Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

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Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> Alexey,
>
> You are asking something that very few people here will do … to send you
> source code that is copyrighted, for which they or their company has paid,
> and you, by admission, have not. You have been referenced to shareware,
with
> which you are not happy. That is unfortunate. The point is you need the
IFS
> to do what you are trying to do, and no one here is going to send you a
copy
> of theirs just because you are such a likeable cuss.
>
> Now, really, why would you expect any one here do that? It’s an illegal,
and
> as such, unreasonable request, irrespective of your nutritional needs.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:36 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Did YOU look at it? Look - it works completely (almost) different way. It
> doesn’t hook device and looks for its letter. It opens files like
> \DosDevices\A:, and hooks their related device objects.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
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> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:57
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
>
> > Look at the SysInternals FileMon sample.
> > You can download it from www.sysinternals.com
> >
> > Kristian
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Oh really?

Then why does a university education require the parents to spend close to
100,000 US dollars? Why is there matriculation at MIT, or Harvard, or
wherever-U? Why did it take me 10 years to pay off my student loans after I
graduated from college?

Information is free? Get real. It never has been and never will be.

Heinlein said it best - There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:25 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> Alexey,
>
> You are asking something that very few people here will do … to send you
> source code that is copyrighted, for which they or their company has paid,
> and you, by admission, have not. You have been referenced to shareware,
with
> which you are not happy. That is unfortunate. The point is you need the
IFS
> to do what you are trying to do, and no one here is going to send you a
copy
> of theirs just because you are such a likeable cuss.
>
> Now, really, why would you expect any one here do that? It’s an illegal,
and
> as such, unreasonable request, irrespective of your nutritional needs.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:36 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Did YOU look at it? Look - it works completely (almost) different way. It
> doesn’t hook device and looks for its letter. It opens files like
> \DosDevices\A:, and hooks their related device objects.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:57
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
>
> > Look at the SysInternals FileMon sample.
> > You can download it from www.sysinternals.com
> >
> > Kristian
> >
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Well transmission costs certainly aren’t.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:25 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> Alexey,
>
> You are asking something that very few people here will do … to send
> you source code that is copyrighted, for which they or their company
> has paid, and you, by admission, have not. You have been referenced to
> shareware,
with
> which you are not happy. That is unfortunate. The point is you need
> the
IFS
> to do what you are trying to do, and no one here is going to send you
> a
copy
> of theirs just because you are such a likeable cuss.
>
> Now, really, why would you expect any one here do that? It’s an
> illegal,
and
> as such, unreasonable request, irrespective of your nutritional needs.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:36 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Did YOU look at it? Look - it works completely (almost) different way.
> It doesn’t hook device and looks for its letter. It opens files like
> \DosDevices\A:, and hooks their related device objects.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:57
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
>
> > Look at the SysInternals FileMon sample.
> > You can download it from www.sysinternals.com
> >
> > Kristian
> >
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Not when someone else paid lots of money for it. If you send me some
money, I will send you a smaple driver.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Alexey Logachyov
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:25 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> Alexey,
>
> You are asking something that very few people here will do … to send

> you source code that is copyrighted, for which they or their company
> has paid, and you, by admission, have not. You have been referenced to

> shareware,
with
> which you are not happy. That is unfortunate. The point is you need
> the
IFS
> to do what you are trying to do, and no one here is going to send you
> a
copy
> of theirs just because you are such a likeable cuss.
>
> Now, really, why would you expect any one here do that? It’s an
> illegal,
and
> as such, unreasonable request, irrespective of your nutritional needs.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:36 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Did YOU look at it? Look - it works completely (almost) different way.

> It doesn’t hook device and looks for its letter. It opens files like
> \DosDevices\A:, and hooks their related device objects.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:57
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
>
> > Look at the SysInternals FileMon sample.
> > You can download it from www.sysinternals.com
> >
> > Kristian
> >
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Lazorous Long?

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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Gary Little
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 8:00 AM
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Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Oh really?

Then why does a university education require the parents to spend close
to 100,000 US dollars? Why is there matriculation at MIT, or Harvard, or
wherever-U? Why did it take me 10 years to pay off my student loans
after I graduated from college?

Information is free? Get real. It never has been and never will be.

Heinlein said it best - There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:25 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> Alexey,
>
> You are asking something that very few people here will do … to send

> you source code that is copyrighted, for which they or their company
> has paid, and you, by admission, have not. You have been referenced to

> shareware,
with
> which you are not happy. That is unfortunate. The point is you need
> the
IFS
> to do what you are trying to do, and no one here is going to send you
> a
copy
> of theirs just because you are such a likeable cuss.
>
> Now, really, why would you expect any one here do that? It’s an
> illegal,
and
> as such, unreasonable request, irrespective of your nutritional needs.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexey Logachyov [mailto:xxxxx@vba.com.by]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:36 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Did YOU look at it? Look - it works completely (almost) different way.

> It doesn’t hook device and looks for its letter. It opens files like
> \DosDevices\A:, and hooks their related device objects.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:57
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
>
> > Look at the SysInternals FileMon sample.
> > You can download it from www.sysinternals.com
> >
> > Kristian
> >
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That’s for sure!

