tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313383112009-02-20T19:22:42.071-06:00A Purposeful PirateA Pirate with a Code passes judgement on the various events, digital and otherwise, of the current time.Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779430921899721861noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31338311.post-1155394690139517722006-08-12T09:48:00.000-05:002006-08-12T09:58:10.146-05:00Windows UpdatePeople always wonder why Windows-bashers like myself hate Microsoft so very much. Here's a good reason to start: Windows Update consistently breaks my antivirus program and sometimes my firewall. Every time I've installed any updates to Windows, either off the website or through the auto-update tool, my copy of Norton Antivirus, which in this case is perfectly legit, breaks. I have a legal Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779430921899721861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31338311.post-1154496185156082282006-08-02T00:08:00.000-05:002006-08-02T00:23:05.163-05:00Sprinting away from ServiceI'm a sales rep at a major electronics store. I deal with cell phone complaints, TV complaints, radio complaints, and every other type of complaint under the sun. Worst by far are the cell phones. I just recently had a customer in to upgrade her cell phone. She's a Sprint customer, and has been since 2001. In that time, she's had service interruptions, repetitive dropped calls, undelivered Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779430921899721861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31338311.post-1153285995258660132006-07-19T00:03:00.000-05:002006-07-19T00:13:15.260-05:00Sony BMG Rootkit SagaI'm sure that by now some of you have heard of the Sony BMG Rootkit Saga. If not, here's a basic primer:Sony BMG, a major record label, published a number of music CDs which enclosed the XCP-Aurora software. Said software (which you couldn't effectively avoid installing), was later discovered to be a rootkit. What is a rootkit, you ask? Why, it's a type of software which illicitly gains Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779430921899721861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31338311.post-1153283593234328442006-07-18T23:25:00.000-05:002006-07-18T23:56:02.806-05:00WelcomeWelcome to A Purposeful Pirate. The purpose of this blog is to take a Pirate's perspective on certain matters of life, ranging from software, to digital security, to current events. Pay attention, because things have been known to move quickly. Do remember, I am doing this for you, the reader. I am tired of certain people and groups abusing you, and so I am sharing what knowledge I have. Now Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779430921899721861noreply@blogger.com0