query: Who released the Internet worm in the late 1980s?

title: Morris worm

text: costs of his supervision. The Morris worm has sometimes been referred to as the "Great Worm", because of the devastating effect it had on the Internet at that time, both in overall system downtime and in psychological impact on the perception of security and reliability of the Internet. The name was derived from the "Great Worms" of Tolkien: Scatha and Glaurung. Morris worm The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988, was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet, and the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It also resulted in the first felony

title: Morris worm

text: Morris worm The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988, was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet, and the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It also resulted in the first felony conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It was written by a graduate student at Cornell University, Robert Tappan Morris, and launched on November 2, 1988, from the computer systems of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to its creator, Robert Tappan Morris, the Morris worm was not written to cause damage, but to highlight security

title: Morris worm

text: UNIX machines were infected by the Morris worm; however, Morris's colleague Paul Graham claimed, "I was there when this statistic was cooked up, and this was the recipe: someone guessed that there were about 60,000 computers attached to the Internet, and that the worm might have infected ten percent of them." Stoll wrote "Rumors have it that [Morris] worked with a friend or two at Harvard's computing department (Harvard student Paul Graham sent him mail asking for 'Any news on the brilliant project')". The Internet was partitioned for several days, as regional networks disconnected from the NSFNet backbone and from

title: Capitalization of Internet

text: 871 and RFC 872) and is not capitalized. In a 1991 court case, Judge Jon O. Newman used it as a mass noun: "Morris released the worm into INTERNET, which is a group of national networks that connect university, governmental, and military computers around the country." In 2002 a "New York Times" column said that "Internet" has been changing from a proper noun to a generic term. Words for new technologies, such as "phonograph" in the 19th century, are sometimes capitalized at first, later becoming uncapitalized. In 1999 another column said that "Internet" might, like some other commonly used proper

title: The Scarlet Worm

text: fringe experience." The Scarlet Worm The Scarlet Worm is a 2011 American Revisionist Western film directed by Michael Fredianelli. The film was first released on January 7, 2011 at the Riot Cinema Film Festival. It stars Aaron Stielstra as a young mercenary who is sent to assassinate a cruel brothel owner. Funding for "The Scarlet Worm" was partially accomplished through a successful Kickstarter campaign. Print Harris works as a bounty hunter in early 1900s America. He has a flair for conducting his killings in a theatrical or "poetic" fashion to give his profession more meaning and legitimacy. A wealthy ranch

title: The Scarlet Worm

text: The Scarlet Worm The Scarlet Worm is a 2011 American Revisionist Western film directed by Michael Fredianelli. The film was first released on January 7, 2011 at the Riot Cinema Film Festival. It stars Aaron Stielstra as a young mercenary who is sent to assassinate a cruel brothel owner. Funding for "The Scarlet Worm" was partially accomplished through a successful Kickstarter campaign. Print Harris works as a bounty hunter in early 1900s America. He has a flair for conducting his killings in a theatrical or "poetic" fashion to give his profession more meaning and legitimacy. A wealthy ranch owner Mr.

title: The Conqueror Worm

text: poem. Dark Horse Comics released "Edgar Allan Poe Conqueror Worm", a one-shot comic by Richard Corben in November 2012. The music video for "Curtain" by Australian extreme metal band Portal features an adaptation of the poem using puppets. The album "Dies Irae" by the band Devil Doll is loosely based on "The Conqueror Worm". The text of the poem is paraphrased liberally, and the entire final stanza of the poem is reproduced almost verbatim. Goth musician Voltaire wrote a song adaptation of "The Conqueror Worm" and followed the text of the poem verbatim. It was released in early 2014 on

title: Father Christmas (computer worm)

text: Father Christmas (computer worm) The Father Christmas worm, also known as the HI.COM VMS worm, was a computer worm that used the DECnet to attack VAX/VMS systems. It was released in December 1988. The aim of this worm was to send a Christmas greeting from "Father Christmas" from the affected system. At around 17:00 EST on December 22, 1988, a worm was detected on the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN). This was a NASA network on the DECnet Internet with many connections to other networks such as HEPnet. The majority of the computers on SPAN were VAX computers operating VAX/VMS

title: The Early Worm Gets the Bird

text: The Early Worm Gets the Bird The Early Worm Gets the Bird is a 1938 produced, 1940 released Merrie Melodies cartoon supervised by Tex Avery (credited as "Fred Avery" on the original issue). The name is a play on the adage "The early bird gets the worm." The story starts in the house of The Blackbird family. Three birds are seen praying. Their Mammy tells them goodnight, and the three birds go to sleep. But then, one of the birds wakes up and reads "The Early Bird gets The Worm". He wakes his brother up and tells him about the

title: Who Controls the Internet?

text: Who Controls the Internet? Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World is a 2006 book by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu that offers an assessment of the struggle to control the Internet. Starting with a discussion of the early vision of a borderless global community, the authors present some of the most prominent individuals, ideas and movements that have played key roles in developing the Internet. As law professors at Harvard and Columbia, respectively, Goldsmith and Wu assert the important role of government in maintaining Internet law and order while debunking the claims of techno-utopianism that have been

title: Who Controls the Internet?

text: was a crucial turning point in Internet history. For the first time, administration of part of the Internet's naming system would be in the hands of a for-profit company" (35). In 1995, Network Solutions began charging individuals to register domain names. This brought the company, which had a monopoly on issuing domain names, large profits. When the International Ad Hoc Committee, set up by the Internet Society, released an "Internet Constitution" in 1997, they met with hostility from the U.S. government and were ultimately thwarted (41–43). Jon Postel met an even more direct response when he attempted to retake control

title: Witty (computer worm)

text: Witty (computer worm) The Witty worm is a computer worm that attacks the firewall and other computer security products written by a particular company, Internet Security Systems (ISS) now IBM Internet Security Systems. It was the first worm to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the very pieces of software designed to enhance network security, and carried a destructive payload, unlike previous worms. It is so named because the phrase "(^.^) insert witty message here (^.^)" appears in the worm's payload. The Witty worm incident was unique in that the worm spread very rapidly after announcement of the ISS vulnerability (a

title: Who Controls the Internet?