Jim

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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Roddy, Mark
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:47 AM
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Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Well transmission costs certainly aren’t.

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No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they see
fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute the
information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature of the
information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

–
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http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/

logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they see
fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute the
information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature of the
information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

–
Peter xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/

logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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Thank you for that well-reasoned rebuttal.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Gary Little wrote:

Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they see
fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute the
information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature of the
information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

> Information is free.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Gary Little”
> > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> –
> Peter xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
>
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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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You are most welcome.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:23 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Thank you for that well-reasoned rebuttal.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Gary Little wrote:

Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they see
fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute the
information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature of the
information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

> Information is free.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Gary Little”
> > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> –
> Peter xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
>
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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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>>No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.<<

Then why do we have IP laws?

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Gary Little
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:03 PM
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Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they
see fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute
the information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature
of the information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

Information is free.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
> To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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I will also say that I do not agree with most IP laws and patent laws,
but they are what they are.

In an ideal world, all information would be free; by law. Anyone can
build upon anything. Anyone can build the same thing someonelse does. It
is a tough world out there. If you are not prepared to tackle the market
place (for whatever reason), stay out or take your punches and move one.

Like Netscape. What a bunch of vaginas. “Please protect me from the
bully. Spread the wealth. That?s not fair. I don’t have enough money to
compete with Microsoft…”. Then find another job!

Cry babies.

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Gary Little
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:31 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

You are most welcome.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:23 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Thank you for that well-reasoned rebuttal.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Gary Little wrote:

Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they

see fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might
distribute the information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter

the nature of the information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

> Information is free.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Gary Little”
> > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> –
> Peter
xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number
of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
>
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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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Why my favorite C++ vs. C subject stopped? I want to know everybody’s
opinion which language is better.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> You are most welcome.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Thank you for that well-reasoned rebuttal.
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Gary Little wrote:
>
> > Bullshit.
> >
> > Gary G. Little
> > Staff Engineer
> > Broadband Storage, Inc.
> > xxxxx@broadstor.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
> > To: NT Developers Interest List
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
> >
> > No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
> > “freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.
> >
> > It has no wants, no needs.
> >
> > The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they
see
> > fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute the
> > information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature of
the
> > information one iota.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:
> >
> > > Information is free.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: “Gary Little”
> > > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
> >
> > –
> > Peter
xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> > http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
> >
> > logic kicks ass:
> > (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> > (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> > (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
> > legs for a horse.
> > (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> > (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
> >
> >
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>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
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In the name of God/Allah/Budda or whatever divinity you follow (or maybe “Pete”
for atheists).

NO NO NO NO NO!

I think everyone is fed up to the hind teeth about C vs C++ and WinDbg vs
SoftICE discussions.
Use the tool that YOU think is best for you and be happy!

Regards,

Paul Bunn, UltraBac Software, 425-644-6000
Microsoft MVP - WindowsNT/2000
http://www.ultrabac.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Ignatov [mailto:100xCD@100xCD.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:28 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Why my favorite C++ vs. C subject stopped? I want to know everybody’s
opinion which language is better.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> You are most welcome.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Thank you for that well-reasoned rebuttal.
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Gary Little wrote:
>
> > Bullshit.
> >
> > Gary G. Little
> > Staff Engineer
> > Broadband Storage, Inc.
> > xxxxx@broadstor.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
> > To: NT Developers Interest List
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
> >
> > No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
> > “freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.
> >
> > It has no wants, no needs.
> >
> > The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they
see
> > fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute the
> > information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature of
the
> > information one iota.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:
> >
> > > Information is free.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: “Gary Little”
> > > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
> >
> > –
> > Peter
xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> > http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
> >
> > logic kicks ass:
> > (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> > (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> > (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
> > legs for a horse.
> > (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> > (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
> >
> >
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>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
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To stop people from distributing information in a manner in which the
originator of the information doesn’t see fit.

But your question is a non-sequitur. It suggests that IP laws in some way
stop the information from spontaneously distributing itself. That is
ludicrous – the information is not sentient, and has no “desire” to be
free (or non-free). As such, IP laws restrict the actions of those who
seek to distribute information, and not the actions of the information
itself.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Jamey Kirby wrote:

>>No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.<<

Then why do we have IP laws?

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From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Gary Little
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:03 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they
see fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute
the information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature
of the information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

> Information is free.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Gary Little”
> > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> –
> Peter
> xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
>
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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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And why would anyone do this unless the information had some intrinsic
value?

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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:48 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

To stop people from distributing information in a manner in which the
originator of the information doesn’t see fit.

But your question is a non-sequitur. It suggests that IP laws in some
way stop the information from spontaneously distributing itself. That
is ludicrous – the information is not sentient, and has no “desire” to
be free (or non-free). As such, IP laws restrict the actions of those
who seek to distribute information, and not the actions of the
information itself.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Jamey Kirby wrote:

>>No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.<<

Then why do we have IP laws?

