Ordinarily i'd simply pirate a windows game, such as UT2003. However, if UT2003 (Linux) becomes available to buy, i would fork out for a legit copy. That's dedication for you...
Last year I played a highly adictive shareware game called "bridge builder"; you had to build a bridge out of limited resources strong enough to run a train over. Well the sequel is out and I downloaded it recently (played it non-stop until I had completed it). Here's a snippet from the website:
Pontifex is the official sequel to a free ware game in which the player designs and tests bridges. Pontifex uses a complex physics engine called the Immortal Engine which allows the construction of many different types of bridges. Once the design is completed, the player can test the strength of the bridge by sending a train across it. Depending on the quality of the bridges' design, the train will either pass over it safely or plummet into the river below. The 3D engine lets the player view their bridge from any angle including a first-person train view. Many different levels are included, from simple to complex, and a level editor lets users make their own levels to trade with other people.
Go and download the demo, I can't recommend this game highly enough, it's fantastic!
"RCN Corporation (Nasdaq: RCNC - News) announced the launch of a new "super-charged" high-speed Internet service in its San Francisco and Los Angeles markets. Known as MegaModem(SM), it enables RCN's California customers to access the Internet at download speeds of up to
3 megabytes per second (Mbps), double the company's standard downstream speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps, and up to twice as fast as competing cable modem and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services.
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Shouldn't that be "3 Megabits per second" not megabytes?? 3Mbps (megabits-per-second) equates to theoretical maximum of 384 Kilobytes a second download, not 3 megabytes..doesn't it?:-)
The WinXP EULA does not permit you to use any form of remote-desktop viewer to control an XP box unless the box you are doing the controlling from also has a valid XP license. (remote desktop excluded)
So if you connected via VNC to a WinXP box from a non XP machine you'd be violating the EULA.
But seeing as you probably have a pirate copy of XP anyway you probably don't give a toss..
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Ordinarily i'd simply pirate a windows game, such as UT2003. However, if UT2003 (Linux) becomes available to buy, i would fork out for a legit copy. That's dedication for you...
Go and download the demo, I can't recommend this game highly enough, it's fantastic!
Shouldn't that be "3 Megabits per second" not megabytes?? 3Mbps (megabits-per-second) equates to theoretical maximum of 384 Kilobytes a second download, not 3 megabytes..doesn't it? :-)
The WinXP EULA does not permit you to use any form of remote-desktop viewer to control an XP box unless the box you are doing the controlling from also has a valid XP license. (remote desktop excluded)
So if you connected via VNC to a WinXP box from a non XP machine you'd be violating the EULA.
But seeing as you probably have a pirate copy of XP anyway you probably don't give a toss..
:-)