text: before and therefore the Internet is not likely to displace territorial government. Rather, it is more likely, the authors speculate, that cultural and political differences may be leading us into a technological Cold War where the U.S., EU and China develop their own competitive Internet platforms. Who Controls the Internet? Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World is a 2006 book by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu that offers an assessment of the struggle to control the Internet. Starting with a discussion of the early vision of a borderless global community, the authors present some of the most

title: Witty (computer worm)

text: attacks as fast as possible, attacking a pseudo-random subset of IP addresses as quickly as allowed by the computer's Internet connection. It repeats these attacks in groups of 20,000, alternately launching attacks and overwriting sections of the computer's hard disk(s). Witty (computer worm) The Witty worm is a computer worm that attacks the firewall and other computer security products written by a particular company, Internet Security Systems (ISS) now IBM Internet Security Systems. It was the first worm to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the very pieces of software designed to enhance network security, and carried a destructive payload, unlike

title: Father Christmas (computer worm)

text: exclusively targeted VAX/VMS systems, but it did not perform any other actions than sending that message. One recommended strategy to prevent infection at the time was to create an empty "Hi.com" file which would stop the worm from being able to create a new version of the same file. It was subsequently estimated that only 2% of infected devices launched the worm. The Father Christmas worm had the effect of strengthening security measures on SPAN and the DECnet Internet. This was proved on January 13, 1989, when a nearly identical worm was released into the Easynet intranet. The network manager

title: Code Red (computer worm)

text: Code Red (computer worm) Code Red was a computer worm observed on the Internet on July 15, 2001. It attacked computers running Microsoft's IIS web server. The Code Red worm was first discovered and researched by eEye Digital Security employees Marc Maiffret and Ryan Permeh when it exploited a vulnerability discovered by Riley Hassell. They named it "Code Red" because Code Red Mountain Dew was what they were drinking at the time. Although the worm had been released on July 13, the largest group of infected computers was seen on July 19, 2001. On this day, the number of infected

title: Warhol worm

text: Warhol worm A Warhol worm is an extremely rapidly propagating computer worm that spreads as fast as physically possible, infecting all vulnerable machines on the entire Internet in 15 minutes or less. The term is based on Andy Warhol's remark that "In the future, everyone will have 15 minutes of fame". The analysis was extended by Stuart Staniford to create the flash worm concept. More information on these concepts is in "How to 0wn the Internet in your Spare Time" by Staniford, Paxson, and Weaver (appeared in Usenix Security 2002). In 2003, SQL Slammer became the first observed example of

title: Warhol worm

text: minutes, showing that the original estimate for infection speed was roughly correct. Warhol worm A Warhol worm is an extremely rapidly propagating computer worm that spreads as fast as physically possible, infecting all vulnerable machines on the entire Internet in 15 minutes or less. The term is based on Andy Warhol's remark that "In the future, everyone will have 15 minutes of fame". The analysis was extended by Stuart Staniford to create the flash worm concept. More information on these concepts is in "How to 0wn the Internet in your Spare Time" by Staniford, Paxson, and Weaver (appeared in Usenix

title: Glo Worm

text: Glo Worm Glo Worm is a stuffed toy for young children, designed by Hasbro's Playskool division, and made in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Introduced in 1982, the plush, pajamaed worm body contained a battery-powered device that when squeezed would light up the toy's vinyl head from within, creating a soft glow. The original toy, upon release, was such a success that Hasbro released a new Musical Glo Worm toy, a series of story books, night lights, videos and other merchandise that continued until the early 1990s. However, in late 2005, the product was criticized for harming children; its plastic head was

title: Worm (web serial)

text: Worm (web serial) Worm is a self-published web serial by John C. "Wildbow" McCrae that aims to subvert and play with common tropes and themes of superhero fiction. As McCrae's first novel, "Worm" features a bullied teenage girl, Taylor Hebert, who develops the superpower to control worms, insects, arachnids and other simple lifeforms. Using a combination of ingenuity, idealism, and brutality, she struggles to do the right thing in a dark world filled with moral ambiguity. It is one of the most popular web serials on the internet, with a readership in the hundreds of thousands. "Worm" was first published

title: The Witches of Worm

text: of witchcraft, the description of visions or nightmares Jessica experiences, and its protagonist's disturbing inner monologues with Worm/herself. The Witches of Worm The Witches of Worm is a 1972 young adult novel by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. It received the Newbery Honor citation in 1973. Jessica, a lonely pre-teen girl, finds a blind, almost hairless kitten that she names Worm. A reclusive elderly neighbor, Mrs. Fortune, helps her to wean and raise him. Worm seems to have a terrible hold on Jessica, compelling her to do cruel and destructive things to persons in her life who have upset her. Jessica's victims

title: The Early Worm Gets the Bird

text: he doesn't, either, then covers his mouth, followed by the iris out. The cartoon has not been officially released on DVD. However, it was included in the "Golden Age of Looney Tunes" LaserDisc/videocassette series. Additionally, it can often be found on low-quality VHS tapes and DVDs of various public domain cartoons, since the copyright on this film has not been renewed. The cartoon was reissued in the 1943-44 season and again in the 1952-53 season. The Early Worm Gets the Bird The Early Worm Gets the Bird is a 1938 produced, 1940 released Merrie Melodies cartoon supervised by Tex Avery

title: Hairstyles in the 1980s

text: favorite, pulling hair back into a fanned out style. Other accessories include barettes and bows. Sweatbands were also major, usually worn with sweatband on the wrist and legwarmers on the legs. The trend in moustaches and full beards carried over from the late-1970s and into the early-1980s but waned as the decade progressed. From the mid to late-1980s, clean-shaven faces with short or no sideburns was the norm. However, the success of Miami Vice did spark a trend in the facial hair style called designer stubble. Hairstyles in the 1980s Hairstyles in the 1980s included the mullet, tall mohawk hairstyles,

title: Slimey the Worm

text: is the birth of Curly Bear, the younger sister of Baby Bear in 2003. Squirmy is a light blue and dark blue striped worm who personifies a person from the country and is cousin to Slimey and Sloppy. She has only ever been introduced in the book "The City Worm and the Country Worm" by Linda Hayward, in which Slimey and Squirmy exchange visits, with Slimey going to the country and Squirmy going to the city, or more specifically Sesame Street. In the end both decide that their own environment is best for themselves. Dirty is a green Detroit Dirt

title: The Spiraling Worm

text: The Spiraling Worm The Spiraling Worm is a science fiction and Lovecraftian horror novel written in the style of a spy thriller, by authors David Conyers and John Sunseri. Published in 2007, the novel went received an Honourable Mention for Best Australian Horror Novel in the 12th Annual Aurealis Award (2007) and the Australian Shadows Award (2007). The last three stories received honorable mentions in the "Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" Volume 21. "The Spiraling Worm" consists of seven interconnected tales. Each story features spies and government agents battling terrorists and government conspiracies who wish to release cosmic horrors of

