[118085] in Cypherpunks
Re: Who is M ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Sun Sep 19 14:34:30 1999
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Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 01:08:08 -0700
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From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
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>From: Jim Gillogly <jim@acm.org>
>Perhaps mseli is a James Bond fan? M's identity was revealed as Admiral
>Sir Miles Messervy in one of the books. IDing by initial was based
>on the designation of the head of MI6 as "C".
According to one of the books on the time*, "C" was a Scot who
tended to wear kilts at work. One of his countrymen addressed him by name
instead of initial, and when "C" complained about it, the man replied
"Well, Mr. Menzies, if you don't want people to know your name,
you shouldn't go around wearing your family tartan"...
[Probably Robin Winks's book, but I don't remember.]
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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