doesn't have lots of programs to grade. -Denny
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∂09-Apr-80 1130 AS Intent
Page 4 of INTENT[1,AS], which I'm still workig on, discusses some implications
of your 'First order theories of individual concepts and propositions'.
Do have have anything written on circumscription that I could take home with
me to Sussex?
I have copies of my AI Journal paper.
∂09-Apr-80 2205 TOB Ivan Sutherland
To: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
Ivan Sutherland may be available now. As you
probably know, he has left Caltech. Bob Cannon,
73601, can give you some information.
Tom
∂09-Apr-80 2347 the tty of Geoffrey S. Goodfellow Rember Klatu, Quasars Domestic Home Android?
Date: 9 Apr 1980 2334-PST
Sender: GEOFF at SRI-KA
Subject: Rember Klatu, Quasars Domestic Home Android?
From: the tty of Geoffrey S. Goodfellow
To: bboard at KL, bboard at SCORE, bboard at ICS, bboard at WCC,
To: bboard at RUTGERS, sumex.bbd at AIM
Cc: phw at AI, jmc at SAIL, amarel at RUTGERS, eaf at SAIL,
Cc: minsky at AI, hart at KL, sacerdoti at KL
Message-ID: <[SRI-KA] 9-Apr-80 23:34:10.GEOFF>
Reply-to: Geoff @ SRI-KA
Here is a recent article on Klatu, courtesy of David
Touretzky@CMU
THE EMPEROR'S NEW ROBOT
-----------------------
by David Weinberg / New Jersey Monthly / April 1980
Tony Reichelt doesn't know this but I did see his robot, Klatu,
one time before I saw it at the New York Statler Hilton. It was the day
I had an appointment to meet Tony at the Rutherford warehouse that
serves as the offices for his company, Quasar Industries. Tony was a
little late, so while I was waiting, I started to wander around. It was
quite a scene, really. There were robot props all over the place, big
plastic robot heads that could fit on a number of bodies, robot vests,
robot sunglasses, bits of circuitry here and there, and posters on the
walls depicting various robot "characters" such as "Reggie X. N.
DeMyllis, Film Producer, Director, Talent Scout and Robot." Not that
there wasn't some legitimate robot research going on. But overall, the
place looked more like the costume department of some incredible robot
theater where all the productions were robot plays, with names like "La
Cage Aux Robots," (Robots of a Feather) performed by robot actors and
actresses. Right out in the middle of everything was an enormous
mock-up robot known as Big Al, a robot "security guard" Tony had been
working on. Big Al looked demented. He must have been about ten feet
tall, and he had this cross-eyed, rather stupid expression that made
him seem utterly harmless but a little kinky. "What's this one do?" I
asked a secretary. "He's a security guard, to guard a plant," she
replied primly. "If you try to get past him, he emits a high-pitched
sound that will drop a grown man to his knees." I strolled past Big Al,
past a number of video games, and back into a "restricted" area. It was
there, in a little room, that I saw Klatu.
Klatu, you may remember, is the robot that Reichelt introduced
to the world a couple of years ago, an android that was supposed to
introduce a new age in which robots would proliferate and become our
domestic servants. Tony claimed that Klatu would talk, walk, vacuum and
dust, trim the hedges, even babysit, and his idea got a lot of
publicity. But there was another kind of publicity too: charges from
some robot experts that Tony was a fraud, that the technology he was
talking about simply didn't exist. I followed the controversy for a
while, then last January decided to go see it for myself. There wasn't
much to see in that room besides the insides of Klatu, a lot of wiring,
and something that looked like a battery all mounted on a cone-shaped
unit that in turn rested on a tire. I stared at it, fixedly, then
jumped as I felt a hand grab my arm. "I'm sorry, this is a restricted
area," the secretary said, leading me away. Restricted! But why?
Because the science of the future was being created in this room? Or
because this was the inner sanctum of fakery, the room where the
obscene details of the Klatu hoax were being cynically calculated?
I still wasn't sure after meeting Tony Reichelt. Tony came in
wearing a flowered shirt, a suede jacket, and a gold pendant in the
shape of a robot. He's in his late 30s and his face is pale from
overwork. But it's a youthful face -- almost juvenile sometimes -- and
elastic enough to match perfectly Tony's talk. For Reichelt is a talker
-- I knew that as soon as I met him. He's a showman, a blond guy with a
silver, lubricious tongue, almost, I would say, the tongue of a con
artist. The only thing that saves Tony, in fact, from seeming like a
complete huckster is the sense of wonder he has about the world of
robots and magic superheroes. These three things are not always
distinct in his mind -- he can't always distinguish between science and
fantasy -- but he believes in them, loves them intensely, perhaps
because they are something other than the world he is used to, the
marketing world. Tony Reichelt has been in marketing all his life, he
told me, and he has sold a thousand different things. Toys. Games. Once
he even sold the concept of a flying submarine. Then, ten years ago, he
started trying to sell a robot.
How could he, I asked him, come up with a technology that no
one, not even the foremost robot technologists in America, has yet been
able to come up with? Tony scoffed. "Look, you believe what you want to
believe," he told me. "That's what it all comes down to. Thoses guys at
the National Science Foundation are paid to look for things, but
they're not paid to find them. If they find something, what happens to
them? They lose their grant money. Everybody keeps saying -- how could
you do it? I say, if you want to know, go dig in the dirt and rummage
in the junk yards the way I did and use the brain God gave you." Of
course, Tony meant all this figuratively. He has never actually dug in
the junk yards for robot parts, because he doesn't know anything about
robots except what his engineers have told him. But he insisted that
day in Rutherford that he was going to build a domestic android that
would sell for $39.95. And he told me if I wanted to see Klatu to come
to the New York Hilton that Sunday. "Listen, this may not solve the
controversy," he said. "But if I tell you the secret of Klatu, what'll
happen? I'll be finished. No more writers writing. No more people
calling. Nothing. Because once you know, no one cares any more."
I picked up a friend of mine that Sunday and went with her to
the 24th floor of the Hilton, where Klatu was being displayed at a
jewelry trade show, the kind of appearance for which Reichelt generally
gets paid $1,500. We took the elevator up, walked towards voices, and
then turned into a crowded room and stopped short. For there, in the
center of everything, was Klatu. It was a crude machine. It had a big
white plastic helmet for a head, the body was cone-shaped and covered
with a shiny reflecting material. It had vacuum cleaner hoses for arms
with pincers for hands. And it was, of all things, telling jokes.
"Hello Marilyn," it said to a pretty blond. "Marilyn, are you there?"
it asked. "Yes," marilyn said. She looked suspiciously at Klatu.
"Marilyn, would you do me a favor and rub my head?" the robot crooned.
Marilyn complied. Groaning noises came from Klatu and his head lit up.
"Marilyn, I have something to tell you," the voice whispered
ecstatically. "My head is my SEX ORGAN!" The group exploded with
laughter. And I was transfixed. Because the voice coming from Klatu was
Tony Reichelt's! Klatu kept up the chatter, and I watched until I felt
a nudge. It was my friend Elizabeth. "Come with me," she murmured, and
she led me across the hall to another room. "Look in there," she
ordered. I looked in, and there, sitting on a bed in the hotel room,
was Tony, talking into a remote control unit. "It's all a big fake,"
Elizabeth said, a little resentfully. "Anybody can do that." "But he
said he'd have the robot programmed," I spluttered. "Well, it's not,"
Elizabeth said flatly.
I called Tony a few days later. He was quite cheerful. "How'd
you like the show?" he asked. "Tony, you did it with remote control,"
I said hesitantly. There was a silence. "Well, yeah," he said
finally. "But we don't always do it that way, just when the space is
tight." I asked him when Klatu might be programmed next. "Well, I
don't know kid, I don't know," he said. "I'm awfully busy. Going out
to the coast to do some shows. This is my bread and butter, you know.
I don't really have the time to set up a program." There was a
silence. "But listen kid," he added hastily. "Maybe in a few months
we can work something out. I'll give you a call."
"Sure, Tony" I told him, before we hung up. I couldn't be angry
with him. Tony wants Klatu to be real and wonderful as much as anyone
else. It's just that in this life, it seems, he is destined to be a
salesman.
∂10-Apr-80 1044 100 : Frances Larson Phone call from Michael Sabin in New York
from Committee of Concerned Scientists. Regrets that your visa has been rejected
Asks that you call him before 4:30, NY time, at 212-686-8862, or if later, call
Dorothy Hirsch at 212-229-0475. He wants to discuss press conference and other
matters.
∂10-Apr-80 1049 CLT coffeepot
i located a cord for the department pot. please pick it up at the office
on your way home tonight.
∂11-Apr-80 0111 AS
I've printed out a copy of my INTENT file and will bring it to the
center in the morning. I presume that after I go it will disappear, as
my account will be closed. Would it be worth preserving the file,
perhaps in your account, and inviting the other members of the group,
and you, to edit comments and reactions into it? If so, I'd be grateful
if you'd send me a listing when it finally settles down.
∂11-Apr-80 0805 FFL Phone call from Dolores Bennett from EE Department.
re John Craig who has been discussed for an assistantship with Dr. Binford.
Ms. Bennett says she needs a statement from you that you are willing to oversee
the research for this post-M.S. student. (He is in optical engineering.)
Then she can send out the R.A. letter. Her phone is 7-4ll5.
∂11-Apr-80 1035 FFL Phone call from Norman Alster
a free-lance writer from Boston who worked with you on a computer
intelligence story a few years ago. He will try to reach you at CBS, but
if he doesnot, would yoyou pleease call him collect at 6l7-66l-79l7.
∂11-Apr-80 1345 FFL Phone call from Dr. Kahn's office, DARPA, Arlington, VA.
To: JMC, FFL
inviting you to a conference of Principal Investigators to be held in Monterey
April 2l-22 at Double Tree Inn (408-649-45ll)
1) Dr. Kahn has guaranteed l0 rooms at the Inn on his credit card. If you
go, please make your reservations, asking them to release one of those rooms
from his card.
2) They wish a l or 2 page summary of IPTO/sponsored efforts. They must have
this by Monday, April l4, 5 p.m. You may contact Mrs. Joan Elliott ,
joan at isib, by electronic mail.
If you have questions, contact Judy (Dr. Kahn's secretary) at 202-694-5922.
∂11-Apr-80 1343 MFB thesis
To: RWW, JMC, ZM
hows the thesis reading business going?
∂11-Apr-80 1610 LES ARPA final report
Better late than later.
∂11-Apr-80 1813 DCL SAIL accounting
To: LES at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
CC: LJH at SU-AI
LES,
Please let me know what you think is reasonable to do about this situation
where we are paying for 18% of SAIL and using 7%.
I think we can reasonably expect to use 10-12% sometimes in the future.
Possibly "supporters" should be in for a fixed share (say x%) which may be
y% more than their current usage in any 3 month period. The question is what
y can reasonably be (perhaps (1/2)*x ?)
-David
∂13-Apr-80 0352 MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 12 APR 1980 1622-EST
From: MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
To: jmc at SU-AI
Richard Stallman said you invited him to come there and think about logic,
etc., some time, and he is interested. I said I'd remind you. I forget
wheter he needs support -- expenses -- or what. Fi you can't find that,
maybe I can.
In any case, he's very inventive. As you know, he did a lot of the
Sussman-Stallman constraint ideas and, though as far as I know he's never
thought very much about logic, he is mathematically good.
Also, he is an ex-physicist. He thought of another skyhook configuration
which doesn't work because of a large compression term, but was a good
try; he knows a lot of physics and mechanics, I think.
∂13-Apr-80 0934 JK
I wrote two short papers for an IMSSS publication that may be of interest
to you - one DIR.IMS[DOC,JK] on the fragment of predicate calculus that I
have been talking about and the other on theorem proving in set theory
(and tentative views on what a good theorem proving system should look
like) as SET.IMS[DOC,JK].
Incidentally, I checked out the Boyer and Moore proof of the unique
factorization theorem. They formulate it in terms of lists of
prime factors being unique up to permutation.
∂13-Apr-80 1421 BPM AIDS
To: "@JOB.DIS[1,BPM]" at SU-AI
Friends,
On April 21st I will be joining a new company called Advanced Information
and Decision Systems (or "AIDS" for short). Its charter is to perform
research and development, consulting, and product development in the areas
of artificial intelligence, computer science, decision science, operations
research, control theory, and signal processing. Initially I will be
developing programming environments and other knowledge based
applications. My new business address and telephone number are
Advanced Information and Decision Systems
201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 286
Mountain View, CA 94040
(415) 941-3912
My ARPAnet address remains MCCUNE@USC-ISIE.
Brian McCune
∂13-Apr-80 1724 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 15
SPEAKER: Derek Oppen, Stanford University
TITLE: The Engineering of a Simplifier, Part II
∂14-Apr-80 0934 FFL Call to Dolores Bennett in EE Dept.
To: JMC, FFL
Ms. Bennett thanked you for calling her on Friday. She would appreciate
a call from you today. She really would like tohave a note from you
verifying that you will supervise the research of John Crraig, the graduate
student in question, if that is what you wish to do. Her number; 7-4ll5.
∂15-Apr-80 0939 FFL Phone call from Allan Nixon
To: JMC, FFL
Re the press conference tentatively arranged for today. After researching
it, he decided it would not be profitable. He has prepared and sent a statement
to the media and will send you a copy. If you wish to talk with him today, he
will be at 96l-6330 most of the day.
∂15-Apr-80 1329 HVA TELEPHONE CALL
Mr. Okner called (327-1160)
∂15-Apr-80 1512 ROB Disk pack for MACLISP
Would it be possible to supply RPG with a UDP for general MACLISP archival?
I believe it would be a big help to him in maintaining the system. I would
be happy to crank out the requisitions, etc, as required.
- Rob
Yes, please do it. - jmc
∂16-Apr-80 1610 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE 1980:81 Research Associate Salaries
Date: 16 Apr 1980 1531-PST
From: CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE
Subject: 1980:81 Research Associate Salaries
To: JMC at SU-AI
cc: CSD.Betty at SU-SCORE
Ed Feigenbaum is working on 1980-81 salary recommendations for research
associates and professional staff. He would like your recommendations
on the following persons. We have an 11% "control" (111% of total current
research associate salaries), and he assumes that some individuals should
have less than the 11%, and perhaps some greater than 11%. Ed will be away
after tomorrow for a few days, so I will much appreciate your response
sometime tomorrow.
Creary - Current Salary $22,956
Weyrauch - Current Salary $27,539
Thanks very much,
Betty
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∂16-Apr-80 1935 LGC Current Developments
∂16-Apr-80 1613 JMC
What are you up to these days?
I'm pursuing two related sub-tasks in parallel:
1. I'm making good progress developing some of the ideas in SNAPOV and
incorporating the corresponding revisions and additions into the text.
Just now, I'm concentrating on the advice-taking aspects of the design,
and some related ideas for a machine-usable "theory of weak methods"
(the quoted phrase is Newell's). I also plan to develop the ideas on
simulative reasoning about propositional attitudes a little further.
2. I'm studying dissertations and other related papers by Mike Genesereth,
Dave Wilkins, Rich/Shrobe/Waters (at MIT), Brian McCune, and Ira
Goldstein/Mark Miller (at MIT). These materials contain a number of
good ideas that are either directly relevant or closely related to the
design of the advice taker, and are helping to stimulate both the
developments in 1 and my thinking about implementation issues. This study
will finish my survey of the relevant "state of the art," unless I
discover new closely related materials.
All of this is in preparation for the detailed formulation of an initial
travel problem, and the machinery for its solution by the advice-taking
travel planner. I expect to get started in earnest on this phase of the
project within two weeks; ideas for it are already beginning to take shape.
∂17-Apr-80 0209 RPG Books etc
To: JMC, CLT
I've glanced a bit at the Yale LISP book (Charniak, Reisbeck...),
and, though it covers topics that are of interest to you (us),
I don't think that the presentation is all that good. Moreover,
it tends to be about large-scale programming only in name, not
in content. However, there might need to be some re-thinking done
on the advisability of putting a second LISP book on the market that
would be so similar in logical content, even if not in actual content.
Perhaps a closer reading of that book is in order or a well-timed
side-step of the entire issue.
In any case, it's currently my intention to remain somewhat
local for approximately another full year, where `local' can mean
as far away as LLL, so that if some arrangement is desired, it can
probably be worked out easily without a large amount of lead time
from my point of view.
-rpg-
∂17-Apr-80 0755 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
Date: 17 Apr 1980 0748-PST
From: CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
To: JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 16-Apr-80 1805-PST
Thank you, John.
Carolyn
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∂17-Apr-80 1331 FFL Phone call from Committee of Concerned Scientists
To: JMC, FFL
One of the hosts of the Russian conferencee has been arrested. The Committee
has composed a cable to send and would like to add your name to it. Would you
please call Andrea at 212-686-8862.
∂17-Apr-80 1725 CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE Draft of letter to Hersche
Date: 17 Apr 1980 1719-PST
From: CSD.BETTY at SU-SCORE
Subject: Draft of letter to Hersche
To: JMC at SU-AI
cc: CSD.Betty at SU-SCORE
John, here is a draft of a formal notification letter to Hersche. Would
you please revise it as you wish, and I will have it typed for your
signature:
Here is the modified version:
This letter is to confirm our conversation concerning the decision to bring
the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory's financial and administrative affairs
into the general Computer Science Department's administrative unit as of
September 1, 1980. Although I regret that this decision requires that you
locate another position as of that date, closer integration
with the Department has become necessary.
I want to thank you for your service to the Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory over the past several years, and to offer you my best wishes
for the future. Please call on me if I can be of assistance to you in
your efforts to find another position to your liking.
Sincerely,
----------
Betty
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∂18-Apr-80 0039 ZM modal logic
To: JMC
CC: ZM
John, You CANNOT express the property "event A occurs more times than
event B" in modal logic. Of course, you can do this indirectly (I don't
like it) by defining recursively functions COUNTA and COUNTB and then use
COUNTA ≥ COUNTB. Zohar
∂18-Apr-80 1033 FFL ∂17-Apr-80 1331 FFL Phone call from Committee of Concerned Scientists
To: JMC, FFL
To: JMC, FFL
One of the hosts of the Russian conferencee has been arrested. The Committee
has composed a cable to send and would like to add your name to it. Would you
please call Andrea at 212-686-8862.
MM
Michael Sabin called from Com of Concerned Scientists
They have spoken to Jack Minker to suggest that you and Dr. Patrick Winston
write a short note to the special interest group of AI about your distress
and displeasure with the Soviets in denying you visas to the conference.Mr.
Sabin has also communicated this to Dr. Winston. If you have questions,
please call Mr. Sabin before 4 p.m., NY time, at 212-686-8862.
∂18-Apr-80 1311 LES AI article
To: TOB at SU-AI, Buchanan at SUMEX-AIM,
Feigenbaum at SUMEX-AIM, DBL at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI, TW at SU-AI
As mentioned in an earlier message, a writer named Edward Edelson wishes
to interview you for an article on AI for Mosaic, the NSF magazine.
He proposes to use the following schedeule next week:
Monday, April 21
9:30am Tom Binford
11:30 Doug Lenat
1:00pm Les Earnest
3:30pm Terry Winograd
Tuesday, April 22
9:30am John McCarthy
Wednesday, April 23
(I forget the time, but Ed knows) Ed Feigenbaum
In case any of you wish to contact him to arrange for a different time,
Edelson will arrive at the Holiday Inn in Palo Alto on Sunday Evening.
He would also like to talk to Bruce Buchanan, but I have been unable
to reach him.
∂19-Apr-80 0203 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> Dedication of Margaret Jacks Hall, 6/20/80
Date: 18 Apr 1980 1448-PST
From: Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
Subject: Dedication of Margaret Jacks Hall, 6/20/80
To: bboard at SU-SCORE, bboard at SU-AI, csd.bbd at SUMEX-AIM,
sumex.bbd at SUMEX-AIM,
CSD-Faculty: ;
cc: csd.betty at SU-SCORE, csd.rosenow at SU-SCORE, csd.tajnai at SU-SCORE
The formal dedication of Margaret Jacks Hall will take place
on Friday, June 20. Tentative schedule:
10-11:30 Dedication ceremony
11:30-1 Reception
11:30-1 Tours of the building
1-5 Scientific talks
5-? Tours of the building
Students, staff and faculty of the Computer Science Department are all
invited. Mark your calendars now. Formal invitations from the
Provost should go out some time in May.
Please send suggestions for invitees to Jeanie Rosenow
(CSD.ROSENOW@SCORE). We must supply our list of invitees to the
Provost's office by Friday, April 25 (one week from TODAY.) We plan
to invite Computer Forum Members, corporate donors of equipment,
members of the Computer Science Advisory Committee, representatives of
funding agencies, and local scientific colleagues (Stanford, SRI,
PARC, IBM, LLL, ...). We need everybody's help in assembling the list
to ensure that we include all of our friends.
We also need student volunteers to help organize, to serve as ushers
and tour guides, and to help with publicity.
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∂20-Apr-80 1320 DCL New data medias.
To: LES
CC: JMC
Les,
John tells me some of the newer datamedias are being returned to SAIL from
Suppes group (or somewhere?). I mentioned that the PV group is in the market
for two or three more terminals, and he suggested we take these.
Please let me know what the situation is.
Also, what is your reply to my previous msg. about the current SAIL charges?
-David
Excuse me David, I didn't suggest you take the ones that are being
returned. There may be other claims on them.
∂20-Apr-80 1652 DCL
To: JMC
CC: LES
∂20-Apr-80 1535 JMC
To: DCL
CC: LES
Excuse me David, I didn't suggest you take the ones that are being
returned. There may be other claims on them.
REPLY: Ahha. Is it fair to say you suggested we put in a STRONG claim?
∂21-Apr-80 1025 HVA NSF Proposal - sent forward 3/22/80
∂21-Apr-80 1143 CSD.HILL at SU-SCORE
Date: 21 Apr 1980 1134-PST
From: CSD.HILL at SU-SCORE
To: JMC at SU-AI
Please come to my office (Rm. 260) to sign a letter from you to Hersche.
Susan
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∂21-Apr-80 1200 LES Mosaic interview
Edelson will show up at CASBS on Tuesday around 9:30am.
∂21-Apr-80 1204 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> Reminder about dedication
Date: 21 Apr 1980 1157-PST
From: Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
Subject: Reminder about dedication
To: bboarD at SU-SCORE, bboard at SU-AI, csd.bbd at SUMEX-AIM,
sumex.bbd at SUMEX-AIM,
CSD-Faculty: ;
cc: csd.tajnai at SU-SCORE, csd.betty at SU-SCORE, csd.rosenow at SU-SCORE
Reminder: The names of those scientific colleagues who should be
invited to the Margaret Jacks Hall dedication on June 20 must be
given to the provost's office this week. Jeanie needs to have
most of the information by Wednesday. So build your list NOW!
Think about people from: PARC, SRI, LLL, AMS, SUMEX, Medicine,
Genetics, Chemistry, EE, OR, HP labs, IBM Palo Alto, IBM San
Jose, and any other appropriate ...
The provost's office will be inviting department chairmen and
deans etc. automatically, but we must decide which others to
invite.
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∂21-Apr-80 1212 CSD.ROSENOW at SU-SCORE Dedication of Margaret Jacks Hall
Date: 21 Apr 1980 1206-PST
From: CSD.ROSENOW at SU-SCORE
Subject: Dedication of Margaret Jacks Hall
To: jmc at SU-AI
John,
Please send me Pat Hayes' home address in order to mail him an invitation.
If you have any other suggestions of whom should be invited, please mail
that info too. We need all this information RIGHT AWAY. If people aren't
suggested, they won't receive an invitation. Thanks, John.
Jeanie
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Hayes is PJH@SU-AI.
∂21-Apr-80 1851 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
To those which have not been reached through other channels:
There is no PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR on
Tuesday, April 22. The next seminar will be on Tuesday,
April 29 (continuation of Derek Oppen's talk on the simplifier).
∂22-Apr-80 1045 DCL SAIL charges
John,
I've been trying to get LES to reply to my oringinal message (two weeks
ago) about SAIL charges.
Currently (Jan - Mar '80) PV is being charged 18% of SAIL costs whereas
it used 7%, and there was no prior agreement as to what slice PV would
speak for. We have never used more than about 12% over such a period.
So I requested some adjustment in these charges, and some agreement as
to our slice commitment. No reply despite many reminders. What goes?
-David
∂22-Apr-80 1249 CSD.FROG at SU-SCORE Dedication invitation list
Date: 22 Apr 1980 0845-PST
From: CSD.FROG at SU-SCORE
Subject: Dedication invitation list
To: jmc at SU-AI
John, Denny would like you to give (or mail) Jeanie (CSD.ROSENOW@SCORE) a list
of people from the Committee for Advising Studies in Behavior Sciences that you
want to invite to the dedication. Is Zenon Pylyshyn one of them? Thanks.
jake
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∂22-Apr-80 1343 FFL Phone call from Dr. Starr's office, EPRI
To: JMC, FFL
His secretary, Mrs. Nichols (855-2123) called to ask if you are going to
Aspen Institute, Wye, Maryland, May 9-ll. If so, would like to coordinate
a flight with their group.
l
∂22-Apr-80 1631 LES SUN Draft review
To: FB at SU-AI, AVB at SU-AI, WIN at SU-AI, JS at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, REG at SU-AI, MO at SU-AI, MRC at SU-AI,
Feigenbaum at SUMEX-AIM
Here are comments on the draft paper titled "The SUN Workstation" dated
March 30, 1980.
The principal concept put forth in this proposal -- terminal clusters
connected to the Ethernet -- looks good. Indeed, this was what we
proposed to NSF a couple of years ago, alas unsuccessfully. This proposal
is technically better developed and appropriately uses the microcomputer
technology that has since become available (or, more accurately, is
becoming available).
Knowing the people involved, I believe that they can do it, given adequate
funding and leeway. The schedules in this proposal appear supremely
optimistic, of course, and the financial plan is nonexistent.
The question of whether this proposal would be more attractive than
other possibilities based on commercial hardware cannot be answered
until a financial plan is developed.
This balance of this message consists of more specific nitpicks.
Introduction
The introduction is full of nonsense. Fortunately, the rest of this
proposal doesn't depend on the concepts put forth in here in any important
way.
The first sentence is overblown: "In the future all major campus-wide
computing resources will be connected by an Ethernet communication
system". The fact that an Ethernet is being installed between several
campus computers does not mean that it will conquer the world. It is
being used because we got some free equipment and because there is nothing
better around. As soon as something better becomes available, and it
probably will rather soon, Ethernet will be supplemented or superseded.
Further down the first page, the merits of personal computers are
trumpeted at the expense of bad old timesharing. The claimed virtues of
personal computers are largely untrue, in my opinion, and are certainly
undemonstrated. The next-to-last paragraph begins "These considerations
are now widely recognized . . .". The same can be said of astrology,
flying saucers and ESP.
The paper lists a bunch of computers, beginning with the Alto, that are
prime examples of what I am talking about. These are experimental
machines that have not earned their way in the real world and never will.
If you look under the doctrinaire "personal computer" movement you find
that it is based on faulty judgement of hardware economics. Their
argument is "computers are cheap, so everyone should have one". Actually
computers are NOT cheap, but CPUs are. For any substantial computing
task, the dominent cost is memory -- primary and secondary. The most
efficient system is the one that makes the most efficient use of memory.
Timesharing systems do that; personal computers do not.
Arguments that we can now afford personal computers that are more powerful
that the big machines of ten years ago miss the point -- for the cost of a
personal computer, you can get much more computING by buying a simple
microprocessor-controlled terminal that accesses a timesharing system.
I see no hardware trends that will change this economic balance in the
forseeable future.
Architecture
The flexible architecture that is proposed looks reasonable, though a lot
of engineering will be required to develop all those configuration options.
Regarding the "Plans for a Campus-Wide Ethernet" (page 3), I recommend
that this proposal not be accepted uncritically. Once again, it is
not relevant to the purpose of this paper and could, probably should, be omitted.
The idea of linking everything together with a series of ethernets
connected by gateways is attractively homogeneous, but there are other
possibilities that may turn out to be more attractive. One possiblility
would be to use ethernet and its successors for local distribution and a
different high speed communication system to interconnect the local
busses. These high speed links might be the ones that support the
advanced telephone switching system.
One advantage of using a higher-level interconnection is that it is
simpler from a hardware standpoint -- instead of having to connect each
ethernet to two or three neighbors, it would be necessary to have only one
connection to the "internet".
On page 6 in section 2.4, the draft specifies a maximum cable length from
station to video monitors of 150 feet. This means that for clustered
terminals, the station will have to be on the same floor as the monitor.
Finding suitable air conditioned rooms on each floor for the station
will likely be a problem. If cables up to 300 feet could be used, it
would possible to keep shared stations in the basement and use the
existing video distribution system to connect to the offices.
I find no specification of operating temperature range for the various
units. The actual temperature tolerances may affect site selection in
some important ways, given that major portions of Jacks Hall and other
parts of the University are not air conditioned.
Software Architecture
I was slighlty boggled by the following sentence in the first paragraph of
page 9: "Thus, the PUP architecture is idealy [sic] suited for a
dynamically changing environment". This is not to be confused with a
"statically changing environment".
In the third paragraph of page 9, I note the following remark: "In our
own environment, it is unacceptable to use Altos as server machines (we
can't afford them)". This seems to support my assertion above about the
economics of those machines.
On page 10, second paragraph, the claim that we have software that prints
XGP files on the Dover is incorrect, I believe.
Schedules
The schedules in back seem to be based on the traditional but unnrealistic
hypotheses that all of the people involved will devote full time to these
tasks, there will be no parts shortages, and nothing else will go wrong.
Good luck!
Costs
The important issue of costs is not treated. Cost estimates should
include a realistic assessment of engineering costs. The traditional
argument that "these people will be working here anyway" overlooks the
fact that there are LOTS of other useful tasks that they could be working
on.
While it is tempting to commit the department to this project just
because the people involved believe that they can advance the state
of the art, it would be a good idea to carefully study alternative ways
of accomplishing the same objectives, particularly in the case of the
medium-resolution displays. This is not possible without cost estimates.
∂23-Apr-80 1042 FFL Call from Dr. Starr's secretary re flight to Aspen Institute
To: JMC, FFL
I understand you agreed to fly via Baltimore. Dr. Starr has decided there
are compelling reasons to fly into Washington Naational and hopes that you
will agree. The departure hour is the same for both destinations. She is
making reservations to leave SF on TWA, flight l22, at 8 a.m., changing in
SLC to TWA flight 536, arriving Washington National at 4:50 p.m. She has
reserved a compact car for you
As you know, Dr. Starr is not returning immediately after the Institute.
Do you wish me to arrange for your return trip and what are your preferences?
Please make me a reservation to Washington agreeing with Dr. Starr's and
a return on TWA 393 from Baltimore on May 11. Don't order tickets yet,
because I still haven't received an invitation to the meeting.
∂23-Apr-80 1458 FFL Air reservations to Aspen Institute
There are some complications. Would you please contact me about the
flight schedule?
∂23-Apr-80 2256 DCL Terminal malfunctions
To: LES, JMC
Les,
We now have two of our three DMs at ERL out of action. One has been in the
shop for repairs for some weeks; DON diagnosed the other as sick today.
We need at least an emergency loan of one or two of the returns.
Is that possible?
-D
There won't be "returns" until June. The terminals in question were
bought by CASBS (Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences)
for the use of other participants in the AI and philosophy group there who
are using (and paying for) SAIL. The terminals were ordered to Lab specs
and with the agreement that we would buy them for 2/3 price when they are
done with them. This will probably be in June for most of them, but since
the fellows are entitled to stay till September if they want to, might be
longer in some cases. I trust Don will have been able to fix yours before
then. I am hoping that SAIL will be able to keep at least one DM as a
permanent spare, but the demands are such that it isn't yet clear that
this will be possible.
