I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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by Brad Linder Dec 12th 2008 at 11:00AM
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Hel said 11:59AM on 12-12-2008
The oft-mentioned Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) is also capable of this and much more, but may not be quite as user-friendly.
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Jash Sayani said 1:53PM on 12-12-2008
The best solution to protection USB drives is Lockngo but its a bit expensive!
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Micha said 11:59AM on 12-16-2008
@Jash - I am the CEO of Keynesis, the developer of Lockngo. I wanted to thank you for the positive view of our product and offer you to contact us via our site http://keynesis.com
Michael Pierce said 3:31PM on 12-12-2008
Truecrypt requires either that the user has administrator privileges if it is run from a USB drive or that Truecrypt has already been installed on the computer by an administrator. Everything I've seen for Rohos Mini Drive indicates that it can be run from a flash drive on a guest computer without special privileges: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/09/03/rohos_mini_drive_encrypts_your_usb_drive_files-2.html
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