title: The Bird and the Worm

text: The Bird and the Worm "The Bird and the Worm" is a song by The Used, released as the first single from their third studio album, "Lies for the Liars". The song impacted radio on April 3, 2007. It is their highest charting single to date, hitting #9 on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart and #7 on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, equaling #107 on the U.S. Hot 100 (their second single to make it into the "Billboard" singles chart). It received moderate video play on MTV and other music channels. The song is about Bert

title: The Early Worm Gets the Bird

text: story, but he doesn't care. Mammy then notices the children are not asleep, so she comes in and throws the book out the window. Then, she tells them about the fox, who eats birds. The birds go to sleep, but one still wants to get the worm. The next morning he sneaks out to catch the worm. The worm then reads the book, and decides to look for the "early bird". They both find each other, and run away from each other. Once the bird realizes that was the worm, he chases after him. After a few gags Bugs Bunny

title: History of the Internet

text: was decommissioned in 1995 when it was replaced by backbones operated by several commercial Internet Service Providers. The term "internet" was adopted in the first RFC published on the TCP protocol (RFC 675: Internet Transmission Control Program, December 1974) as an abbreviation of the term "internetworking" and the two terms were used interchangeably. In general, an internet was any network using TCP/IP. It was around the time when ARPANET was interlinked with NSFNET in the late 1980s, that the term was used as the name of the network, Internet, being the large and global TCP/IP network. As interest in networking

title: History of the Internet

text: 1970s and became the standard networking protocol on the ARPANET, incorporating concepts from the French CYCLADES project directed by Louis Pouzin. In the early 1980s the NSF funded the establishment for national supercomputing centers at several universities, and provided interconnectivity in 1986 with the NSFNET project, which also created network access to the supercomputer sites in the United States from research and education organizations. Commercial Internet service providers (ISPs) began to emerge in the very late 1980s. The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990. Limited private connections to parts of the Internet by officially commercial entities emerged in several American cities

title: The Witches of Worm

text: The Witches of Worm The Witches of Worm is a 1972 young adult novel by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. It received the Newbery Honor citation in 1973. Jessica, a lonely pre-teen girl, finds a blind, almost hairless kitten that she names Worm. A reclusive elderly neighbor, Mrs. Fortune, helps her to wean and raise him. Worm seems to have a terrible hold on Jessica, compelling her to do cruel and destructive things to persons in her life who have upset her. Jessica's victims include her former best friend Brandon and her childish and emotionally distant divorced mother. As Jessica's destructive actions

title: Internet

text: for researchers, first at speeds of 56 kbit/s and later at 1.5 Mbit/s and 45 Mbit/s. Commercial Internet service providers (ISPs) emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990. By 1995, the Internet was fully commercialized in the U.S. when the NSFNet was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic. The Internet rapidly expanded in Europe and Australia in the mid to late 1980s and to Asia in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The beginning of dedicated transatlantic communication between the NSFNET and networks in Europe

title: Alfred Worm

text: In 1985, Worm uncovered the Noricum scandal. Noricum, a subsidiary of Austria's largest state-run steel and engineering group, was an arms manufacturer involved in illegal arm sales to Iran. In May 1994, he moved from "Profil" to "News" (an Austrian weekly news magazine) and worked under Wolfgang Fellner, who was then editor-in-chief. From the mid-1980s, Worm taught at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Science at the University of Vienna. Beginning in 1988 he was considerably involved in getting the Institute its own building on the Schopenhauerstrasse. During his entire teaching career, Worm was not only concerned with solid journalist

title: Worm (web serial)

text: would be released. The interim story arc, "Glow-worm", was released beginning October 21, 2017, and the sequel, "Ward", featuring protagonist Victoria Dallon, began serialization on November 11, 2017. The sequel is set after the events of Worm. Worm (web serial) Worm is a self-published web serial by John C. "Wildbow" McCrae that aims to subvert and play with common tropes and themes of superhero fiction. As McCrae's first novel, "Worm" features a bullied teenage girl, Taylor Hebert, who develops the superpower to control worms, insects, arachnids and other simple lifeforms. Using a combination of ingenuity, idealism, and brutality, she struggles

title: The Lair of the White Worm

text: They suspect that she wants to murder Mimi Watford, whom Adam later marries. Nathaniel is a Van Helsing-type character who wants to hunt down Arabella. The White Worm is a large snake-like creature that dwells in the hole or pit in Arabella's house located in Diana's Grove. The White Worm has green glowing eyes and feeds on whatever is thrown to it in the pit. The White Worm ascends from the pit and seeks to attack Adam and Mimi Watford in a forest. Adam plans to pour sand into the pit and to use dynamite to kill the giant White

title: Cabir (computer worm)

text: to anti-virus firms, who believe Cabir in its current state is harmless. However, it does prove that mobile phones are also at risk from virus writers. Experts also believe that the worm was developed by a group who call themselves 29A, a group of international hackers, as a "proof of concept" worm in order to catch world attention. Several firms subsequently released tools to remove the worm, the first of which was the Australian business TSG Pacific. The worm can attack and replicate on Bluetooth enabled Series 60 phones. The worm tries to send itself to all Bluetooth enabled devices

title: The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea

text: The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea "The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea" is Child ballad number 36. A young man, transformed into a laily (loathly, or loathsome) worm, tells his story: his father married an evil woman as his stepmother, and she transformed him into a worm and his sister into a mackerel. His sister combed his hair every Saturday. He has killed seven knights, and if the man he was speaking to was not his father, he would be the eighth. His father sends for the stepmother, who claims his children are at

title: History of the Internet

text: by late 1989 and 1990, and the NSFNET was decommissioned in 1995, removing the last restrictions on the use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic. In the 1980s, research at CERN in Switzerland by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee resulted in the World Wide Web, linking hypertext documents into an information system, accessible from any node on the network. Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has had a revolutionary impact on culture, commerce, and technology, including the rise of near-instant communication by electronic mail, instant messaging, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone calls, two-way interactive video calls, and the World

title: Doctor Who in Canada and the United States

text: scifi.com, the website of the Sci Fi Channel (which broadcasts the new series episodes) attracts hundreds of fans to its own forum community. Dozens of other popular "Doctor Who" web pages continue to thrive, and the earlier UseNET newsgroup rec.arts.drwho – a central source of "Doctor Who" discussion during the 1980s and 90s – still attracts fans. In the late 2000s, new media developments led to several worldwide internet radio and podcast broadcasts. A variety of popular podcasts from both the United States and Canada serves the population; most notable is the Radio Free Skaro podcast (originating in Edmonton, Alberta