∂24-Apr-80 0349 TOB NSF proposal
John
I need a statement of current and pending support
for you for the NSF proposal. It is very time-critical.
Tom
∂24-Apr-80 1222 LES SAIL accounting
To: DCL at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI, LJH at SU-AI
We are undertaking a review of charges and plan to make some adjustments
beginning May 1.
∂24-Apr-80 1433 HVA Your Letter to me dated 4/21/80 re Lay-off and Termination
To: JMC at SU-AI
CC: HVA at SU-AI, BS at SU-AI
John: This morning I received the letter and thank you especially for good wishes
expressed in the second paragraph--I have enjoyed the five years in this job and
the association with the A.I. Project. Betty Scott was in my office this morning
to talk about another (and unrelated), matter and I mentioned to her that I had
talked to you last evening--when you told me the letter was forthcoming--and that
you had invited me to make suggestions for change if I wished. As I told you last
evening, my primary concern is the protection of a clearly stated lay-off situ-
ation should the very worst come to pass and I am not successful in locating an-
other position at Stanford University by August 31,1980. Of course, I trust
that I shall be re-located long before August but, if there is any question
about the lay-off situation, I would appreciate later confirmation from you
if it is necessary. For the time being, I think the letter can stand as it is.
Thank you. Hersche.
∂24-Apr-80 1656 HVA Support
To: TOB
CC: JMC, HVA
Tom--I will get this together for you tomorrow.
∂25-Apr-80 0843 CSL.FB at SU-SCORE Re: SUN (Stanford University Network)
Date: 25 Apr 1980 0836-PST
From: CSL.FB at SU-SCORE
Subject: Re: SUN (Stanford University Network)
To: JCH at SU-AI
cc: jmc at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 21-Apr-80 1300-PST
The paper you want is on the IFS as <sun>proposal.press. You can print a
copy on the Dover. Compcon is a conference and its proceedings are usually
in the Math library. If this is not enough information, let me know.
Forest
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∂25-Apr-80 0843 CSL.FB at SU-SCORE [John Haugeland <JCH at SU-AI>: SUN (Stanford University Network) ]
Date: 25 Apr 1980 0838-PST
From: CSL.FB at SU-SCORE
Subject: [John Haugeland <JCH at SU-AI>: SUN (Stanford University Network) ]
To: jmc at SU-AI
The previous note you got from me on the cc list is about the note below.
Forest
P.S. There is an instance of the LLL version of the Sail keyboard in the Vax
room and it will soon be connected to the pieces of our prototype terminal
which it is next to.
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Mail-from: ARPANET site SU-AI rcvd at 21-Apr-80 1308-PST
Date: 21 Apr 1980 1300-PST
From: John Haugeland <JCH at SU-AI>
Subject: SUN (Stanford University Network)
To: FB at SU-AI
I saw a paper (report, proposal, or whatever) sitting on the table in front
of your terminal prototype in the XGP room the other day, describing the
planning of and progress on both SUN and your two custom terminals for
same (medium or high resolution) to be driven by 68000's. Could I have a
copy of that paper? You could send it to me via campus mail (John Haugeland,
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences), hand it to John
McCarthy to bring up for me when he comes, or send me a message about how I
can come get it. One other question (so far): in the bibliography for that
paper there are cited a number of articles in something called COMPCON.
What is that, and where is it available?
Thanks.
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∂25-Apr-80 1431 Tesler at PARC-MAXC
Date: 25 Apr 1980 14:13 PST
From: Tesler at PARC-MAXC
To: McCarthy@SU-AI, Earnest@SU-AI, Green@SU-AI
cc: Tesler
I am having a big party, with all sorts of people, at my house TONIGHT,
April 25 starting at 8 pm and going on late. The address is 720 Paul Avenue, off
La Donna Avenue between Barron Ave. and Los Robles, in Barron Park
(southwest Palo Alto). Phone 856-9462. Bring something if you are a compulsive
bringer. Bring friends.
Larry
∂25-Apr-80 1516 FFL Phone call from Bob Grant, your attorney
To: JMC, FFL
He asks tkhat you call Mr. Okner who needs accounting information through
March 3l, for the estate.
∂25-Apr-80 1517 FFL Material delivered to office from Bob Floyd
To: JMC, FFL
He asks tthat you look at the material and take what action you wish and then
pass it along to David Luckham.
∂25-Apr-80 1601 DCL
To: LES at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
∂24-Apr-80 1222 LES SAIL accounting
To: DCL at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI, LJH at SU-AI
We are undertaking a review of charges and plan to make some adjustments
beginning May 1.
REPLY: Before we go ahead and pay the current charges for 18% we need to know
the details of these May 1st adjustments.
In fact I see no reason to leave the question of SAIL slice commitment vague
or undiscussed until then. I would like a definite understanding before
paying the Jan-March charges.
-David
∂25-Apr-80 1626 LGC
What's the best way to get a copy of the most recent version of your
circumscription paper? Does one paper tell the whole current story,
or should one look also at some of the older things?
CIRCUM.XGP[W80,JMC] is the file which may have been printed as an AI Memo.
You will shortly get a notice of two lectures I plan to give on
non-monotonic reasoning.
∂25-Apr-80 1720 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Date: 25 Apr 1980 1711-PST
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
To: DCL at SU-AI, LES at SU-AI
cc: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 25-Apr-80 1601-PST
Dave, in my view it's unfair of you to hold up paying your Jan. to March
bill just because you want to reach some FUTURE definite understanding.
I'm not directly involved in SAIL things at the moment, but I resent the
kind of "pushing around" you're doing. Do you have aspirations to be
Phil Surra?
Ed
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∂25-Apr-80 1736 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 29
SPEAKER: Friedrich von Henke, Stanford University
TITLE: A Rule and Assertion Language with Polymorphic Types
ABSTRACT:
A proposal for a strongly typed rule and assertion language is presented.
The proposed system of types allows use of polymorphic (generic,
parametrized) types, in order to enable a user to express assertions
about, e.g, arbitrary arrays. The talk will mainly address issues arising
from the introduction of polymorphic types; in particular, it will discuss
the use of polymorphic types in rules and assertions, type checking in the
presence of polymorphically-typed objects, and the relationship to type
systems of standard programming languages like Pascal.
NOTE: Derek Oppen's third talk has been postponed.
∂25-Apr-80 1755 DCL
To: EAF at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, LES at SU-AI
∂25-Apr-80 1720 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Date: 25 Apr 1980 1711-PST
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
To: DCL at SU-AI, LES at SU-AI
cc: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 25-Apr-80 1601-PST
Dave, in my view it's unfair of you to hold up paying your Jan. to March
bill just because you want to reach some FUTURE definite understanding.
I'm not directly involved in SAIL things at the moment, but I resent the
kind of "pushing around" you're doing. Do you have aspirations to be
Phil Surra?
Ed
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REPLY: Ed, no. I got the feeling I was being pushed around!
I asked three weeks ago for a resolution of the question of what each
user group should be accountable for.
My questions were based on the fact that no agreement had been made
(verbal or otherwise) as to what slice we were committed to.
We were pretty shocked to get charged for 18% when we used only 7%.
My oringinal message suggested some slice commitment formula.
I have gotten absolutely no reply from LES until today.
I have several times since requested a reply. No answer.
What would you have done in my position?
-David
∂26-Apr-80 1040 CLT bulletin board
If you wish the large and/or the small bulletin board to be mounted in the
office you should tell Francis where. The carpenters are alleged to be coming
soon to work on the cubby hole and will mount the bbd(s) if told where.
∂26-Apr-80 1135 LES SAIL costs
To: DCL at SU-AI
CC: EAF at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
David,
You are spouting petty nonsense again. Your SAIL share allocation was set
up last June, when the ARPA proposals were prepared, based on the
utilization level of the preceding year or so. Please do not pretend to
be surprised about something you knew about and budgeted for nine months
ago.
In case you do not recall the budgeting exercise last year, let me remind
you that you went into a snit then and stated that you wouldn't pay that
much. I went over the accounting records with you and you subsequently
compared the SAIL cost estimates with other alternatives. You then came
back to ask me if I was sure about the SAIL charge rate because it
appeared much too LOW.
Your last message also says:
"I have gotten absolutely no reply from LES until today.
I have several times since requested a reply. No answer."
That is a lie and you know it. If you wish to spread nonsense of this
kind and get away with it, you should not send me a copy of the message.
Your remark that "We were pretty shocked to get charged for 18% when we
used only 7%" indicates a remarkable ignorance of the way the cost center
operates. Did you read any of the cost center documentation that I gave
you last year? Charges are based on service level reservation capacity,
NOT actual utilization. In fact, we have no accurate accounting of
utilization.
It is not clear why your group is using less computer time, but I would
guess that you are doing substantially less work now that Karp has finished.
In any case, it is hard to understand why you are shocked by the low
percentage of the computer that you are using, since that merely reflects
the activity level of your group.
I agree that the support level for your group should be reduced in the
coming months. Also, the charge rate will likely have to increase because
the machine is not being fully utilized.
In any case, I respectfully request that you pull your head out and look
around.
Les
∂26-Apr-80 1646 LES S-1 on SAIL
To: FB at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI
Now that the tape drives seem to work again, we should be able to purge
and get enough space to be a bit more liberal with the S-1 crowd.
Their feeling that they are entitled to a whole spindle is, alas, not well
founded. If we applied that principal across the board, not only would
there be no place to put the massive system programs and documentation
but quite a few projects would have no storage at all. Indeed, using
that principle, the S-1 project should not have been permitted to
start using the SAIL computer -- you may recall that it was a long time
between the beginning of the S-1 project and the arrival of the disk
that they supplied.
There is another nasty problem lurking in the bushes. You may recall that
the S-1 budget had been set up for a 15% slice of the SAIL computer, but
that was reduced to 8% when the budget was cut. Actualy utilization
shnce January 1 has been about 20%. While we are not required to make
these numbers identical in the short run, they will have to track
approximately or the auditors will get us. Thus it appears that unless
the S-1 project can come up with more computer support funds, it will
be necessary to curtail the utilization of SAIL.
Things are not quite as simple as they used to be.
Les
∂26-Apr-80 1714 LES
DCL
How do you convince someone that he should stop being a horse's ass?
I am open to suggestions.
I am afraid that we are seeing a side of David that has always been
there but was hidden from us by our former relationship. I had
heard about it years ago from students and staff.
You're right about the long term existence of this side of David, and
we will not persuade him to change his personality, but most likely
we will arrive at some modus vivendi, perhaps with the aid of
Feigenbaum. I'll talk to him about the problem.
∂27-Apr-80 1659 DCL
To: LES at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
Les,
Answers to your various "statements" appear in "[,]" following the statements.
Again, there is not a single solid figure in the whole of this self-justifying
diatribe.
I will refrain from phrases like "lie", "petty nonsense", and "get your head
out". I am sending John and Ed copies. I hope something constructive
in the way of a management plan for SAIL will be speeded up by all of this.
-David
∂26-Apr-80 1135 LES SAIL costs
To: DCL at SU-AI
CC: EAF at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
David,
You are spouting petty nonsense again. Your SAIL share allocation was set
up last June, when the ARPA proposals were prepared, based on the
utilization level of the preceding year or so. Please do not pretend to
be surprised about something you knew about and budgeted for nine months
ago.
***
[This is simply not true. Our ARPA proposal does not imply any agreement with
you. Neither does it commit us to 18% of SAIL. Neither does it commit us to
paying for what we dont use. My point has always been that such agreements
should have been made, and your statement above is an admission that they were
not. Our utilization level for the preceding year was substantially less than
18%, actually more like 9%].
In case you do not recall the budgeting exercise last year, let me remind
you that you went into a snit then and stated that you wouldn't pay that
much. I went over the accounting records with you and you subsequently
compared the SAIL cost estimates with other alternatives. You then came
back to ask me if I was sure about the SAIL charge rate because it
appeared much too LOW.
***
[The "snit" as you call it, was an objection to proposing to use far more of
SAIL than seemed reasonable based on previous figures. Under your current
method of managing SAIL, which may be justifiably chaotic, it is not clear
what SAIL costs.]
Your last message also says:
"I have gotten absolutely no reply from LES until today.
I have several times since requested a reply. No answer."
That is a lie and you know it. If you wish to spread nonsense of this
kind and get away with it, you should not send me a copy of the message.
***
[No, it is absolutely true. You have not replied to my message about
adjustments, nor to any requests for a reply, until Friday APr. 25th;
this represents a period of about three weeks silence.]
Your remark that "We were pretty shocked to get charged for 18% when we
used only 7%" indicates a remarkable ignorance of the way the cost center
operates. Did you read any of the cost center documentation that I gave
you last year? Charges are based on service level reservation capacity,
NOT actual utilization. In fact, we have no accurate accounting of
utilization.
***
[We had a conversation when the Jan-March bill first arrived in which you
said "18% seems a bit high" and "some adjustment will be made later".
My original msg. attempted to suggest a method of adjusting upwards from
actual SOB utilization figures to something higher that might both bear a
reasonable relationship to actual usage and support SAIL actual costs, and
would be based on an agreed slice commitment.
Your msg. of APR 25 simply reiterated a promise of "an adjustment", but
contained no details whatever.]
It is not clear why your group is using less computer time, but I would
guess that you are doing substantially less work now that Karp has finished.
In any case, it is hard to understand why you are shocked by the low
percentage of the computer that you are using, since that merely reflects
the activity level of your group.
***
[I'm not shocked by our low usage, I know what we use, I'm shocked by the high
bill.]
I agree that the support level for your group should be reduced in the
coming months. Also, the charge rate will likely have to increase because
the machine is not being fully utilized.
[Well, thats the kind of talk, backed by some real figures, that I would have
appreciated receiving from you in reply to my original message.]
In any case, I respectfully request that you pull your head out and look
around.
Les
∂28-Apr-80 0145 LES intemperate remarks
To: DCL at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
David,
I wish to apologize for the unrestrained tone of my Friday evening
response to your earlier message. It accurately reflected my feelings
about your attitude, but it certainly did nothing to get around the
communication problem that we seem to be having.
The cost center was set up based on historical utilization rates. The
fact that you were not billed promptly and now have discovered that you
needed less computer time than was anticipated does not give you the right
to renegotiate retroactively. If you wish to haggle over the fact that we
did not obtain you signature on a statement that "I hereby buy 18 shares
for the month of January", then I will concede that point. If you press
on this issue, you might even make it stick. You might also discover that
your relationship with SAIL would become extremely sticky.
If you would like to be billed for actual use, then I suggest that
you shift to a computer center that is set up that way, e.g. SCIP.
∂28-Apr-80 0211 REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas) Go endgame algorithm
Date: 28 APR 1980 0513-EDT
From: REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas)
Subject: Go endgame algorithm
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, JMC at SU-AI, RWW at SU-AI
CC: REM at MIT-MC
In the past two weeks, after reading a book on Go endgames and finding
flaws in the methods presented, I have been developing an algorithm for
handling the multiple small battles that occur during Go endgames. Friday
I came up with a simple mathematical formulation that (1) evaluates the
expected value of a small battle, (2) evaluates the worth of black and
white making the next move in each small battle relative to the expected
value, (3) as a side effect distinguishes sente from gote by a simple
boolean function of a pair of LESSP predicates applied to numbers above.
Using this formulation it turns out that there is no such thing as double
sente, and there is what I think is a simple strategy for optimally
picking which small battle to make the next move in. A slight refinement
of tonight uses the above analysis to greatly prune the tree of possible
moves and then does a minimax search to find the optimal sequences.
I believe that a program using my method could play the endgame vastly
better than John Ryder's program and possibly as well as an expert
human player. Since John Ryder's program (the best I've played against)
plays quite horribly in the endgame, programming my method could make
a considerable improvment in overall play of a game.
(This to JMC and MINSKY due to their leadership of AI field, and to
RWW because of his interest in Go.)
∂28-Apr-80 0245 DCL SAIL policy
To: LES at SU-AI
CC: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
CC: DCL at SU-AI
Les,
You seem to be misunderstanding ALL my previous msgs.
Please read them carefully.
None of my messages says I want to pay only for actual use.
I have gone to great lengths to say that:
1. A DEFINITE COMMITMENT TO PAY FOR A SLICE SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN BY EACH
SAIL SUBSCRIBER.
(but this should be a matter of agreement and not determined by you alone)
2. THE SLICE MAY INDEED BE GREATER THAN ACTUAL USE.
(and indeed the slice may even vary by an agreed formula depending on actual
use, SAIL costs, and SAIL base committed income - again a matter for agreement,
for here there must clearly be bounds on both over and under payment)
3. MY GROUP WAS NEVER COMMITTED TO 18% OF SAIL COSTS
(but we are certainly willing to commit to significantly more than we currently use,
- again based on agreement, probably under 1 and 2 above.)
Now I hope this is clear and does not warrant your threatening me with SCIP
again.
I suggest we start to firm up the agreements and get the details of the
"adjustment" you refer to previously out in the open.
-David
∂28-Apr-80 1202 HVA Tel. Call - Dr. Cohen
Cohen called to ask your various titles (which I gave him); I asked if you
should return the call and he said you might call him at home (856-6930)
this evening.
∂28-Apr-80 1341 Sandelin at SUMEX-AIM Meeting with IBM people
Date: 28 Apr 1980 1339-PDT
From: Sandelin at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: Meeting with IBM people
To: feigenbaum, reg at SAIL, jmc at SAIL
This friday, 5/2, two people from IBM will be visiting with us. One is
from the Systems Communications Division - a mid level type interested in
text handling systems and our ideas on what IBM ought to being doing in
this area. The other is a higher level type - reports direct to V.P.
level - who is on his way to Japan but is stopping to here thoughts on use
of mini/micro-computers in higher education. He is in the IBM group
concerned about the public sector market, in which higher ed is bundled.
I have arranged a catered lunch in the Cedar Hall conference room. You
are invited to join us if you are interested and can make it.
For Ralph....I have asked Brian Tolliver to look into the feasibility of
linking a DEC 20 system to the IBM 3033....shared DASD type of link.
Brian left the AI Lab I think slightly before you came. I gave him your
name as someone who could direct him to people/places who might be working
on such links. He will be talking to Jim Powell as well. Hope you don`t
mind. Any assistance you can give will be appreciated....thanks
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Thanks Jon for the lunch invitation. I'll probably come if I'm in town
which now seems more likely than not. FYI Brian Tolliver was never in
AI Lab, but did work on PDP-1 when we shared it with Suppes. His company
did a job for (on) the AI Lab once.
∂28-Apr-80 1340 FFL Travel to Maryland
To: JMC, FFL
You presently have reservations to Maryland on Friday, May 9, at 7;45 a.m.,
arriving in Baltimore, after a change in St. Louis, at 4:50 p.m., thus allow-
ing you to meet your Thursday night obligation. If you have further reason
for preferring a red-eye flight on Thursday night, May 8, itt is possible for
you to go at l0 p.m, arrive in Atlanta at 5 a.m., leaving there at 5:l4 a.m.,
and arriving in
Baltimore at 7;44 a.m. Or you may leave SF at ll:45 p.m. and arrive at
Washington National at 9:27 a.m. (There is a stop on this flight but no
transfer. I await your instructions on which time you wish to go: one of the
two red eye flights or the day flight on Friday with Dr. Starr.
∂29-Apr-80 0352 GOSPER at PARC-MAXC pronuclear letter
Date: 29 APR 1980 0352-PDT
From: GOSPER at PARC-MAXC
Subject: pronuclear letter
To: mlb at SAIL, dlw at SAIL, es at SAIL, hpm at SAIL
cc: jmc at SAIL
final draft (in losing bravo format) is in nuklet.brv[1,dlw]. Thank you
for your assistance.
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∂29-Apr-80 0900 JMC*
call Taugner
∂29-Apr-80 0900 JMC*
junk car
∂29-Apr-80 1130 FFL Selection of room space for lectures
To: JMC, FFL
All arrangements for your lectures on May l2 and l4 are possible. Room 402
in this building is available. It has two large tables in it, but with chairs
around the perimter and some chairs around the tables in the center, it is
possible to seat about 40 persons. Please let me know if this is satisfactory
so that I may verify the room reservation for those dates.
The room is fine, but please make the dates May 14 (Wednesday) and
May 16 (Friday).
∂29-Apr-80 1309 CG
Here is the description of my thesis work for the ARPA report.
Chris Goad is currently completing his PhD thesis, titled "Computational
uses of the manipulation of formal proofs". The thesis concerns the use
of proofs as descriptions of algorithms. In particular, a proof in an
appropriate system of a formula of the form "for all x there exists a y
such that R(x,y)" can be used express an algorithm A which satisfies the
"specification" R in the sense that, for each input n, R(n,A(n)) holds.
The proof can be "executed" by use of any of several methods derived from
proof theory, for example, by a proof normalization procedure, or by
extraction of "code" from the proof by means of one of the functional
interpretations.
A proof differs from a conventional program expressing the same algorithm
in that it formalizes more information about the algorithm than does the
program. This additional information expands the class of transformations
on the algorithm which are amenable to automation. For example, there is
a class of "pruning" transformations which improve the computational
efficiency of a natural deduction proof by removing unneeded case
analyses. These transformations make essential use of dependency
information which finds formal expression in a natural deduction proof,
but not in a conventional program. Pruning is particularly useful in
adapting general purpose algorithms to special situations.
Goad has developed efficient methods for the execution and transformation
of proofs, and has implemented these methods on the Stanford Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory's PDP-10 computer. He has done a series of
experiments on the specialization of a bin-packing algorithm. In these
experiments, substantial increases of efficiency were obtained by use of
the additional "logical" information contained in proofs.
The general objective of Goad's work has been the development of improved
technology for manipulating methods of computation. In his thesis, he has
exhibited new automatic operations on algorithms - operations which are
made possible by the use of formal proofs to describe computation.
∂29-Apr-80 1451 FFL Room availability for lecture on Friday, May l6
To: JMC, FFL
Room 402 is not free on Friday, May l6, nor on Thursday, May l5. Do you
with to retain the original dates of May l2 and l4?
No. Dan Dennett won't be back till the 14th. Schedule the first for that
room, and I'll consult with the audience about whether and when there
will be a second lecture.
∂29-Apr-80 1650 FFL BOBROW%MAXC
To: JMC, FFL
I am unable to send a message regarding the lecture on May l4, with those
letters. Nilsson%sri was accepted but not the above. Another way?
∂30-Apr-80 0944 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) CIT Budget Request for 1980/81
Date: 30 Apr 1980 0935-PDT
From: CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
Subject: CIT Budget Request for 1980/81
To: CSD-Faculty:
cc: CSD.Dbrown at SU-SCORE, CSD.Betty at SU-SCORE
DATE: April 30, 1980
TO: CSD Faculty, Ralph Gorin, Harry Llull
FROM: Carolyn Tajnai
SUBJECT: CIT Budget Request for 1980/81
Dean Wessells has requested our CIT budget request by May 5. Please send
me your estimated budget needs for 1980/81. Attached is a breakdown
of our CIT computing charges for 1979/80.
!
CIT BUDGET REQUEST
Requested Actual 9/79-3/80 Estimated 9/80-8/81
for 1979/80 (7 months) (twelve months)
Staff (2) $1200 $150 (this includes SCORE and the
Library)
Comprehensive 200 00
PHD Students 400 12
Classes 4650 2200 (this includes an estimate of
$600 for CS109A spring quarter)
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TOTAL $6450 $2362
Computer Sciences Classes
Budgeted Actual 9/79/80 Estimated 9/80/81
for 1979/80 (7 months) (twelve months)
CS109A $250 $600 (spring quarter based on 10
students @$50 and instructor
at $100
CS144B 800 0
CS234 2300 1600 (final enrollment of 11 students)
CS237A,B 1000 0
CS311 300 0
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TOTAL $4650 $2200
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∂30-Apr-80 1724 LES ARPA budget
Here is the union of the people you said you wanted on the ARPA budget
and those who are there now.
McCarthy, John (0α% acad., 5α% sum.)
Aiello, Luigia (50α%)
Creary, Lou (till June '81?)
Ketonen, Jussi (50α%)
Doyle, Jon
Goad, Chris
Student
Moszkowski, Ben
Also Carolyn Talcott unless she's covered by my NSF.
∂30-Apr-80 1743 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 6
SPEAKER: Joseph A. Goguen, SRI International and UCLA
TITLE: Order-Sorted Algebras: Exceptions and Error Sorts, Coercions and
Overloaded Operators
ABSTRACT:
The algebraic approach to specification can be augmented with a
capability for declaring that one sort is a subsort of another, and that
certain operators are polymorphic, i.e., are both syntactically and
semantically consistent with the resulting order structure on sorts.
This approach is then applied to give a way of defining and handling
errors and exceptions. The mathematical basis is a generalization of
many-sorted universal algebra to accomodate an order relation on sorts.
The talk will begin with a review of the context of this work in
the field of algebraic specification, including in particular some
discussion of the specification languages OBJ and CLEAR.
∂30-Apr-80 2346 RWW
To: LES, JMC
Progress report for the FOL group.
Although we have not written much code to augment the existing version of
FOL, the formal reasoning group has been very active over the past twelve
months. This group includes Richard Weyhrauch, Jussi Ketonen, Luigia
Aiello, G. Prini, and students Carolyn Talcott, Chris Goad, Ben Moszkowksi
and Scott Kim.
During this year FOL has generated much interest and we have spent a major
amount of our effort in six ways. 1) We have done a lot of writing and
given a lot of talks; 2) we have done many new experiments, some of which
are described below; 3) we have done a lot of planning for the next version
of FOL and its implementation has begun (this has taken the form of a new
implementation of LISP which we will describe below); 4) we have used the
Prawitz normalization theorem to automatically specialize bin packing
algorithms; 5) The invention (by Ketonen and Weyhrauch) of a new decision
procedure for a subset of predicate logic; 6) Weyhrauch gave a one
quater course on the philosophy of FOL.
1) Our publications are listed below. The bulk of the other writing
consists of a set of lecture notes by Richard Weyhrauch which he
hopes will become a monograph on FOL and is presently about 125 pages
long.
2) Weyhrauch is preparing a paper that contains many diverse examples uses
of FOL to express many currently interesting problems discussed by AI
people. These include non-monotonic logic, morning star/evening star,
meta-theory, Dynamic introduction of new reasoning principles, reasoning
about belief, Procedural vs. Declatative representation, Not vs. Thnot,
and reasoning about inconsistencies. These examples will demonstrate the
breath of the FOL epistemology. In addition Luigia Aiello did extensive
work demonstrating how metatheory can be used to represent elementary
algebra in a reasonable way. This work will be presented at this years
automatic deduction workshop.
3) Planning for the next version of FOL has taken several directions. The
first amounts to discussions about what the underlying logic of the next
version should look like. The second involves how to integrate the work
of Chris Goad involving normalization into the new FOL system. The
third is what kind of programming language should FOL be written in. The
most important issue here is how we intend to implement the FOL evaluator
in such a way that the FOL code becomes self axiomatizing and we can
use the FOL evaluator itself as our basic interpreter. This discussion
is central to Carolyn Talcott's thesis. This has resulted in Weyhrauch
producing a new assembly language programmed version of LISP which is
designed to be theoretically smooth enough that an axiomatization of
its properties can be carried out by Carolyn Talcott.
4) The work of producing a computationally efficient implementation of
normalization was completed early in the year and a series of experiments
whose purpose is to assess the practical applicability of proofs as
descriptions of computation was carried out. Chris Goad has chosen a
class of bin packing problems as a test domain. The work involved both
building up a collection of proofs which established some computationally
useful facts about the domain, and investigating the computational
efficiency aspects of these proofs. This work has resulted in Chris
finishing his Ph. D. thesis which he is currently writing up.
5) Ketonen worked out details and greatly extended an idea of Weyhrauch's
about the possibility of a new decision procedure for a subset of the
predicate calculus they are now calling the direct part of first order
logic. This algorithm is currently being coded by Ketonen.
6) Weyhrauch's course which resulted in the lecture notes mentioned above
was given to present the ideas in FOL. This class was attended by people
from SRI, XEROX PARC, Hewlett Packard and Berkley in addition to Stanford
students and and other Stanford faculty. In this sense it represented a
broad forum for these ideas.
PUBLICATIONS
L. Aiello and G. Prini, An efficient interpreter for the LAMBDA calculus,
to be published in Journal of Computer and System Sciences 1979.
G. Prini, Applicative parallelism, submitted for publication in Journal of
the ACM (1979).
L. Aiello, and G. Prini, Design of a personal computing system, to be
published in Proceeedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian
Information Processing Society, Victoria (British Columbia), May 12-14,
1980.
L. Aiello, and G. Prini, Operators in LISP: some remarks on Iverson's
"Operators", to be published in ACM Transactions on Programming Languages
and Systems, 1980.
G. Prini, Explicit parallelism in LISP-like languages, submitted to 1980
LISP Conference, Stanford University, 24-27 August 1980.
L. Aiello, Evaluating functions defined in first-order logic (tentative
title), submitted to Logic Programming Conference, Budapest, July
1980.
L. Aiello, R. Weyhrauch, Using meta-theoretic Reasoning to do Algebra,
accepted by Automatic Deduction Conference, Les Arcs (France), July 8-11,
1980.
R. Weyhrauch, Prolegomena to a theory of meechanized formal reasoning,
To appear in AI Journal special issue on non-monotonic logic.
C. Goad, Proofs as descriptions of computations, accepted by Automatic
Deduction Conference, Les Arcs (France), July 8-11, 1980.
∂01-May-80 0953 CG Kreisel's talk
Knuth would like to come to Kreisel's talk, and is free on (only)
Thursday afternoon. Zohar has left until June. So, the best time for the talk
appears to be Thursday the 15th at 4:15.
Thursday the 15th is fine with me.
∂01-May-80 1152 FFL Reception on May 6
To: JMC, FFL
I understand that an invitation has been sent to you to attend a reception
sponsored by the U.S.- China Relations Program. The invitation sets the event
on Wednesday, May 6. Correctly, it is TUESDAY, MAY 6. That office called
to apologize and to reaffirm the invitation for Tuesday.
Please accept the reception invitation and put it on p. 7 of CALEND[LET,JMC].
∂01-May-80 1241 WOL Temporal Logic References
To: JMC
CC: WOL
I can suggest the following two references:
A. Pnueli, The temporal semantics of concurrent computation, Proceedings of
the Symposium on Semantics of Concurrent Computation, Springer-Vrelag Lecture Notes,
Evian, France, July 1979.
Z. Manna and A. Pnueli, The Modal logic of programs, Proceedings of the
International Conference on Automata, Languages and Programming, Graz, Austria,
July 79.
Both papers contain examples.
Pierre Wolper
Thanks for the references.
On page 125 of msg.msg[1,jmc] is a message giving two references. Please
get xeroxes of these papers for me. Originals will be in Math sciences
library.
∂01-May-80 1414 LES
∂01-May-80 1321 JMC
Also Carolyn Talcott unless she's covered by my NSF.
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Carolyn is on the NSF budget, as is another undefined student.
Should I proceed with the budget?
Yes. I would like to pick up two new students in the Fall. If there
is money, one could be on NSF and the other ARPA. See what happens to
the ARPA budget if both are on ARPA.
∂01-May-80 1502 FFL Material requested from Math Library
To: JMC, FFL
The Manna-Pnueli paper is presently due. The librarian has called for it and$Oh my - the Pnueli paper is issued to a visiting scholar in IMSSS. It is not
due until May l4. I have left a message for her to call me and will try to
borrow it to make a copy, if it is important for you to have it before May l4.
There is a graduate student named Pierre Wolper who probably has copies,
since he suggested these references. I suggest you ask to copy his. The
computer knows him as WOL.
