Piracy

Piracy is a war-like act committed by a nonstate actor, especially robbery or criminal violence committed at sea, on a river, or sometimes on shore, either from a vessel flying no national flag, or one flying a national flag but without authorization from a national authority. It does not normally include crimes on board a vessel among passengers or crew. The term has been used to refer to raids across land borders by nonstate actors. Piracy should be distinguished from privateering, which was a legitimate form of war-like activity by nonstate actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of commerce raiding was outlawed in the 19th century.

Graphic art software

Graphic art software is a subclass of application software used for graphic design, multimedia development, specialized image development, general image editing, or simply to access graphic files. Art software uses either raster or vector graphic reading and editing methods to create, edit, and view art.

Many artists and other creative professionals today use computers rather than traditional media. Using graphic art software may be more efficient than rendering using traditional media by requiring less hand-eye coordination, requiring less visualization skills, and utilizing the computer's quicker (sometimes more accurate) automated rendering functions to create images. However, advanced level computer styles, effects and editing methods may require a steeper learning curve of computer technical skills than what was required to learn traditional hand rendering and visualization skills. The potential of the software to enhance or hinder creativity may depend on the intuitiveness of the interface.

Improve XP Shutdown Speed

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown. Some steps are given below:

* Go to Start then select Run
* Type 'Regedit' and click ok
* Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'
* Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
* Right click and select 'Modify'
* Change the value to '1000'
* Click 'OK'
* Now select 'HungAppTimeout'
* Right click and select 'Modify'
* Change the value to '1000'
* Click 'OK'