00100	STEVE,
00200	     SORRY I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN SO LONG.  DID YOU GET MY
00300	'SENT SRS' NOTE OF TWO WEEKS AGO?  IF NOT TELL ME AND I
00400	WILL REPRODUCE IT.
00500	     NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE BEEN INCREDIABLY BUSY.
00600	I HAVE NEVER WORKED SO HARD IN MY LIFE.  IT IS ALL OF
00700	MY DOING, SINCE IT HAS BEEN ON NON-REQUIRED STUFF.  MY OFFICE MATE
00800	PHIL KARLTON, AND ROSS SCROGGS AND I HAVE BEEN INVESTIG
00900	ATING AVL TREES.  IT IS A COMBINATORICS PROJECT AND IS 
01000	REALLY NEAT!
01100	    THE THREE OF US HAVE DISCOVERED SOME REALLY INTERESTING AND
01200	POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT THINGS.  WE ARE WORKING (UNOFFICIALLY
01300	AND ON THE SLY) FOR SAM FULLER.  HE IS REALLY A GREAT GUY.
01400	
01500	     FOR THE AVL PROJECT, WE NEED A LITTLE HELP.  WE NEED AN
01600	ARTICLE THAT WE CAN'T GET HERE.  IT IS BY R. BAYER, AND
01700	E. MCCREIGHT  AND IS IN ACTA INFORMATICA, NO. 3, 1972 PAAGES 173
01800	TO 189.   COULD YOU XEROX IT AND SEND IT AIRMAIL AS SOON
01900	AS POSSIBLE (PREFERABLY TODAY!!!!!)   THIS IS A LEGITIMATE 
02000	DEPARTMENT THING, SO MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A SECRETARY DO IT.
02100	
02200	ABOUT PROJECT BEANSTALK, I READ A GOOD ARTICLE ON SUCH A
02300	THING IN PRODUCT ENGINEERING IN 1966.  I HAVE THE 
02400	ARTICLE ART HOME.  THEY SHHOWED THAT A SCHEME OF A CABLE 
02500	TAPERED AT BIOTH ENDS WITH THE MIDPOINT IN SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
02600	WAS A WIN.  YOU START A MASS OFF FROM THE MIDPOINT TOWARDS 
02700	OUTER SPACE.  IT IS PUSHED BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE AND YOU RIG AN
02800	ELECTRICAL GENERATOR TO SEND POWER THUS GENERATED ALONG THE 
02900	CABLE TO A MOTOR LIFTING A LIKE MASS FROM EARTH.  BY ONLY SUPPLYING
03000	ELECTRICITY TO MAKE UP THE RESISTANCE LOSS, YOU GET
03100	MASS FOR MASS FREE ORBIT.  (USE A CABLE THAT IS ALSO A SUPERCONDUCTOR
03200	AND YOU REALLY WIN).  WHERE DOSE THE ENERGY COME FROM? FROM
03300	DESPINNING THE EARTH.  THUS, THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY WILL BEGIN TO
03400	ROTATE AROUND THE EARTH.  THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO ANCHOR 
03500	IT TO THE EARTH, WHICH INVOLVES A MUCH STRONGER CABLE.
03600	(I HAVEN'T DONE THE PHYSICS ON THIS AND I SHOULD.)
03700	
03800	     I AM TAKING A HARDWARE CLASS FROM SAM FULLER.
03900	HE IS A REALLY GOOD TEACHER, AND I AN FAST BECOMING A DIGITAL
04000	DESIGNER.  I AM ALSO TAKING MATH FOUNDATIONS .  IT IS REALLY NEAT.
04100	
04200	     YOUR COMPUTER PROJECT SOUNDS EXCELLENT.  I THINK YOU ARE GHT
04300	ABOUT THE PRICE OF COMP ON A CHIP FALLING AND MUCH BETTER ,
04400	FASTER ONES COMING ALONG.    PERSONAL COMPUTERS HERE WE COME!!!!!
04500	I AM TEACHING THESE DAYS AND REALLLY DIGGING IT!
04600	I HAVE OFFICIALLYB COMMITTED MYSELF TO TEACHING COMPUTERS 
04700	FOR POETS NEXT FALL.  IT SHOULD BE GREAT!
04800	
04900	    ARE YOU GOING TO BE A T XEROX THS SUMMER? IF NOT, WHAT?
05000	DO YOU WANT TO COME ON THE SIERRA CLUB TRIP IN IDAHO THIS AUG 3-13?
05100	BOTH SUSIES ARE GOING TO BE THERE.  I AM ALSO CONNING 
05200	SEVERAL CMU PEOPLE INTO GOING.
05300	     SOME THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE.  A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
05400	AND I ARE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER A HOUSE TO LIVE IN NEXT YEAR.
05500	I NEVER REALIZED HOW HARD IT COULD BE WITHOUT THE COLUMBAE MODEL
05600	AROUND.  NOBODY EVEN BELIEVES IT WILL WORK.  I GOT A LETTER FROM
05700	FAYE THAT JOGGED MY MIND.  SHE TALKED ABOUT NON-CONSUMPTION
05800	AND COLLECTIVISM, AND I REALIZED THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYONE HERE
05900	WHO HINKS ABOUT NON-CONSUMPTION.  
06000	
06100	   I THINK I AM GOING TO BOSTON ON SPRING BREAK.  IT SHOULD BE GOOD.
06200	     PLEASE SAY HI KTO EVERYONE!!!   I WILL BE ON MORE OFTEN,
06300	AND I WILLTELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE AVL PROJECT AND,
06400	EVEN, IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE OTHER LETTER, I WILL REPRODUCE IT.
06500	AND ... I WILL SEND YOU A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY,
06600	AND AND PLEASE PLEASE SEND ME THE ARTICLE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
06700	      SEE YOU LATER,    TED.
06800