∂01-May-80 1517 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
This is a repeat of previous message. Either I or the machine garbled it.
The Manna-Pnueli paper is due, the librarian has put a hold on it for us and
will call me. The Pnueli paper is out to a visiting scholar in IMSSS, not
due until May l4. I have left a message for her to call me so perhaps we can
borrow it to make a copy if you need the material before May l4.
∂01-May-80 1715 BIS signature
TOB and I have been preparing a 3-year proposal to NSF entitled ``Computer
Integrated Assembly Systems.'' We would like you to be PI. HVA has copies
of the proposal. Will you be able to look it over tomorrow? Many thanks.
ONE DAY IS TOO LITTLE TIME FOR A 3 YEAR PROPOSAL.
al let,jmc 0915 JMC
Dick Wilson 968-7697, also Computer 965-3130
∂02-May-80 1051 HVA Signature for NSF Proposal
To: JMC, HVA
John--I need your signature on several things--will you be in office today?
∂02-May-80 1103 RPG
John, I just got your message.
Here is an "instant report".
Ok, or need more?
Determining Correctness by Testing
Martin Brooks
Brooks' thesis presents a mathematical theory of program testing which
describes how testing can be used to show a program's correctness.
The theory is developed at a general level and is then specialized
to the case of recursive programs having only simple errors, where the
programmer observes a trace of each test run. He gives a method for generating
test data, based on the theory. The generated test data is complete,
meaning that if the program contains an error, then the test data will
reveal the error through an incorrect trace. Contrapositively, if the trace of each
test run is as the programmer intended, then the program must be correct.
Brooks implemented the method in MacLisp and generated complete test
data for a variety of small Lisp programs.
∂02-May-80 1125 FFL Manna-Pnueli, THE MODAL LOGIC OF PROGRAMS
To: JMC, FFL
A copy of this paper is in your office.
∂02-May-80 1500 TOB
concerning your message about NSF proposal:
Yes, one day is short. I appreciate your concern
about reviewing the proposal and have enjoyed your
continued interest in robotics. Our urgency is that
we are in danger of a gap in funding. It may be too
late now. That would mean about a four months shortfall
for the NSF things that I would have to cover in some
way. That is my problem and my responsibility. I ask
that you review it quickly within your constraints. You
have always been responsive and I have appreciated it
several times in the past.
Regards
Tom
∂03-May-80 0307 JK
I have decided to build a toy mathematical proof checking system
during the summer in maclisp - writing code for FOL has been quite
frustrating because of the IL compiler. Incidentally. I have a better
version of the direct procedure now working and I also have fast
tautequal that is complete (based on a algorithm due to Tarjan et al).
I would like to hear in more detail what you have in mind for a good
proof checking system.
How about coming to the CASBS for lunch on Tuesday?
∂03-May-80 1310 CLT tonight
recital in berkeley 8pm
do you still want to go? (baroque flute+lute)
At the moment, Berkeley seems too far.
∂03-May-80 2310 MFB
New Version
John, here is an improved version.
This thesis presents a mathematical theory of program testing which
describes how testing can be used to show a program's correctness.
The scenario for using testing to show correctness is that the programmer
writes a program P which is either correct, or which differs
from the correct program by one or more erors in a specified class E of errors.
The theory relates:
P's structure
The combinatorics of how errors in E could have led to P (incorrectly) being written.
The type of program behaviour that the programmer will observe when testing, for
example the program's output, or a trace.
The characterisitics of "complete" test data, which is guaranteed to reveal
the presence of errors in E, assuming all errors come from E.
The theory is developed at a general level and is then specialized
to the case of recursive programs having only simple errors, where the
programmer observes a trace of each test run. We derive a method for generating
test data, based on this application of the theory. The generated test data is "complete",
meaning that if the only errors in the recursive program are of the specified types,
then the test data will
reveal the errors through at least one incorrect trace. Viewed contrapositively,
assuming that the written program P is "almost correct", that is, differs from
the correct program at most by errors of the specified simple types E,
if the trace of each
test run is as the programmer intended, then the program must be correct.
The test data generation method has been implemented (in MacLisp) and examples
of its operation are given.
∂04-May-80 1028 JK
Tuesday sounds fine - I'll be at CASBS at 12:30. If this is too late
let me know.
Yes, it's too late. They serve promptly at noon, and I would say
that 12:15 is about the safe limit.
∂04-May-80 1056 CLT
If you come to the office today could you please bring Nils latest book?
I have a manuscript here and I want to see if it is for that or something else.
∂04-May-80 1819 DON
∂04-May-80 1817 JMC
What is SEARCH?
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It's an exponential search looking for various subgraph isomorphisms.
I'll probably give it up after a while, but as long as the load is low,
what the hack [sic]...
∂05-May-80 0000 JMC*
lunch Bloom and Rowen
∂05-May-80 0045 JK
I'll be there at 12:00
∂05-May-80 1025 PJH pop10
yes, there is a pop-10, in fact I believe its the main dialect
of pop2 being used in edinburgh at the moment. Im out of touch
with the details since essex has been lisp-dedicated from the
beginning. you could ask alan bundy, he has an account on the
mit machine ( BUNDY@MIT-AI ).
pat
Thanks, I only asked, because I saw it mentioned in an article.
∂05-May-80 1150 MFB thesis
how is he thesis signing process going? I am presently making slight
changes; it is a good time to suggest any yourself.
∂05-May-80 1358 FFL Call from Dr. Jacob Blackburn, Comp.Sci.Bd.of Tech.
To: JMC, FFL
J. Schwartz,Chairman, has requested that the Board send a copy to each
Board member of your revised "History of Time Sharing."Please tell me where
I may find this material if you wish to send a copy to them.
C.S. Bd. of Technology
National Research Council 202 389 69
2l01 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 204l8
∂05-May-80 1655 Siegman at SUMEX-AIM Canon Laser Printer Demonstration, Acquisitions
Date: 5 May 1980 1652-PDT
From: Siegman at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: Canon Laser Printer Demonstration, Acquisitions
To: LES at SAIL, Engelbart at OFFICE-3, Feinler at SRI-KL,
To: VBH at SRI-UNIX, JMC at SAIL, Rindfleisch,
To: Weyhrauch at SAIL
cc: Feigenbaum, LTP at SAIL
From: L. Trabb-Pardo (CSD), J. Sandelin & J. Siegman (CIT)
The Computer Science Department has programmed a Z8000-based interface
for a low-cost laser printer manufactured by Canon. The speed of the
printer is about 6 seconds per page, and it uses plain cut-sheet paper.
The resolution is 240 dots/inch.
While details have yet to be worked out, it appears likely that we will
be able to obtain a batch of these printers (normally available only in
OEM quantities) at a total price--including the interface--under $10K
each. We would like to know your interest.
To acquaint you with the capabilities of the printer and the interface,
a demonstration and discussion session will be held:
Printer demonstration
Time: 3:30 - 4:00 PM, Monday May 12
Place: Computer Room, Margaret Jacks basement
Discussion
Time: 4:00 PM, Monday May 12
Place: Margaret Jacks Room 252
Please pass this announcement on if you know of anyone else who might
have specific interest in the printer.
Distribution
←←←←←←←←←←←←
CIT Distribution A R. Laddaga, IMSSS
J. Claerbout, Geophysics J. Linvill, EE
C. Dickens, SLAC J. McCarthy, SAIL
L. Earnest, SAIL J. Moore, GSB
D. Englebart, Tymshare M. Morf, EE
J. Gill, EE/CS T. Rindfleisch, SUMEX
R. Gorin, LOTS J. Sack, RLG
Feinler, SRI J. Schroeder, RLG
B. Hunt, SRI A. Veinott, OR
R. Weyhrauch, CS
cc: E. Feigenbaum
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∂06-May-80 1415 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM NRC meeting in Woods Hole
Date: 6 May 1980 1410-PDT
From: Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: NRC meeting in Woods Hole
To: csl.fb at SCORE, jmc at SAIL
cc: pickering
Are you going? Does a joint car rental from Boston make sense.
I'll look at and mail you Flight schedules from SFO if you want.
Gio
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∂06-May-80 1603 FFL Trip to Wye, Maryland
To: JMC, FFL
Have you decided whether or not you are going to Wye for the meeting,
leaving this Friday a.m.? I should get the ticket here for you or cancel
the reservations and should let Dr. Starr know whether or not you are going
to accompany him.
It looks like I won't know till tomorrow. If I don't know by then
whether I'm invited, I'll cancel.
∂06-May-80 1719 WOL Temporal Logic
To: JMC
CC: WOL
In reply to your message:
Thanks for the Manna-Pnueli paper. Do you know how to say in temporal
logic "P will be true the next time Q is true", i.e.
∀t'.[[t'>t ∧ Q(t') ∧ ∀t"(t < t" < t' ⊃ ¬Q(t"))] ⊃ P(t')] ?
Temporal Logic as described in Manna-Pnueli is not expressively complete.
That means essentially that not every formula expressible in a first order
language with a linear order is expressible in temporal logic. However, if one
extends temporal logic with one more operator (the until operator), it can be proved
to be expressively complete.
p U q (p until q) is defined as: q will happen and until then p holds.
A reference on this is:
Please get me a copy of this: (math library)
Gabbay, Pnueli, Shelah, Stavi, The Temporal Analysis of Fairness, seventh POPL,
Las Vegas, January 1980.
Using this until opertor, an answer to your question is:
X(Fq ⊃ (¬q U (p ∧ q)))
where F stands for the diamond and X for the circle.
Pierre Wolper
∂07-May-80 0902 CJS
∂26-Apr-80 1704 JMC
What is state of circumscription AI Memo?
It went to the print shop yesterday afternoon (Tues., May 6). They'll do
their best to hurry it through for you. Sorry about all the delays.
Connie
∂07-May-80 1010 FFL Transportation to SF airport on Friday a.m.
To: JMC, FFL
Your plane leaves at 7;45 a.m. Dr. Starr' secretary called to ask how
you were going to the airport. Presently Starr has an airport limosine
picking him up at his home (95 Stern Lane, Atherton - between El Camino
and the Alameda). Do you want to try to get over there at 6:45 to ride
with him, or do you have other arrangements in mind. She asked me to call
her back promptly.
Tell her I'll be there at 6:45.
∂07-May-80 1149 PAT timesharing
i have looked a bit, it would help if i knew the title and when and
where it was written.
∂07-May-80 1150 FFL Transportation to SFO on May 9
To: JMC, FFL
I called Dr. Starr's secretary to confirm that ou would ride with him
from Atherton. She tells me that the charge will be $l3.25. That is morethan
the car milage, of course. What do you wish to do?
I'll go with Dr. Starr as planned.
∂07-May-80 1156 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 13
SPEAKER: Richard L. Schwartz
Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International
TITLE: An Axiomatic Definition of ALGOL 68
ABSTRACT:
For too long program verification has centered around toy subsets of
programming languages. This talk describes an axiomatic definition of
a major portion of ALGOL 68 that expands the set of features defined
by Hoare-type axiomatic semantics. Included are procedure parameters,
unrestricted aliasing, full static scope, and expressions with
side-effects. Because of the orthogonality of ALGOL 68 concepts, a
relatively small, simple set of proof rules resulted. It is argued
that it is no more complicated to add these features to verification
systems than to check for their absence.
∂07-May-80 1357 FFL Seventh POPL, Jan. l980
To: JMC, FFL
Math Libe does not yet have the Jan journal. Librarian thought it might
come in at end of May or early June. I will check again on May 3l unless
you have another suggestion about where to secure it.
This is the proceedings of a conference, not a journal. Since Manna went
to the conference, he undoubtedly has its proceedings but will be away
till June 3. Please ask his secretary if she can find it and copy the
paper. I forget her name, but his office is at the end of the corridor
from yours towards the church. If that doesn't work, try Pierre Wolper.
∂07-May-80 1509 FFL Transportation to SFO on May 9
To: JMC, FFL
Dr. Starr's secretary called to say that the limosince service called to
tell her that they would be picked you and Dr. Starr up at his home at
6:l5 a.m. rather than 6:4 a.m. I have put his phone number and address
with your ticket in case of need.
∂07-May-80 1517 FFL Transportation to SFO on May ll
To: JMC, FFL
Another call from Dr. Starr's secretary. She persuaded the limosine service
to make the pickup at 6:45 again instead of 6:l5. She is sending a map with
directions to Dr. Starr's home to your home address today.
Thank God.
∂07-May-80 1641 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) TEXT for CS206 Autumn Quarter
Date: 7 May 1980 1640-PDT
From: CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
Subject: TEXT for CS206 Autumn Quarter
To: JMC at SU-AI
John,
On your course abstract for 206 you listed
"McCarthy & Talcott," LISP: Programming and Proving."
I will prepare the textbook order form and suggest 60 copies.
Do you plan to use the MIT MacLISP Manuals?
Anything else?
Carolyn
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Yes, I plan to use maclisp manuals also and would be grateful
if you would see about making sure they're available. Another
preliminary edition of McCarthy and Talcott should be available
through the Department by Fall.
∂07-May-80 1700 FFL Phone call
To: JMC, FFL
Please call Jack Cate. 321-1225.
∂07-May-80 1735 LGC What I'm up to now
I'm now actively engaged in formulating an initial problem (and its solution)
for the advice-taking travel planner. Perhaps in a week or so there will
exist something concrete for us to discuss.
By the way, have you seen Howard Shrobes's Ph.D. Thesis?
(title: Dependency-Directed Reasoning for Complex Program Understanding).
It's quite interesting, and similar in spirit to some of my ideas for the
Advice Taker. I'd like to know your reaction to his general approach to
reasoning about programs; a short slogan for it might be:
"Program verification is not enough." A gloss on that slogan might be:
"Designers of <<algorithms> need proof checkers, theorem provers, and
verification systems; designers of <<systems> need programmer's apprentices
which can reason about programs in a common-sense, teleological way at
various appropriate levels of detail." Earlier versions of such sentiments
were expressed in the MIT AI Memos entitled "Programming Viewed as an
Engineering Activity," and "Floyd-Hoare Verifiers Considered Harmful."
There seems to me to be a certain plausibility in the ideas you
ascribe to Shrobe. I would like to borrow a copy of an
appropriate paper or else you could tell Frances (FFL) where
to get one to xerox.
∂07-May-80 2303 Kanerva at SUMEX-AIM Help on facts concerning computing at Stanford
Date: 7 May 1980 2243-PDT
From: Kanerva at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: Help on facts concerning computing at Stanford
To: McCarthy at SAIL, Earnest at SAIL
I am writing a section on the text-use of computers at Stanford
for the COST report and need facts, mostly dates. A draft of the
section is included with this message, but I have pulled out the
questions for which you might know the answers best. Your paper
on the usefulness of computers in offices, as given at the
Symposium this spring, will appear as an appendix to the COST
report.
1. I have SOS as having been originally written at Stanford and
assume that it was in 1966 or 1967. Is this correct?
2. Did the Stanford Time-sharing Project start in 1963?
3a. When was the AI Lab founded?
3b. What was the Lab's relation to the Time-sharing Project
and to the PDP-1?
4a. Was Suppes a party to the PDP-1 from the start or only later?
If later, when?
4b. What was his relation to the Time-shating Project?
5. When was the first message system available? I assume it was
on the PDP-6. IMSSS had it soon after we got our PDP-10,
but I don't think that we wrote it ourselves.
6. When did SAIL get on the ARPAnet (and when SUMEX)?
I would also appreciate your letting me know of any inaccuracies
in the draft that you notice. Thank you for your help.
!
* DRAFT * DRAFT * DRAFT * DRAFT * DRAFT * DRAFT * DRAFT * DRAFT * DRAFT *
First draft: March 21, 1980
This draft: May 7, 1980
This file: <COST>STANFORD
TEXT-USE OF COMPUTERS AT STANFORD
Computing at Stanford has grown rapidly in the last 25 years. There
are now eight large computing centers--with over 50 terminals each--and
many small ones. The large centers and their present main computers are
listed below for further reference. (An abbreviation for the center and
the year when computing began are given in parentheses.)
Campus Computing Facility (1953), IBM 3033.
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL; 1964), DEC KL-10.
Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS;
? 1964??), dual DEC KI-10.
? Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC; 19←←), dual? IBM ←←←←,
and IBM 360/91
? ←←← DEC VAX 11/←←←←
Stanford Medical Experimental Computing Facility (SUMEX; 1973),
dual DEC KI-10 and DEC 20/20.
Low Overhead Timesharing System (LOTS; 1976), DEC 20/60.
? Graduate School of Business (GSB; 197←←), DEC 20/60.
Computer Science - Operations Research - Electrical Engineering
? (SCORE; 197←←), DEC 20/60.
? <<-- how about the VAXes? -->>
The large computing centers form two groups: centers with computers
based on the IBM 360 architecture (IBM 360, IBM 370, IBM 3033) and
centers with computers based on the DEC PDP-6 architecture (PDP-6,
PDP-10, DECSYSTEM 20). Their users make up what are sometimes called
the IBM and DEC communities, respectively. The Campus Computing Facility
and SLAC are the first group and the remaining six centers the second
(a seventh member of this group is the Music Project (??) with its
recently bought PDP-10-compatible Foonly F2). Within each group there
is sharing of software, including software for text work. Only a small
number of people do text work on both IBM and DEC systems.
The use of the computer as an aid to writing and communicating has
developed hand-in-hand with timesharing and is now well established at
Stanford. On-line text editors were first developed for the writing of
computer programs but were soon adopted for other kinds of writing as
well.
As writing was done increasingly on the computer, more and more
sophisticated programs were written for printing text files, formatting
text, searching through text, verifying spelling, and typesetting. With
versatile printers came the need to design type, and font designing and
editing programs were written. As more and more people became regular
computer users, on-line mail systems were developed and adopted. The
emergence of nation-wide digital networks increased the utility of the
mail systems even further. By now, somewhere around one half of the
computing cycles on Stanford's general-purpose timesharing systems go
into the handling of text.
!
Text handling makes use of a variety of hardware and software. In
addition to the computers and their file-storage devices, the hardware
includes terminals, printers, scanners, and network interfaces. Next to
the operating system and its file system, the most important software is
the text editor. It is by far the most-used program. Other software
includes programs for text formatting and document assembly, spelling and
hyphenation, searching, printing, phototypesetting, designing type, and
sending and receiving messages. A description of the most important
text-system hardware and software available to the IBM and DEC
communities follows.
Both hard-copy and display terminals are used on the IBM computers.
About ←←←←% are displays, with the percentage slowly rising. A speed of
120 characters a second is common for on-campus display terminals and 30
characters per second for dial-in terminals. An OCR reader is available
(since 1979) for reading text into the IBM 3033. Printing is done on
hard-copy terminals, line (impact) printers, and the very fast IBM 3800
laser printer, for which a variety of character sets has been designed.
An interface between the IBM 3033 and the AM CompEdit phototypesetter
at Word Graphics will be available soon.
The text editor on the IBM computers is WYLBUR, a line editor
developed at Stanford and first available in 1968. Besides serving as
an editor, WYLBUR can initiate batch jobs. It and some other software
developed at Stanford are invaluable in that they provide an interactive
service on a batch system. Commercial versions of WYLBUR are available
from several sources, and 150-200 installations, world wide, use WYLBUR.
A screen-oriented version for the IBM 3270 terminals is being developed
at Stanford and is expected to be available soon. An experimental
version of an editor with foreign alphabets and special symbols,
MULTILINGUAL (Stanford; 1980), is available on the Tektronix 4025
display terminal.
The formatter and document assembler used on the IBM computers is
the University of Waterloo's version of SCRIPT, adopted here in 1977.
It is used extensively in writing memoranda, papers, reports, proposals,
manuscripts, and dissertations. Files for SCRIPT are prepared with
WYLBUR. A preprocessor, MATHFORM (Stanford; 1979), allows the inclusion
of mathematical formulas in SCRIPT files.
The software for an on-line message system, WYLBUR MAIL, was written
at Stanford and made available for general use in 1980.
The Campus Computing Facility's IBM 3033 computer has been on
TELENET since 197←←, and C.I.T. is a sustaining member and a supplier
of EDUNET.
<< What other text-system software should be mentioned:
printing programs, IBM 3800 font-design programs, ..... ? >>
<< Is SLAC adequately represented? >>
!
Only display terminals are used on most of the DEC systems.
Speeds of 240-960 characters a second are common for on-campus terminals
and 120 characters a second for dial-in terminals. Printing is done on
typewriter printers, line (impact) printers, and graphics printers (Xerox
Graphics Printer, Versatec printer/plotter, and Xerox Dover printer)
that allow users to design their own characters. An interface is being
developed at the Computer Science Department for the Canon laser printer,
to make it into an attractive printer for the office. The SAIL computer
has a CRS Alphatype digital phototypesetter on line.
The DEC systems have three display editors: E and TVEDIT from
Stanford (1972) and EMACS from M.I.T. (1976) and three line editors:
EDIT, SOS, and TECO (of which SOS was originally written at Stanford in
1966 or 1967??). PUB (Stanford; 1971), RUNOFF, and TEX (Stanford; 1978)
are the best-known programs for formatting and document assembly,
including typesetting, but there are many others. Authors of books and
papers are beginning to write their manuscripts on line with a display
editor for (human) editors to edit them on line and for technical
specialists to typeset them from computer files, all three phases being
sometimes done by the same person. Several books (for a total of over
3,000 pages) have been typeset and published in this way so far.
Programs for designing and editing type fonts have been one of the
specialities of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. The best known
of the programs is Knuth's METAFONT.
Text-searching programs have been available since the mid-1960s
and are used frequently. Perhaps the best known of the present stock
is XSEARCH. The program SPELL performs a special search: It finds words
in a text file that are not included in an on-line dictionary and offers
them for correction by the user. The user can supplement the dictionary
with his own special vocabulary. The search and spell programs have been
written at Stanford. Yet another search function is performed by SRCCOM,
which finds the differences between two versions of a text file.
Computer mail has been available for over ten years and is used by
everybody. On-line bulletin board was developed and fist adopted at
SUMEX in 1976.
The SAIL, SUMEX, and SCORE computers are on the ARPAnet, which is
used extensively for sending messages, transferring files, and running
programs on other computers on the network.
SAIL receives the Associated Press and The New York Times wire
services and stores news releases on line for common reference.
!
Stanford has perhaps been unusual in its early acceptance of
the computer as a writing tool. This comes through in the following
chronology that includes first adoptions of programs of various kinds
and developments that have had or can be expected to have a major
influence in the field.
Timesharing at Stanford began with the Stanford Time-sharing Project
under the leadership of Professor John McCarthy in 1963(??). The first
timesharing system, in 1964, was PDP-1, which was jointly operated by the
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory under McCarthy and the Institute for
Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences under Professor Patrick
Suppes.
<< Is this accurate? Did Suppes join later? When? >>
The computer had a custom-built display system with 12 fast display
monitors for graphics and upper- and lowercase text. By early 1965 Brian
Tolliver, a Computer Science graduate student, had written a display
text editor which he called TVEDIT and which has served as a model for
text editors that have later been written at Stanford and elsewhere.
The PDP-1 had only slow printers (10 characters a second), which made
frequent printing of files impractical. People soon learned to read and
write on line. This early system has been described in the literature
(McCarthy, Brian, Feldman, & Allen. THOR--a Display Based Time Sharing
System. Spring Joint Computer Conference. AFIPS Conference Proceedings,
Vol. 30, pp. 623-633, 1967). It was replaced in 1966 by the PDP-6 at
SAIL and in 1969-70 by the PDP-10 at IMSSS.
Computer mail was first available on the PDP-6 at SAIL in 19←←←. ???
In 1968 Roger Feijman and John Borgelt wrote the WYLBUR
text editor for the IBM 360/67 at ←←←←←←←←←←←←←.
Early versions of SPELL were written at SAIL somewhere around 1969, based
on Lester Earnest's earlier work on English vocabulary. The present
SPELL program was written by Ralph Gorin in 197←←← and is now in wide use.
The first PhD dissertation written on line and printed from computer
files was possibly at IMSSS (???) in 1970(??) by Dewey Rundus. ????
PUB, the document formatter and assembler was specified by Earnest
and written by Larry Tesler at SAIL in 1971.
The TVEDIT program written by Pentti Kanerva at IMSSS in 1971-72 made
display editing available on simple displays with slow communications
(over dial telephone line).
The first multifont printer was the XGP at SAIL in 1973, and it
inspired programs for text formatting and type design.
The XSEARCH program written
by Scott Daniels at IMSSS in 1975 is important for its very fast
text-searching algorithm.
In 19←←← the ←←←←← computer was connected to the ARPAnet. ????
The IBM 3800 laser printer was installed in 197←←← and has greatly
increased the number and kinds of documents produced at the Campus
Computing Facility.
A 700-page book was prepared on line and phototypeset from computer files
by IMSSS in 1978.
In 1978-79 Donald Knuth developed at SAIL the TEX and METAFONT programs
for technical typesetting and type design.
MATHFOMR and MULTILINGUAL for the editing and printing of mathematics
and foreign languages on the IBM systems were written by Eagle Berns
in 1979-80.
In 1980 work was began to connect the major campus computers to each
other by Ethernet.
!
Interest in research and experimentation into all phases of text
work continues to be high at Stanford. Work in progress includes
typesetting and type design, terminal design, network design, and the
design of interactive systems and programs for personal and office use.
Text-system software for smaller computers, especially for the
DEC PDP-11 computer with the UNIX operating system, has been developed
elsewhere. Three such PDP-11 systems at Stanford are used extensively
for preparing documents: the systems at Digital Systems Laboratory
(since 197←←), Geophysics (197←←), and Radiology (197←←). The software
includes the display text editor NED, the equation processor EQN, and
the text formatter TROFF.
Through such developments, some groups at Stanford have become
on-line communities, with terminals in people's offices as well as homes.
People in these groups have found that the computer has changed their
working habits and feel that it lets them be more productive, more
creative, more independent than before--even if they now depend on the
computer.
A word-processing service was started in 1972 to provide typing
for a major fund-raising campaign. In 1975, it was established as a
fee-for-service group offering word-processing and dial-in dictation
to any University department. The center converted from IBM to Lexitron
equipment in 1978. A decline in revenue lead to the closing of this
service in February 1980.
The first stand-alone video-display word processors appeared at
Stanford in early 1977. The number has increased rapidly. By now there
are some 50 units at various locations, from a dozen different vendors.
Files have been transferred between the IBM 3033 and some of the word
processors.
!
- Pentti Kanerva
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∂08-May-80 1020 FFL Phone call from David Child(e)s
To: JMC, FFL
He will be in this area next week and would like to see you about list
processing. l4th to l6th. Would like you to call him if possible.
Home; 3l3 668 895l
Office; 3l3 995 0606
∂08-May-80 1109 FFL Phone call from Norene Fisher
To: JMC, FFL
Would like to speak with you about resources relating to computers and
anthropology. 962-9893.
∂08-May-80 1132 FFL Phone call from Mike Heisen of Cal Tech
To: JMC, TOB, FFL, MOR
Calling from Miami where he is giving a paper but is from Cal Tech. Inquired
for McCarthy, Binford, Moravec. Is working on developing grant proposal
with Combustion Engineering -NSF tto build a walking machine capable of
exploring radioactive areas. He can be reached at random times at
305 446 1007. Will also call back to give us another number.
∂08-May-80 1137 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Copy of ON THE TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF FAIRNESS is on your desk,courtesy of
Pierre Wolper.
∂08-May-80 1444 FFL Lodging at Wye
To: JMC, FFL
I understand Wye is similar to Asilomar and that all conferees would be
provided for if they accepted an invitation. I understand that instructions
are to stop at the Conference Center to get room assignments. It is too late
to call them now, but I have the number and will check on it in the morning.
In that case no need to call. I'll tag along with Chauncey Starr and
see what happens.
∂08-May-80 1525 CG Kreisel's talk
I have reserved room 252 for Kreisel's talk next week (at 4:15 on Thrursday).
As I mentioned, I told Knuth about the talk. Do you have a list of other people
you'd like me to invite?
∂08-May-80 1558 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 8 MAY 1980 1900-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: jmc at SU-AI
Stallman is STILL interested in coming out to work
with you on logic a while. Can you invite him?
Expenses?
∂08-May-80 1604 DEW
∂07-May-80 1415 JMC skyhooks and juggling
Minsky and I invented a form of skyhook that "works" basically as follows
although there are many complications: A stream of particles in vacuum
is accelerated up and supports a platform by exchange of momentum. When
the particles fall down again, they are re-accelerated up. Lowell Wood
and Rod Hyde have ideas on how it can actually be made to work. Anyway,
the platform is supported by a juggled stream of particles. My question
for you is this: Is it humanly feasible to support a plate or other
object by juggled balls? Has anything like it ever been done?
Nothing like that has been done to my knowledge. The closest thing might
be my scarf juggling routine where I support a nylon scarf by blowing
up under it and by hitting it with other scarves. I do not think it
is humanly feasible to support a rigid object with juggled balls.
It would be very hard just to learn to juggle by bouncing balls off the ceiling.
In normal juggling, the balls all come down with the same acceleration,
despite differences (errors) in the height to which they were thrown.
In bouncing every ball off the ceiling, the juggler would have to
subconciously compute the acceleration with which each ball was returning to
him. This would be very hard but would be humanly feasible.
Assuming that problem was solved, the problem with supporting an object
in space is that hitting it slightly off center would impart some kind
of angular or horizontal momentum. The next balls to hit the object will already
be in the air so cannot be thrown with a correction. If they miss the object
entirely, it may be posible to recover the juggle (but the object might not
stay up), but if they hit the object, they will likely come down at crazy
angles with no hope of recovery.
I do tricks where I collide 2 balls together in the air -- these tricks are
very hard to do consistently because very slight errors in the way the balls
collide can cause either of them to descend in almost any direction -- making
recovery quite a challenge.
Hope this helps, let me know if you find someone who can do it!
(Either with balls or particles.)
Cheers, Dave
∂08-May-80 1628 FFL Air ticket
To: JMC, FFL
Are you coming in this afternoon or do you want it left on your desk?
I'll be in, but if not please leave it in the desk drawer first file
folder.
∂08-May-80 1702 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Now I discover Hersche has gone with the key to your office. I will
try to get another key from someone else. In case I cannot, I will leave
it under the keyboard of my computer in my office. Have to hurry as system
is going down to 7 p.m. My phone is 967 4003.
∂08-May-80 2110 JMC
barnett 854-5869, herz 857-1838
∂10-May-80 1138 FEINLER at SRI-KL Re: Canon Laser Printer Demonstration, Acquisitions
Date: 10 May 1980 1138-PDT
From: FEINLER at SRI-KL
Subject: Re: Canon Laser Printer Demonstration, Acquisitions
To: Siegman at SUMEX-AIM, LES at SAIL, Engelbart at OFFICE-3,
To: VBH at SRI-UNIX, JMC at SAIL, Rindfleisch at SUMEX-AIM,
To: Weyhrauch at SAIL
cc: Feigenbaum at SUMEX-AIM, LTP at SAIL, FEINLER,
cc: vbh at SRI-UNIX
I am very interested in the Canon printer. Since I will not be here
for the demonstration next week (darn!), Bruce Hunt and Glenn Sherwood
will be representing my interests. Bruce will coordinate the financial
aspects of it at SRI. Please keep me informed however with cc:s
of any pertinent messages.
Thanks,
Jake
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∂10-May-80 1731 RMS at MIT-AI (Richard M. Stallman) temporizing
Date: 10 MAY 1980 2030-EDT
From: RMS at MIT-AI (Richard M. Stallman)
Subject: temporizing
To: jmc at SU-AI
The time when I'm interested in coming out there is September, so you
have lots of room to temporize. I don't know how long these things
take to arrange and decided I'd rather ask early than late.
