John the Ripper - John the Ripper John the Ripper is password cracking software. Initially developed for the UNIX operating system, it currently runs on fifteen different platforms. It is one of the most popular password testing/breaking programs as it combines a number of password crackers into one package, autodetects, and includes a customisable cracker. The encrypted password formats which it can be run against include various DES formats, RSA MD4 and MD5, Kerberos AFS, and Windows LM hash. Additional modules have extended its ability to include passwords stored in LDAP, MySQL and others. John is designed to discover weak passwords from the encrypted information in system files. It operates by taking text strings (usually from a file containing words found in a dictionary), encrypting it in the same format.
John D. MacDonald - John D. MacDonald John D. MacDonald (1916 - 1986) was an American writer best known for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee. His education included an MBA from Harvard University. He began his literary career just after World War II, writing fiction for the "pulp magazines." He also wrote science-fiction stories, westerns, and "mainstream" novels. He won the American Book Award in 1980. Stephen King called him "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." MacDonald's Travis McGee is an intelligent and introspective protagonist. The Travis McGee novels, generally including the name of a color in their title, usually feature an appearance by a sidekick referred to only as "Meyer" who is a retired economist. McGee lives in a houseboat in.
Ripper - Ripper Ripper is a spin-off series from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starring Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles. As of May 2003, nothing is certain about the series yet, other than a confirmation by creator Joss Whedon that he is working on plans for the show. Ripper was also the online alias of Brandon Vedas, who died due to a drug overdose. Vedas was encouraged to consume more drugs by people in a chatroom who were watching him via his webcam. A CD ripper is a piece of software that reads compact discs and extracts audio data and stores it in an audio file. See Also: Jack the Ripper John the Ripper.
King Mob - London with one of them dressed as Santa Claus and proceeded to give away all the store’s toys to children. The police were called and the children made to give the toys back. King Mob also produced the King Mob Echo which celebrated killers like Jack The Ripper, Mary Bell and John Christie. Graffiti attributed to King Mob was observed in many places, including the memorable Same thing day after day – tube – work – diner – work – tube – armchair – TV – sleep – tube – work – how much more can you take? – One in ten go mad – one in five cracks up (painted on the walls of the London Underground between Ladbrook Grove and Westbourne Park tube stations) and I don’t believe in.
January 2 - - British Institution of Civil Engineers formed 1859 - Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette. 1870 - Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins 1871 - Amadeus I becomes King of Spain 1872 - Brigham Young is arrested for bigamy (25 wives). 1882 - John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust 1890 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the White House. 1900 - John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. 1900 - Chicago Canal opens. 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian fleet surrenders at Port Arthur, China 1917 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. 1921 - The first religious radio broadcast (KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 1921 - DeYoung Museum in Golden.
Juan Maria Solare: List of works - Why again). Worpswede and Lilienthal, 13-20/APR/2002. [13'00]. To Jorge Pítari. "Aquelarre (tercera noche de Walpurgis)" for three trumpets. Mollina, Köln, Kürten, Worpswede, Bremen and Lilienthal, 2/JUL/2001-24/MAY/2002. [8'00"] To Friedemann Boltes. "Anche" [also/reed] for trio d'anches (reed trio): oboe, clarinet and basoon. Mollina, 29/JUN-1/JUL/2002. [6'00"]. To Anke Bräuler. "A fondo", milonga for violin and piano. Lilienthal, Köln, trains between Köln and Bremen, 17-25/AUG/2002. [4'30"]. 4 pages. To "Fredo" Burmester. "Schwebend" [Suspended] for Piccolo flute and string trio (Violin, Viola & Cello). Train Stuttgart -> Cologne 14/OCT, Cologne 15/OCT/2002. [4'30"] 3 pages. "Dreiecksbeziehungen" [triangular relationships], for (Bass-)clarinet, Cello and Bandoneon. Flight London->Bremen & Bus Bremen->Worpswede, 21/NOV/2002. [6'00"] "You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince", for english Horn and Alto Saxophone. Köln & Worpswede, 28/NOV-12/DEC/2002. [6'30"] To Andreas.