title: The House of the Worm

text: the Worm") in Lin Carter's anthology "New Worlds for Old" (1971), the thirty-fifth volume in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. All ten stories were included in Myers's 2013 collection, "The Country of the Worm." The House of the Worm The House of the Worm is a collection of stories by author Gary Myers. It was published in 1975 by Arkham House in an edition of 4,144 copies and was the author's first book. The book is a stylistic pastiche of H. P. Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany, and may be seen as an expansion of Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. While presented as

title: The Worm Ouroboros

text: although commenting that "Eddison sometimes achieves the splendid prose and gorgeous artifice appropriate to his sagas." Karl Edward Wagner was influenced by "The Worm Ouroboros" as a teenager. Michael Swanwick quotes from "Ouroboros" in "The Dragons of Babel". In 1983, E. F. Bleiler praised "The Worm Ouroboros" as "still the finest heroic fantasy." American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn named a species of South American lizard "Morunasaurus groi", after the character Lord Gro. The Worm Ouroboros The Worm Ouroboros is a heroic high fantasy novel by English writer Eric Rücker Eddison, first published in 1922. The book describes the protracted war

title: The Worm Ouroboros

text: The Worm Ouroboros The Worm Ouroboros is a heroic high fantasy novel by English writer Eric Rücker Eddison, first published in 1922. The book describes the protracted war between the domineering King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland in an imaginary world that appears mainly medieval and partly reminiscent of Norse sagas. The work is slightly related to Eddison's later Zimiamvian Trilogy, and collectively they are sometimes referred to as the Zimiamvian series. The book was illustrated by Keith Henderson, who also illustrated books by Geoffrey Chaucer and W. H. Hudson. A framing story in the first two

title: Anti-worm

text: worms are "Den_Zuko", "Cheeze", "CodeGreen", and "Millenium". The Santy worm was released shortly before Christmas 2004 and spread quickly, using Google to search for vulnerable versions of phpBB. The worm exploited a bug in the phpBB software to infect the host, defacing the website, and deleting all of the messages stored on the forums. The worm was poised to spread to hundreds of thousands of other websites running the phpBB forum. Approximately 10 days after the worm's launch, someone released another worm to combat the Santy worm and patch the vulnerable phpBB forum. The anti-Santy worm spread quickly, affecting thousands

title: Super Mega Worm

text: Super Mega Worm Super Mega Worm is an action video game developed by computer game developer Deceased Pixel. The game was first released for Apple's iOS in August 2010. Since that time, they have gone on to design a OS X version of the game. In the game, players controls the Great Death Worm, Wojira, who has been sent by Mother Nature to destroy the human race. As players advance through the game, their worm can grow and develop new powers. Deceased Pixel has supported "Super Mega Worm" with free updates and a Christmas version of the game called “Super

title: The Lair of the White Worm

text: Worm while it is inside the pit. In the final scene, Adam Salton, Mimi Watford, and Nathaniel de Salis confront Arabella and Edgar Caswall. A thunderstorm and lightning destroy Diana's Grove by igniting the dynamite. Les Daniels noted that while "The Lair of the White Worm" had "potential", it was undermined by the "clumsy style" of the writing. The horror critic R.S. Hadji placed "The Lair of the White Worm" at number twelve in his list of the worst horror novels ever written. The Lair of the White Worm The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by

title: Voyager (computer worm)

text: Voyager (computer worm) The Voyager worm is a computer worm that was posted on the Internet on October 31, 2005, and is designed to target Oracle Databases. The October 31 variant has a harmless payload, but could easily be modified. The December 29, 2005 version attempts to create private database links in affected databases, but the procedure to spread is missing. If activated, it will grant DBA to PUBLIC. An AFTER LOGON trigger may run, which performs a Google search for its own code. The worm code tries to mail the username and password hashes to larry@oracle.com and oracle@<random ip>.

title: Daprosy Worm

text: evidenced by using VB decompilers. Final or later releases of Daprosy worm are prolific online game password stealers. They also pose great threats to banking and other e-commerce establishments. Daprosy worm is rampant in public Internet cafés with LAN connections and exposed USB mass storage drives. As of October 2009 special scripts are available to remove it from infected computers. Many Windows system were stalled last November 13, 2009. An initial investigation points to the older versions of Daprosy Worm, viz. Sophos Autorun-AMS and Autorun-AMW, which appear to be "Friday the Thirteenth" malware. More recent and persistent variants of Daprosy

title: Hairstyles in the 1980s

text: and very short sideburns for men and sleekly straight hair for women. White collar men's haircuts were often shaved at the nape of the neck to create an artificially even hairline. Women's hairstyles became increasingly long in the latter part of the decade and blunt cuts dominated. Blunt cuts of the late 1980s brought long hair to an equal length across the back. Bangs were popular, with "mall bangs", attributed to teenage girls who frequented shopping malls, were styled by ratting bangs into peaks or mounds, and then using hairspray to keep them in place. Many young women in Europe

title: Hairstyles in the 1980s

text: and North America dyed their hair a rich burgundy or plum-red in the last half of the decade. Auburns and reds were favored by those who aspired to emulate Molly Ringwald. But non-traditional haircolors, such as bright blue, crimson, green, and shocking pink gained favor from the punk subculture. Contrasting color streaks were popularised by teenagers. Big permed hair for women (and some men) was popular. Chemical hair treatment was popularized by the perm hairstyle, which resulted in soft, full curls. By the late 1980s, the permed bouffant had become highly fashionable among women of all walks of life, notably

title: History of the Internet

text: Internet using a web browser and (more recently) web-based applications. It has become known simply as "the Web". As of the 2010s, the World Wide Web is the primary tool billions use to interact on the Internet, and it has changed people's lives immeasurably. Precursors to the web browser emerged in the form of hyperlinked applications during the mid and late 1980s (the bare concept of hyperlinking had by then existed for some decades). Following these, Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 and developing in 1990 both the first web server, and the first

title: Who Controls the Internet?