The main reason why I'm interested in going out to SAIL is that I
found it much easier to devote my mind to abstract thinking there.
When I'm at MIT, I build up a permanent anxiety over the many system
programming projects that cry out to be done, which makes it hard for
me to work on anything more long term. I hadn't really worked on
anything deeper than system programming since 1977 or 1978 with
Sussman, and I had been wanting to, but being away from here made it
possible. The fact that you and the others were there to supply me
with interesting things to think about helped also.
I did manage to keep thinking about the modal logic we talked about
for a while after I came back to MIT. Do you still have the message I
sent you in March about this?
∂12-May-80 0118 LLW Yet Still More Skyhookery!
To: minsky at MIT-AI
CC: LLW at SU-AI, RAH at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
∂11-May-80 2125 MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 11 MAY 1980 2011-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
To: minsky at MIT-AI, llw at SU-AI, rah at SU-AI
Hi. Any progress on SKYHOOK? I have a few more
equations that
show (seem to show, anyway) a weak, linear restoring moment if the thing
doesn't bend out of the X = sin X region.
The closed-tube momentum theorem mentioned in
the O'Neill book -- which appears to show that
a tube containing a bouncing BB has no
tendeny to straighten --
doesn't apply because it depends on
tension cancelling centrifugal force, and in the
skyhook, the tension is cancelled by gravity so that the
centrifugal force remains to striaghten the thing.
[We've recently been considering a completely non-superconducting system
of cannonballs, momentum-preening points in the tower and motors at tower
bottom, for simplicity`s and economy's sake. Rod has preliminary numbers
which indicate that my first estimate of a Q of 1000 for the cannonball
stream may be correct to within a half-order-of-magnitude, even for this
low-technology variant. He is presently looking into tower stability and
equilibrium configuration questions in some detail.]
However, I haven't solved the appropriate string-vibration
equation (because I'm not sure what to put in
for a tension term, etc.
Have you a first-order description of the tower's behavior?
[Yes; we should have it written into POXable form by week's end. Can you
spool POX.XGP files at MIT by hook-or-crook (I had heard that there were
minor incompatibilities)?]
Finally, my calculations rough as they are, suggest that the
accelerator in the tube, if in discrete chunks, have to be pretty
vigorous, e.g., if they were a
kilometer apart and 10 meters long, they'd have to
apply some hundreds og Gees, etc. What's tour state of
thinking/ If you're tired of it, I could
take a more serious crack at the design. Are we woorying about
too much detail, or should we just announce the general concept?
[Recall that we'll be stacking something of the order of 5000 g-seconds
onto the cannonballs at tower bottom, and that the Earth's gravitational
field can only scrape at most 1000 off it on the way up (to infinity)--the
tower *has* to take off the rest; also recall that artillery shells
routinely sustain accelerations of 10-100 kilogees during the interesting
portions of their lives. Your conclusions--that a tower under a 1 g load
can be in momentum steady state with the cannonball stream of comparable
mass which interacts with it only 1% of the time (on the average) only if
the cannonballs see of the order of 100 g accelerations during such
interactions--are manifestly correct, and quite non-alarming.
No, we're definitely not tired of the tower game--it's just that the
work-a-day world places unrelenting demands on the time and effort of the
lower, non-academic classes, and both Rod and I are able to work on tower
games only during stolen 'hobby' time. Take heart, though; we're getting
there at finite rates!
Lowell]
∂12-May-80 0428 BIS SAIL cost center
To: HVA, JMC, LES, TOB
The following people are being paid from the NSF grant (2-FCZ-515),
percentages being those of 03/80:
ME 30%
ROB 25%
ROY 30%
HVA 15%
LES 10%
Charges for the SAIL cost center are not yet being billed to any grant,
altho I understand that they are retroactive to 01/80.
Some or all of the accrued charges for the above personnel will be
replaced by cost center charges.
Here are some points to consider:
1 Charges for the time of HVA are most reasonably assessed on
the basis of whose grants are largest.
2 Charges for the time of ROB, ROY, and ME are probably best
assessed on the basis of computer usage, altho it is clear
than Robotics has made some special use of their time
(as compared, say, to Zohar's use of it). We have special equipment,
we have made some special demands, and we should probably pay a
little more for this. We need discussion on this.
3 Charges for the time of LES are a function of BOTH grant size
and computer usage. We need to discuss a reasonable breakdown
on this.
4 The budget of the proposal most recently submitted to NSF
does not include salaries for any of the
above-mentioned personnel. As explained in the addendum below,
we budgeted the cost center at $880/month for the NSF grant
for calendar year 1980. It is interesting to note that the
salaries billed to the existing NSF grant for the above personnel
for the month 03/80 totalled $2278.86, which is 258% what we
have budgeted in the new proposal for the SAIL cost center.
The $2278.86 figure becomes $4291.91 after adding staff benefits
and indirect costs (overhead).
5 To correctly assess the charges for cost center vs individual
personnel would probably require more time and energy than
we have left before the world ends on 01 September. Moreover,
I hear rumors (from reliable sources) that the entire cost
center setup is being rethought at the highest levels.
So it is probably not worth spending much time thinking about
what is or is not the right way to handle the SAIL cost center.
I would be happy with a short-term kludge which would bill our
NSF grant at approximately the level we have budgeted in the
next proposal.
5 I am currently trying to project the expenses on this grant so that
we can stretch our funding to the utmost. Economy will be necessary
if we are to survive until the new funding comes in. I need to know
what charges, if any, are reasonably billed to us for the individuals
above-named.
6 I would also like to speedily rectify any over-billing which may have
occurred since the cost center's virtual birth in 01/80.
I am not certain what next steps should be taken on this matter, but it is
clear that discussion is needed and that some agreement must be reached
about past and future billings to us of these salaries.
What next?
---
Addendum. SAIL cost center charges budgeted in the latest proposal to NSF.
;Computer cost.
;Rationale for our use of the Cost Center.
;Robotics used 12.8 points of SAIL during calendar year 1979.
;This means that Robotics uses 12.8 points per month.
;This NSF proposal will be 40% of our effort, hence 5.12 points per month.
;One point costs $172 for a month in calendar year 1980.
;Estimate future point costs using 10% inflation per year:
; year cost/pt/mo cost-for-us/mo
; 1980 172.00 880.64
; 1981 189.20 968.70
; 1982 208.12 1065.57
; 1983 228.93 1172.12
; 1984 251.83 1289.37
(comp ( 880.64 monthly) CAL-1980)
(comp ( 968.70 monthly) CAL-1981)
(comp (1065.57 monthly) CAL-1982)
(comp (1172.12 monthly) CAL-1983)
(comp (1289.37 monthly) CAL-1984)
∂12-May-80 0920 CLT office
men are here to work on the closet. they wonder if you want permantent
steps or movable ones (housewife steps he said). also if you want the
bulletin board mounted you had better say where before they finish.
∂12-May-80 1055 HVA 3rd Year Funding NSF
To: JMC, HVA
1) Revised Budget--I have draft ready but, in order to keep within $110,238 stipu-
lated in letter, I had to cut some items, including your Su. sal. from 90% to 55%
2) Residual funds--reserving $500 for Report costs and IF you could use $850 in
Travel, the net would be about $1,810.
I've put copy on your desk--to change and/or approve--and will expedite as soon as
it's returned. Thks.
∂12-May-80 1244 MFB thesis
I am getting itchy to get the thesis signed and out of the way.
Is there any particular thing holding this up?
If so, I'd be glad to you about it.
Martin
∂12-May-80 1422 Raj.Reddy at CMU-10B (A610RR29) Wisemen Meeting on Robotics at ARPA on May 16.
Date: 12 May 1980 1718-EDT (Monday)
From: Raj.Reddy at CMU-10B (A610RR29)
Subject: Wisemen Meeting on Robotics at ARPA on May 16.
To: Simon at cmu-10A, JMC at SU-AI, MINSKY at MIT-AI
CC: Raj.Reddy at CMU-10B
Message-ID: <12May80 171802 RR29@CMU-10B>
I will be staying at the Holiday Inn, Keybridge/Arlington 15th evening. If any
of you are in D.C. that evening perhaps we can get together.
Raj
Please make plane reservation to Washington Thursday during day and back
Friday night and Holiday Inn reservation as shown Thursday night.
See you at Holiday Inn. - John
∂12-May-80 1710 WOL Until and completeness
To: JMC
CC: WOL
In reply to your message of May 8:
-I don't know of any paper using the Until operator on a complete example.
Gabbay et al. is the only reference I have seen on the subject.
-I haven't read anything on the subject, but my feeling is that predicates
involving functions of several times are not in general expressible.
Pierre Wolper
Thanks for the information.
∂12-May-80 1756 MFB signature sheets.
hmm... thats bad, since the three copies of the signature sheets
had zohars signature, and he's gone!!
It was in an 8.5 x 11 manilla envelope with some scratched out writing on it.
There were also some other forms to be signed it it, but they can be replaced.
let me know.
Sheets found and signed and in Frances's office.
∂12-May-80 1934 DCL autologout
To: bboard, ME, JMC
John's one hour/two hour suggestion is fine with me.
∂13-May-80 0443 DOYLE at MIT-AI (Jon Doyle) Thesis
Date: 13 MAY 1980 0745-EDT
From: DOYLE at MIT-AI (Jon Doyle)
Subject: Thesis
To: jmc at SU-AI
CC: DOYLE at MIT-AI
Hello John,
I have just handed in my thesis. I am trying to arrange for some preliminary
copies to be made (the TR should come out later this summer), and will send
you one when possible.
Jon
∂13-May-80 1455 FFL Ticket to Robotics meeting
To: JMC, FFL
Your ticket is available at the office.
∂13-May-80 1457 TOB trip
John
Do I go or not?
Tom
Regrettably not. Attendees seem to be Simon, Minsky and Reddy and me+ARPA.
Such a meeting probably can only suggest agenda items and invitees
for more substantial meeting.
∂13-May-80 1639 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
yes, the books are in your office.
∂13-May-80 1643 FFL Call from Heidi Baldus of Digital Equipment Corp., Digital Press
To: JMC, FFL
Will be in PPalo Alto, probably May 27 and 28. Would like to speak with
you and Caroline about LISP manuscript. Address: DDigital Press,
12 Crosby Dr., Bedford, Mass 01730. Phone: 6l7-275-5000, X2069. May be
out of town but office will relay messages.
Thanks for Baldus message. It is "Carolyn" not "Caroline" in this case.
∂13-May-80 1647 FFL Conversattion with E. Bloom's secretary
To: JMC, FFL
According to her you have a tentative appointment with him Thursday at
l0 a.m. and Monday the l9th at ll a.m. in Energy Library. She called to
ask that you add Friday, the 23rd at ll a.m. also tentatively. Should not
the Thursday meeting be canceled - you will be away.
Yes, I called her yesterday to change the Thursday meeting, and evidently
she is now confused. Please call her. Please put both appointments (19 and
23) in CALEND[LET,JMC], page 7.
∂13-May-80 1719 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 20
SPEAKER: Richard Waldinger, SRI International
TITLE: Problematic Features of Programming Languages
ABSTRACT:
Certain features of programming languages, such as data structure
operations and procedure call mechanisms, have been found to resist
formalization by classical program verification techniques. An alternate
"situational calculus" approach, which allows explicit mention of the
states of a computation, is presented and applied to the description of
several problematic constructs. This approach is amenable to implementation
in program verification and synthesis systems.
∂13-May-80 1754 TOB
Thanks for message. Its in good hands.
∂13-May-80 1823 LES History
To: Kanerva at SUMEX-AIM
CC: JMC at SU-AI
Here are some answers to your questions.
1. I have SOS as having been originally written at Stanford and
assume that it was in 1966 or 1967. Is this correct?
Bill Weiher developed the STOPGAP editor in 1966. The improved version,
called "Son of Stopgap" or "SOS", appeared in 1967 as I recall.
2. Did the Stanford Time-sharing Project start in 1963?
I think so.
3a. When was the AI Lab founded?
Work here on AI began with McCarthy's arrival in 1962.
ARPA sponsorship of this work began on 15 June 1963.
The Power Lab computer facility began in June 1966.
3b. What was the Lab's relation to the Time-sharing Project
and to the PDP-1?
A number of people who had worked on the PDP-1 Timesharing Project
formed the nucleus of the computer facility group at the AI Project,
which later became SAIL.
4a. Was Suppes a party to the PDP-1 from the start or only later?
If later, when?
I believe that this project was initiated by McCarthy, but that
Suppes became involved long before the delivery of hardware.
D.E.C. gave McCarthy a small PDP-1 which was delivered.
Before delivery, however, McCarthy, wanting a PDP-1 capable
of time-sharing formed a coalition with Suppes, who would
use it for CAI.
4b. What was his relation to the Time-sharing Project?
Primarily a user of its services, I believe.
5. When was the first message system available? I assume it was
on the PDP-6. IMSSS had it soon after we got our PDP-10,
but I don't think that we wrote it ourselves.
I've been asked this before but do not have a clear recollection.
While we had a general message system (MAIL *) from the beginning
on the PDP-6, I suspect that individual MAIL was not installed until
about the time we started putting terminals in everyone's office,
in early 1971. It could have happened earlier, however.
6. When did SAIL get on the ARPAnet (and when SUMEX)?
SAIL was connected initially in July 1971, but we didn't have enough
core memory to support this service on an ongoing basis until April 1972.
I don't know about SUMEX.
Here are some remarks on the draft text.
The SCORE computer began functioning in 1979.
A number of Altos connected via ethernet also appeared here in 1979.
Computer Science also has 2 Vaxen and an IBM 4331, all delivered in 1980.
Since the IBM machine is 370 compatible, your nice dichotomy into IBM and
DEC facilities doesn't quite hold. I'll not sure that it is very useful
anyway, since the PDP-10s, -11s, and Vaxen are mutually software incompatible.
Incidentally, the Foonly F-2 may be considered to be in the DECsystem 10
community since it is software compatible -- in fact, the Music group is
running the WAITS operating system, same as SAIL.
JMC - There is a dichotomy in philosophy and subordination to IBM's
global optimization.
While the PDP-1 timesharing system was used for some early AI work, it
was not properly a part of the AI Project. The developmental funding
came from NSF. It was originally viewed as a kind of front-end processor
for the IBM 7090, with which it was linked via a 1301 disk. The PDP-1
system was to submit batch jobs to the 7090, but the software to do this
was not developed.
JMC - The PDP-1, as was originally planned, had independent time-sharing
capability. Submitting jobs to the 7090 was a planned extra, which
I think wasn't implemented.
The PDP-1 was not replaced by the PDP-6 -- it continued to function for
a number of years after the AI Project computer facility was established.
The use of computer text files for document production began at SAIL
in 1968, as I recall, possibly earlier. Of course, the only fast printing
device then available was our somewhat crufty line printer.
It might be appropriate to mention that Carnegie-Mellon got their XGP
going some months before SAIL did. While we started printing book-length
reports on the XGP immediately, the first commercial book produced via
the XGP that I recall was one on computer register notation that was
produced at CMU by Gordon Bell and someone else around 1974.
∂13-May-80 2251 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) title for talk
Date: 13 May 1980 2244-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: title for talk
To: jmc at SU-AI
John, I tried to get you at home and work. No luck. Do you have a title?
Ed
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Programs with Common Sense - 21 Years After
∂14-May-80 1010 FFL Hotel in NYC on May l6 and l7.
To: JMC, FFL
NY Sheraton is filled. There is another Sheraton hotel;however, I do not
know its location. Do you have another suggestion?
Another midtown Manhattan hotel (preferably recommended by Hirsch or
other travel agent) will do.
∂14-May-80 1139 MFB thesis
thanks for signing.
i have caught many spelling errors myself; how do I use the program SPELL?
I think you are right about hardware. Microcode is another definite possibility.
The main problem with my present development of the method is that the types of
errors it works on are liimitted; this is tied up with the notion of equality
of traces, among othher things. The class of eerrors that I catch are not an
impressive "real world" set. In another domain, e.g., hardware, these may be
a more realistic set. In that case one probably would have to assume
that the topology of the circuit is correct, but the compoonents
at tne nodes may be wrong. Hmmm... maybe I should check this out.
I was thinking not of design of hardware but testing for hardware failures.
Such failures would rarely change the topology. R SPELL and follow
instructions.
∂14-May-80 1319 FFL Call, Judy Weiner, Thompson-CSF,(part of French conglomerate)NYC
To: JMC, FFL
She said she wrote you in April re a mission of French experts coming to
US to study use of robots. Referred to you by John Linville of S. Univ.
EE Dept. Evidently wants them to see you or our work on the subject. She
is going to call me again tomorrow to find out if you should be their
contact, Binford, or if you have other suggestions.
Contact should be Binford. I don't remember letter, however.
∂14-May-80 1330 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 14 MAY 1980 1630-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, llw at SU-AI, jmc at SU-AI, rah at SU-AI
I could only read the English in SKYHOK. Please send print-out.
Some notes:
1. We should reference Web Between the Worlds, by Charles Sheffield.
It is much like Clarke's book.
1a. Needs a graceful mention of Robert Forward's input. He suggested
vertical version of our hexagonal orbital scheme about the same night
I did, but got it in writing first on the network.
2. Note the freebie: the tower creates FREE orbital angular momentum,
stealing it from the earth's. By tilting the vertical stream just
enough to provide a D'alembert force -- i.e., orthogonal to the stream
so that it doesn't get to comsume any [F x ds]. I presume that
previous skyhook proposers noticed this way to get free energy, but
not sure about that. If you hoist a weight up a standard ("passive")
skyhook, then it leans over to the west. Does it go back? Well, if
you do too much of it, clearly, it falls down. If you do it slow
enough, I think, it acts like an inverted pendulum and swings back.
I think??
4. If we were to put the ascending stream to the east, it will
deviate toward the center, so the two streams compress the tower.
This is bad because (1) we have to prevent collision and (2) it will
produce an instability torque that twists the tower. So the ascending
stream must be on the West side, applying a tension across the tube.
This is stable.
5. Now consider giving up the tubular structure -- except at the
bottom for atmosphere removal -- and at the top for final
reversal-tensioning.
I don't see any objection, then, to leaving the guidance-constraint
stations unconnected! That is, unless you think a mild tension will
help in controlling the system. The idea, then, is that we can
control the guidance/lift coils to always float at the BB-crossing
loci. That is, the points where the BB's pass one another.
Advantages:
(1) No inter-coil structural mass -- and much less collision
cross-section, too, for meteors and other satellites.
(2 The pair of momentum-transfer devices need not store energy,
between events. We can the stations "strong-focuss" to ride on these
space-time slots. It may even be possible to do this passively -- to
make the tensioned coil-pair to "seek" the place where the particles
cross. What would make this valuable is this: WE MIGHT THEN BE ABLE
TO MAKE THE STATIONS BE PASSIVE! That is, eliminate the heavy
capacitors and SCR's of the O'Neill design, since we can accelerate
the descender with the same current that is induced by the decelerated
ascender. Maybe this just requires cleverly shaped paired coils.
5. Energy Application: Suppose we put a huge Solar Power array at the
top. We generate a few gigawatts, but have to bring it to earth. We
once discussed a superconducting cable, with 100,000 volts and 50,000
amps -- but this would be heavy. But, if the system power is indeed
terawatts, then a few extra gigawatts probably wouldn't bother it --
so we put the power into the descending stream! Then, the power comes
out of the underground reverser -- in the form of pure, excess
electric energy!
I guess this means some excess tension at the top! Funny.
∂14-May-80 1332 CSD.HILL at SU-SCORE Closet stairs
Date: 14 May 1980 1321-PDT
From: CSD.HILL at SU-SCORE
Subject: Closet stairs
To: jmc at SU-AI
Is there any special reason why you wanted stairs built for access to the
closet as opposed to just getting a stepstool from Univ. Stores?
Susan
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Building stairs was Buckhout's idea. If
stepstool of reasonable shape is available, it will do.
∂14-May-80 1444 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 14 MAY 1980 1746-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: jmc at SU-AI
Goody. Where will you be stsying?
No plan yet.
∂14-May-80 1722 CG Kreisel's talk
The new time for Kreisel's talk is an even week after the old time. Namely,
it will be held at 4:15 on Thursday May 22nd, in JAX 252.
∂15-May-80 1014 FFL Hotel reservation for Sunday, May l8
To: JMC, FFL
Reservation made at Sheraton New York - repeat New York. Reservations
at Sheraton Center for May l6 and l7 canceled.
∂15-May-80 1125 BMOORE at SRI-KL de dicto/de re ambiguity
Date: 15 May 1980 1124-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: de dicto/de re ambiguity
To: jmc at SAIL
The actual legal example is "conspiring to assault a federal officer."
It is discussed in a short paper "The opacity of real conspiracies," by
George Williams. I'll make a copy for you.
--Bob
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∂15-May-80 1141 LES Consulting policy for academic staff
To: EAF at SU-AI
CC: DPB at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
I received a "policy" paper with the above title at the top, but with no
date and no authority specified. I hope that whoever is doing this
realizes that so-called policies distributed in this way are unenforcable.
This material, if it is authentic, should be either issued over someone's
signature or published as part of the Stanford "Administrative
Organization Policies and Procedures".
With respect to that content of the subject policy, it appears to be
another attempt to amplify class distinctions and is unworthy of a
university. To whoever originated this scheme, I wish them good luck at
keeping the niggers in their place.
∂15-May-80 1141 FFL Appointments in Cambridge
To: JMC, FFL
Was able to make appointment with Prof. Harvey Brooks (Dept. of Applied
Science and JFK School) on Tuesday, May 20, ll a.m., Aiken Computation
Lab, Room 226, 33 Oxford St.
Prof. Putnam's secretary could not make an appointment but will relay
message to him. He may call me back about an apppointment hour but if not,
his phone, if you wish to check when you get to Boston, is 6l7-495-2191.
Prof. Brooks' phone is 6l7-495-2831.
∂15-May-80 1238 FFL Appointment with Professor Putnam in Cambridge
To: JMC, FFL
Prof. Putnam called to say that he would be able to see you on Tuesday,
May 20, at 4:30 p.m. He is sorry about that late hour but is very busy
on both Monday and Tuesday. If it is not satisfactory, you have his
phone and may get in touch with him
∂15-May-80 1537 FFL Meeting with Elliott Bloom
To: JMC, FFL
He cannot meet with you on Friday, May 23. He did not suggest another
date. I assume you will be talking to him about another appointment when
you return.
∂15-May-80 1539 FFL Phone Call from Mr. Okner
To: JMC, FFL
Please call him re estate accounting at 857-9400.
∂15-May-80 2016 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: Consulting policy for academic staff
Date: 15 May 1980 1814-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: Re: Consulting policy for academic staff
To: LES at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
cc: DPB at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 15-May-80 1141-PDT
Les, while I don't share your philosophy, you are quite correct
abouyt procedure. I'll ffind out from what office it was issued
and let everyone know (probably the Provost's Office).
Ed
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∂16-May-80 0620 HPM HPM thesis
There's a copy of it in your JAX mailbox.
∂16-May-80 1103 ROY on TTY113 (at TV-125) 1103
I woulk like to insert or have inserted a plug into your modem so that I can
perform some additional tests. Roy
∂16-May-80 1115 LES
To: ME, REG, JMC
Opinions?
∂16-May-80 0336 CSVAX.mark at Berkeley a new network news program
Date: 16 May 1980 03:09:44-PDT
From: CSVAX.mark at Berkeley
To: arpanet-liaison
Subject: a new network news program
Some people at Duke University have a news program which supports sending
out short news articles of general interest over networks. This program
currently runs on the Bell Labs UUCP network, and is currently being
rewritten to use conventional mail to transmit the news. We are likely
to use this ``news network'' here on our local Berknet, and since we
are connected to both the UUCP net and the Arpanet, it is reasonable to
have this facility extend to the Arpanet as well. The purpose of this
message is to see how much interest there is in the Arpanet community
in using such a news net.
News is distributed by mailing to a particular user (normally ``news'')
on a given host. The host is expected to recognise that this user has
been mailed to and pass the message on to a news program, which saves
it in a news directory. The program notices if that article has
already been seen (due to a loop in the news net) and if so discards
it. If the host is not a leaf in the network it passes it on to other
hosts it is connected to via normal mail channels. A separate user
program is run by a user wanting to know ``what's new'', and any new
news will be printed.
Software to do exactly this currently exists, written in C, for Unix.
Such software would be available to anyone interested.
This facility is similar to the msgs program at MIT or the bboard
facility at some other sites, but has advantages over both. Since
articles are kept separately and dated, a user won't be shown an
article he has already seen without asking for it. It also supports
``newsgroups'', meaning a particular site can subscribe to only
those topics it wants to, and a user can do likewise. This makes
news useful for local news, network-wide news, and any individual
topic there might be a need for. It could take the place of some
very large mailing lists (such as info-terms@mit-mc) since it only
sends one copy to each host.
There is no hardware cost to join, and no monetary charge. Software
support for non-Unix systems is up to the individual host. Additional
information on the current version of network news is available on
request from the author (csvax.swd@berkeley, which will be forwarded
to him at Duke) or myself. If you think your host might be interested
in joining this network, or you want to pass on comments or suggestions,
please let us hear. Responding in no way commits you to join, or us to
bring netnews to the Arpanet, but it will get you on a mailing list.
∂16-May-80 1642 FFL Phone call from Dr. Felix Bloch
To: JMC, FFL
Dr. Bloch has notice of some bill which proposes to convert Diablo to coal.
He wishes to discuss this with you. Phone 7-4358 or 327-8l56.
∂16-May-80 2112 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 17 MAY 1980 0013-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: kahn at USC-ISI
CC: jmc at SU-AI, reddy at CMU-10A, simon at CMU-10A, hart at USC-ISI
CC: sutherland at CIT-20, levinthal at SUMEX-AIM
Dear Bob,
I'll try to write more later. But I was thinking about the
"fibreglass thing-maker" a little more on way home. Vague
idea is this: we try to make a machine that eats rolls of
tape-like stuff. It has a proboscis that can position
itslef by computer control, with various kinds of sensor
feedback if needed, so that it can apply an epoxy-soaked
"stamp" to a surface. The stamp should be long enough that
the strong fibres get to realize their strength. Thus, one
could build up any surface. As you observed, one has to
begin, somehow, with a rough shape that lies within the two
bounding surfaces desired. If the part to be made is, say,
5 millimeters think, then the initial form could be made
very roughly -- perhaps by hand, from some other material.
The idea is that, this way, a technician in the field could
make a pretty strong "spare part" for a wide class of
purposes -- a fender, of course, a power-transimssion shaft,
perhaps (I doubt it, actually), a broken fuel-pump housing
-- any mechanical part of a busted computer, a crude
circuit-board of any size, etc., etc.
Remeber, also, that the usual way to fabricate fibreglass
stuff is to sand away parts that are too high. So, even if
the initial "form" is ouside the desired initial envelope,
one can build up the defects with more "stamps" and then
grind away excess. So our little thing-maker would have
also a little diamond cutter and diamond grinder.
It might turn out that this is a practical little machine,
that could substitute for very large classes of spares. All
it needs is a stock of the glass material-tapes, and a stock
of digital shape-descriptions. I bet that a single
videodisc could hold mechanical descriptions of every part
of a big airplane -- certainly truck, comper, or what-have
you.
Two classes of research problems:
---- The materials scientists must devise sutiable building
tapes. I suppose a glass-like fibre composite for general
structural work and electronic assemblies, and a carbon or
kevlar composite for parts that need better mechanical
properties, etc.
--- They msut also perfect the bonding agents to have
properties matched to the speed of the thing-building
machine, and that tolerate temperature ranges, etc.
--- Then, the thing-making machine itself. I suppose it
would be nice if most of its parts could be fabricated by
itself -- so that we can thrill Bob Frosch with a
spectacular self-replication demonstration! I don't see why
we can't do this before long, if we have to of the things.
We just break some larger structural part of one, and have
this enlisted man get the other thing-maker to replace the
part.
The point will be that the thing-maker can replicate, say
parts of itself that constitute fully 98% of its weight.
There will be a few precision bearings, gears, and so forth
that it can't replace, of course -- e.g., a hardened nozzle
that positions the output tape. But the point of the demo
is to show that all the irreplacable spares can fit in a
little bag of bearings, LSI chips, condensers and resistors,
etc.
--- I forgot the other element -- the research on a
shape-description protocol, and the basic rbotics to guide
the stamp-applying procedure. But that's perhaps just the
sort of thing that Raj Reddy is committed to do, in his
committment to make the turbine-blade inspector. It fits just perfectly
with this scheme, since all you have to do is have the robot
find places that are too low, and apply "stamps" to them!
So it's basically an "inspect and stamp" loop...
∂17-May-80 2221 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 18 MAY 1980 0122-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: jmc at SU-AI, reddy at CMU-10A, simon at CMU-10A
To: levinthal at SUMEX-AIM
Here is better version of thing-maker suggestion. Ignore previous, shorter version.
∂19-May-80 0736 PHW at MIT-AI (Patrick H. Winston)
Date: 19 MAY 1980 1032-EDT
From: PHW at MIT-AI (Patrick H. Winston)
To: jmc at SU-AI
Hard copy of the following letter is in the mail:
.INSRT PHW;LETTER HEADER
.C BEGINING OF ADDRESS
Professor John McCarthy
Department of Computer Science
Stanford University
Stanford, California
.C END OF ADDRESS
.ADJUST
.SP
.C SALUTATION
Dear John:
.sp
.C BEGINING OF BODY
Dr. Thomas O. Binford is an outstanding scientist, well deserving of
promotion to an Adjunct Professorship. I, together with all of my
colleagues in vision and manipulation here at MIT, are eager to
persuade him to come to work with us here. Indeed, we feel that he is
far superior in scientific talent to any other person we do not
already have.
Binford's work, and that of his students, has had an enormous impact
in both vision and manipulation. The following are representative
examples of the output:
.block 5
.indent 8
.undent 8
#←←←←←←←The edge-finding part of the Binford-Horn linefinder. This
work stressed the importance of zero crossings in edge detection, now
a cornerstone of Professor David Marr's postulated structure for early
biological vision. The Binford-Horn linefinder is still better than
anything else I know of.
.indent 0
.block 4
.indent 8
.undent 8
#←←←←←←←The notion of body-centered, generalized cylinders. This work
is universally accepted as the proper way of thinking about 3-D
descriptions of objects. Such descriptions are the ultimate target
for all of the most interesting work in computer vision.
.indent 0
.block 3
.indent 8
.undent 8
#←←←←←←←The ACRONYM language for description. Model-driven image
understanding has been a dream for a long time. As often, Binford is
the person who makes good ideas happen.
.indent 0
.block 6
.indent 8
.undent 8
#←←←←←←←The stereo algorithm. Using the key idea of
multiple scale analysis, the Binford-Moravek stereo algorithm strongly
influenced Horn's work on image registration and predated Marr's work
on biological stereo. Binford modestly denies that he had much to do
with this, but too many good things happen around Binford for all to
be happenstance.
.indent 0
.block 3
.indent 8
.undent 8
#←←←←←←←The AL system for manipulation. Binford's work on languages
for manipulation has set the pace. As usual, the results constitute a
standard for imagination and good taste. Industrial interest,
deservingly, has been great.
.indent 0
.block 5
.indent 8
.undent 8
#←←←←←←←The rejection of bad ideas. One of the big problems in vision
and manipulation is that of the Emporer's New Clothes. Binford never
accepts an idea merely because someone important thinks it or because
it is in vogue. His insistence on good sense has kept me and others
from wasting a great deal of time.
.indent 0
In summary, I stress that Binford is absolutely tops. No one at CMU
or SRI is in the same class. Names like Tennenbaum, Barrow, Shirai, Rosenfeld
and others spring to mind in connection with computer vision, but all
spring to mind as minor league, in comparison with Horn, Marr, and
Binford, who constitute the first team.
