From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id b9298c4c for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 15:19:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7627FA22C4; Sat, 10 Nov 2018 01:19:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12445A22C0; Sat, 10 Nov 2018 01:18:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8FB0CA22BE; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 22:52:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (mail.cs.dartmouth.edu [129.170.212.100]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 22355A22BC for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 22:52:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (tahoe.cs.dartmouth.edu [129.170.212.20]) by mail.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id wA9CqYLH024115 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 07:52:34 -0500 Received: from tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (8.15.2/8.14.3) with ESMTP id wA9CqYsq059094 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 07:52:34 -0500 Received: (from doug@localhost) by tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id wA9CqYbd059066 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 07:52:34 -0500 From: Doug McIlroy Message-Id: <201811091252.wA9CqYbd059066@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 07:52:34 -0500 To: tuhs@tuhs.org User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Peter Adams photos X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > My favorite anecdote that I've read regarding Belle was when Ken > Thompson took it out of the country for a competition. Someone, > I'm assuming with customs, asked him if Belle could be > classified as munitions in any way. He replied, "Only if you > drop it out the window." That's not the half of it. Ken had been invited by Botvinnik, a past world champion, to demonstrate Belle in Russia. Customs spotted it in baggage and impounded it without Ken's knowledge. When he arrived empty-handed in Moscow, his hosts abandoned him to his own devices. Late that fateful Friday afteroon, customs called Bell Labs security, which in turn called Ken's department head--me. That evening I called Bill Baker, the Labs' presi7, at home, hoping he might use his high-level Washington connections to spring Belle. No luck. Ken was in the dark about the whole affair until Joe Condon managed to reach him at his hotel. Customs kept the machine a month and released it only after the Labs agreed to pay a modest fine. I believe Ken's remark about the military potential of Belle was made in reply to a reporter. Doug