text: to protect the Internet from regulation in the belief that a free online community might unite people and eliminate the need for government. Jon Postel was the ultimate authority over Internet domain names. Goldsmith and Wu describe key changes in control over the Internet that occurred in the 1990s, beginning with consolidation of power by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in the 1990s. A DoD subcontractor called Network Solutions, Inc., became the ultimate authority over Internet naming conventions in 1991. Although Postel remained functionally in control for a few more years, "the transfer of partial authority to Network Solutions

title: The Internet (band)

text: The Internet (band) The Internet is an American band from Los Angeles, California. It currently consists of Syd, Matt Martians, Patrick Paige II, Christopher Smith, and Steve Lacy. They have released four studio albums and three extended plays since their formation in late 2011. The band's 2015 album "Ego Death" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. The Internet was formed in early 2011 by Odd Future members Syd and Matt Martians, along with touring members Patrick Paige, Christopher Smith, and Tay Walker. The band's name originally started out as a joke, inspired by Left Brain's

title: Code Red (computer worm)

text: completely different payload. It pseudo-randomly chose targets on the same or different subnets as the infected machines according to a fixed probability distribution, favoring targets on its own subnet more often than not. Additionally, it used the pattern of repeating 'X' characters instead of 'N' characters to overflow the buffer. eEye believed that the worm originated in Makati City, Philippines, the same origin as the VBS/Loveletter (aka "ILOVEYOU") worm. Code Red (computer worm) Code Red was a computer worm observed on the Internet on July 15, 2001. It attacked computers running Microsoft's IIS web server. The Code Red worm was

title: Who Controls the Internet?

text: espoused by theorists such as Thomas Friedman. Goldsmith and Wu conclude that the importance of governmental coercion on the Internet has been seriously underestimated, writing that "the failure to understand the many faces and facets of territorial governmental coercion is fatal to globalization theory as understood today, and central to understanding the future of the Internet" (184). The book has three parts. The authors discuss the early days of the Internet through the 1990s, when Julian Dibbell and John Perry Barlow articulated a vision of free Internet that gained wide currency in the public imagination. The Electronic Frontier Foundation worked

title: Too Late the Hero (album)

text: Too Late the Hero (album) Too Late the Hero is the fifth solo studio album by English singer-songwriter John Entwistle, bassist for The Who. It was released on ATCO Records in the United States, and WEA in the United Kingdom. This was his only solo album of the 1980s and his last album to chart. The album reached number #71 on the "Billboard" 200. It was Entwistle's highest charting album since "Smash Your Head Against the Wall" in 1971 and the highest charting of his solo career. "Talk Dirty" was released as a single and also received significant airplay in

title: Leap (computer worm)

text: Leap (computer worm) The Oompa-Loompa malware, also called OSX/Oomp-A or Leap.A, is an application-infecting, LAN-spreading worm for Mac OS X, discovered by the Apple security firm Intego on February 14, 2006. Leap cannot spread over the Internet, and can only spread over a local area network reachable using the Bonjour protocol. On most networks this limits it to a single IP subnet. The Leap worm is delivered over the iChat instant messaging program as a gzip-compressed tar file called latestpics.tgz. For the worm to take effect, the user must manually invoke it by opening the tar file and then running

title: The House of the Worm

text: The House of the Worm The House of the Worm is a collection of stories by author Gary Myers. It was published in 1975 by Arkham House in an edition of 4,144 copies and was the author's first book. The book is a stylistic pastiche of H. P. Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany, and may be seen as an expansion of Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. While presented as a novel of the Cthulhu Mythos, it is, in fact, a collection of linked stories. The first of these stories, "The House of the Worm," was included (as "The Feast in the House of

title: The Worm and the Ring

text: The Worm and the Ring The Worm and the Ring is a 1961 novel by English novelist Anthony Burgess, drawing on his time as a teacher at Banbury Grammar School, Oxfordshire, England, in the early 1950s. It is Burgess's version of the Ring Cycle. The Dragon pub in the novel corresponds to the worm and a purloined diary to the ring. The novel was withdrawn from circulation following a libel action by Gwendoline Bustin, the secretary of Banbury Grammar School, where Burgess had taught in the early 1950s. Several characters were recognisable as figures from the school, but only Miss

title: The Worm and the Ring

text: Bustin, later Lady Mayoress of Banbury, objected. Heinemann agreed to "amend all unsold copies of the book" ("The Times", 25 October 1962) but actually pulped them. A revised edition of the novel, with the libellous elements removed, was published in 1970. The Worm and the Ring The Worm and the Ring is a 1961 novel by English novelist Anthony Burgess, drawing on his time as a teacher at Banbury Grammar School, Oxfordshire, England, in the early 1950s. It is Burgess's version of the Ring Cycle. The Dragon pub in the novel corresponds to the worm and a purloined diary to

title: The Funky Worm

text: Spell! (Get Down With The Genie)" (1988) and "U + Me = Love" (1989) followed. "The Spell! (Get Down With The Genie)" appears in the "Only Fools and Horses" episode "Yuppy Love". In 1995, Brydon formed another successful duo, Moloko. The Funky Worm The Funky Worm was a British dance music studio project, assembled by record producer, Mark Brydon. The group took its name from the hit Ohio Players song "Funky Worm." The group also contained saxophonist Sim Lister. Its track "Hustle! (To the Music...)" went to #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1988. Original band

title: The Worm Ouroboros

text: to find and recover Goldry Bluszco. Three armies, under the influence of an enchantment, chase each other in an endless campaign until the heroes shatter the cycle on their quest. "The Worm Ouroboros" is often compared with J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" (which it predates by 32 years). Tolkien read "The Worm Ouroboros", and praised it in print. C. S. Lewis wrote a short preface to an anthology of Eddison's works, including "The Worm Ouroboros", concluding that "No writer can be said to remind us of Eddison." In contrast to "The Lord of the Rings", to

title: The Funky Worm

text: The Funky Worm The Funky Worm was a British dance music studio project, assembled by record producer, Mark Brydon. The group took its name from the hit Ohio Players song "Funky Worm." The group also contained saxophonist Sim Lister. Its track "Hustle! (To the Music...)" went to #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1988. Original band founders DJs Parrot and Ping Pong (Carl Munson), were joined by the singer (now actress) Julie Stewart and were signed by WEA, before reaching #13 in the UK Singles Chart with "Hustle! (To the Music)...". Two less successful tracks, "The

title: Slimey the Worm

text: Slimey the Worm Slimey the Worm is a light and dark orange striped worm that is the pet of Oscar the Grouch on Jim Henson's Muppet show "Sesame Street". Introduced in Season 2 (1970–1971), he is played by Martin P. Robinson and is the smallest of all characters on "Sesame Street", being only 7 cm (2¾in). His small size does not affect his attitude of being one not to wince at the sight of extreme activities. As Lou Berger, head writer for "Sesame Street", put it, "Slimey shows viewers that even the smallest creature can be the most heroic, and