People like Riseman and Fu are far behind all of those mentioned and
do not belong in the same paragraph.
Binford's only defect is that he does not write enough. Yet even so,
his reputation is international, equivalent to what one would expect
of a full professor. Without him, you will not have a vision and
manipulation program. With him, you will have an excellent one, at a
time when the national need and the opportunity for scientific
achievement are both extreme.
.c END OF BODY
.SP
.NOFILL
.BLOCK 9
.C CLOSING
Sincerely,
Patrick H. Winston
Associate Professor
Director of the Laboratory
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PHW/phw
.NOFILL
.C .SPACE
.C xc: #
.spage 1
.end
.page
∂19-May-80 1540 TOB GM
John
I am glad for your interest in getting GM to support
SAIL robotics. Please consider carefully options for
getting the support in addition to refusing the money.
I planned to use it to buy a computer to support work
with two arms.
I spoke with Cannon and tentatively arranged lunch Friday
May 30. Fran has the details.
Tom
I will do nothing re money without your consent. I will probably run
out of gas and do nothing at all, but if Stanford wants to make a gesture
that might pay off big later, they could refuse the money and give
you 9K of their own.
∂19-May-80 1558 FFL Luncheon with T. Binford and Professor Cannon
To: JMC, FFL
The earliest mutually convenient lunch date Tom was able to arrange with you,
Professor Cannon and Tom is Friday, May 30, at 12 noon. Tom asks me to let
him know if that is satisfactory with you. (Tuesday, May 27, is presently
possible, but Tom understands that you are not available on that day.)
30th is ok with me.
∂19-May-80 2342 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) for the dedication program
Date: 19 May 1980 2339-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: for the dedication program
To: jmc at SU-AI
John,
In what year did you win the Turing Award?
Ed
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1971
∂20-May-80 1252 TOB ARPA meeting
John
How did it go? Was there anything interesting?
Tom
∂20-May-80 1537 FFL J. Linvill, Elect. Engr. Dept inquires about 2 matters.
To: JMC, FFL
l) about a Dr. Vasseur from Thompson, C.S.F., Paris, who is touring the
the U.S. to talk with people in robotics and automation.
2) about recommending a consultant to help the Computer Center at
Texas A.& M. for a few days.
Prof. Linvill's phone is 7-2930
∂21-May-80 0000 JMC* Firdman
Bill Helton (714)452-2653 office,755-7175 home visited Firdman.
[This reminder is now expired.]
∂21-May-80 0915 FFL Call from Joe Shlegeris, Office of Technology Licensing
To: JMC, FFL
Asks that you call him re New Service Software. 7-3567.
∂21-May-80 1640 ROY on TTY102 (at TV-122) 1640
John your Imlac should be working. Let me knwow if there are any problems. Roy.
∂21-May-80 1814 Levinthal at SUMEX-AIM ARPA Mtg -5/16/80
Date: 21 May 1980 1809-PDT
From: Levinthal at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: ARPA Mtg -5/16/80
To: kahn at USC-ISI
cc: minsky at MIT-AI, jmc at SU-AI, reddy at CMU-10A,
cc: simon at CMU-10A, ivan at RAND-UNIX, hart at SRI-KL
Memo:
To: R. Kahn
From: E. Levinthal
Date: May 21,1980
Subject: May 16th meeting
Bob, The following are a disparate set of comments ( not notes )
that have as their origin the May 16th meeting in your office.
1. Engineering productivity: The claim is made that this is
a particularly inportant area for DOD where for much of the
manufactured output the runs are small and the engineering
content high. Any tools that enable the best engineers to handle
an enlarged scope of activity pay off handsomely. In a large
system design the interactive complexity goes as n! where n is the
number of nodes of engineering activity ( see Brooks - " The mythical
man month " ). Tools that enhance the engineering scope reduce
n. In circuit design there are ongoing efforts in CAD etc. While
we won't be able to do as well in mechanical deisgn and device
building because they are more open-ended tasks, it still should
be possible to tackle some knowledge domains and build computerized
engineering assistants. These should not only speed up design
but add to creativity by allowing effortless exploration of more
possibilities. The program would know about fasteners, joints,
levers, springs. It would have as its data base several of the
most important handbooks. ( Some of these may already be digitized
in connection with the printing processes. However, one must be
wary if they rely on copy proof-reading to find errors and make the
corrections only in the final typesetting not the digital input. )
A general look at the engineering task might reveal other
fruitful areas. The production, verification, and distribution
of documentation and specifications is an important element. It would be
helpful to be able to continually "know" the interrelationship of
high level requirements and lower level specifications. How many
times has a seemingly innocent change been made at a low level and
caused disaster because the interrelationship with some other requirement
wasn't understood. To avoid this trap very elaborate bureaucratic
change control systems are introduced which often effectively prevents
innovation.
2. Some of Sutherland's ideas relate to engineering productivity.
They emphasized compressing the time required to implement
hardware realizations of ideas. This would probably increase the
efficiency and creativity of the engineering tasks since the
engineer would, to be fully occupied at any one time, have to be
engaged in fewer projects if the delays in procurement were reduced.
It might be possible to take one area, such as Electronic Countermeasures,
as a test-bed for some of these ideas in a "Quick Reaction Facility".
The facility would be the node of a network that extended to a group
of cooperating vendors. It might also be a vehicle to test out
some ideas in robotic batch manufacturing. Taken all together it
could have a significant DOD pay off.
3. The mechanical designer of the future, working with his or her
CAD facility might skip the production of drawing entirely and go
directly to process specificatons and numercial control input.
However a better understanding of manufacturing, three demensional
modeling etc. will be necessary. However an enormous number of
drawing of currently used parts exist. A system that could read and understand
existing drawings to the extent necessary to produce the NC
information necessary for manufacture would contribute to the future
computerized mechanical deisgn engineering and have some immediate
utility . The system would start with
information that limits the knowledge domain , i.e. "This is a Sperry
Drawing of part # ---- made to mil-spec ------- etc. ". The
immediate utility would be the reduction of the spare parts requirements
at depots and submarines for certain classes of expensive parts that
haven't originally been made from numerically controlled machines.
A set of machines would suffice. I understand that the larger
submarines already have well equipped machine shops.
4. While Teleoperators intersect with Robots at the input
sensor and effector end, they don't at the output. It could permit
the employment of the house-bound handicapped and perhaps to some
extent avoid the building of special factory facilities for the
handicapped. There is a program at Stanford and the VA Rehabilitation
Center for Robotic Aids to the Handicapped. It could also facilitate
the employment of housebound parents of the young who could electronically
job-share passing electonic job control to another home terminal
when their attention was needed for pressing domestic duties.
Job-sharing and Handicapped employment have a immediate appeal that
might be lacking in a proposal for a deeper social reorganization.
The "quick-reaction" facility in 2 above could experiment with
some of the teleoperator problems in those cases where the input
and output sensors already exist. The Communication, Command,
and Control problems with dispersed workers is not trivial. ( Its not
easy with soldiers either. )
5. Thing- Maker. I'm trying to trace down a reference to a project
that took place at Xynetics, Sunnyvale. It was attempting to make
propeler blades using their Swayer linear motor digital table
and graphite thread.
Elliott
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∂22-May-80 1136 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Mr. Okner called again and asked you to call him. 857-9400.
∂22-May-80 1156 DCD papers
To: "@AIPHIL[1,DCD]" at SU-AI
does anyone have a copy of Perrault or Searle or Marcus or Parsons--these
are the papers still to add to the conference file.
∂22-May-80 1553 HPM ∂22-May-80 1512 JMC thesis
I didn't know a complete copy was available. I can't get to it tonight,
because I am preparing a seminar for tomorrow, but most likely I can read
it over the weekend.
[Oh well. The copy in your mailbox was a final draft. I had it ready
last week, not realizing that you were going to be away. It is
an augmented version of the first draft you had for the orals,
but the core is the same.
I'm antsy about this because I'm returning to CMU this Sunday
and had hoped to submit it to the university before leaving.
Probably Rod Brooks will act as my representative next week.]
∂22-May-80 2237 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 23 MAY 1980 0109-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: jmc at SU-AI
CC: MINSKY at MIT-AI
OK, I'll find about yu%ii thing.
I'll talk to Holloway about simulator review; I don't
think you or I would be
useful abou details of
whether a proposed design can be finished,
but Jack hould be good at that. However, it is
convenient for me to come to L.A. around the 12h or 13th, because
I'm going to a NASA planning meeting out there on the
15th.
Would you tweak LLW about skyhook progress.
My last attempt at assessing stability of the
thing was to calculate that there ought indeed be
a net restoring force if the thing tilts slightly
-- that is, I was able to calculate th integral
of the restoring force to a lateral bend;
by integrating the curvature times velocity square
to get the integral of centrifigual force.
But this didn't prove stability, really, because
that "restoring force" is applied at
the bending places, and not along the slope
where the
thing isn't vertical.
If the time constants are OK, then this force would spread out in waves and
put the thing right -- but I really don't see any
good intuitive argument why these waves shouldn't ju~t
do something bad and break it...
Wood said something cryptic about
how it would
be OK if the thing stayes within
the "stability envelope". In many systems, things
are OK when small enough. But that isn't true, for
example, for the simple vertical beam --- as Euler showed.
∂23-May-80 1040 LGC On preventing
In connection with yesterday's discussion, you might be interested in looking
at PREVNT.TXT[EP,LGC], which I think makes a good beginning toward clearing up
the matter. (This is an excerpt from a larger file which isn't ready yet.)
∂23-May-80 1313 LGC On relevant information
A section has now been added to PREVNT.TXT[EP,LGC] concerning your
treatment of "relevant information" in the circumscription paper. I may
raise some of the questions therein at the talk today.
∂23-May-80 1247 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 27
SPEAKER: Derek Oppen, Stanford University
TITLE: The Engineering of a Simplifier, Part III
∂23-May-80 1353 FFL Phone call from Dr. Solinsky, La Jolla Institute
To: JMC, FFL
Asks that you call him re a Workship on Advanced Computer Design, to be
held there August 5 and 6. 7l4-454-883l
∂23-May-80 1557 FFL Phone call from Professor Felix Bloch
To: JMC, FFL
He asks that you please call him this afternoon. It will only take
a few minutes but he wishes to speak with you. 7-4358.
∂23-May-80 1619 CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE AI Qual
Date: 23 May 1980 1619-PDT
From: CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE
Subject: AI Qual
To: ASKED: ;
As in past years, the qual in Artificial Intelligence will be
administered as a 90 minute oral exam, by panels of three faculty
members and other experts. We would very much like you to serve on
three (or at least two) of those examining committees. This will
require a total investiture of six hours (four hours) from 11-5pm (or
from 1-5pm if you'll serve on 2 committees instead of three), on June
12, here in Margaret Jacks Hall (Room 252). Please let me know
immediately whether you can or cannot help us with this. Thanks.
Doug Lenat
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∂24-May-80 2139 SEK Being a Lisp TA
To: JMC
CC: SEK
I would indeed like to accept your offer of TAing CS 206. What can I
do in preparation? Are you or Carolyn teaching? Will there be any changes
from the format used in previous years?
∂25-May-80 0101 CLT
∂24-May-80 1735 JMC Ershov material
To: CLT, FFL
Material sent to Ershov in 1978 was returned in January with
Soviet customs stamp "Importation Prohibited". Do you know where we
might have put it. He wants me to try to send some of it again.
It is now sitting on the desk
∂25-May-80 2050 LES
∂24-May-80 1756 JMC LET.PUB[LET,JMC]
I notice that a letter headed ∂CSL and terminated .sgn identifies me as
Director as well as Professor of Computer Science. Can the "Director"
on such letters be eliminated?
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Yes -- in let.pub[let,jmc] on page 4, line 13, delete "Director↓".
I would have done it but the file is protected.
∂26-May-80 0900 JMC*
Crawford
∂26-May-80 1334 HPM
∂25-May-80 2334 JMC
I have read your thesis and am ready to sign it.
1. There are two misprints:
p. 94 line -4 Manhatten for Manhattan
p.103, line -6 lmitations
2. I have no objection to your implied criticism of me.
3. Perhaps you should check whether Baumgart objects
to your characterization of his efforts. I would
advise him not to, but there is no sense in
starting a feud.
4. Hand-eye was the Lab's first project. It was started
at a time when we could do what we pleased. Keeping
it supported wasn't very easy.
From an engineering and scientific point of view,
you are entirely right in complaining about the
level of support for the cart project. Maybe an
independent effort to get NSF support would have
succeeded, but I do not regard myself primarily
as a grantsman. I believe that Raj Reddy
does a better job, and if you want to use your thesis
as a basis, given the somewhat improved situation
for basic science support, I think you can get a reasonable
project started.
Let me point out, however, that JPL with a
direct mission reason for a cart project and much
more detailed plans, has not gotten the support to
do as much as you were able to do.
∂25-May-80 2336 JMC
I can come in today (Mondaky) if that will help.
∂26-May-80 0010 JMC
We would like the thesis as an AI memo.
∂26-May-80 0943 HPM via CMU-10A thesis
Thanks very much for your graciousness. I'm at CMU now,
making some things hard to monitor. Levinthal signed before
I left. Tom has agreed to sign,
but appears to have left for most of this week without getting
around to it. The only real time
pressure now is the June 4 thesis submission
deadline for graduating this quarter. If you should happen
to be in the area of my office in the basement in the
next few days, you might sign the seven copies lying on my
desk (yours is the first signature line). If not, Rod Brooks
will come to pester you about it.
The complaints in appendix 2 were written in 1974,
and express the emotions of that time. I included them
mainly to fortify future graduate students who find themselves
in similar difficult circumstances. My recent attitude is
much more accurately reflected in the last paragraph of
the acknowledgements. Chapter two is an attempt at a dispassionate
portrayal. Baumgart has read earlier incarnations of parts of
thesis without being excessively offended. I remain on very
good terms with him (note his treatment in the acknowledgements).
The implied criticism in the first paragraph of chapter
two may be directed too exclusively at you through a misuse
of termininology. When I wrote the "any principal investigator" phrase
I had in mind Feldman, Tom and even Lester as well as you, namely
anyone with first order say in disposition of robotics grant
money. In this I realize my own performance in the politics
of money allocation has been pretty poor. We probably could have
gotten at least a few additional small grants from NSF or NASA
if I'd put some initiative and effort into helping generate
proposals. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to rewrite
the phrase to more accurately indicate this.
Levinthal caught "lmitations" (also "admonishions" on page
105), and they have been corrected. Manhatten will be fixed in
all mass produced versions of the thesis, though perhaps not
in the copies handed to the university, depending on logistics.
Again thanks very much, my feelings about SAIL and
you are very warm, day to day irritations notwithstanding.
-- Hans
P.S.
Today Reddy asked me to write up a short proposal for a
new mobile robot (I'll use chapter 11 as the core).
Here are a few more remarks:
1. When I originally thought about a program to drive a vehicle, I
expected that recognition of obstacles would involve their identification
as people, rocks, vehicles, paper bags, shadows, etc. This kept me
somewhat unenthusiastic about your approach that didn't involve this.
I still think that a car driving program will have to do this, because
humans and vehicles don't necessarily just stand there, paper bags may
blow around and can be run over with impunity, etc. A remark in some
version giving your opinion of at what stage object identification will
come in will be helpful.
Though I'll sign without it, I would urge you to get it into
the thesis itself if logistically feasible.
2. Had I imagined the work would take so long, I might have kicked you
out supposing that I could find someone to do better. Had I also known
that no-one would do better before 1980, I would have urged you to
prepare material that could have been the core of an NSF proposal.
However, their referees might also have expected more than was actually
possible, since just about everyone was in a mood to expect quicker
payoffs than were realized.
3. I am not sure what the correct moral is for future students.
Much pioneering scientific work has been done in PhD thesis projects
that received little support and took a long time, because the
resources at the disposal of the professors were mainly tied up
in other projects motivated by earlier "states of science". I
believe that the work of Watson and Crick on DNA structure fits
into that category.
∂27-May-80 0648 doyle at MIT-AI (Jon Doyle) Proof
Date: 27 MAY 1980 0950-EDT
From: doyle at MIT-AI (Jon Doyle)
Sent-by: GLR at MIT-AI
Subject: Proof
To: jmc at SU-AI
CC: DOYLE at MIT-AI
Thanks for pointing out that difficulty, but given that the text
never specifies the exact inferential system being used, it seems
to lose its point. The system I had in mind is one developed from
Suppes and others by Sussman: I may be recalling it wrong, but
I recall that its rule for discharge was to simply subtract dependency
sets, that the rule used to conclude the hypothesis was irrelevant,
whether a premise or a conclusion. I will check this and correct
it if necessary. Thanks again.
Jon
∂27-May-80 0715 MFB thesis
I now have all three sinatures.
I have run the paper through spell, very revealing...
I have been fiddling with the thesis a bit; I added a few short
sections dealing with the implementation and related stuff. I did
this with the published version in mind, since someone reading that
might be curious about the actual test data generator.
Anyway, the absolute deadline for turning it in is June 4.
I plan to stop fiddling on Wednesday. Getting good XGP copy is a bit of a problem.
I would like to get your final signature on Friday, so I can turn it
in then. Is it posssible to meet you somewhere Friday morning?
This is about as close to the deadline as I would like to get.
If its not possible, then how about Wednesday?
Martin
My house or CASBS Friday morning would be fine depending on the time.
∂27-May-80 0831 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
It was Cohen to whom I sent the Wye material. I have corrected the log.
∂27-May-80 1038 MFB thesis
good. send me the phone numbers of each. I will know the time
when I either successfully or unsucceessfully try to get good xgp
copy on wed. and possibly thursday night
I'll let you know.
857-0672 and 321-2052
∂27-May-80 1230 ADMIN.LIBRARY at SU-SCORE NSF PROPOSAL--EXPLORATORY RESEARCH IN INTEGRATED PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION
Date: 27 May 1980 1225-PDT
From: ADMIN.LIBRARY at SU-SCORE
Subject: NSF PROPOSAL--EXPLORATORY RESEARCH IN INTEGRATED PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION
To: MCCARTHY at SU-AI
cc: BINFORD at SU-AI
PROF. MCCARTHY AND BINFORD, I RECEIVED THE NSF PROPOSAL YOU SENT FOR THE
MATH/CS LIBRARY. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST SUCH DOCUMENTS WERE HANDLED
IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. IF WE TREAT IT AS A TECHNICAL REPORT, IT IS ENTERED
INTO THE INDEX AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO CAME INTO THE LIBRARY
INCLUDING RESEARCHERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. YOU MAY PREFER HAVING THE NSF
DOCUMENT KEPT IN A FILE IN MY OFFICE WITH RESTRICTED USE. LET ME KNOW HOW
YOU WANT THIS HANDLED AND HOW CONFIDENTIAL THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED. IF THERE ARE MATERIALS WE LACK IN THE LIBRARY THAT WOULD
SUPPORT THE RESEARCH PROPOSED IN THIS GRANT, LET ME HEAR FROM YOU (ADMIN. LIBRARY) I HAVE ORDERED ROBOTICS TODAY AND ROBOTICS AGE. HARRY LLULL
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Will you decide about the library's copy of your proposal. My inclination
is towards openness. Why does the library use all upper case?
∂27-May-80 1900 JMC*
Connolly 857-0352
∂27-May-80 1900 JMC*
call pournelle and cathy
∂28-May-80 0547 ROD Reading committee.
Would you be willing to be on my reading committee? My plan is to graduate
December 80 or March 81. The thesis will concern model-based vision
(brief summary below), and will center around the ACRONYM system
which I have been implementing for two and a half years with Tom
Binford. I can provide you immediately with a paper written January 79
(appeared in IJCAI) and a more recent paper written in March this
year describing many of the key ideas in the thesis. If you wish
I could write up a more detailed thesis proposal.
Rod Brooks
Brief summary.
ACRONYM provides a tool for representing objects and scenes geometrically.
Objects are represented as coarse to fine trees of generalized cones. But
they need not be specific objects. By filling slots with "quantifiers"
rather than numbers, classes of objects can be represented (the slots can
describe structure besides size, so objects in the same class can have
different structures). "Restriction" nodes provide constraints on the
quantifiers. Restriction nodes are placed in a hierarchy and so
specializations of classes can be represented. By using the same
quantifier in more than one place, symmetry (and more complex relations)
can be easily represented.
For interpretive vision ACRONYM is given a preprocessed image (line
finding has been done) and a world model in terms of classes of objects,
constraints on the number of these objects expected (e.g. from 1 to 20)
and models of camera geometry and position and orientation of objects in
world coordinates. (The latter typically express geometrically things
like "airplanes have their wings parallel to the ground and are usually on
runways or taxiways" or the electric screwdriver holder sits upright on
the hand-eye table, but at arbitrary position and arbitrary rotation about
its vertical axis)
The image interpretation process puts additional constraints on the
models, to make the world model agree with observed features in the image.
Note that multiple instances of objects have to be handled here. It works
in the following manner.
A rule based system makes predictions about how the objects will appear -
based on predicting things which will be invariant over the modelled
variations. Sometimes case analysis has to be done - i.e. multiple
predictions each under more restrictive constraints than the general
model. Again restriction nodes are used to represent the different cases.
The rule system programs a goal-directed descriptive module to look for
relevant features in the preprocessed image. Local matches are made
against predictions. Matches produce restriction nodes, and measures from
the features provide further constraints on the models which must be true,
if the match is correct. Further phases of prediction and description can
occur - as models are matched from coarse to fine. Eventually local
matches of subparts are combined into more global matches and local
constraints must be consistent - e.g. local matches for both fuslage and
wings give information about the height at which an aerial picture was
taken - this must be consistent.
The important thing here is that matches in the two dimensional image are
immmediately used to provide information in the three dimensional model
which is true given that the match is correct.
An important technique for the predictive phases is one I have which
allows simplification of the expression for orientation of objects
relative to the camera (typically a product of 5 to 15 coordinate
transforms involving three of four quantifiers in rotation magnitudes) and
ways to deduce invariants over the range specified by that simplified
expression.
One interesting question is: how complete does the system which reasons
about constraints symbolically, looking for inconsistencies, have to be.
My current belief is that it can be useful and adequate even if its not
real smart - due to the number of invariants predictable from a given
model.
I have previously used ACRONYM with a small rule set and a graph matcher
due to Greiner to find airplanes in aerial images. It did not feed the
match information back to the three dimensional model. It relied on
special case camera models to be able to do predictions, and was only able
to do predictions of aerial images. Currently I am working on a much
larger rule set which will handle predictions for a wider range of camera
models, and and will supersede the matching functions previously handled
by Greiner's matcher. I intend to demonstrate the system on aerial
photographs (with less specific models, but improved performance) and
scenes from the hand-eye table - hopefully doing a coordinated hand-eye
task. The only code used which is not mine will be the image preprocessor.
Another thing which might go in the thesis if I can devlop it is the
following. I have a formal model for computer vision systems, which
describes them as interacting predictive and descriptive processes.
Currently it is too general to be useful, but does provide a way of
comparing other computer vision systems.
Yes, I would be glad to be a reader of your thesis. It looks promising.
∂28-May-80 0916 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Heidi Baldus of the Digital Equipment Corporation would like to speak with
you and Caroline about the LISP manuscript. She will be in Palo Alto today
and Friday. Could you please call her at 858-l394.
∂28-May-80 1204 DCD Our Group report for theCenter and for Sloan et al
To: "@AIPHIL[1,DCD]" at SU-AI
You will find a very rough draft of a report in BANDI[1,dcd], which
stands for Bondage and Interdiscipline. PLEASE take the time to read it,
correct the errors, add to it, revise it, etc. And leave a message when you're
satisfied with it. Telepresently yours.Dan
∂28-May-80 1542 ZEN at PARC-MAXC2 Bandi meets Lindsey
Date: 28 MAY 1980 1542-PDT
From: ZEN at PARC-MAXC2
Subject: Bandi meets Lindsey
To: DCD at SAIL
cc: Moore at SRI, Hays at SAIL, JCH at SAIL, JMC at SAIL
My additions to the report are stored away on SAIL as
BANDIZ.TEX[1,ZEN]
Since it mentions several of you by name you ought to scan it.
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∂28-May-80 1656 FFL Filing
To: JMC, FFL
I worked on some of the material to be filed. Would you please look
at my work and let me know if I am going in the right direction, please.
Chron[1,jmc]. Thank you.
∂28-May-80 1701 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Dr. Bloch called and asked that if you had anything to report to him to
please call as he is leaving town by Friday. 327-8l56 or 7-4358.
∂28-May-80 1826 LGC Situations
In [McCarthy & Hayes 1969], situations are characterized as [possible] complete
states of the universe at an instant of time. However, it seems to me that
unambiguous answers to the following theoretical questions are not
determined by what is said in that paper, and I would like to pose them to
you now for answers (one possible reply being that your current theory of
situations is not fully developed enough to determine an answer):
1a. Is a situation s to be regarded as including the facts that certain events
(including actions and attempted actions) begin to occur in s?
1b. Is a situation s to be regarded as including the facts that certain events
(including actions and attempted actions) are in progress in s?
1c. Is a situation s to be regarded as including the fact that s is the result
of certain events (including actions and attempted actions) that began to
occur in earlier situations?
2. Is a situation s to be regarded as including all the "laws of motion" that
hold in the universe (possible world) of which s is a temporal state?
∂28-May-80 2329 LGC Shimony: Naturalistic Epistemology Reference
Some time ago, you asked for a reference to a paper that I recommended highly
by Abner Shimony on naturalistic epistemology, and I temporarily forgot about
it. Here it is; the paper is excellent:
Fran: Please get me a copy of the following:
Shimony, Abner, "Scientific Inference," in <<The Nature and Function of
Scientific Theories: Essays in Contemporary Science>, (Vol. 4
in the Univ. of Pittsburgh Series in the Philosphy of Science),
Pittsburgh, Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1970, pp. 79-172.
(don't know the editor offhand, might be Robert Colodny)
∂29-May-80 0927 DCD Musak and Splitscreen
I've borrowed Mark Benacerraf's guitar till Saturday, and will have it here
this afternoon after my stint at SRI. Shall we get together and see if anything
can be worked out?
SPLITSCREEN: Is there some way I can put two files on my screen at once and
edit them by interpolation? Zenon's emendations to BANDI are in a file BANDIZ,
which I would like to merge with the subsequently edited BANDI.Can you tell
me how? DAN
∂29-May-80 1119 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Your book is in your office.
∂29-May-80 1119 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Paula Colozzi who works for campaign for No on Prop ll called, referred by
Prof. Tibor McCahn of UCSB, to ask if you would lend your name to their
efforts. Pls. call at 777-5033.
It is Tibor Machan (Hungarian) in case it comes up again.
∂29-May-80 1142 FFL the 77KDl6l8 circuit between Lathrop Dr. and Jacks Hall
To: JMC, FFL
Telephone repairman, Errol Longanacker, 325-0017, has inquired whether or
not the circuit is working. May I report that it is OK, or is there something
that you want fixed?
On the circuit, there is trouble, but the main trouble probably isn't
phone company trouble. Tell him we'll call again later.
∂29-May-80 1302 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky) New funding source for space research.
Date: 29 MAY 1980 1604-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Subject: New funding source for space research.
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, jmc at SU-AI
Part of a letter from Jerry Pournelle --
Point Two: Do you know a good University of California
(must be UC system, not california state U system) man who might
be interested in study money (not high roller money, but a
possible grant all the same) to do some work on the Waldoes in
Space/On the Moon concept? As you may or may not know, Criswell
is now head of a small grant funding agency which is to channel
dough to UC types for space-related studies; a pet of Jerry
Brown's invention, but one which makes much sense. Dave would
certainly appreciate suggestions.
--- Jerry
This is about David Criswell -- a really great "lunar geologist"
who has left the Institute of Lunar and Planetary Science
at Houston and has come to California to head the above new agency.
Can you sugeest any real-good space-freaks who deserve support?
--- Marvin
You could call Pournelle, but, in fact, he's on
the network in the form of POURNE@MC
∂29-May-80 1331 FFL Filing
To: JMC, FFL
I appear to meet with some subjects repeatedly in your file materials; i.e.,
chess, SE2, symposia requests, applications, references. etc. Do you have
subject files for these. ( I am referring exclusively to physical files.)
I can put them in Chron [1,jmc] with reference to the physical file name.
To me it is logical to put all chess papers in a "Chess" file instead of
having them separated in monthly chronological files, as long as the reference
to that file is in Chron[1,jmc]. Command?
∂29-May-80 1852 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) June 10 Faculty Meeting
Date: 29 May 1980 1654-PDT
From: CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
Subject: June 10 Faculty Meeting
To: CSD-Faculty:
cc: CSD.Betty at SU-SCORE, CSD.Jock at SU-SCORE, SJN at SU-AI
There will be a Faculty Meeting, Tuesday, June 10, 2:30 p.m., in Jacks 252.
Agenda items:
Degree Candidates
Comprehensive
Black Friday needs to be scheduled. Please indicate your choice of dates
and let me know.
Tuesday, June 10 (after faculty business is completed)
Tuesday, June 17
Thanks,
Carolyn Tajnai
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∂29-May-80 2127 BIS yumyum
Do you think that the preparation and sale thereof
should be transferred to Connie Stanley as CSD publications person?
I saw Fran Larsen interrupted by somebody who wanted to buy one.
Given the current and future workforce of the AI Lab,
can we spare our personnel for administering YumYum?
∂30-May-80 0807 PJH via SU-TIP
(1) please add hayes@sri to your distribution list, thanks.
(2) i suggested to dan that the rndofyear report on the grouoo
(thats group) ought to contain a paragraph saying how
successful its been, and he said i ought to write it, but i tend
rather to think that you ouhgt to, being the leader and all.
also if i were to write it it would probably say that in terms
of the original aims, it hasnt really been a success: but that was
because the original aims were somewhat unrealistic, and discovering
that has been one of ouur achievements.
what do you think?
pat
∂30-May-80 0826 HPM via CMU-10B Thesis
Martin Brooks will collect you signatures for my thesis as well
as his own today. Chapter 11 had a little of the expected
future evolution towards obstacle classification that you
requested in your last note; I've added a paragraph to
emphasize it more. The spelling errors you found are also fixed.
∂30-May-80 1014 TOB
∂29-May-80 2222 JMC
John
Yes.
Tom
Are we having lunch today?
∂30-May-80 1138 FFL Expense Report for trip to Boston
To: JMC, FFL
Is there anything special I need to know in order to complete your
expense report for that trip?
∂30-May-80 1339 FFL Phone call from Paul Gilmore, U. of British Columbia
To: JMC, FFL
Asks if you would be willing to act as referee for Raymond Reiter to
full professorship.
∂30-May-80 1343 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Paul Gilmore's phone is 604 228 3064
∂30-May-80 1459 SL Carolyn, I'm interested in learning MACLISP. ROD has given me a number of
To: MACLISP at SU-AI
pointers, but they are generally to material of utility to the someone who
has already mastered the basics. I understand from ROD that there might
exist some course notes that you prepared for CS 206. Are these available
either on-line, or preferably hard copy? Have you suggested introductory
readings? Thanks. - Sid
∂30-May-80 1512 SL
Haste makes waste in addressing MAIL. Now I know who MACLISP@SU-AI is. - Sid
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∂30-May-80 1508 JMC
Carolyn is CLT.
∂30-May-80 1657 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Yes, the men are through working on the chalk board.
∂31-May-80 0114 JK
I have written up a brief description of the proof-checking system that
I have in mind; it is on ekl.doc[ekl,jk]. If you have any comments,
I would appreciate hearing them. I will start implementing this some time
next week - hope to have a primitive system running in 2 months.
