From: oded@ai.mit.edu (Oded Maron)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 13:23:25 -0400
To: all-ai
Subject: GSB today at 5:30


Are you tired of the city?  Is university life bringing you down?  Do
you want to just get away from it all?  Well, I did.  I am now living
in a small cabin in south-eastern Idaho.  However, unlike the
Unabomber, I chose to use my mathematical prowess and wilderness
experience for good, and not for evil.  Yes, I am the anti-Unabomber.

Like the Unabomber, I go to my local library and keep myself updated
on the latest developments in technology.  However, I do not make
bombs and send them to people that I think push progress too far.
Instead, I write postcards and mail them to university researchers,
airline executives, and people in the foresting industry.  Not
everybody gets a postcard - only those whose work really furthers the
field.

Here are some excerpts from postcards that I've sent recently:

Dear Prof. Markof,
	I really enjoyed your recent article in the "Journal of Hyper-
	and Inter- Active Agents".  Keep up the good work!

Dear Lewis Jordan,
	I've flown your airline several times and found it completely
	safe, though a bit stingy with the peanuts.  Don't let those
	regulators get you down.

Dear Mr. Flynn,
	Just today, I used a paper product made from trees your
	company had cut down in Oregon.  I found the product to be
	soft, even velvety to the touch.  Kudos to you and your
	loggers. 


Well, I need not tell you - members of the AI lab - that there is more
and more good research and good business going on every day.  In fact,
I am starting to get swamped.  Won't you please help?  Applications to
join the anti-Unabomber organization will be made available at today's

G   I   R   L     S   C   O   U   T     B   E   N   E   F   I   T

5:30, 7th floor playroom