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From: kristi@fig16.cray.com (Kristin Kapsner)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: really great NOVA show on computer hacker espionage
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Date: 24 Apr 91 22:03:33 GMT
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In article <24404@well.sf.ca.us> rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao) writes:
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>I just saw the best thing I've ever seen on computers.
>This week's NOVA tells the true story of how a little astronomer
>at Berkeley stumbled upon an act of computer spying that involved
>the military, the CIA and the FBI. The whole thing began with
>what appeared to be a 75-cent computer accounting error.
>The narrative is straightforward and whimsical, and totally gripping.
>It gets extremely emotional at the end. I AM SPEECHLESS, YOU WILL
>WATCH THIS. OH MY GOD, YOU THOUGHT NOVA WAS BORING?
>IF you have any interesting notes about this story, please send.
>Note: it was on San Fran's channel 9 tonight (Tue 4/23) and will be
>on again Wed midnight, does anyone know when else here?
>-- 
>Robert Chao
>Oakland, California

I just want to add my praise to this episode!  We watched it in our
Senior Seminar on Ethics and Computer History.  That little guy was
just great!  He slept by the computers and everything!  

Kristy