∂31-May-80 0929 JRA KEYNOTE ADDRESS
john,
finally, have managed to drag all the necessary reviews out of
a reluctant committee. I have extended the revised-paper deadline 'til
July 7. i would like to include your talk in the proceedings; can you
have the text of your talk ready for me by July 7?
john
I'll try.
∂31-May-80 1019 MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 31 MAY 1980 1318-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
To: MINSKY at MIT-ML, jmc at SU-AI
Have you got message from Fenaughty about
meeting at III June 10,11,12? I'd rather meet later in week --
because I am staying over following week, etc.
Do you think it needs 3 days? I7d prefer 12 and 13,
staying over Saturday 14 if we need it to make final
recommendation.
Fenaughty's letter seems to indicate he wants the
agreement finalized with them before that.
I am trying to get Holloway and/or Knight to come, because
I don't see how You, Me, or Selfridge could
make competent advice about latest hardware technology.
If there's any problem about that, have you a back-up recommendation?
Or -- do you feel we should be able to
relay on the III staff?
-- Marvin
I also prefer late in the week and so does Oliver. Let's make
it 12th and 13th. I got Oliver to appoint himself chairman pro tem.
∂31-May-80 2133 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: Binford letters
Date: 31 May 1980 2131-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: Re: Binford letters
To: JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 30-May-80 1442-PDT
John, yes send me the Binford letters. Jerry Feldman is in town. If you
bug him (by phone at his house, or by net message) he will probably
send his letter. I can bug Dave Waltz if you wish.
Ed
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Yes, please bug Waltz. I will be glad to remind Feldman; what is his
number or is it in the book.
∂01-Jun-80 0029 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 1 JUN 1980 0225-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, llw at SU-AI, rah at SU-AI, jmc at SU-AI
Hi. Any progress? I would like to see
readable version of draft, becaue no one here
seems to be able to POX anything.
Also, still wondering about elementary estimate of
stability envelope.
Finally, I'm a member of a NASA study, in 2 weeks,
that is charged with considering
important possibilities for NASA in the next 50-100
years. I'm wondering whether we should offer them
any of the Promise of Joy, of save it for another
occasion.
-- Marvin.
∂01-Jun-80 1344 BMOORE at SRI-KL FMAI
Date: 1 Jun 1980 1344-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: FMAI
To: jmc at SAIL
cc: bmoore, stan at RAND-UNIX
John,
Glad you will be able to come, but note that it will be at Monterey
Dunes rather than Pajaro Dunes.
--Bob
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∂01-Jun-80 1346 BMOORE at SRI-KL Song
Date: 1 Jun 1980 1346-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: Song
To: jmc at SAIL
moved to PARADI.SNG[LIT,JMC]
∂01-Jun-80 1719 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Date: 1 Jun 1980 1718-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
To: JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 1-Jun-80 0029-PDT
Jerry is in the book, on Cowper St.
Ed
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∂02-Jun-80 0833 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) Re: text for cs206
Date: 2 Jun 1980 0832-PDT
From: CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
Subject: Re: text for cs206
To: JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 31-May-80 1641-PDT
John, I sent it to you for your information. There is nothing for you
to do. Carolyn
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∂02-Jun-80 0903 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) ARPA budget
Date: 2 Jun 1980 0902-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: ARPA budget
To: jmc at SU-AI
John, two months ago you asked Bob Engelmore for additional support
re Chris Goad (and perhaps other things). He asked for a rebudgeting
taking into account Les's departure, Herschey's departure, etc.
To date, he has received nothing from you. It's June, and the money
for next October 1 is running out.
Fleetingly,
Ed
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∂02-Jun-80 1139 CLT
whenever you want the office i will get out of the way.
I will be in at 3pm.
∂02-Jun-80 1525 BMOORE at SRI-KL songs
Date: 2 Jun 1980 1521-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: songs
To: jmc at SAIL
Mine are in SLOAN.SNG[LIT,JMC] and GARDNE.SNG[LIT,JMC].
∂02-Jun-80 2200 LGC Discussion on Wednesday?
I've been writing up some ideas on common sense reasoning and circumscription.
A revised version of the material that I gave you the other day is only a
small part of it, and the new material seems worth discussing. Will you
have an hour or so on Wednesday for a discussion? You can pick the time.
∂03-Jun-80 0900 JMC*
hook,roy,vote,bunzel,okner,cate
∂03-Jun-80 0917 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
Last week's seminar was the last Program Verification and Analysis
Seminar for spring quarter. There is no seminar on June 3.
During summer we will have seminar sporadically. So far the
following are planned:
June 24 Jan Komorowski, Linkoeping University (Sweden):
"Qlog - A Programming Environment in Lisp for a Language
Organized Around Specification"
July 1 Flaviu Cristian, University of Newcastle (UK):
"Exception Handling and Software Fault Tolerance."
Abstracts for seminars will be mailed out approimatly one week before
they take place.
∂03-Jun-80 1055 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
The library indicated that it has received HUMAN INFERENCE. I was unable
to locate it in the stacks. The library will search and recall and let you
know when it is available.
∂03-Jun-80 1330 LES
∂03-Jun-80 0134 JMC
Did budget take into account your and Hersche's departure?
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Of course.
∂03-Jun-80 1330 LES
∂03-Jun-80 0739 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI Re: Proposed budget revision
Date: 3 Jun 1980 0729-PDT
Sender: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
Subject: Re: Proposed budget revision
From: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
To: LES at SU-AI
Message-ID: <[USC-ISI] 3-Jun-80 07:29:32.ENGELMORE>
In-Reply-To: Your message of 02 Jun 1980 1600-PDT
Les,
The proposed growth in the budget squeezes me a little too much.
I really don't think I can fund the extra 110K without hurting other ongoing
research of equal or higher priority. Your budget grows for two reasons:
1) the main growth is due to an increase of 2 research associates, from 1.5
to 3.5; 2) inflationary cost growth, e.g. a res. assoc. that was budgeted
at 24K per year last year now costs 27.5K. I suggest you do the following:
1) Reduce the number of research associates by one. I know this is a tough
thing to do, but perhaps there are other sources of support. This will
reduce the budget increase from 110K to 44K. I can live with that.
2) In order to justify the additional staff, I will need either a short
proposal descirbing a new task that was not in the original work statement,
or a statement explaining why the origianlly proposed work can't be com-
pleted with the current level of support. (I would prefer the first, but
either is acceptable.)
Let's get this resolved as quickly as possible. I have to get my
paperwork in by the end of this month for FY81 continuations.
Regards,
Bob
∂03-Jun-80 1509 TENENBAUM at SRI-KL AAAI Trade Fair
Date: 3 Jun 1980 1506-PDT
From: TENENBAUM at SRI-KL
Subject: AAAI Trade Fair
To: reddy at CMUB, les at SU-AI, tenenbaum at SRI-KL,
To: robinson at SRI-KL, newell at CMU-10A,
To: buchanan at SUMEX-AIM, nii at SUMEX-AIM,
To: nilsson at SRI-KL, sacerdoti at SRI-KL, walker at SRI-KL,
To: phw at MIT-AI, balzer at USC-ISIB, erman at USC-ISIE,
To: bledsoe at UTEXAS, rick at RAND-UNIX, feigenbaum at SAIL,
To: minsky at MIT-AI, jmc at SU-AI, hart
Guys,
Attached is the list of companies contacted with regard to the
AAAI trade fair. Rather than delegate specific responsibility for
follow-up contacts, I am including an additional list of organizations
that would be especially desireable participants. I urge anyone
with suitable personal contacts at these or comparable places to pursue
them immediately. Moreover, the idea of augmenting the tradefair to
include demonstrations of working AI systems by academic institutions
has received strong encouragement. Would you please communicate the
willingness of your organization to participate (fee, if any, would be
limited to covering costs of power, phone etc.)
List of desireable organizations
IBM, Hewlett Packard (Bruce Lowrey?), Texas Instruments,
Dec (Gordon Bell?), Xerox Parc (Danny Bobrow?), Schlumberger,
SCI (Cordell Green), Kurzweil, Artificial Intelligence Corp (Larry
Harris), Threshold Technology(Tom Martin), NEC (Jun Oyamada),
Dialog Systems (Jim Baker?), Hughes (Bruce Bullock), Apple Computer,
Signal Technology Corp, Votrax, Hammatsu, Optronics, Intel (Noyce or
Ted Hoff?), BBN (Bill Woods), MB Associates......please add and pursue
your own consulting contacts.
Trade Fair contacts 5/26/80
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Susan Samborn | | | | | |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | lgr | 1 | 4/1 | | 5/12 |
605 Third Ave. | | | | | |
N.Y., N.Y. 10016 | | | | | |
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Robert C. Brehm | | | | | |
PROMEDICS | lgr | 0 | 4/1 | NO | |
1032 Elwell Ct. Ste 240| | | | | |
Palo Alto, Cal. 94303 | | | | | |
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Georgette Psaris | | | | | |
OSBORNE | lgr | 2 | 4/1 | 5/17 | 5/12 |
630 Bancroft Way | | | | | |
Berkeley, Calif. 94710 | | | | | |
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Rick Fuette | | | | | |
BYTE | lgr | 1 | 4/1 | 4/17 | |
70 Main St. | | | +info | not | |
Peterborough, N.H. 03458| | | |particip.| |
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William B. Gruener | | | | | |
Addison Wesley | lgr | 2 | 4/1 | 5/18 | 5/12 |
Reading, Mass. 01867 | | | | | |
(617)944-3700 | | | | | |
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Nils Nilsson | | 0 | | | |
TIOGA Publishing Co. | | | | no | 5/12 |
P.O. Box 98 | lgr | | 4/1 | | |
Palo Alto, Calif 94302 | | | | | |
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Chuck Nordby | | | | | |
De Anza Systems | jmt | 2 | 4/1 | 4/29 | |
118 Charcot Ave. | | | | | |
San Jose, Calif 95131 | | | | | |
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Caroline McKnight | | | | | |
Stanford Bookstore | lgr | 2 | 4/1 | Wont | |
Stanford University | | | | pay | |
Stanford, Cal. 94305 | | | | | |
329-1217 x 520 | | | | | |
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Horace Enea | | | | | |
HEURISTICS | | | | | |
1285 Hammerwood Ave. | lgr | 1? | 4/1 | | 5/12 |
Sunnyvale, Cal 94086 | | | +info | | |
734-8532 | | | | | |
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George White | | | | | |
Auricle | | | | | |
20823 Stevens Creek Blvd| lgr | 2 | 4/1 | | 5/12 |
Bldg C-1, Suite B | | | +info | | |
Cupertino, ca 95014 | | | | | |
(408)257-9830
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Mr. Joseph Morris | | | | | |
V.P. Marketing | | | | | |
RAMTEK | lgr | 0 | 4/1 | NO | 5/12 |
2211 Lawson Lane | | | | | |
Santa Clara, Cal 95050 | | | | | |
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Frank Satlow | | | | | |
MIT Press | | | | | |
28 Carleton St. | lgr | 2 | 4/1 | 5/17 | 5/12 |
Cambridge, Mass. 02142 | | | +info | | |
(617)253-1623 | | | | | |
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Kenneth J. Bowman | | | | | |
Senior Editor | | | | | |
Elsevier-North Holland | lgr | 1 | 4/3 | | |
52 Vanderbilt Avenue | | | +info | | 5/12 |
New York, New York 10017| | | | | |
(212) 867-9040 | | | | | |
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Dr. Charles A. Rosen | | | | | |
Machine Intelligence Co | | | | | |
999 Independence Av | lgr | 2 | 4/3 | 4/18 | |
Bldg F11 | | | | | |
Mountain View, Cal 94043| | | | | |
968-4008 | | | | | |
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Mr. Ray Raymond | | | | | |
President | lgr | 2 | 4/3 | | |
Advanced Robotics | | | +info | | 5/12 |
23052 Alcalde, Suite F | | | | | |
Laguna Hills, Ca 92653 | | | | | |
(714) 768-2927
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Mr. Robert G. Spuntak | | | | | |
3 Rivers Corp. | | 1 | 4/3 | NO | |
160 N. Craig | | | | | |
Pittsburgh, Penn. 15213 | | | | | |
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Ed Roberts, President | | | INFO | | |
Zenith data systems | lgr | 0 | this yr | NO | |
1000 Milwaukee Ave | | | try for | | |
Glenview, Ill. 60025 | | | 1981 | | |
(312) 391-8345 | | | | | |
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Dr. Charles Rieger | | | | | |
Mr. Jim Mather | | | | | |
Scion | | | | | |
(Micro Diversions) | lgr | 1 ? | 4/10 | | 5/12 |
8455-D Tyco Road | | | + info | | |
Vienna, Virginia 22180 | | | | | |
(703)827-0888 | | | | | |
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Dr. James Bliss | | | | | |
Telesensory Systems | | | | | |
3408 Hillview Ave | LGR | NO | info | NO | |
Palo Alto, Cal | | | only | | |
493-2626 | | | | | |
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Dr. Vic Scheinman | | | | | |
AUTOMATIX | | | | | |
50 Roan Place | LGR | 2 | 4/11 | NO | |
Woodside, Cal 94062 | | | | | |
851-1354 (home) | | | | | |
497-0960 (at SU) | | | | | |
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Bruce Shimano | | | | | |
Unimation | | | | | |
188 S. Whisman Rd. | LGR | 1 + | 4/10 | | 5/12 |
Mountain View, Cal 94041| | | | | |
(415)965-0557 | | | | | |
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Howell R. Phelps | | | | | |
Mgr. Indust. Prod. Plann| | | | | |
Texas Instruments | LGR | 0 | info | NO | |
P.O. Box 2909 MS 2203 | | | only | | |
Austin, Texas 78769 | | | | | |
(512)250-7788 | | | | | |
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Dr. James Bell | | | | | |
Digital Equipment Corp. | | | | | |
146 Main Street | lgr | 2 | 4/17 | | 5/12 |
ML 3-2/E41 | | | | | |
Maynard, Mass 01754 | | | | | |
(617)493-2764 | | | | | |
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Oliver L. Bailey | | | | | |
Cincinnatti Milacron | lgr | 0 | | | |
4701 Marburg | | | INFO | NO | 5/12 |
Cincinnatti, Ohio 45209 | | | ONLY | | |
(513) 841-8347 | | | | | |
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Carl Berney | | | | | |
Centigram Corp. | | | | | |
155 A Moffett Park Dr. | LGR | 2 | 4/14 | NO | 5/12 |
Sunnyvale, Cal. 94086 | | | | | |
734-3222 | | | | | |
(Speech Recognition products)
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Paul Michaelis | | | | | |
Texas Instruments | | | | | |
Mail Station 370 | LGR | 1 | 4/11 | | |
12860 Hillcrest | | | | | 5/12 |
Dallas, Texas 75265 | | | | | |
(214)980-6113 | | | | | |
(Has a speech synthesizer that runs on a small TI computer)
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Dr. Robert Landau | | | | | |
Richard Block | | | info | | |
Artif Intell Corp | dew/ | | 4/11 | | |
154 Wells Ave | lgr | 0 | + contr | | 5/12 |
Newton Center, Mass | | | 4/18 | | |
02159 | | | | | |
(617)244-5411 | | | | | |
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Larry Harris | | | | | |
ROBOT | | | | | |
mailing addr: | | | | | |
Artificial Intell Corp | lgr | 2 ? | 4/14 | | 5/12 |
154 Wells Avenue | | | | | |
Newton Center, Mass 02159| | | | | |
(at Dartmouth) | | | | | |
(603)643-5088 | | | | | |
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Joshua Hurvitz | | | | | |
TRW | | | | | |
1 Park Drive | lgr | 1 | 4/14 | | 5/12 |
Bldg R2 Room 1086 | | | | | |
Redondo Beach, Cal 90278 | | | | | |
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Mr. Paul Friedl | | | | | |
IBM | | | | | |
Palo Alto Science Center | EF/ | 2 | 4/17 | NO | 5/12 |
1530 Page Mill | lgr | | | | |
Palo Alto, Cal 94304 | | | | | |
855-3261
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Dr. Barrett | | | | | |
Dr. Eamon Barrett | | | | | |
JAYCOR | ef/ | 2 | 4/17 | | 5/12 |
205 So. Whiting St. | lgr | | | | |
Alexandria, Virg 22304 | | | | | |
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Dr. Cordell Green | | | | | |
Systems Control Inc. | lgr | 0 | has info| NO | |
1801 Page Mill | | | none | | |
Palo Alto, Cal 94304 | | | sent | | |
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David Loynd | | | | | |
Ohio Scientific | | | | | |
1333 Chilicothe Ave | call | 2 | 4/17 | 5/29 | 5/12 |
Aurora, Ohio 44202 | AAAI | | | | |
(216) 562-5177 | | | | | |
(called Marty about trade-fair. Marty wants lgr to return call--Marty didn't)
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Dr. Tom Martin | | | | | |
Threshold Technology, Inc| | | | | |
1829 Underwood Blvd. | RR/ | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
Delran, NJ 08075 | lgr | | | | |
(609) 461-9200 | | | | | |
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J. Michael Nye | | | | | |
President | | | | | |
Marketing Consulting Intl| rr/ | | send | | |
Inc. | lgr | 0 | brochure| NO | |
100 W. Washington St; | | | | | |
Suite 214 | | | | | |
Hagerstown, Md. 21740 | | | | | |
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Jun Oyamada | | | | | |
Director, New Products | | | | | |
NEC America, Inc. | rr/ | | | | |
532 Broad Hollow Road | lgr | 1 | 4/21 | | 5/12 |
Melville, NY 11747 | | | | | |
(516) 752-9700 | | | | | |
(Nippon Electric) | | | | | |
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Steve Moshier | | | | | |
Dialog Systems, Inc. | | | | | |
32 Locust Street | rr/ | 1 | 4/21 | | 5/12 |
Belmont, MA 02178 | lgr | | | | |
(617) 489-2830 | | | | | |
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Sam Viglone | | | | | |
Interstate Electronics | | | | NO | |
Anaheim, CA | rr/ | | 4/29 | | |
(714) 635-7210 x 6327 | lgr | | | | |
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Brian Scott | | | | | |
Scott Instruments | rr/ | | | | |
815 North Elm Street | lgr | 2 | 4/21 | | 5/12 |
Denton, TX 76201 | | | | | |
(817) 387-1054 | | | | | |
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William Frawley | | | | | |
Schlumberger | | | | | |
Old Quarry Road | lgr | 2 | 4/21 | | 5/12 |
Ridgefield, Conn 06877 | | | | | |
(203)438-2631 x505 | | | | | |
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Danny Bobrow | | | | | |
XEROX PARC | | | | | |
Palo Alto, Cal | | | | | |
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Hughes | | | | | |
contact from Buchanan | | | | | |
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Ms. Marlen Wightman | | | | | |
Marketing Services | | | | | |
Apple Computer | | | | | |
10260 Bandley | lgr | 1+ | 4/24 | | |
Cupertino, Ca 95014 | | | | | |
996-1010 | | | | | |
cc: Mark Markkula | | | | | |
VP marketing | | | | | |
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Carl Flatau | | | | | |
president | | | | | |
TeleOperator Systems Corp| eds/ | 0 | 4/29 | NO | |
45 Knickerbocker Ave | lgr | | | | |
Bohemia, N. Y.11718 | | | | | |
(516) 567-8787
(Talked to Earl at a meeting and is expecting your call)
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Aaron Kleiner | | | | | |
Kurzweil Computer Prods | | | | | |
33 Cambridge Parkway | lgr | 1 | 4/24 | | 5/12 |
Cambridge, Mass 02142 | | | | | |
(617)864-4700 | | | | | |
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Lothar Russell | | | | | |
Staff Research Engr. | | | | | |
General Motors Research | lgr | 1 | 4/24 | | 5/12 |
Warren, Michigan 48090 | | | | | |
(313)575-2807 | | | | | |
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George Dodd | | | | | |
General Motors | lgr | | 4/29 | | |
Warren Mich | | | | | |
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Stuart Kretch | | | | | |
McDonnell Douglas | | | | | |
Dept K-163 | lgr | 1+ | 4/25 | | 5/26 |
Bldg 2, level 1, Room 129 | | | | |
P.O. Box 516 | | | | | |
St. Louis, Mo. 63166 | | | | | |
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Artec Associates, Inc. | | | | | |
26046 Eden Landing Road | | | | | |
Hayward, Cal 94545 | lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
(Exhibit at Navy voice | | | | | |
symposium in Dallas) | | | | | |
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Mr. Davis | | | | | |
Signal Technology, Inc. | | | | | |
15 W. DeLa Guerra St | | | | | 5/26 |
Santa Barbara, Cal 93101| lgr | | 4/29 | | |
(exhib at navy voice | | | | | |
symposium in Dallas) | | | | | |
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Mr. Grady | | | | | |
Logicon, Inc. | | | | | |
Tactical & Training Syst| lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
Div. | | | | | |
4010 Sorrento Valley Bvd| | | | | |
San Diego, Cal 92138 | | | | | |
(exhibit at voice symposium in Dallas)
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Leonard Magnuson | | | | | |
Votrax Division FSW | | | | | |
500 Stephenson Highway | lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
Troy, Michigan 48084 | | | | | |
(313) 588-2050 | | | | | |
(exhib. navy symposium) | | | | | |
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Perception Technology Inc. | | | | |
95 Cross St. | | | | | |
Winchester, Ma 01890 | lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
(navy symposium) | | | | | |
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Cognitronics Corporation| | | | | |
25 Cresent Street | | | | | |
Stamford, Ct. 06906 | lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
(navy symposium) | | | | | |
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Intercontinental Dynamics | | | | |
Corp | | | | | |
170 Collidge Ave | | | | | |
P.O. Box 81 | lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
Englewood, NJ 07631 | | | | | |
(navy symposium) | | | | | |
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Mark Medress | | | | | |
Sperry Univac | | | | | |
Univac Park | | | | | |
P.O. Box 3525 | lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
St. Paul MN 55165 | | | | | |
(navy voice symposium) | | | | | |
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TransCom, Inc. | | | | | |
580 Spring Street | | | | | |
Winsor Locks, Ct 06096 | lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
(navy voice symposium) | | | | | |
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ASI Teleprocessing, Inc.| | | | | |
101 Morse Street | lgr | | 4/29 | | |
Watertown Ma 02172 | | | | | 5/26 |
(navy voice symposium) | | | | | |
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John Rodriguez | | | | | |
BHS Machinery | | | | | |
717 Airport Blvd. | lgr | 2 | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
South San Francisco, | | | | | |
Calif. 94080 | | | | | |
761-0131 | | | | | |
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Grinnel | | | | | |
2159 Bering Dr. | lgr | | 4/29 | | |
San Jose, Calif 95131 | | | | | 5/26 |
(263-9920 or 988-2100)| | | | | |
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Hamamatsu | | | | | |
2680 Bayshore Frntge Rd | | | | | |
Mountain View, Cal 94043| lgr | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
965-2300 | | | | | |
(Cameras and other video equipment)
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Harry Garland | | | | | |
Cromemco | | | | | |
280 Bernardo Ave. | lgr | 2 | 4/24 | 4/28 | |
Mt. View, Cal. 94040 | | | | | |
964-7400 | | | | | |
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Sharon Raposa | | | | | |
Marketing Manager | | | | | |
Optronics International Inc. | | 4/29 | | 5/26 |
7 Stuart Street | lgr | | | | |
Chelmsford, MA 01824 | | | | | |
617:256-4511. | | | | | |
She was referred to Don Walker by Balzer. She is interested in information
on the meeting, but seems worth contacting directly as a potential exhibitor.
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Jeff Graf | | | | | |
Pacific Telephone Co. | lgr | 2 | 4/30 | | |
2850 W. Bayshore Rd. | | | | | 5/26 |
Palo Alto, Calif 94301 | | | | | |
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Phil Flora | | | | | |
Robotics Age | | | | | |
PO Box 801 | lgr | | 5/5 | NO | |
La Canada, Calif 91011 | | | | | |
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Bob Drazovich | | | | | |
AI DS | | | | | |
201 San Antonio Circle | jmt/ | 0 | 5/5 | | |
Suite 286 | lgr | | | NO | |
Mountain View, Cal 94040 | | | | | |
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Bert Weinstein | | | | | |
Interstate Electronics | | | | | |
1001 Ball Road | lgr | | 5/5 | NO | |
PO Box 3117 | | | | | |
Anaheim, Cal 92803 | | | | | |
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Kouzoujian | | | | | |
Marketing Director | | | | | |
Computerland | lgr | | 5/6 | | |
4546 El Camino | | | | | |
Los Altos, Calif 94022 | | | | | |
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Mark Wozniak | | | | | |
Computer Plus, Inc. | lgr | | 5/6 | | 5/26 |
1324 So. Mary Ave | | | | | |
Sunnyvale, Calif. 94087 | | | | | |
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Mike Forster | | | | | |
Control Data Corp. | | | | | |
Rm SVL 028 | | | | | |
215 Moffett Park Drive | jmt/| | 5/6 | | 5/26 |
Sunnyvale, Cal 94086 | lgr | | | | |
734-7508 | | | | | |
Called Marty bout conference
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Sarkis Kouzoujian | | | | | |
Computerland | lgr | | 5/19 | | |
4646 El Camino | | | | | |
Los Altos, Calif. | | | | | |
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John Peers | | | | | |
US Robotics Association | jmt | | 5/27 | | |
616 University Ave | | | | | |
Palo Alto, Calif 94301 | | | | | |
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Mr. Pratt | | | | | |
Mr. William Pratt | | | | | |
Computer Labs | JMT | | | | |
10440 N. Tantau Dr. | | | | | |
Cupertino, Calif 95014 | | | | | |
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Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc
62 Maria Dr.
Hillsdale, N.J. 07642
Schank's publisher
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Ted Laliotus | | | | | |
or Bruce Lowry | | | | | |
Hewlett-Packard
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Don Chamberlain | | | | | |
IBM San Jose | | | | | |
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Dorado Systems | | | | | |
local | | | | | |
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Reticon
(cameras, etc.)
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GE
(cameras)
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Basic Books
(ask Doug Hofstadter)
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Colorado Video | | | | | |
Boulder, Colorado | | | | | |
(Cameras and other video equipment for automation)
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Bausch & Lomb | | | | | |
Rochester, N.Y. 14625 | | | | | |
(make a vision product like MIC's -- are direct competitor)
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Grivet Robot Series | | | | | |
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Reiter/Rider/Raider ????
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∂03-Jun-80 1754 TOB VAX
John
What do you suggest to do next about making arrangements
to use one of the VAXes?
Tom
I talked to Ed, and he suggested pointed out that we need to inform
Kahn. I suggest that you prepare a less than one page memo stating
what you intend to do with it. It would, of course, be best to
emphasize its use in ARPA supported work.
∂03-Jun-80 2057 LGC Discussion tomorrow?
Is our discussion of commonsense reasoning on for tomorrow? If so, when?
How about 2pm in my office in MJH?
∂04-Jun-80 0031 LGC
2pm in MJH today is fine; see you then.
∂04-Jun-80 0704 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
Date: 4 Jun 1980 0701-PDT
Sender: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
From: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
To: JMC at SU-AI
Message-ID: <[USC-ISI] 4-Jun-80 07:01:21.ENGELMORE>
In-Reply-To: Your message of 03 Jun 1980 1751-PDT
John,
Let's do it this way. Send me a proposal which describes
the work that Doyle wants to do for the 15 month period beginning
Oct. 1, with a budget that would pay for his salary. That
should come to about 62K. That way, we can leave the budget for
the current effort as is, and I can cleanly justify the increase
by pointing to a new research effort. But I will need a bona
fide proposal, and as soon as possible to get the money lined up
for FY81. The proposal can be short , but should include at the
minimum the technical objectives, previous accomplishments (what
he did on his thesis, for example), a description of the proposed
work, a short statement of work (for the contract), milestones,
and Doyle's C. V.
Regards,
Bob
∂04-Jun-80 0830 FFL Questions
To: JMC, FFL
Would you please look at Indoor[S80,jmc]. When I try to pub it, the answer
is "Undefined identifier LE1"
I have the addresses for the recipients of INDOORS except for Seitz and
Weinberg. I understand I am to put the addresses of these men into
SE2.adl[sen.jmc] for future use. Does this file presently exist or am I to
create it? I am unable to get into it so I conclude that I am to create it.
I can send Karl Cohen your address by U.
S. mail. What do you mean by "He has LOTS?"
Karl Cohen has me listed as Director of LOTS rather than as Professor
of Computer Science. I think I've fixed INDOOR. Call Les Dugan to
See if he has Seitz's address. Otherwise Todorovich has it. I
have Weinberg's address somewhere.
∂04-Jun-80 0843 TOB
∂03-Jun-80 2347 JMC
John
I will prepare the memo concerning use of the VAX.
I would also like to use the VAX for some work on developing
the AL interpreter. Arm control would not be done on VAX, but I would
like to do some development on the interpreter/compiler.
I may not include that in the memo, and it would not be a major user of
the machine.
What do you think about that?
Tom
I talked to Ed, and he suggested pointed out that we need to inform
Kahn. I suggest that you prepare a less than one page memo stating
what you intend to do with it. It would, of course, be best to
emphasize its use in ARPA supported work.
I think you needn't include that in the memo.
∂04-Jun-80 1104 BMOORE at SRI-KL Evaluation of our group
Date: 4 Jun 1980 1103-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: Evaluation of our group
To: jmc at SAIL, zen at SAIL, jch at SAIL, dcd at SAIL,
To: pjh at SAIL, bmoore, hayes
I, for one, would be very interested to find out what each of us thought of
the outcome of our AI/Philosophy study group. To this end, would everyone
be willing to circulate his memorandum evaluating his year at the Center?
--Bob
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∂04-Jun-80 1243 LGC New material
If you want to take a look at the new material before I arrive, it's in
CIRCUM.TXT[EP,LGC] ; I'm going to xspool 2 copies now.
∂04-Jun-80 1328 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
George Johnson, of the Minneapolis Star, wishes to discuss the research being
done in artificial intelligence with you for an article. Please call collect
612-372-l707.
I have talked to many journalists about AI, and I do a certain amount
of it. However, when I am busy, as I am now, I often don't take the time.
Therefore, when a journalist whom I don't know calls, take his number, but
tell him that I will call back only if I am not too busy.
∂04-Jun-80 1420 TM Saturday
To: S1 at SU-AI, WVC at SU-AI
The S-1 Project/O-Group members and friends are all invited to my house
this Saturday, June 7, at 3pm for home made ice cream and dinner to
celebrate completion of my Ph.D. from Stanford.
Come to 5665 Bridgeport Cr., Livermore Ca. Detailed map available upon
request. RSVP appreciated.
Tom
∂04-Jun-80 1501 CG Doyle
Jon Doyle's phone number in texas is 713-686-7637. I just called there,
but Jon is still in transit from Boston; apparently he'll get home at about
8:00pm Houston time. I arranged for him to call me back when he arrives. In any
case if I don't speak to him this afternoon, I'll call him tomorrow morning.
∂04-Jun-80 1608 LES Journals, etc.
Remember to retrieve whatever of your journals and books you want from
the lower level of the D.C. Power Lab. I believe that they are all in
the back corner room.
∂05-Jun-80 0957 FFL Meeting with Prof. Cannon
To: JMC, FFL
Would like to meet with you next week either on Monday, June 9, at l:l5 p.m.
or Thursday, junel2, at 2 p.m. He prefers the Monday time. Please let me
know so I can call Bonnie at 7-3602 to confirm or if convenient youmay call
her yourself-that is, if there is some question about a different time.
Monday, June 9 at 1:15 is fine for meeting with Cannon. Please put
it in my calendar file when arranged.
