Unhandled Perception

I read it here:
http://cybernetnews.com/…/caution-online-md5-cracker-tool/

Then went to the tool:
http://md5.rednoize.com/

I entered some hashes to common words to see what it will do. Of course common words were cracked without a problem. I then used HashCalc to make up some hashes to random letters and numbers and they failed like I expected them too. I then entered the characters and it supplied the hash, also like I expected. Go back to the site again with the hash to the random characters and the site will now be able to crack it. Basically learning by what you enter.

This site will grow and more and more hashed values will be stored in their large database and therefore your password may be exposed in the future. Even more reason to have a string password.

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And that is to switch me 100% away from an application I have used for years.

Navicat is a powerful MySQL database administration and development tool that is not only sophisticated enough for professional developers, but also easy to learn for new users.

I did a post a few weeks back about some top tools for managing a MySQL database. From that post Navicat contacted my and offered me a free license to fully take advantage of their software. Usually I am weary about this but wanted to give it a try since a top developer I know that is in charge of DonationCoder.com also uses it. Why not give it a chance and use it for week to see if I like it – basically stop using the MySQL provided tools.

So glad I did as Navicat is an awesome application that is very well designed from a UI standpoint and provides all the functionality that one could need from a MySQL manager. So much better having all the features in a single interface instead of spreading them across several tools like MySQL Tools does.

Quick Highlights:

• Ability to drag and drop tables detween databases
• Ability to copy field(s) in a table design view and paste the fields into another table table design view. Makes copying part of a table definition easy
• Import wizard is very well designed and logical in its use and flow.

Wishes:

• Query Editor. I like typing in queries and it would be nice if the Query Editor either provided intellisense as I typed a table/field name or let me drag and drop table/field names into the Query Editor without navigating back to the Query Builder window.
• Quick SQL selection: Basically allow me to select a table and press one button (or right-click menu selection) to generate an INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE and other SQL statements. Provide options of how the SQL statement is constructed: SQL statement on a single line, Lines based on SQL commands, or Seperate lines for each item.

Link:
http://www.navicat.com/

Just in case you have only touched the very basics of SQL this article can help to make sure what you are doing is at least correct, in the Author’s eyes.

Link:
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2006/03/14/9289.aspx

Link:
http://ondras.zarovi.cz/sql/demo/

Data presentation can be both beautiful, elegant and descriptive. There is a variety of conventional ways to visualize data – tables, histograms, pie charts and bar graphs are being used every day, in every project and on every possible occasion. However, to convey a message to your readers effectively, sometimes you need more than just a simple pie chart of your results. In fact, there are much better, profound, creative and absolutely fascinating ways to visualize data. Many of them might become ubiquitous in the next few years.

So what can we expect? Which innovative ideas are already being used? And what are the most creative approaches to present data in ways we’ve never thought before?

Let’s take a look at the most interesting modern approaches to data visualization as well as related articles, resources and tools.

Very cool article to scan through.

Link:
http://…/data-visualization-modern-approaches/

A decent collection of some data lists that can be used in many database applications.

The List:

• United States Zip Codes with Longitude and Latitude
• Currency Codes
• Country Codes
• United States Cities
• States and Territories
• Domestic Airport Codes
• International Airport Codes

Link:
http://…data-lists-to-add-to-your-toolbelt-of-awesomeness/