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...determined to avoid such unseemliness. To shield its investigation from political gossip as well as foreign intelligence services, the committee will move into a new $350,000 suite in the Hart Office Building that is designed to be leakproof. Staff members will talk on bug-proof telephones, type on hacker-proof word processors and sign out research material from a "secure documents room." The offices will be protected by code-locked doors staffed around the clock by armed guards. Exterior walls will be implanted with electronic sensors to detect intruders...
...Most hackers don't have to write papers during finals; all they do is chew endless no-doz's and hand in final computer programming projects. Unfortunately, the Happy Hacker made the mistake of being a Social Studies major and was thus saddled with numerous papers and exams during January; thus the temporary disappearance of this column...
...easiest way to get public domain software is to copy it from friends. But, for those with few software-rich friends, the Happy Hacker can provide a basic lesson in where and how to obtain free software...
...obtain a copy of Kermit for $5 from the Science Center supply room, or can get a more sophisticated program such as Procomm (similar in cost to Red Ryder) from friends. Those unable to obtain a terminal program from other sources should send a blank disk to the Happy Hacker at 14 Plympton St. and wait about a week for delivery...
...mainframe to your computer. From a Class 4 account, Mac users simply type MACPUT filename and then set their communications program to receive a file. When the program has been put onto a Mac disk, it will need to be converted with a program called BINHEX (available from hacker friends...