∂05-Jun-80 1612 CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai) Faculty Meeting and Black Friday
Date: 5 Jun 1980 1607-PDT
From: CSD.TAJNAI at SU-SCORE (Carolyn Tajnai)
Subject: Faculty Meeting and Black Friday
To: CSD-Faculty:
cc: CSD.Betty at SU-SCORE, CSD.Jock at SU-SCORE, SGN at SU-AI
Tuesday, June 10, 2:30 p.m, Jacks 252, there will be a faculty meeting.
Agenda:
Degree Candidates
(there are 11 Ph.D. students graduating - a record!)
Comprehensive Examination Programming Problem
Black Friday
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∂05-Jun-80 1653 BMOORE at SRI-KL How I spent, etc...
Date: 5 Jun 1980 1654-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: How I spent, etc...
To: jmc at SAIL, zen at SAIL, jch at SAIL, dcd at SAIL,
To: pjh at SAIL, bmoore, hayes
My memo for Gardner is on CASBS.TXT[1,RCM]. I will also make hard copies
for any one who would like one.
--Bob
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∂05-Jun-80 2358 JK
I have written a somewhat more detailed description of the set
rules that I have in mind for my system - it is in rules.ekl[ekl,jk].
∂06-Jun-80 1341 TOB
John
I have mailed a memo to Kahn with a copy to you and Druffel
concerning use of the VAX for Image Understanding.
Tom
∂06-Jun-80 1357 BIS transition of ARPA account 755
To: "@TRANSI.DIS[DIS,BIS]" at SU-AI
There is currently a single University account for the ARPA grant (755).
Funds from this account are used by both JMC and TOB.
LES currently decides who may spend what on this account,
using an informal accounting system.
LES evaporates on 31 August.
Who will make the decisions after that date?
I propose that the funds in this grant account
(and future funds received from ARPA on this grant)
be split into two separate University accounts,
one for TOB's use and one for JMC's use.
Would any of the recipients of this message care to comment?
∂06-Jun-80 1542 TOB
To: EAF at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
I would like to raise the possibility of
giving access to SAIL or SCORE for Prof
Cannon, head of Aero and Astro, Prof Debra and their groups,
and Prof Roth of mechanical engineering,
assuming reasonable charges.
I am collaborating with them, and I see this as an interim process
of their getting computer sophistication and getting hooked on good systems
so that they get a system of their own.
They might operate by phone line until the Ethernet interfaces and
software are a reality.
It would put additional load on the system.
Concerning policy on computers, I would rather computers wait than
people wait; i.e. I think computers should be undersold rather than
oversold, and I would prefer to pay more for better service than less
for poor service.
∂06-Jun-80 1616 TOB
To: CSD.feigenbaum at SU-SCORE, JMC at SU-AI
Transition of administration
I would like to make some arrangements to bring in
Betty Scott now while Hersche Allen is here to make
a transition period. Is this agreeable to you?
If so, how do you suggest I go about it?
Tom
∂06-Jun-80 1659 DCD BANDI
I've left a copy of BANDI in your office here at SAIL. My appointment with
Gardner is 9:30 on Monday. See you tthen, I hope. Have a good weekend. DAN
∂06-Jun-80 2142 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Date: 6 Jun 1980 2140-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
To: TOB at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 6-Jun-80 1542-PDT
Tom, you are being inconsistent in your message. You would prefer computers
to be undersold (and provide good service) rather than oversold (bad service),
and I agree. Yet you propose SELLING MORE to collaborators in Aero and Astro
and Mechanical Engineering. Can you explain this inconsistency?
Regarding the collaborators, I am not in principle opposed to their being on,
but the issue is quantitative, not qualitative. How much useage? A few
"low-tier" minimum useage accounts? Or substantial? I don't like to give away
too much of Computer Science's resources, because they are heavily subsidized
by gifts and our government projects (for some of which I personally worked
my tail off to get). I'm not inclined to "give away" too much. At the rates
we are charging, the only better bargain ever seen was when John was
letting us all on SAIL for free.
Please respond quantitatively,
Ed
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∂07-Jun-80 0217 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle) probably redundant remarks
Date: 7 JUN 1980 0518-EDT
From: POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
Subject: probably redundant remarks
To: MINSKY at MIT-MC, JMC at SU-AI
Following was sent to a chap who was doing a paper. It
probably says little I haven't sent you before. Worse, since I
put it out for the ENERGY net, you may have got a copy already;
if so, please forgive me. It did seem there were a couple of
points made that might be worth saying at the Pajaro Dunes
conference; if I shouldn't flame about this at that conference,
for Heaven's sake let me know, since selling space is about all
I do nowadays...
We are expecting both of you for dinner next Thursday
and assume the game plan is for all of us (NIvens, JMC, Minsky,
and us) to meet at my house sometime after 5 and before 6:45 or
so. Any style of food preferences should be recorded fairly
fast, otherwise it's up to me. Choices here include Japanese,
Western (roast beef), General American steak house, Persian,
Morroccan, Hungry Tiger = Steak plus Seafood; the good French
cuisine places would want us to stay longer than we have planned
(Monsieur Lion wants reservations for about 7 and expects you to
be there until 10:30 at least...)
JEP
Date: 5 JUN 1980 0425-EDT
From: POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
So far as I can tell, one of our major national problems
is that we no longer have goals; we don't know what America is
for any longer. We are obviously not the safeguard of world
freedom; we have even ceased to be the arsenal of democracy; and
we have tamed our frontiers.
Two decades ago we could delude ourselves into believing
that vast social projects were feasible goals; that by spending
money in Federal Aid To Education we could eliminate illiteracy;
by Food Stamps and Aid to Dependent Children and various other
programs we culd eliminate poverty and thereby eliminate crime;
and by extending the vote to everyone we would make everyone
productive, happy, and free. It's almost impossible for anyone
who didn't live through that era to remember what heady wine the
promise of New Deal, Fair Deal, Great Society, etc., really
were; and how vast the disappointment when the programs did not
accomplish what they were intended to bring about.
Moreover, to the extent that such programs are within
our resources, they are DONE. Not perfectly, of course.
Poverty proves eternal as St. Mark said it would be. Justice is
more elusive than we thought. Crime seems not as related to
"poverty" as we once believed. And we are at about the limit of
our abilities regarding social programs. What is left to do is
incremental, to be left to bureaucracy's millstones; Kennedy's
attempts to sound the trumpet of a renewed attack on social
goals shows just how uninspiring such messages are to today's
Americans.
YET: the United States has always believed itself a
"peculiar people", a people with a destiny. Now we have none.
One wonders. Kennedy could rescue himself from the
worst disaster since the Braddock Expedition by announcing the
goal of placing a man on the Moon. Nixon, in the midst of
Watergate, regained great popularity with Project independence
until it became clear he didn't mean it.
Could a leader sound the trumpets of glory again?
Announce that this generation of Americans could, with sacrifice
and hard work, end energy dependence forever, not only for us but
for the world? That economic costs are not the only
consideration; there is insurance in space, insurance against
planet-wide disasters that might destroy the human
race--disasters that are inevitable over the long run--could we
not make the future of the human race a goal for this
generation?
At the AAAS meeting this year Possony and I presented a
paper showing that there is no reason--no known reason
anyway--why the human race should not live for 100 billion years
more. We are very young compared to our potential. Certainly
such a life span, longer than the life of the Earth or Sun or
planets, requires some massive investments and a lot more
knowledge; but this generation could take the first step toward
that vast future.
Why don't we?
You asked for comments on your paper, and I fear you got
more than you req uested. Ah, well.
JEP
∂08-Jun-80 0013 SID acknowledgement
My apologies. I'm all done with long copies, now.
∂08-Jun-80 0023 SID reply
yes.
∂08-Jun-80 0025 SID
I'll be right there.
∂08-Jun-80 1122 JK
Thank you for your comments - when would be a good time to meet and talk
further?
∂08-Jun-80 2056 REP Future Tense in ELEPHANT
Doe your proposal for the programming language ELEPHANT allow for references
to future values of variables in the same way the history of a variable can
be referenced?
Rich
I mention it in my draft, but clearly the compiler would then have
to be a problem-solver, and couldn't compile programs with
contradictions. I suppose the key issue is whether writing
things in this way would serve as good input to a problem
solver. In some cases, like the example of having baggage
handlers ready when the plane arrives, it seems like a reasonable
way of stating the problem, and a large class of such problems
can be solved by prescribing the initiation of activities sufficiently
far in advance of the time when their results are to be available.
Nothing has been done in the way of actually designing a compiler
that can handle references to the past - let alone to the future.
If you have some ideas, I would be glad to listen to them.
∂08-Jun-80 2139 JK
when?
∂09-Jun-80 0345 RAH skyhook
To: minsky at MIT-AI
CC: RAH at SU-AI, LLW at SU-AI, JMC at SU-AI
∂01-Jun-80 0015 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 1 JUN 1980 0225-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: MINSKY at MIT-AI, llw at SU-AI, rah at SU-AI, jmc at SU-AI
Hi. Any progress? I would like to see
readable version of draft, becaue no one here
seems to be able to POX anything.
[It turns out that Lowell can't either, so PMF is teaching him TEX
and we should have the document out next week.
We have looked at the efficiency, and it looks like a superconducting
ball with eddy current loops works with 0.25% inefficiency, which
means that you need about 10 GW of input for a geosynchronous skyhook.]
Also, still wondering about elementary estimate of
stability envelope.
[ I'm starting the stability work, which is formulated in a 1D convective
transport equation. This is the last technical work that I can think of
that has to be done.]
Finally, I'm a member of a NASA study, in 2 weeks,
that is charged with considering
important possibilities for NASA in the next 50-100
years. I'm wondering whether we should offer them
any of the Promise of Joy, of save it for another
occasion.
[ Let's wait till we can give them the whole thing.]
-- Marvin.
[Rod]
∂09-Jun-80 1044 FFL Meeting today with Professor Cannon
To: JMC, FFL
Professor Cannon had to go out of town. His secretary called canceling
your meeting with him at l;l5.
Thanks for message cancelling Cannon meeting.
∂09-Jun-80 1050 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
TThe lamp does not bother me there at all.
∂09-Jun-80 1051 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Sumi (7-4094) from Operation Research Department called to say that your
friend, Lloyd Shapley, is here today. They wish to invite you for cocktails
and dinner tonight. She asks that you call her about it.
∂09-Jun-80 1051 DEK standard mathematical keyboard
I have found the SAIL keyboard quite adequate for math input, although it's
choice of symbols is heavily biased towards logic (there's λ but neither
uppercase nor lowercase delta). If you ask the Math Society to propose a
standard, they will almost surely come up with something that we would
hate to change to here.
I found that the Alto keyboard is definitely inferior for math input.
Basically the idea of SHIFT and TOP keys seems definitely to be a win,
based on my experience. I hope it becomes commonplace, and if you think
the only way to get it more recognized is to get somebody like AMS to
support a standard, then the only question in my mind is whether it's
worth the risk of hoping that they will opt for the logician-oriented bias
on the basis of "it's the only close approximation to a reasonable keyboard
that exists".
Not all features of the SAIL keyboard are best possible; I think the
conventions for moving cursors and moving around in E pages are quite
inferior to those on modern terminals. But I am comfortable with them now,
and I suppose so are lots of us here, so I am not inclined to push for a
new keyboard design.
Correction to first line of this note: it's → its
(I have been reading too many term papers and its↔it's getting to me!
It doesn't seem to me that our keyboard can become a standard,
because it is anomalous to have a few Greek letters and not all.
When the keyboard was designed, we wanted a system that would include
printers and displays. Now that both printers and displays are oriented
towards dot matrices and can therefore accept arbitrary character sets,
the keyboard is a major limitation. Most likely a mathematics oriented
keyboard should suit engineers and scientists generally and not just
mathematicians. Devising the best scheme is probably more a computer
science problem than anything else.
∂09-Jun-80 1635 FFL Reservations to LAX Thursday, June l2, returning June l3.
To: JMC, FFL
Leave San Jose at 7 a.m., Arrive at 7:59.
Leave LAX at 8:35 a.m., Arrive at 9:35.
Car reserved. Ticket will be deliered Tuesday.
∂09-Jun-80 1934 MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 9 JUN 1980 2234-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-ML (Marvin Minsky)
To: rah at SU-AI
CC: MINSKY at MIT-ML, jmc at SU-AI, llw at SU-AI
Sorry to hear about 10 GW input. Of course, that
depends on scale of system.
Quite possible, i suppose, that other geometries are better.
For example, longer projectiles would have slower
field change rates.
The mass of the system depends strongly on the
achievable control.
For example, if deflection is very precise, then the
stationary "tubular" structure can be
very thin -- even negligable --
because the deflection stations could be
100's of kilometers apart. In other words, the
non-dynamic load can be small --
expect, perhaps, for the first 100 kilometers
of atmosphere protection -- a tube stabilized by
guy wires and, perhaps, supported by a
separate "skyhook" momentum
system with its own, lower-velocity
projectiles.
Thus, the estimate of power and weight may depend very much
on the support strategy and the control envelope --
even given a basic efficiency limit on momentum transfer.
∂10-Jun-80 0932 HVA JMC Basic Research
To: JMC
CC: LES, HVA
I've talked to Kent Curtis this a.m., in response to his letter to John, and
Curtis now knows that revised budget will be there ASAP-I dropped papers off
at SPO at 7:50 a.m.
I also talked to Curtis about RWW's proposal renewal and now know how they
wish this to be submitted.
∂10-Jun-80 0950 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Sally Stoddard, secretary to Don Kennedy called. It seems that Julia Doane
of Matrix Midland and wife of the chairman of Dow Chemical will be on campus
Wednesday, June l8. She has expressed an interest in talking with you for
about a half hour sometime between 9 and 4. She is also seeing Don Kennedy
and Dr. Dement. Ms. Stoddard would like to know your pleasure in this regard.
You may let me know or call her at 7-4988. She also gave me the telephone
number of Mrs. Doane, or rather of her secretary, Shirley Armstrong,
5l7 63l 6600. Ms. Stoddard seemed to think you may know Mrs. Doane. At any
rate she knows of you. Ms. Stoddard is anxious to get something set up.
∂10-Jun-80 1103 JK proof checker
I rewrote the specs; they are now in doc.ekl[ekl,jk].
∂10-Jun-80 1643 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 17
SPEAKER: Prof. J. Loeckx, Universitaet des Saarlandes
(Saarbrucken, West Germany)
TITLE: An algorithmic approach to abstract data type specification
ABSTRACT:
A method for the formal specification of abstract data types
will be proposed. Being based on the use of an algorithmic
language (viz pure LCF) it is of operational rather than of
algebraic nature.
The verification of a specification and of an implementation
of that specification will be discussed.
The similarities and differences with the AFFIRM specification
method will be commented on.
-------------
Preview:
June 24: Jan Komorowski, Linkoeping University (Sweden):
"Qlog - A Programming Environment in Lisp for a Language
Organized Around Specification".
∂10-Jun-80 2339 RAK Things to do
Didn't you send me a note about some things to do? I was going to look
at it, but must have deleted the note by mistake. I'll be out of town from
Fri until 24 June, but should be around for awhile after that.
Dick
∂11-Jun-80 0909 CLT
your concord bag is in the office in case you are looking for it
∂11-Jun-80 0939 DCD loose ends
First, we missed you and Caroline at the party yesterday. For just one
thing, without you, Bob and I could not do justice to the Lament of the
Sloan Ranger, and didn't even attempt Thais. Second, are you coming in
to the Center today? If so, could you bring Content and Consciousness
with you? I need it for two reasons: I'm packing today, and also I have
to check a page reference in it. DAN
∂11-Jun-80 1058 HVA NSF Proposal--Basic Research
To: JMC
CC: LES, FFL, HVA
Have confirmed that NSF Proposal sent by Sponsored Projects.
∂11-Jun-80 1451 CLT
zm would like to see you, some administrative detail about tang amongst other
things. he will be in his office late this pm if you come in.
∂11-Jun-80 1935 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Betty and a transition period
Date: 11 Jun 1980 1930-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: Betty and a transition period
To: tob at SU-AI
cc: jmc at SU-AI
Tom,
I disucssed your suggestion with Betty and the answer is that she is unable
to take over those responsibilities until rather close to the time when
Hersche will be leaving.
Sorry.
Ed
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∂11-Jun-80 1940 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: transition of ARPA account 755
Date: 11 Jun 1980 1936-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: Re: transition of ARPA account 755
To: BIS at SU-AI
cc: jmc at SU-AI, les at SU-AI, tob at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 6-Jun-80 1357-PDT
Barry, seems likea a clean way to do it. But John has traditionally been
the PI of that project and I defer to whatever he wants to do.
Ed
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∂12-Jun-80 0012 TOB robotics
To: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
Denicoff reports that he was visited by presidents
of CMU and MIT concerning support of robotics.
Raj told me that the president of CMU arranged the
Westinghouse support.
∂12-Jun-80 0937 HVA NSF Renewal for RWW
To: JMC
CC: RWW, LES, HVA
I dropped this off at Sponsored Projects this a.m.
∂12-Jun-80 1302 FFL Call from Jon Dyle.
To: JMC, FFL
He asked that you send him copies of the proposals that you mentioned.
I tried to get him to be more specific, but he seemed to think that you
would know what he wanted. PO Box l0779, Houston, Tex. 77018
∂12-Jun-80 1307 FFL Visit with Julia Doane
To: JMC, FFL
Provost's office says Wednesday, June l8, l:30 p.m. is fine for your
meeting with Mrs. Doane. She will come to your office for about one half
hour. I have put this on your calendar.
∂12-Jun-80 1311 TOB
∂12-Jun-80 0018 JMC
John
Yes, I will follow up. It will have to be not next week but th
following week. Are you available then?
Tom
Will our meeting with Cannon be rescheduled?
Week after next is ok, and actually next week is impossible.
∂12-Jun-80 1325 DCD barwise
Due to some oversight of my own, I only just discovered your file on
Barwise's lectures. I would have responded to it earlier had I known about
it. I also found a file of Pat's on the frame problem that i had missed.
Chalk it up to my unfamiliarity with electronic mail, I guess; I just never
picked up the messages informing me about these files. Too bad. I've made
hard copies of these to take away with with mein any case. If I don't see
you on Friday, BEST WISHES and thanks for everything you taught me this year.
I suspect that in a few years I'll have a better inventory of what I've
learned this year---that is, an inventory of of things I can USE. Thanks.Dan
∂13-Jun-80 0953 CLT TONIGHT
Supper around 6 or 6:30, I will shop
∂13-Jun-80 1123 MAX information
Prof. Tang told me thet you asked him about me. I am writing a new paper now,
so that I usally work at home or Palo Alto City Library, except last week while
a friend of mine asked me to live in his house for several days.
The paper will be finished in this month. It is a new approach on the semantics
of algorithmic languages. I'll give you a copy (may be a draft) to you as it is
finished.
Any way, I am sill available through the MAIL.
Ma Xiwen
∂13-Jun-80 1517 LES
Date: 10 JUN 1980 1421-EDT
From: HEROT at CCA (Christopher Herot)
from: BUSINESS WEEK: June 2, 1980, pp. 31-33
TANDY'S NEXT BIG DRIVE INTO HOME ELECTRONICS
No one was more surprised than Tandy Corp. when its personal
computer became an overnight sensation. Its 7,600 Radio Shack
outlets have already sold more than 200,000 TRS-80s, giving the
Fort Worth company at least half of this fast growing market.
Now Tandy will open a second consumer electronics market that it
hopes will be as successful as the personal computer. On May 27,
it will launch a massive campaign to sell a new product that will
turn any home telephone and television set into an information
retrieval system that will enable customers to tap banks of
information in such areas as weather, sports, airline schedules,
and stocks and bonds. The new device, called the TRS-80
Videotex, which the company points out is not a computer, will
retail for slightly less than $400.
The idea of turning the TV set into a display for calling up
computerized information relayed via telephone is not new.
Several companies are experimenting with such systems, and any
home computer with the right attachment can be used to plug into
the growing number of data banks. But Tandy is counting on its
manufacturing and massive marketing capa- bilities to overwhelm
competitors - such as Knight-Ridder Newspapers Inc.'s Viewdata
Corp. of America, which will soon start test-marketing a system
in Coral Gables, FLA. (BW-Feb 18).
DELIVERING INFORMATION. Tandy will begin taking orders for
Videotex immediately, according to Lewis F. Kornfield, presi-
dent of Tandy's Radio Shack Div. Within a year or so, he claims,
the product will be at nearly all Radio Shack outlets. "We feel
we are close to providing this kind of product at the ideal price
in the ideal time frame and with the ideal distribution system,"
he says.
CompuServe Inc., the H&R Block Inc. subsidiary that will manage
the network delivering information to Videotex users, is equally
confident. "This is the first time anyone has put together a
distributed system that can really reach the consumer at the
retail level and still manage the information-delivery side of
the business," says Jeffery M. Wilkins, president of CompuServe.
Initially, CompuServe will provide Videotex subscribers with
access to newspapers, wire services, and stock and bond prices
for $5 an hour. "We will be adding a number of other infor-
mation suppliers to the system in the near future," says Wilkins.
THE ONLY LINK. Videotex consists of a "black box" that connects
television and telephone, a small memory bank, and a keyboard.
The keyboard enables the user to call up the information
required, while the memory allows information to be printed out
on the screen after the telephone connection is severed. The
keyboard also gives a user the ability to communicate with other
Videotex users over the CompuServe network.
Tandy claims that its machine is the only one that will link any
kind of television set with any kind of telephone. It plans to
sell $200 decoders to users of its TRS-80 personal computers, as
well as other personal computers, and to give them access to the
information service. At least one industry expert is already
giving the new Tandy product mixed reviews, however.
"I think that there are enough computer-communications buffs out
there to buy [the Videotex] by the scores and even thousands,"
says N. Richard Miller, a vice-president with Diebold Inc. in New
York. But he adds: "The longer-term market still has to be
proven. How easy will it be for people to seek out the
information they want, and how costly? The $400 still sounds
like a high price for the basic equipment."
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∂14-Jun-80 0009 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle) Continuation of last night conversation
Date: 14 JUN 1980 0310-EDT
From: POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
Subject: Continuation of last night conversation
To: JMC at SU-AI
CC: POURNELLE at MIT-MC
I have been thinking about your paper, and if I were to
talk about conservation there are several points I would make,
some of which you have treated excellently in your paper.
Also, each of us has techniques for grabbing attention,
but I have found that a judicious mixture of SOME numbers--just
enough to establish that you have done your homework, and always
fairly easy to understand quantitative concetps--along with
prose establishes your credibility. Versimilitude is useful,
always.
(1) Your conclusion that we could be "self sufficient"
with WW II effort levels is excellent; I'd make it about four
times, emphasizing that the cost of "solving" the energy crisis
through conservation is a lot higher than conservation advocates
think; there are many many hidden costs, including taxes on
convenience (those who must wait in a gas line are being taxed
in the most precious commodity of all, namely time; true, there
are some whose time is worthless, but no tso many as all that).
(2) Conservation is a dead end strategy; that is, it has
known limits to what it can accomplish. True, it is worth
while. No question about that. And in some cases it is the
preferable path. But-- I would emphasize that there is no
INHERENT VIRTUE to conservation. To see conservation as good in
itself requires philosophical assumptions I am not prepared to
make.
(3) If the probable life span of the human race is in
the order of 100 billion years ( I think that's easy to show as
a conservative estimate; reference Possony & Pournelle, 1980
Annual meeting of AAAS, "How long is the future?" if you
like...) then our goals change somewhat; we want to pursue goals
that move us toward the ability to survive without Earth and the
Sun. Now true, we need not be in a hurry to develop this
capability --except that there is no evidence that nature is
benign. We are on our own resources in a universe that doesn't
particularly like us, and which may with a random event like
Lucifer's Hammer wipe us out if we have not taken out insurance.
("The Earth is too small and fragile a basket for the human race
to keep all its eggs in." Robert A Heinlein).
(4) Thus, economic necessities may drive us to
conservation as a survival mechanism, and viewed that way we
should rejoice that we have the conservatin choice; but
conservation cannot by its nature aid us toward our 100 billion
year future.
End of flaming on that subject. One point more. I will
send you a copy of the Rassinier paper, which you may peruse at
your liesure. i can't think why I brought it up except that
itr's a question that intrigues me, and there are so damned few
people you can discuss that with without getting bogged into
name calling, emotional issues, ideology, and general loss of
friendship and commuknication; and I figure you to be above that
sort of petty gup. I do agree that the topic itself is less
than vital, there being other topics of greater importance.
Fiar warning: the Rassinier document is distributed by people
for whom I have neither affinity nor respect; but Rassinier
seems to have been genuine, and his work honest, even if it has
been siezed for distribution by those with axes of their own to
grind.
Trust yu got off to airport all right; sorry I couldn't
get up with you, but I never promised more than a bed and an
alarm clock...
Best, Jerry
Many thanks for your comments, and I mainly agree with them.
Unfortunately, I can't include their substance in the paper,
because I have to deal with the rationing-conservation side
of the crisis rather than the production side which will be
dealt with by representatives of various kinds of industry.
I may be criticized as it is for straying from my appointed
topic, but if it be so, then so be it.
I would like a copy of your paper with Possony if you have
any to spare, because I have also been doing some thinking
along those lines. Thanks also for sending the Rassinier
paper which I'll read.
∂14-Jun-80 2230 Siegman at SUMEX-AIM <letter to DEC>
Date: 14 Jun 1980 2229-PDT
From: Siegman at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: <letter to DEC>
To: REG at SAIL, feigenbaum, dek at SAIL, jmc at SAIL
cc: Sandelin
To: John Cates, Ed Feigenbaum, Ralph Gorin, Don Knuth, John McCarthy
From: Jeannie Siegman, for Jon Sandelin
Subject: Letter to Digital Equipment Corporation
Regarding Stanford Text Network Program
cc: Ed Shaw
The letter which follows is Jon Sandelin's draft, on which he would like
comments. Please consider:
- Is it addressed to the appropriate people?
- Please pass the draft on to anyone else you feel should see it.
- Comments should be returned to Jon Sandelin, GD.JCS on the 3033
or Sandelin @ Sumex or telephone 7-4373, BY MONDAY JUNE 23 at the
latest.
Thank you.
D R A F T -- F O R I N T E R N A L R E V I E W O N L Y
Intended Addressees:
Kenneth H. Olsen
President
Dr. James Bell
Vice President, Engineering
Robert Erickson
Manager, Corporate Message Services <- COST symposium speaker
Dr. Richard Eckhouse
Manager, University Relations
James Cochran
Representative to Stanford University
...all of Digital Equipment Corporation
Dear ←←←←←←←←,
Enclosed with this letter is the report "A Network-Based Text System
for Stanford." It describes a direction that will have significant
impact on and value to our University. It may also be of substantive
value to Digital Equipment Corporation depending on decisions made in the
very near future.
University senior management has recently acted to ensure that plans
and ideas in this area are translated into concrete actions. A Text
Network Proram was extablished on June 1 of this year with responsibility
and accountability for creating the environment described in the
"Specificaions of a Computer-Based Text System for Stanford, Part I:
Requirements" (Appendix B to Part II of the enclosed report). By setting
this program in motion, the University vice-presidents intend to place
Stanford at the forefront in making computer-assisted tools for writing
and communicating widely available.
One vital aspect of this newly created program is to build upon both
the existing wealth of text-system software for large DEC timeshared
computers and the research and development work in text-handling systems
in our Compuer Science Department and other computer-oriented laboratories
at the University. Stanford has a long history of involvement with
text-handling systems--as described in Part I of the enclosed report
(p. I-6). Esteemed scholars Edward Feigenbaum, Donald Knuth, John
McCarthy and others of our Computer Science Department advocate the use
of computers for writing and communicating and have made contributions
in support thereof.
One goal of the Text Network Program is to provice a mechanism by
which the fruits of such labor can rapidly be made available to the
broader Stanford community--many of whom are very anxious to avail
themselves of such tools. We recognize that this will require a
significant investment of Stanford resources: integration of various text
and communication systems, provision of direct links for accessing and
sharing information across diverse computer communities, and testing
of new applications.
We believe that the vehicle for this project should be the DEC 20
series of computers--although suggestions from other sources, including
other computer manufacturers, are not lacking. As is perhaps typical
of a major university, we have a number of highly qualified people
who are eager to pursue this project--if the proper hardware becomes
available. We expect the results from their efforts to be of great
value to Stanford and to the hardware manufacturer whose equipment is
involved. In conducting seminars on text systems for EDUCOM (a consortium
of over 300 universties) around the country, we have found a high level
of interest in the work underway at Stanford, and a real need for a model.
We ask that you review the enclosed report as a basis for determining
whether Digital may be interested in collaborating with Stanford. We
would appreciate an oppotunity to discuss with you Stanford's planning and
the possible roles Digital might play.
Sincerely,
Jon Sandelin
Director, Text Network Program
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∂14-Jun-80 2359 POURNE@MIT-MC (Sent by COMSAT@MIT-MC)
From: POURNE@MIT-MC (Sent by COMSAT@MIT-MC)
Date: 06/15/80 02:53:25
POURNE@MIT-MC (Sent by COMSAT@MIT-MC) 06/15/80 02:53:25
To: JMC at MIT-MC
[COMSAT: This was a failing QSEND.]
POURNE@MIT-MC 06/15/80 02:53:22
Will get a copy of the Possony paper off, but it will
have to wait a week. minsky is sleeping with you by proxy (didn't
change the sheets). We'll be driving up to Pajaro tomorrow. Won't
return for a week. Best, JEP
∂15-Jun-80 0000 JMC*
CAMEMBERT
∂16-Jun-80 0857 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Michael Reese of NEWSWEEK, who is doing a cover story on computers and
AI research, wishes to speak with you. He can be reached at 55 788 2651.
∂16-Jun-80 1310 MFB
To: LES, JMC, ZM, RWW
Well, I'm off for the summer, and then to Norway in the fall.
Thanks again for everything.
∂17-Jun-80 0927 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Please call Rosina Ricks, secretary to Dr. Jacob Blackburn of the Computer
Science and Technology Board in Washington, D.C. 202 389 6972.
∂17-Jun-80 1327 FFL Meeting with Prof. Cannon and others
To: JMC, FFL
His secretary asks if you can meet at ll a.m., June 30, Room 450, Durand.
Probably gather first in Pro.f. Cannon's office, Room 250. If this is not
satisfactory, is there another time you suggest? (Bonnie, 7-3602)
∂18-Jun-80 0903 CLT
i will leave, you may have your office
∂18-Jun-80 1303 HVA Basic Research --NSF Renewal
To: JMC, FFL
I just talked to Kent Curtis, NSF, who confirmed that he has received your
renewal; he says it looks O.K., but said he wld call if there are questions.
Many thanks for checking out the renewal. It's all up to them gods
in Washington now.
∂18-Jun-80 1249 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 24
SPEAKER: Jan Komorowski, Linkoeping University (Sweden)
TITLE: Qlog - A Programming Environment in Lisp for a Language Organized
Around Specification.
ABSTRACT:
I argue that the existing Prolog implementations are
insufficient w.r.t. incremental programming, interactive environment,
interactive debugging tools, integrated programming system, etc. The
best of them - the Prolog DEC10system - is an attempt toward such the
environment but it nevertheless provides a rather poor support for the
programmer. Instead I suggest using Qlog, an interactive programming
environment for Prolog which has been implemented in a portable subset
of LISP. The new system is very efficient and with minimal cost inherits
all the support of the host Lisp system. The system takes about 10
(disk) pages. Currently there are Qlog versions in Interlisp, Lisp F3,
Stanford Lisp 1.6, and Lisp Machine Lisp. Timing for Qlog in Lisp 1.6
and Prolog DEC10 on the same DEC10 computer shows that the interpreted
code is executed slightly faster in Qlog. In LM Lisp as much as twice!