title: The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh

text: The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, also known as "The Laidly Worm of Bamborough", is a Northumbrian ballad about a princess who changed into a dragon (the "laidly worm" of the title). In the Kingdom of Northumbria, a kind king in Bamburgh Castle takes a beautiful but cruel witch as his queen after his wife's death. The King's son, Childe Wynd, has gone across the sea but the witch, jealous of the beauty of his daughter Princess Margaret, turns her into a dragon. The enchantment used is usually: Later in the story, the prince

title: The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh

text: of Ancient English Poetry". The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, also known as "The Laidly Worm of Bamborough", is a Northumbrian ballad about a princess who changed into a dragon (the "laidly worm" of the title). In the Kingdom of Northumbria, a kind king in Bamburgh Castle takes a beautiful but cruel witch as his queen after his wife's death. The King's son, Childe Wynd, has gone across the sea but the witch, jealous of the beauty of his daughter Princess Margaret, turns her into a dragon. The enchantment used is usually: Later in

title: Slimey the Worm

text: The mission included the song "Slimey to the Moon" sung by the famous Jazz singer Tony Bennett to the tune of "Fly Me to the Moon" by Bart Howard. Slimey has many friends, both worm and non-worm, and also a worm family. Listed here are Slimey's main friends and his family. Oscar is Slimey's best friend. Slimey is not only the pet of Oscar the Grouch, but also the only character with whom Oscar admits to liking. Slimey is said to bring out the best in Oscar. The friendship between the two is understood, where they do not express their

title: Purple worm

text: "Monstrous Compendium Volume Two" (1989), and is reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993), along with the mottled purple worm. The purple worm appears in the "Monster Manual" for this edition (2000). The purple worm is further detailed in "Dragon" #282 (April 2001), in "The Ecology of the Purple Worm." The purple worm appears in the revised "Monster Manual" for this edition (2003). The purple worm appears in the "Monster Manual" for this edition (2008). It was later revised in the "Monster Vault" set released under the D&D Essentials brand (2010). The purple worm appears in the "Monster Manual" for this

title: Slimey the Worm

text: Digger. He belongs to Slimey as of Episode 4157. Oscar takes Slimey to Bug-a-Wee-Bug Shelter to adopt his first pet. Slimey chooses Dirty. After bringing him home Dirty is scared. Oscar and Slimey eventually calm Dirty down by wearing bug hats and singing "Welcome Bug Song". Dirty can write in the dirt. Here are listed all episodes which revolved around Slimey: Slimey the Worm Slimey the Worm is a light and dark orange striped worm that is the pet of Oscar the Grouch on Jim Henson's Muppet show "Sesame Street". Introduced in Season 2 (1970–1971), he is played by Martin

title: Word Worm

text: fire tiles form randomly throughout gameplay. If a word is not formed using the fire tile, it burns through the letter below it. When a fire tile reaches the bottom of the screen, the game is over. Shortly after its initial release on February 18, 2011, "Word Worm" was selected by Google as a featured tablet application for "Honeycomb". It received further publicity on February 23 when it was featured on the internet television show, "Radio Android". Based on its initial success, Hawk Industries LLC. released versions for the iPhone and iPad in August 2011, for which it has also

title: Who Controls the Internet?

text: over the root naming and numbering system in 1998. Hours after Postel asked eight regional operators for root control over the Internet, he received threats of legal and economic repercussions from federal agent Ira Magaziner. Network Solutions has retained final authority over Internet domain names ever since (44–46). No longer an international phenomenon, the Internet has become quite different for its users in different countries. One reason for differentiation across nations is that users want information presented in their local language and context. Advertisers likewise want to present information to interested audiences, which tend to be geographically specific (58–63). Goldsmith

title: Samy (computer worm)

text: would then be replicated and planted on their own profile page continuing the distribution of the worm. MySpace has since secured its site against the vulnerability. Samy Kamkar, the author of the worm, was raided by the United States Secret Service and Electronic Crimes Task Force in 2006 for releasing the worm. He entered a plea agreement on January 31, 2007 to a felony charge. The action resulted in Kamkar being sentenced to three years probation with only one computer and no use of internet, 90 days community service, and $15,000-$20,000 USD in restitution, as directly reported by Samy Kamkar

title: Voyager (computer worm)

text: It tricks the user to reset the password for a well known database user. The clear intention is to increase the chances of successfully creating a private link to the database. The October 31 variant tries to find other Oracle databases in the same subnet and uses private database links to connect to remote databases. The December 29 variant was posted incompletely, without a spreading mechanism. Voyager (computer worm) The Voyager worm is a computer worm that was posted on the Internet on October 31, 2005, and is designed to target Oracle Databases. The October 31 variant has a harmless

title: Worm Whomper

text: Worm Whomper Worm Whomper, released in 1983 by Activision, was one of six of the original games that Cheshire Engineering developed for Intellivision. The game was written by Tom Loughry, who also wrote "" and "The Dreadnaught Factor " for Intellivision. The cover art is a parody of Grant Wood's painting, American Gothic. The game centers around a farmer called Felton Pinkerton who took his wife to the fair instead of spraying his corn crop with pesticide to protect it from insects. The player controls Felton who is armed with a spray gun to get rid of the bugs that

title: Sasser (computer worm)

text: Finland. The British Coastguard had its electronic mapping service disabled for a few hours, and Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Post, and the European Commission also all had issues with the worm. The X-ray department at Lund University Hospital had all their four layer X-ray machines disabled for several hours and had to redirect emergency X-ray patients to a nearby hospital. The University of Missouri was forced to "unplug" its network from the wider Internet in response to the worm. On 7 May 2004, 18-year-old German computer science student Sven Jaschan from Rotenburg, Lower Saxony was arrested for writing the worm. German

title: Leap (computer worm)

text: remain on the system in order to install software and change vital system settings, even if it is an account created solely for that purpose.) Recovering after a Leap infection involves deleting the worm files and replacing infected applications with fresh copies. It does not require re-installing the OS, since system-owned applications are immune. Leap (computer worm) The Oompa-Loompa malware, also called OSX/Oomp-A or Leap.A, is an application-infecting, LAN-spreading worm for Mac OS X, discovered by the Apple security firm Intego on February 14, 2006. Leap cannot spread over the Internet, and can only spread over a local area network

title: The Lair of the White Worm

text: The Lair of the White Worm The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 – the year before Stoker's death – with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. It has also been issued as The Garden of Evil. In 1925 a highly abridged and rewritten form was published. It was shortened by more than 100 pages, the rewritten book having only 28 chapters instead of the original 40. The