Villain - of Dudley Doright, is a well known parody of this kind of character. These stereotypes include black clothing (often quite formal, capes, top hats, etc), facial hair, sharp features, and a perpetually "angry" facial expression. Other non-visual villainous stereotypes include a habit of "evil laughter," a snooty or smarmy voice, and a haughty overconfidence that leads to the unnecessary explanation of one's sinister plans. This exposition, of course, is a fairly transparent plot device. Are villains inherently more interesting than the heroes who oppose them? They are at least as indispensable to the stories they appear in, probably more so. Those who stand on the side of righteousness and goodness seldom have much choice but to respond, and little choice in how; for villains, all paths are wide open. Many believe.
Unix security - systems have an account or group which enables a user to exact complete control over the system, often known as a root account. If access to this account is gained by an unwanted user, this results in a complete breach of the system. A root account however is necessary for administrative purposes, and for the above security reasons the root account is seldom used for day to day purposes, so further vigilance is able to be taken to root account usage User and administrative techniques Passowrds 1. Patching 2. Users and accounts 3. Services 4. File system security Passwords crack, john the ripper, dict attacks, nemonic techniques shadow/master.passwd crypt and MD5 users delete old accounts su, sudo, wheel on bsd, /etc/securetty, ssh only, no root logins Patching source rpm based deb.
Dictionary attack - word for the number one, appeared in 90% of all Engima messages, as the Enigma machine's keyboard had no numerals. Clifford Stoll's book, The Cuckoo's Egg, contains an interesting, and unusually readable, account of a dictionary attack against the encrypted passwords kept in the passwd file in Unix systems, and of the reaction to the successful attack of the man (Robert Morris Sr) who invented the encryption system used for those passwords. See also: Brute force attack Well known examples of dictionary attack software tools include John the Ripper and L0phtCrack.
1888 - seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400. March 22 - The English Football League is formed April 11 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated. May 13 - Brazil abolishes slavery. August 31 - Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is perhaps the first of Jack the Ripper's victims. September 4 - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film. September 8 - In London, the body of Annie Chapman is found. She is considered the second victim of Jack The Ripper. September 30 - In London, the bodies of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes are found. They are considered Jack the Ripper's third and fourth victim respectively. October 9 - The Washington Monument officially opens.
1951 - Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats, northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. February 12 - Marriage of Muhammad Reza Shah to Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari February 27 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. March 6 - The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. March 7 - Korean War: Operation Ripper - In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against the Chinese "volunteers". March 12 - The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the U.S. for the first time. March 14 - Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul. March 29 - Red Scare: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage..
Alan Moore - depiction of a natural childbirth, something that had been strictly taboo in comics before then). He experimented with symbolism in the medium through placement of comic strip panels and text, an increased emphasis on backgrounds and detail, while attempting to cut down and eventually eliminate the use of "sound effects", thought balloons, and captions; he worked in the same way that film editors use the medium of motion pictures to manipulate the audience. Moore stated that he wanted to expand the medium of the comic book, so that readers could experience more than endless rehashes of costume-clad superhero battles. To this end, he began such projects as Lost Girls (an adults-only comics reinvention of pornographic), From Hell (a story about Jack the Ripper), and Big Numbers. He spent the early 1990s.
August 31 - deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II. 1886 - Earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina 1888 - Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is perhaps the first of Jack the Ripper's victims 1897 - Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie camera 1907 - England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente 1957 - Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom 1962 - Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent 1978 - Symbionese Liberation Army founders William and Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst 1980 - Solidarity labor union formed in Poland 1985 - Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker" killer, is arrested in Los Angeles, California 1986 - An Aeromexico Douglas DC-9 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California killing 82, including 15.
Blackheath, London - frequently hosts kite-flying competitions. Famous residents James Callaghan, British Prime Minister 1976-1979, lived at Blackheath in the 1950s and 1960s, and his daughter Margaret went to Blackheath High School. Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson lived at 6 Vanbrugh Hill, SE3 between 1894 and 1906. James Glaisher (1809-1903), who pioneered modern weather forecasting techniques, lived in Dartmouth Row. Jools Holland, TV personality and musician lives in Westcombe Park. Sir James Clark Ross, who in 1831 located the magnetic north-pole, and whom after the Ross Island and Ross sea are named, lived on Eliot Place. Montague John Druitt, for many years a popular suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, lived in Blackheath during the 1880s. Terry Waite, humanitarian and hostage in Lebanon (1987-1991), lived in Blackheath. Sir Alfred Yarrow, shipbuilder, lived.
Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction - Us Rosemary by Ellen Guillen Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice by Katherine Ramsland The Shape Under The Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Spignesi 1992: Cut! Horror Writers of Horror Film by Christopher Golden Men, Women And Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover Young Adult Horror Fiction by Cosete Kies Scare Tactics by John Russo Dark Visions by Stanley Wiater 1993: Once Around the Bloch by Robert Bloch The Diary of Jack the Ripper by Shirley Harrison & Michael Barrett The Monster Show by David J. Skal 1994: (no award) 1995: The Supernatural Index by Michael Ashley & William Contento Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller by Janet Leigh & Christopher Nickens An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and.
Bulldozer - "scraper". The Fresno Scraper, invented in 1883 by James Porteous, was the first design to enable this to be done economically, at the same time removing the soil and depositing it in shallow ground. Over the years, when engineers needed equipment to complete large scale earthmoving works, firms like the Caterpillar Tractor Company, Komatsu, Fiat-Allis, John Deere, International, Case, Leibherr, and JCB started to manufacture large tracked-type earthmoving machines. They were large, noisy, and powerful, and therefore nicknamed "bulldozer". Through the years, the bulldozers got bigger, more powerful, and more sophistocated. Important improvements include more powerful engines, more reliable drive trains, better tracks, raised cabins, and hydraulic arms that enable more precise manipulation of the blade and automated controls. Some bulldozers are also equipped with a rear ripper claw in order.
September 8 - College as the first college founded in the Americas. 1771 - In California, Fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera found Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in what is now San Gabriel, California. 1796 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Bassano - French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano. 1810 - The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six month journey around the tip of South America, the ship will arrive at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men will establish fur-trading town of Astoria. 1863 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass - On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion.
Serial killer - in the second half of the twentieth century, record of the practice can be found at least as far back as London's Jack the Ripper (1888) or Hanover's Fritz Haarmann (1924). Although the terms "serial killer" and "mass murderer" are often used synonymously, criminologists distinguish the two. The following distinctions are commonly made: A serial killer is one who commits a number of murders over a long period of time, with the killings separated by often long periods of apparent normalcy. A mass murderer, on the other hand, is an individual who kills several people in a single event. A spree killer kills in a series of closely connected events. The Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a serial killing as: "[involving] the killing of several victims in three or more separate.
Walter Sickert - to Paris and studied with Edgar Degas. He became an impressionist painter, but one with strong overtones of modernism. Indeed, just before World War I he championed the careers of modernists Lucien Pissarro, Jacob Epstein, Augustus John and Wyndham Lewis. He said he preferred the kitchen to the drawing room as a scene for paintings, but he also showed the influence of Degas in his many paintings of music hall and theatrical scenes. Degas also influenced him in using photographs as the basis for paintings, and in his later career Sickert used photographs and reworkings of Victorian paintings almost exclusively. He is considered an eccentric but influential figure of the transition from impressionism to modernism. One of Sickert's closest friends and supporters was newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook, who accumulated the largest.
October 2002 - photographed and fingerprinted upon arrival in the United States. The European Union accused tobacco company R.J. Reynolds of selling black market cigarettes to drug traffickers and mobsters from Italy, Russia, Colombia and the Balkans. October 29, 2002 Moscow theatre siege: Some medical experts now believe that the Moscow hostages and terrorists were gassed with a military incapacitating agent such as BZ or a similar substance. Others claim that a fentanyl derivative may have been used. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow stated that it believed that the substance was an opiate. Other candidates suggested include the Russian incapacitating agent Kolokol-1 and aerosolized Valium. Yet another medical expert has stated that the gas used is a common anaesthetic gas that is commonly used in Europe. Jack the Ripper: The crime novelist Patricia Cornwell.