In the talk I will introduce main concepts of the language
(assuming that the audience is rather familiar with Lisp), explain why
to have such a language in Lisp and why to implement it in Lisp. Then I
will discuss the interactions between Lisp and Qlog and artificial
intelligence pardigms in which Prolog is involved.
The thesis is that a hybrid of Lisp and Qlog is a strong
alternative to either concept alone.
The reported work has certain similarities to Qlisp. However the
well-defined concepts of Qlog proved to be superior to Qlisp both in the
size of the code and the efficiency.
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Preview:
July 1: Flaviu Cristian, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK):
"Exception Handling and Software Fault Tolerance."
∂18-Jun-80 1421 HVA Visitor: Junia Doane
To: JMC, FFL
Junia Doane appeared (FFL was out briefly), and she is with Bill Scherlis and
Richard Gabriel at the moment. Altho' the app't. was for 1:30, she said she
would stay awhile longer. I've tried to reach you at CASBS and home with no
success--maybe you will pass by a terminal and log in and call--I hope!!
Sorry I goofed on Doane appointment. I was in this hectic three day
meeting and forgot. Perhaps I also forgot to tell Frances where I
was. Frances please check my appointment file a day in advance, because
I make a goof like this once or twice a year. Tomorrow I will also
be away most of the day in Sunnyvale, but I will try to remember to call in.
∂18-Jun-80 1659 CG doyle
A copy of Doyle's Curriculum Vitae is in the file DOYLE[M,CG].
∂18-Jun-80 2225 LES ARPA supplementary proposal
Looks good generally. Probably should have a few "milestones" sprinkled
at the end, as ARPA usually wants, plus a biography of Doyle.
Would you like me to decorate with some PUBisms, say for two column format?
Yes, please decorate it with PUBisms. The biography is DOYLE[M,CG].
Also put in the budget. I gave you a copy to look at while we tinkered
further with the original which is DOYLE.PRO[S80,JMC]. I can't think of
any milestones which would be unrealistic in the absence of Doyle.
When you finish MAIL it to Engelmore, as I said I would in a preliminary
message. I also promised to U.S. mail a copy tomorrow, and I suppose
you can do that. Come to think of it, use Federal Express or the like.
Please use DOYLE.PRO[S80,JMC] as the final file, so that Chris or
I (perhaps in telephone consultation with Doyle) can make last minute
changes to the version to be shipped.
∂19-Jun-80 0645 CG doyle proposal
On Les's suggestion, I added a couple of section headings to the proposal, namely,
"Earlier Work", and "Objectives". The addition of the "Earlier Work" section
heading involved breaking up a paragraph. I hope these changes are alright with
you; in any case they are easily reversable.
∂19-Jun-80 0917 HVA Your 2 Messages
Thank you for both. I've read and clipped the Peninsula Times Tribune account
on the Energy Conference (and have given it to Frances)--very interesting and
I'd like to read your paper!
Thanks for the clipping. It excerpts the paper well except for
one garble. A copy is on your door.
∂19-Jun-80 1403 LES ARPA proposal
I netmailed the proposal to Engelmore at 5am and subsequently called him.
He bought it and I prepared a hard copy version for submission through
the Stanford bureaucracy.
It later occurred to me that a simpler scheme might be used to get the
needed funds -- plan to spend the funds in the current proposal by
1 October 1981 rather than 1 Jan. 1982. This would, in effect, give
an extra $100k, which could help TOB out of his bind. The only
disadvantage is that it would be necessary to write the next proposal
a few months earlier.
I asked Engelmore if this would be feasible. He said that if it could
be done, it would be much simpler from his viewpoint -- all that would
be needed is to schedule all of the funding in FY81 instead of holding
$100k till FY82. He is now checking to see if it can be done.
If he says yes, shall I tell him to go ahead?
∂19-Jun-80 2210 RWW nsf review
I have done the review but not yet typed it. Do you want me to simply send
it in? I have recommended it be funded.
Richard
Yes. Send it in over your own name with a note that it was referred to
you by me.
∂20-Jun-80 0852 FFL Meeting with Prof. Cannon and others
To: JMC, FFL
Prof. Cannon's secretary called to ask if you had made a decision about
the proposed meeting on June 30, Monday, at ll a.m. in his office. Will
you be able to get there?
Meeting with Cannon June 30 ok. Please put it in my calendar.
∂20-Jun-80 0939 HVA Energy Paper
Thank you -I look forward to reading it.
∂20-Jun-80 1511 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Early this afternoon I left a message at R. Weyhrauch's home that you were
trying to reach him. I checked again at 3:10, but there was no answer.
∂20-Jun-80 1622 MTC on TTY64 (at TV-103) 1622
Lately I have been just meandering about at SAIL writing my own programs but
not achieving much except for personal interest. I would like to do some serious
work at SAIL - something that will be useful and benefit someone.
Could you give me any suggestions as to what I can do or who to talk to?
I would greatly appreciate it.
∂20-Jun-80 1625 CSD.BSCOTT at SU-SCORE D.C. Power Building Storage
Date: 20 Jun 1980 1622-PDT
From: CSD.BSCOTT at SU-SCORE
Subject: D.C. Power Building Storage
To: JMC at SU-AI
cc: CSD.BScott at SU-SCORE
John, Susan Schofield told me today that there are books, papers, etc., stored
in Room 111 out at the Power Building which appear to be yours. Do you want
these saved? If so, and you will let me know where they are to go, I will
arrange to have them moved. Susan Schofield told me that the storage rooms
will be emptied by June 30, and anything left will be discarded.
Betty
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If you can have them moved to our 5th floor storage I will be grateful
and will gradually purge them. I believe it doesn't amount to too much.
∂21-Jun-80 1741 MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
Date: 21 JUN 1980 2039-EDT
From: MINSKY at MIT-AI (Marvin Minsky)
To: jmc at SU-AI
Yes, Wolfe was one of my very best fiends is
high scholl, and I have post track of him. thanks a lot aand iIll cal
him.
I'm at LLL and will call you tonight.
-- marvin
C
∂22-Jun-80 1134 ZM NSF FINAL REPORT
To: JMC, HVA
THE REPORT IS READY. ZOHAR
∂23-Jun-80 0312 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
Date: 23 JUN 1980 0548-EDT
From: POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
To: JMC at SU-AI
Hope your conference went well. My own was, uh, remarkable.
One high NASA official told us solemnly that we CANNOT put a man
on the moon within ten years.
I fear that meeting some high NASA officials and finding
they are "just doing their jobs" struck this true believer in
space in the same way that, say, a good convert to Catholicism
would be affected by visiting the Vatican and finding that half
the Curia were atheists...
Ah, well.
Jerry
A phenomenon I call survival of the unfittest has certainly
occurred in NASA. I often wonder whether in organizations like NASA
and also in the nuclear power industry, it wouldn't be better if there
were a few years of almost zero budget to drive out the losers leaving
only a few fanatics followed by a big expansion rather than a steady
budget.
Our meeting was quite good. According to Tom Connolly, a
nuclear engineer here, all sorts of people who usually come in to
give their talks and then disappear stayed for the whole three days.
The talks showed varying degrees of preparedness, and none of them
was really able to imagine the atmosphere that would actually prevail
if an oil cutoff stimulated the country into taking the attitude it
took during World War II. A slogan: The energy crisis is the moral
equivalent of war, and Carter is the moral equivalent of Chamberlain.
John
∂23-Jun-80 1412 CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE Nonmonotonic logic
Date: 23 Jun 1980 1350-PDT
From: CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE
Subject: Nonmonotonic logic
To: jmc at SU-AI
John,
There will be a one-hour panel discussion of nonmonotonic
logic at the AAAI conference, and we'd like you to be on that
panel. Thisa will occur Tuesday Morning, Aug. 19, 9am, here at
Stanford. Other panelists include Hewitt, Alan Thompson,
McDermott, and probably John Seely Brown and Ray Reiter. Since
Hewitt is against NML, and Thompson has a very different use for
it than the others, this promises to be a lively panel. Please
let me know if you can participate.
Doug
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I can participate, and let me recommend Reiter very
strongly. He gets precise mathematical results that are
reasonably relevant to AI.
∂23-Jun-80 1424 FFL Trip to Chicago on June 26; return trip, June 27
To: JMC, FFL
To arrive there around 5 or 6 p.m, you could leave at 12:l5 and arrive at
6:08 p.m. To leave there about 6 or 7 to return, you may leave at 6:45
and arrive at SFO at 9:05. Do you wish me to make the reservations?
∂23-Jun-80 1431 FFL Trip to Chicago
To: JMC, FFL
If I do make the reservations, is it to be chaarged to a University account
or to your American Express? Do you want a car? Hotel reservations -
suggestons?
∂23-Jun-80 1452 FFL Trip to Chicago
To: JMC, FFL
There is an American flight out of San Jose on Thursday at 8:40 a.m.,
arriving Chicago 2:30 p.m. There is a United flight out of Chicago at
6:45 p.m. arriving in San Jose at 9 p.m. If that cuts it too fine, there
is an American flight from Chicago at 9:20 p.m. arriving San Jose at 9 p.m
I have made no reservations yet.
The 8:40 and the 6:45 will be fine; please make the reservations. Just
for information, is there a later morning flight from San Jose in case
I need to change?
∂23-Jun-80 1522 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
I put the Cannon appointment on the bottom of page 6 and you put it at the
top of page 7. You probably will not miiss that appointment.
I never look at page 6 except when looking up past events. Page 7 (it
will be page 8 next year) is the page for the future.
∂23-Jun-80 1534 FFL Trip to Chicago
To: JMC, FFL
Reservations made. There is no flight to Chicago from San Jose until
l:l0 p.m. - after the 8:40 a.m. flight.
∂23-Jun-80 1603 FFL Parking fee
To: JMC, FFL
I sent this info in MAIL but no copy appeared in my file, so I wonder
if my message got through to you. For $12.50 you make get A parking
through Sept. l5. You know you have to go to the police station to
get the permit.
∂23-Jun-80 1640 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
To keep you informed, I contacted Dr. Luckham again about his report to
NSF. He told me today that he would take care of it promptly and will
send it over here for your signature.
∂23-Jun-80 1642 FFL Call from James MacKnight of Grinnell Systems
To: JMC, FFL
He indicated that he had talked with you about display systems in the
past. He called to ask if you were interested in any further discussion
with him and asked that you call. 408 263 9920.
∂23-Jun-80 1734 POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
Date: 23 JUN 1980 2032-EDT
From: POURNE at MIT-MC (Jerry E. Pournelle)
To: JMC at SU-AI
And Seabrook (and Yankee) are the moral equivalents of Munich?
Thanks for the happy phrase.
JERRY
∂23-Jun-80 1940 CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE
Date: 23 Jun 1980 1936-PDT
From: CSD.LENAT at SU-SCORE
To: JMC at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 23-Jun-80 1442-PDT
Glad you will be on thepanel. I am definitely asking Reiter; the
uncertainty is due only to my inability to reach him so far.
Doug
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∂23-Jun-80 2044 RWW NSF REPORT
I AM WORKING ON IT NOW. I COULDN'T REACH YOU ON FRIDAY AND WENT AWAY FOR
THE WEEKEND. I WILL HAVE A REPORT BY TOMORROW MORNING. I HAVE SENT IN THE
NSF PROPOSAL REVIEW. BY THE WAY DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE NEW
BOYER AND MOORE META STUFF?
RICHARD
∂23-Jun-80 2113 TOB ARPA message
John
Ione had a message that I did not understand that sounds
important, about a new ARPA proposal. Please tell me and
what you would like me to do.
Tom
∂24-Jun-80 0122 RWW
To: JMC, LES, HVA, FFL
I have put the report in NSF[S79,RWW]. I am uncertian about the correct
format of the detail that these reports should have. I will call FFL
early tomorrow morning to find out if anything else is necessary.
∂24-Jun-80 0126 RWW NSF REVIEW
I DO NOT REMEMBER IF I TOLD YOU BUT THE REVIEW HAS BEEN SEND.
Richard
∂24-Jun-80 0750 CLT
Virginia Hutchings, who accompanies for the baroque dance workshop is giving
a piano recital tonight at 8pm. I would like to go. Are you interested?
∂24-Jun-80 0841 HVA NSF Progress Report
To: RWW
CC: JMC, LES, FFL, HVA
Richard: I've spooled a copy of report--will check for typos. You should create
a cover page: Progress Report, title of project, NSF Grant no., etc., could use
title page of your original proposal as sample.
∂24-Jun-80 1034 FFL the book, HUMAN INFERENCE
To: JMC, FFL
I checked with the library to see if they had found it for you. It is
checked out and is being recalled and you have the second hold on it, so
it will be a while before I can get it for you.
Thanks on Human Inference.
∂24-Jun-80 1507 BMOORE at SRI-KL AI/Phil session at AAAI
Date: 24 Jun 1980 1504-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: AI/Phil session at AAAI
To: jmc at SAIL
John,
I've just seen the preliminary program for the AAAI Conference and noticed
that there is to be some sort of session (panel discussion?) on AI and
Philosophy. I was wondering whether you knew anything about it.
--Bob
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Doug Lenat has invited me to a panel on non-monotonic logic. If that's
not it, I know nothing.
∂24-Jun-80 1714 BMOORE at SRI-KL AI/Phil at AAAI
Date: 24 Jun 1980 1712-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: AI/Phil at AAAI
To: jmc at SAIL
John,
The non-monotonic logic panel is a separate session. I find it odd that
none of the people I would expect to be involved in such a thing seem to
know anything about it. Perhaps it's the Winograd, Flores, Searle crew.
--Bob
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Why don't you pursue the sessioneers a bit further?
∂25-Jun-80 0016 LLW Fancy Silicon Lithography Inquiry
To: JMC
CC: LLW
Dear John:
While reviewing the S-1 Project last Friday for a long-time friend who is
currently doing time as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense
Programs, I happened to mention the wonderful things which are coming up
in the near and fairly near terms in the way of resolution of lithography
on silicon (and other worthy substrates). Since he's a retired mechanical
engineer, he was highly intrigued by the prospect of 1 micron parts
becoming available in the next year, and tenth-micron features coming down
the line from e-beam writers a few years hence.
At briefing's end, he pursued me out into the hallway to ask for a sample
of one micron circuitry, and of tenth-micron lithography, "to look over
myself, and to pass around on the Hill when I'm next testifying about
what's becoming available from advanced technology." I told him I would
soon deliver a splendid set of such `touchie-feelies,' and I'm now beating
the bushes for same.
Do you have any contacts (e.g., the oracular type(s) at Intel who whisper
strange and wonderful things into your ear from time to time) who might be
willing to loan and/or donate such, preferably with associated
photomicrograph or SEM-derived photo? I'd certainly appreciate any aid
which you might be able to provide in this matter, and it's a very worthy
cause--e.g., it was the good folks at DoE who so graciously beat the wolf
back from Stanford's S-1 door with their exceedingly timely ad hoc
donation to the Project coffers this past Winter.
Of course, it's also a quite nifty opportunity for some lucky company to
have a very senior, quite knowledgable and clearly very neutral Government
official hymn the glories of their (semi-)proprietary technology all over
Washington, for a vanishingly low cost. . . .
Thanks,
Lowell
I have no contacts worthy of the name in semiconductor companies,
and from my cursory reading of the trade press, I get an offhand
impression that you have gone out on a limb. The person most likely to
know or know who knows is Forest Baskett. I could pass this on to him,
but I suppose you can do it yourself. He is FB on this machine.
∂25-Jun-80 0041 RWW
To: JMC, FFL, HVA, LES
I have put a copy on everyone's door of the PUBed version of the
progress report with a title page. The date in the file has been
corrected, but the grant number appears as a bunch of "?"s, as I
didn't know its number. I will call in around 11 in the morning
to check if this is all ok. The file is called PROG80[nsf,rww]
and you get a full PUBed copy by typing PUB PROG80[NSF,RWW].
I have never done one of these before please let me know if there
is any problem.
∂25-Jun-80 0056 100 : ASCHMAN via SU-TIP
HELLO THIS IS SLAC, CAN WE SHOW PAARRY TO A VISITOR?
∂25-Jun-80 0938 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
I do not fully understand your msg re Harnad letter. By relacing the
"old version", to you mean I am to mail the signed copy with the two
reprints (presently in your out box) and leave you the new copy of the
letter which I printed this morning at your instruction?
Sorry. I need to sign the new version.
∂25-Jun-80 0940 FFL your summer appointment
To: JMC, FFL
Both Betty Scott and Hersche Allen are aware of the requirements. Hersche
has to give
Betty the account numbers and then Betty's office sends it in. I will check
on it on Friday.
∂25-Jun-80 1010 BMOORE at SRI-KL AI and Philosophy session at AAAI conference
Date: 25 Jun 1980 1011-PDT
From: BMOORE at SRI-KL
Subject: AI and Philosophy session at AAAI conference
To: balzer at ISIB
cc: jmc at SAIL, bmoore
I have just seen the preliminary program for the AAAI conference and I
was interested to see a session (panel?) on AI and Philosophy listed.
I asked John McCarthy whether he knew anything about it and he said that
he did not. Since John and I have just spent a year at the Center for
Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences as part of a study group on
AI and Philosophy, we wondered why the participants in that group apparently
knew nothing about the session at AAAI. Could you please forward some
information on this session?
--Bob Moore
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∂25-Jun-80 1037 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> meeting re space
Date: 25 Jun 1980 1026-PDT
From: Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
Subject: meeting re space
To: jmc at SU-AI
We have agreed to meet to discuss space. My plans are to be here
today (Wednesday) until 3. (I have to leave to un-babysit my daughter.)
I plan to stay home Thursday to write a program, and be in all day Friday.
Today before three would be nice. How's your schedule. -Denny
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∂25-Jun-80 1125 FFL NSF Reports' status
To: JMC, FFL
Zohar has completed and we have sent his report for his NSF grant.
Les completed and we have forwarded his Dialnet report.
Richard Weyhrauch as completed and we will forward his report today.
The outstanding report is that of David Luckham. I have spoken to him
twice about it. Yesterday he told me that he would get it done. I
will check again next week.
∂25-Jun-80 1300 CLT*
Ask at CASBS for BBS.
∂25-Jun-80 1514 BEVERLY.HOWELL at CMU-10A Recommendation for Hans Moravec
Date: 25 Jun 1980 1814-EDT
From: BEVERLY.HOWELL at CMU-10A
Subject: Recommendation for Hans Moravec
To: JMC at SU-AI, TOB at SU-AI, DEK at SU-AI
TO: Drs. Binford, McCarthy, Knuth:
I am in the process of trying to get an H-1 Visa for Hans Moravec.
Would you please write a recommendation for Dr. Hans Moravec extoling
his work and research abilities so that I can apply for this visa asap.
It would be greatly appreciated if I can have them soon. Please
∂25-Jun-80 1640 DCL
∂25-Jun-80 1422 JMC NSF report
Lack of the final report from your NSF grant is now the
only thing holding up consideration of my NSF renewal. When can
I expect it?
REPLY:
I'm working on it now. The problem is that it requires a copy of Karp's
Ph.D. thesis, and a couple of other reports. As I understand it, these
documents have to accompany thee final report. If this is wrong, I can
get the report done immediately.
-David
Most likely we can improvise assuming that there are some reports and
theses. If we are awaiting the report production mill that is too long,
so it would be well to specially xerox the necessary documents. A
fortiori, we can't wait for Karp or anyone else to complete a thesis.
What extension are you on now?
∂25-Jun-80 1702 TOB
∂25-Jun-80 1643 TOB budget
John
I had written a SAIL program for the last NSF proposal
in 78 for budgeting. This time, I asked Barry to make
a LISP version, and to extend it to budget projection.
We have used it to straighten out our situation. See
BUDGET.DOC[SYS,BIS] for a pointer to the documentation.
Easiest is to look at a sample budget or budget projection.
Tom
∂25-Jun-80 2028 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) Re: disks
Date: 25 Jun 1980 2023-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: Re: disks
To: JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
cc: REG at SU-AI, FB at SU-AI, GIO at SU-AI, rindfleisch at SUMEX-AIM
In-Reply-To: Your message of 25-Jun-80 1812-PDT
Looks to me like John is really on to something re file server and discs.
The big question is: can we collectively get our act together? Notice how
swiftly we have brought up all of our Ethernet connections, and how
rapidly we have moved to our new terminal system. Now that all of that,
and the Ethertips, are under our (collective) belts, it's time for our
file server project. Pardon the public display of pain. I still think
John's idea is a fine one--and can be accomodated under our ARPA support,
our IBM relationship, and/or our CSD-CF cost center.
Ed
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∂26-Jun-80 0149 ME autologout
∂26-Jun-80 0138 JMC autologout
I get the impression that my Imlac gets auto-logged out when there
is no competition for job slots, and it doesn't compete for any other
resource. It's not a major matter, but if it's no trouble, maybe you
could fix it in the next system.
ME - You get logged out after a few hours, even if the job slot isn't
needed. This has been a standard feature of autologout since the Move
(although it couldn't strike you until your grace period became finite).
I'd prefer to keep it this way, and I'm sure it will make other users
happier too to keep it (even an idle job uses up some resources, including
system free storage). If you're getting logged out in less than two hours
(maybe it's at least three hours, four hours in non-prime time) or so
after going idle, then there is a bug and you should let me know.
∂26-Jun-80 0303 LLW Party Call
To: "@S1P[1,LLW]" at SU-AI
This is your first-and-last notice of and formal invitation to the Annual
`O' Program Independence Day Party, Riot and High Celebration, to be
convened at Noon, 5 July, at last year's location (south side of the lake,
just west of the formal parking area, adjacent to the `soccer field') at
Del Valle Regional Park; Cindy at 415-422-7286 will provide directions for
all those who can't remember/never knew this location. Feel free to bring
spouse/special friend, and any children deemed expendable.
Applicable Federal statutes prevent full description of all the activities
and entertainments which will be featured at this gala event, but we can
say that TM will be offering rides to the unwary in his new yacht, and PMF
will be showing off some of the negative-delay wires on which Mark IIA
ABOX operation is predicated. Feel free to bring amusing items of your
own, however.
RSVP to Cindy (CDW@SAIL) or Chris (CEG@SAIL) in a timely fashion, or risk
being undernourished.
Lowell
∂26-Jun-80 0719 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI FY81 funding
Date: 26 Jun 1980 0710-PDT
Sender: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
Subject: FY81 funding
From: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
To: JMC at SU-AI
Cc: LES at SU-AI
Message-ID: <[USC-ISI]26-Jun-80 07:10:47.ENGELMORE>
Dear John,
It's time once again to get the next fiscal year's money out
the door on our continuing contracts. Please send me, in bulletized
form, 1) FY80 accomplishments, and 2) FY81 plans. (Don't include
Doyle's work in the FY81 plans, since that's contingent on additional
funding.) The total length of these two lists should not exceed one
page. Please try to get this to me before July 4th. Thanks, and
I'll keep you posted on my negotiations with Bob Kahn on additional
support for Doyle (nothing to report this week, as he's out of town).
Bob
∂26-Jun-80 1009 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM Re: disks
Date: 26 Jun 1980 0901-PDT
From: Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: Re: disks
To: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE, JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
cc: REG at SU-AI, FB at SU-AI, GIO at SU-AI, rindfleisch,
cc: kaplan at SRI-KL
In response to the message sent 25 Jun 1980 2023-PDT from CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Yes, lets do it. Having a large file resource will also be a motivating
factor for getting ethernet communication going.
I am organizing bringing up a database system ( from SAI ) on SCORE,4331, and
VAX, so that identical interfaces to data can exist everywhere, with access
not only to files, but also records and fields via symbolic names. On that
basis large files can be shared without wholesale copying and high/long
communication demands.
PS we still keep our larga KBMS files at SRI ...
Gio
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∂26-Jun-80 1009 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM Re: disks
Date: 26 Jun 1980 0912-PDT
From: Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: Re: disks
To: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE, JMC at SU-AI, EAF at SU-AI
cc: REG at SU-AI, FB at SU-AI, GIO at SU-AI, rindfleisch,
cc: kaplan at SRI-KL
In response to the message sent 25 Jun 1980 2023-PDT from CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
PS my project in the IBM joint study does involve shared database
access~. A proposal for funding such work is in a second goaround
to HEW. progress is obviously hampered by lack of communication
not only to the equipment, by also aomong the series ones.
Originally there was an expectation of a packet intercommuncation
system to come from an IBM research site ( Pisa? ).It would be great if new faculty would be interested in this area,
and can receive support - grant and moral-wise from us.
Gio
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∂26-Jun-80 1022 ALS
DAVE CHUNG'S PHONE IS 493-2279
∂26-Jun-80 1026 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE> space meeting
Date: 26 Jun 1980 1024-PDT
From: Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
Subject: space meeting
To: jmc at SU-SCORE
Can we get together sometime Friday? I have to arrange transportation,
depending on time of day when we can meet. I have lots of people on my
back to finish the Fall plans. -Denny
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∂26-Jun-80 1243 FWH PV+A Seminar
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
PROGRAM VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS SEMINAR
PLACE: ERL 237
TIME: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 1
SPEAKER: Flaviu Cristian, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)
TITLE: Exception Handling and Software Fault Tolerance
ABSTRACT:
A general model allowing a unified understanding of programmed
exception handling (forward recovery) and default exception handling
(backward recovery) in programs structured as hierarchies of data
abstractions is presented. The cause effect relationship between
software design faults and failure detections is explored and a class of
design faults for wich backward recovery can provide effective
fault-tolerance is characterised. It is also shown that there exist a
second class of software design faults wich cannot be tolerated if
backward recovery is used. The use of software validation in avoiding
such design faults is discussed.
∂26-Jun-80 1429 TOB meeting with Reynolds
John
Cannon has set up a new date for the meeting with
Reynolds, you, me, Cannon, Reynolds, 30 June,
meet at Cannon's office (Aero and Astro headquarters,
2nd floor Durand) then go to 450 (I think).
30 June 11am.
Tom
∂27-Jun-80 1133 FFL NSF Report
To: DCL, FFL, JMC, HVA
Thank you for the material for the report. It is not necessary for you t
sign it. John McCarthy has signed it. I will send you a copy as you
requested.
∂27-Jun-80 1336 FFL Luckham report
To: JMC, FFL
David Luckham's report went to Sponsored Projects this noon. I will
check on it on Tuesday.
∂27-Jun-80 1723 CLT phon at hp
∂28-Jun-80 0507 REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas)
Date: 28 JUN 1980 0806-EDT
From: REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas)
To: JMC at SU-AI
I saw the news story that quoted your remarks about "what if USSR grabbed
mideast oil, cutting our total by 35%, how would we survive". It sounded
similar to (but less drastic than) your proposal for surviving a total
cooling of the Sun. Yeah, I guess the same methods (to different degree)
are applicable.
∂28-Jun-80 0750 JMC*
words for Marotta
∂29-Jun-80 1100 JMC*
Ask Filotti about representation problem.
∂29-Jun-80 1333 WP PV Seminar - Flaviu Cristian
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
In addition to the PV seminar on Tuesday 7/1 Flaviu will talk in
McCluskey's seminar on Monday 6/30. The latter talk will be more
practically oriented while the Tuesday talk deals with the mathematical
background (formal model etc).
Sorry, I could not find out location and time of the Monday
seminar yet. This info follows later.
∂29-Jun-80 2325 JK
∂29-Jun-80 1837 JMC
Do you want a share of an office in MJH in the Fall?
Yes.
The file arpa.doc[doc,jk] contains the stuff that you requested;
let me know if it is too long or written from the wrong angle.
∂30-Jun-80 0000 JMC*
Letter to Hurwitz.
∂30-Jun-80 0000 JMC*
cassette to Tom Connolly
∂30-Jun-80 1029 CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum) your summer salary
Date: 30 Jun 1980 0841-PDT
From: CSD.FEIGENBAUM at SU-SCORE (Edward Feigenbaum)
Subject: your summer salary
To: jmc at SU-AI
cc: csl.fb at SU-SCORE, csd.hill at SU-SCORE
John,
Remember that ARPA network-graphics project that you pulled out of a few
months ago? Well, someone has organized things to have you draw salary
during the summer from that project. What is worse, you were never even
budgeted for salary from that grant--even if you hadn't withdrawn.
Would you check with Hersche and/or Les and find out what's going on
re your summer salary and get back to me with a more justifiable
salary dispositiion?
Sorry to bother you with this, but someone in your AI-Lab administration
doesn't know what's going on.
Ed
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You moved my additional month and 10 percent to the main ARPA didn't you?
∂30-Jun-80 1008 WP Flaviu Cristian
To: "@SEM.DIS[SEM,VER]" at SU-AI
Today's talk will be at 4:15pm in ERL237
∂30-Jun-80 1111 FFL
To: JMC, FFL
Are you going to the meeting in Prof. Cannon's office scheduled for
ll a.m. today?
∂30-Jun-80 1432 LES Engelmore conversation
To: JMC
CC: RWW
Engelmore said that he had not yet been able to corner Kahn to discuss
the accelerated funding proposal. He will do so either this afternoon
or tomorrow morning.
Bob also remarked that he had not received any "bullets" in response to
his message last week (attached) and needs some very soon.
I note that his earlier message said "before July 4" but he now seems
to be asking for them sooner. Since the pain of doing this is probably
independent of the timing, it would seem expedient to do it sooner.
He is not asking for much text, just a summary list of accomplishments
and plans.
∂26-Jun-80 0719 ENGELMORE at USC-ISI FY81 funding
Date: 26 Jun 1980 0710-PDT
Sender: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
Subject: FY81 funding
From: ENGELMORE at USC-ISI
To: JMC at SU-AI
Cc: LES at SU-AI
Message-ID: <[USC-ISI]26-Jun-80 07:10:47.ENGELMORE>
Dear John,
It's time once again to get the next fiscal year's money out
the door on our continuing contracts. Please send me, in bulletized
form, 1) FY80 accomplishments, and 2) FY81 plans. (Don't include
Doyle's work in the FY81 plans, since that's contingent on additional
funding.) The total length of these two lists should not exceed one
page. Please try to get this to me before July 4th. Thanks, and
I'll keep you posted on my negotiations with Bob Kahn on additional
support for Doyle (nothing to report this week, as he's out of town).
Bob
∂30-Jun-80 1317 FFL call from Dave Allen of Pulp and Paper magazine in NYC
To: JMC, FFL
Saw story of your speech in Chicago. Is interested in securing the text,
in knowing how he can contact the office of SE2 so he can get other
speeches of the conference. Said business should be interested. He add3ed
that you had mentioned wood and remarked that the paper industry would be
interested in that.
He will call again tomorrow to ask me for the answers to has questions.
∂30-Jun-80 1453 LES
∂30-Jun-80 1446 JMC
To: HVA
CC: LES
You moved my additional month and 10 percent to the main ARPA didn't you?
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What additional month and 10% ?
∂30-Jun-80 1509 HVA JMC Summer Salary
To: JMC, LES
Yes, I moved it as requested--EAF just pointed out that I switched ARPA acc't.
numbers, but it's straightened out now.
∂30-Jun-80 1556 RPG Dave Waltz
To: JMC, TOB
CC: LES
I'm hoping to have my orals this summer and would like to have
Dave Waltz from Illinois to be on the orals committee. He was my advisor
at Illinois and is on my reading committee. Brown claims that the dept is
broke wrt travel money for this sort of thing and suggested taking my case to
you. Waltz can give one or two lectures, one on natural language and
one on vision; he will not be here for AAAI
-rpg-
∂30-Jun-80 1647 Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
Date: 30 Jun 1980 1644-PDT
From: Denny Brown <CSD.DBROWN at SU-SCORE>
To: JMC at SU-AI, DPB at SU-AI
In-Reply-To: Your message of 30-Jun-80 1551-PDT
Great. Again tomorrow I have transportation problems (my car is in the
shop). Approximately when? within a few hours is fine. -Denny
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