title: The Lair of the Ice Worm

text: the Ice Worm" has been adapted for the comic series "Savage Sword of Conan" #34, and the GURPS adventure module "Conan the Wyrmslayer". The Lair of the Ice Worm "The Lair of the Ice Worm" is a fantasy short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. It was first published by Lancer Books in the paperback collection "Conan of Cimmeria" (1969), which was reprinted several times, first by Lancer and later by Ace Books through 1993. It has also been published

title: The Lair of the White Worm (film)

text: a large snake. Angus believes it may be connected to the local legend of the d'Ampton 'worm', a mythical snake-like creature from ages past said to have been slain in Stonerich Cavern by John d'Ampton, the ancestor of current Lord of the Manor, James d'Ampton (Hugh Grant). When a pocket watch is discovered in Stonerich Cavern, James comes to believe that the d'Ampton worm may be more than a legend. The watch belonged to the Trent sisters' father, who disappeared a year earlier near Temple House, the stately home of the beautiful and seductive Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe). The

title: Ole Worm

text: Ole Worm Ole Worm (13 May 1588 – 31 August 1654), who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician, natural historian and antiquary. Worm was the son of Willum Worm, who served as the mayor of Aarhus, and was made a rich man by an inheritance from his father. Ole Worm's grandfather Johan Worm, a magistrate in Aarhus, was a Lutheran who had fled from Arnhem in Gelderland while it was under Catholic rule. Worm married Dorothea Fincke, the daughter of a friend and colleague, Thomas Fincke. Thomas Fincke was a Danish

title: The Late, Late, Late Show

text: The Late, Late, Late Show The Late, Late, Late Show is the first full-length release by North Carolina horror themed punk band the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. It was released on Uncle God Damn Records in 1996, and was later re-released as part of the "Little Box of Horrors" box set in 2006, on Restless Records. This was the first album Wednesday 13 entirely produced. In Europe, while the rest of the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 discography was rereleased by People Like You records, The Late, Late, Late Show was at first only reissued by People

title: Storm Worm

text: that all the vendors listed above are able to detect all the Storm Worm variants. An intrusion detection system offers some protection from the rootkit, as it may warn that the Windows process "services.exe" is trying to access the Internet using ports 4000 or 7871. Windows 2000, Windows XP and presumably Windows Vista can be infected by all the Storm Worm variants, but Windows Server 2003 cannot, as the malware's author specifically excluded that edition of Windows from the code. Additionally, the decryption layer for some variants requires Windows API functions that are only available in Windows XP Service Pack

title: Worm (dance move)

text: ripple. The worm was performed at shows in the 1970s and was popularized widely during the 1980s "funk" period, and continues to be associated with breakdancing. The move has been used and popularized by WWE wrestler "Scotty 2 Hotty" as his finisher maneuver. Worm (dance move) The Worm is a dance motion associated with breakdancing and "funk" subculture, also referred to as the caterpillar or the dolphin, or also erroneously the snake or the wave (names of other breakdance moves). In this move a subject lies prone position and forms a rippling motion through their body, creating a wave reminiscent

title: The Witches of Worm

text: escalate, her mother attempts to send her to counseling, which further enrages and upsets her. Jessica comes to believe that Worm is possessed by a group of witches that includes Mrs. Fortune. When Jessica finds herself contemplating Mrs. Fortune's murder, she realizes she is in danger of going too far, and decides to exorcise Worm herself in order to break his hold over her. After a dramatic exorcism, culminating in a nighttime chase during a bad thunderstorm, Worm becomes a normal cat, and Jessica is reconciled with her mother and Brandon, causing her to think that she not only exorcised

title: The Late, Late, Late Show

text: which caused the final name-change. The first track consists largely of chicken sound effects and someone, presumably Wednesday 13, talking backwards. When it is played forwards the words, "The chickens are coming for your children, I am the chicken god" can clearly be heard. The Late, Late, Late Show The Late, Late, Late Show is the first full-length release by North Carolina horror themed punk band the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. It was released on Uncle God Damn Records in 1996, and was later re-released as part of the "Little Box of Horrors" box set in 2006, on

title: Doctor Worm

text: of the Nickelodeon television series "KaBlam!". In the video, Doctor Worm (an actual worm in medical attire) earns the respect of a musical group in search of a percussionist. An alternate video by John Flansburgh, shot in black and white, features the band performing the song in an apartment office surrounded by medical paraphernalia. Doctor Worm "Doctor Worm" is a song by They Might Be Giants. It first appeared on the primarily live album "Severe Tire Damage", being one of only three studio-recorded songs on the album. It was also released as a single and featured in a music video

title: Glo Worm

text: Hopper, Glo Spider, Glo Bopbug, Glo Flutterbug, and Glo Turtle (shell opens to carry Glo Friends). Glo Worm Glo Worm is a stuffed toy for young children, designed by Hasbro's Playskool division, and made in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Introduced in 1982, the plush, pajamaed worm body contained a battery-powered device that when squeezed would light up the toy's vinyl head from within, creating a soft glow. The original toy, upon release, was such a success that Hasbro released a new Musical Glo Worm toy, a series of story books, night lights, videos and other merchandise that continued until the early

title: Doctor Worm

text: Doctor Worm "Doctor Worm" is a song by They Might Be Giants. It first appeared on the primarily live album "Severe Tire Damage", being one of only three studio-recorded songs on the album. It was also released as a single and featured in a music video directed by band member John Flansburgh. The lyrics describe a worm learning to play the drums better. He invents a stage name for himself ("Doctor Worm"), and the song's narrator also describes his friend, a bass-playing vole known as "Rabbi Vole". Discussing the lyrical inspirartion, Flansburgh said, "For a long, long time we have

title: The Conqueror Worm

text: his album "Raised by Bats". The Conqueror Worm "The Conqueror Worm" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. It was first published separately in "Graham's Magazine" in 1843, but quickly became associated with Poe's short story "Ligeia" after Poe added the poem to a revised publication of the story in 1845. In the revised story, the poem is composed by the eponymous Ligeia, and taught to the narrator in the fits of her death throes. An audience of weeping angels watches a play performed by "mimes, in the form of God on

title: The Conqueror Worm

text: The Conqueror Worm "The Conqueror Worm" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. It was first published separately in "Graham's Magazine" in 1843, but quickly became associated with Poe's short story "Ligeia" after Poe added the poem to a revised publication of the story in 1845. In the revised story, the poem is composed by the eponymous Ligeia, and taught to the narrator in the fits of her death throes. An audience of weeping angels watches a play performed by "mimes, in the form of God on high", and controlled by vast

