The rain in Seattle didn’t wash things clean; it just made the grime slicker. Elias Thorne stared at the monolith of a desktop computer sitting on his desk, a machine that had been state-of-the-art when the first iPhone was just a rumor.
He ejected the drive and looked at the rain streaking the window. He knew that tomorrow, IT security would probably scan the machine and flag the "Pre-Activated" software as a risk. They’d grumble about compliance and licensing. Adobe Acrobat X 10 Professional Pre-Activated