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What to do about Petya ransomware if you already deployed MS17-010

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 04:59:51 +0000

Got MS17-010 deployed? Good, that means you’re immune to the Petya ransomware. I still want you to do something. Tell your patching team that you’re immune, and they saved the company between $300 and $300 * the number of Windows

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Is DD-WRT safe?

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:00:10 +0000

As a security professional, “is DD-WRT safe?” is a question I hear a lot. While there are options that I think are safer, I’m perfectly fine with admitting I use DD-WRT myself. I know a lot of other people like me

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My reaction to the Royals’ trade for James Shields

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:01:45 +0000

I don’t write about baseball all that often anymore, because to do a good job of it day to day you have to immerse yourself in it more than I’m willing or able to do, but I enjoy baseball. And

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Bruce Sutter vs Lee Smith makes sense to me

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:56:46 +0000

ESPN’s David Schoenfield writes, regarding Hall of Fame votes, and Bruce Sutter vs Lee Smith specifically: Why does [Bruce] Sutter start at 23.9 percent [of the vote] and later gain momentum and enshrinement after 13 years on the ballot, but

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The death of Lyman Bostock

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:47:17 +0000

Thirty years ago next week, during a heated division title race with the Kansas City Royals, star California Angels outfielder Lyman Bostock was murdered in Gary, Indiana at the age of 27.

ESPN has a tribute.

He's the best baseball player you've never heard of, and quite possibly also the greatest human being you never heard of.

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And now, a few words about the first-place Kansas City Royals

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:05:03 +0000

I don't think I've been able to write those words since 2003, so I'd better use them when I can.

This team has been making me eat my words almost non-stop since 1986. Aside from briefly recapturing the magic in the summer of '03, the only highlights I can think of revolve around the twilight of George Brett's career. Kids born the year Brett retired are eligible to get their learner's permits this year.

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My baseball heroes

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:36:00 +0000

Joe Posnanski just did an entry on his childhood baseball idols, and lots of people chimed in about their unlikely heroes. So I got to thinking about mine. When it comes to likely heroes, of course George Brett and Ryne Sandberg were on my list, but that makes me no different from about 10 million other people. Bo Jackson is more of an underdog because his career was so short, but he's a pretty obvious choice too. There's an old joke in Kansas City that nobody can name a current Royals player except for George Brett. I mean Bo Jackson. I mean Bret Saberhagen.

If you followed the Royals through the 1990s, it's funny. I'm sure the overwhelming majority of people who come across this page will have to take my word for it.

Anyway, here's my list.

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A story of baseball, drugs, vengeance and redemption

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:56:57 +0000

I saw a familiar name that I hadn't heard in a long time--years, probably--mentioned on a Royals fan site.

Lonnie Smith.

Lonnie Smith was a talented but troubled outfielder who rose to prominence while playing for Whitey Herzog's 1982 St. Louis Cardinals. He could run like nobody's business and he was a fearsome hitter on top of that, but he also had a drug problem.

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I miss my rivalry

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 02:23:35 +0000

So, the St. Louis Cardinals are traveling across the state for a much-anticipated series with the Kansas City Royals. Even when the series was meaningless, it could always be counted on for at least a few potshots, or something.

Not this year. I was born a Royals fan and I'll die a Royals fan, but this year, I find myself agreeing with the St. Louis columnist.

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The Kansas City Royals, where everything is wrong

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 21 Apr 2002 07:17:04 +0000

I was pretty happy that the Royals were just a game under .500 a week ago. That's good for them. After all, their closer, Roberto Hernandez, has been injured all year. Other players are nursing injuries as well. Even the team trainer, Nick Schwartz, is hobbling around on crutches.

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