title: The Glow-Worm

text: The Glow-Worm "Das Glühwürmchen", known in English as "The Glow-Worm", is a song from Paul Lincke's 1902 operetta "Lysistrata", with German lyrics by Heinz Bolten-Backers. In the operetta, it is performed as a trio with three female solo voices singing alternately and the women's chorus joining in the refrain. Rhythmically, it is in the form of a gavotte. The song, with its familiar chorus, was translated into English and became an American popular song. It was originally translated into English by Lilla Cayley Robinson, in the early 20th century, and was used in the 1907 Broadway musical "The Girl Behind

title: The Conqueror Worm

text: "Let him meet the conqueror worm / With his good sword by his side". "The Conqueror Worm" also uses the word "evermore", which would later evolve into "nevermore" in Poe's famous poem "The Raven" in 1845. The poem plays an important symbolic role as part of its inclusion in the short story "Ligeia." The poem is written by Ligeia as she is dying, though it is actually recited by the narrator, her husband. Because it emphasizes the finality of death, it calls to question Ligeia's resurrection in the story. Also, the inclusion of the bitter poem may have been meant

title: The Conqueror Worm

text: formless shapes looming behind the scenes. The mimes chase a "Phantom" which they can never capture, running around in circles. Finally, a monstrous "crawling shape" emerges, and eats the mimes. The final curtain comes down, "a funeral pall," signaling an end to the "tragedy, 'Man'" whose only hero is "The Conqueror Worm". "The Conqueror Worm" was first published as a stand-alone poem in the January 1843 issue of "Graham's Magazine". Shortly after, it was included among several other poems by Poe in the February 25 issue of the "Saturday Museum" in a feature called "The Poets & Poetry of Philadelphia:

title: The Scarlet Worm

text: prostitution. Matters become complicated when Lee falls in love with one of Kley's prostitutes and informs her of the plan to murder him. Critical reception for "The Scarlet Worm" was predominantly positive. "DVD Verdict" scored the movie as "not guilty" and said that it was "one of the best low budget independents I've seen in quite some time, regardless of genre." "DVD Talk" also gave the movie a positive review, saying that "While a bit long winded in the exposition department and in need of a few dollars more, production wise, "The Scarlet Worm" is still an intelligent and entertaining

title: Who Controls the Internet?

text: site grew larger, so did the number of malicious users (132–136). Eventually the site was forced to turn to governments for real law enforcement (136–139). Now, eBay works closely with law enforcements systems in the countries where it operates (143–145). According to the authors, eBay, the case of an Australian libel lawsuit against a U.S. publisher (147–148), and Microsoft's acquiescence to European Union (EU) regulation of its Passport service (173–177) are examples of how the bordered Internet seeks to protect citizens from harm. They argue that as a communications medium, the Internet is not unlike other technologies that have come

title: The Conqueror Worm

text: to Lou Reed's 2003 album of Poe adaptations and Poe-inspired songs, "The Raven". It was also adapted as a song by the Darkwave act, Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows on the album "Flowers in Formaldehyde" in 2004. Vol. 5 of the Hellboy comic book mini-series by Mike Mignola titled "" was based on the poem. The British horror film "Witchfinder General" was retitled "The Conqueror Worm" for U.S. release. Although American International Pictures' prints featured a voice-over with Vincent Price in character as Matthew Hopkins reciting "The Conqueror Worm", the film is not actually an adaptation of Poe's

title: Slimey the Worm

text: that's an important thing for kids to see." Slimey has done many extreme things on "Sesame Street", including winning a gold medal in the Worm Olympics, skydiving from a plane, being shot out of a cannon whilst kissing girlfriend Glo and becoming the first worm in space. At first Slimey and his family did not talk, communicating by squeaking and wriggling, Slimey would be held up to Oscar's ear to talk to him. He and his family now, however, have digitally enhanced squeaky voices. Slimey's voice is currently provided by Dick Maitland. His birthday is on September 19th. In season

title: The Spiraling Worm

text: the Cthulhu Mythos from their hidden dimensions to destroy the Earth. The seven stories are: The book is introduced by C. J. Henderson with an After Word by the authors. The plot summaries of the seven stories are: The following novels and short stories follow similar themes of espionage agents working against supernatural or alien entities. The Spiraling Worm The Spiraling Worm is a science fiction and Lovecraftian horror novel written in the style of a spy thriller, by authors David Conyers and John Sunseri. Published in 2007, the novel went received an Honourable Mention for Best Australian Horror Novel

title: Slimey the Worm

text: feelings for each other but act in a manner which shows their strong relationship. Oscar likes Slimey because they share common interests like the love of rain, mud, and soil, and the fact that Slimey doesn't talk to him when he is trying to sleep. The two do many things together, including taking mud baths and just hanging out. In Season 36, Oscar sang the "Worm Workout Song," a parody of the song "YMCA", while Slimey and his worm friends stretched and wiggled. Each night, or at the end of each episode (from season 35 onward) Oscar reads to Slimey

title: The Glow-Worm

text: The Counter". American lyricist Johnny Mercer later expanded and greatly revised Robinson's lyrics, for the 1952 recording by the Mills Brothers. His version was a hit for the Mills Brothers, and it has been performed by several others. The tune is also quite popular as an orchestral instrumental. Robinson's English-translation lyrics (circa 1905): Verse 1: Chorus: Verse 2: Johnny Mercer kept the original chorus basically intact and added 3 new "verses" to that same tune but did not use music from the original song's verses at all. The Glow-Worm "Das Glühwürmchen", known in English as "The Glow-Worm", is a song

title: Slimey the Worm

text: He then saw a lonely Slimey playing by himself. Slimey saw Oscar and crawled up his shoulder and fell asleep. Feeling sorry for the baby worm Oscar took Slimey home with him. On February 14, 2000 (episode #3882), Valentine's Day, Glo Worm, a volunteer firefighter, entered Sesame Street and became the larva love of Slimey. They both announce their affection for each other but Glo is called away to fight a fire and Baby Bear is put in charge of distracting Slimey as he waits anxiously for his beloved to return. The pair hit it off so well due to

title: Father Christmas (computer worm)

text: was able to quickly prevent the spread of the worm because of the exposure of the Father Christmas worm from the previous month. Father Christmas (computer worm) The Father Christmas worm, also known as the HI.COM VMS worm, was a computer worm that used the DECnet to attack VAX/VMS systems. It was released in December 1988. The aim of this worm was to send a Christmas greeting from "Father Christmas" from the affected system. At around 17:00 EST on December 22, 1988, a worm was detected on the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN). This was a NASA network on the