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Questions about your personal computer? Need advice about the latest in software? This week The Crimson starts a weekly column on computer life at Harvard--and it's designed for the layman. Letters are welcome and should be addressed to The Happy Hacker c/o The Harvard Crimson, 14 Plympton St., Cambridge...
...says HBO Vice President David Pritchard. "But the fact is someone has interfered with authorized satellite transmissions." The incident has raised concerns that other satellite-borne communications, including sensitive data transmitted by business and the military, could be similarly disrupted. Representatives of the three broadcast networks insist that a hacker would have difficulty breaking into their programming. But any satellite signal could theoretically be disrupted, experts say. "Most satellites are built with some safety measures," explains Karl Savatiel, director of satellite communications for AT&T. "But all satellites, including military satellites, are vulnerable if a person knows where the satellite...
...Sears color TV that Hovanees ordered through CompuServe's Electronic Mall never did arrive. And, as Peggy Berk can testify, there are special risks in relying on computer systems that are shared with thousands of strangers. She once spent three days reconstructing her client contact list after an unidentified hacker broke into a confidential mailbox on The Source and dispatched her private storage files into the ether...
...some think the tax on liquor is too low. "Heavier taxes make heavy drinkers more responsible for what they do," said George Hacker, director of alcohol policies for the Center for Science in Public Interest, a non-profit health advocacy group...
...Hacker says that the tax on spirits should be twice what it is now, and levies on beer and wine should be similarly increased. By doubling the tax, Hacker figures that alcohol-related problems, particularly lost productivity and increased health care costs, will decline by 15 percent and raise $12 billion for the U.S. Treasury...