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Gary Little
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:03 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they

see fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might
distribute the information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter

the nature of the information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

> Information is free.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Gary Little”
> > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> –
> Peter
> xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number
of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
>
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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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I contend that, at a minimum, the intrinsic value is the time, blood,
sweat and tears put into defining, refining and producing the
information for consumption.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:48 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

To stop people from distributing information in a manner in which the
originator of the information doesn’t see fit.

But your question is a non-sequitur. It suggests that IP laws in some
way stop the information from spontaneously distributing itself. That
is ludicrous – the information is not sentient, and has no “desire” to
be free (or non-free). As such, IP laws restrict the actions of those
who seek to distribute information, and not the actions of the
information itself.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Jamey Kirby wrote:

>>No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.<<

Then why do we have IP laws?

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Gary Little
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:03 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Bullshit.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
“freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.

It has no wants, no needs.

The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they

see fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might
distribute the information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter

the nature of the information one iota.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:

> Information is free.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Gary Little”
> > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> –
> Peter
> xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number
of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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I would disagree that this is any instric feature of the information
(information has no memory, and does not typically contain any indication
as to the nature of its origin). It is very much an extrinsic
feature. The value you place on such effort is entirely up to you – if
you don’t regard the information as useful, you might consider the effort
to be of no value, a waste of time/money/etc…

It is, however, a reason (IMO) to support the desire of the
information-creators to restrict the distribution of that information, so
that they might gain some compensation for their efforts in the manner
that they see fit.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Jamey Kirby wrote:

I contend that, at a minimum, the intrinsic value is the time, blood,
sweat and tears put into defining, refining and producing the
information for consumption.

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of PeterB
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:48 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

To stop people from distributing information in a manner in which the
originator of the information doesn’t see fit.

But your question is a non-sequitur. It suggests that IP laws in some
way stop the information from spontaneously distributing itself. That
is ludicrous – the information is not sentient, and has no “desire” to
be free (or non-free). As such, IP laws restrict the actions of those
who seek to distribute information, and not the actions of the
information itself.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Jamey Kirby wrote:

> >>No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
> “freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.<<
>
> Then why do we have IP laws?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Gary Little
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:03 PM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
>
> Bullshit.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
> “freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.
>
> It has no wants, no needs.
>
> The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner they

> see fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might
> distribute the information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter

> the nature of the information one iota.
>
>
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:
>
> > Information is free.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: “Gary Little”
> > > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
> >
> > –
> > Peter
> > xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> > http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
> >
> > logic kicks ass:
> > (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> > (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> > (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number
> of
> > legs for a horse.
> > (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> > (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
> >
> >
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logic kicks ass:
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of
legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

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From: 100xCD@100xCD.com[SMTP:100xCD@100xCD.com]
Reply To: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:27 PM
To: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Why my favorite C++ vs. C subject stopped? I want to know everybody’s
opinion which language is better.

Do you like playing Doom in Nightmare mode? When dead creatures respawn
after a while? It isn’t fair. Ultra violence is enough and it was already
used in mentioned thread.

Oh, you’re right. A new “information” creature was already born. But what if
somebody doesn’t notice irony and really respawn dead one?

Best regards,

Michal Vodicka
STMicroelectronics Design and Application s.r.o.
[michal.vodicka@st.com, http:://www.st.com]

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Party pooper!

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Paul Bunn
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:46 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

In the name of God/Allah/Budda or whatever divinity you follow (or maybe
“Pete” for atheists).

NO NO NO NO NO!

I think everyone is fed up to the hind teeth about C vs C++ and WinDbg
vs SoftICE discussions.
Use the tool that YOU think is best for you and be happy!

Regards,

Paul Bunn, UltraBac Software, 425-644-6000
Microsoft MVP - WindowsNT/2000
http://www.ultrabac.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Ignatov [mailto:100xCD@100xCD.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:28 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

Why my favorite C++ vs. C subject stopped? I want to know everybody’s
opinion which language is better.

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gary Little”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)

> You are most welcome.
>
> Gary G. Little
> Staff Engineer
> Broadband Storage, Inc.
> xxxxx@broadstor.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
>
> Thank you for that well-reasoned rebuttal.
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Gary Little wrote:
>
> > Bullshit.
> >
> > Gary G. Little
> > Staff Engineer
> > Broadband Storage, Inc.
> > xxxxx@broadstor.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PeterB [mailto:xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:54 PM
> > To: NT Developers Interest List
> > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
> >
> > No. Information is information, it has no intrinsic quality of
> > “freeness” (or “non-freeness”), it just /is/.
> >
> > It has no wants, no needs.
> >
> > The originator of the information can distribute it in the manner
they
see
> > fit. The decision rests entirely with them. They might distribute
the
> > information for free, they might not. It doesn’t alter the nature
of
the
> > information one iota.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alexey Logachyov wrote:
> >
> > > Information is free.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: “Gary Little”
> > > To: “NT Developers Interest List”
> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 21:15
> > > Subject: [ntdev] Re: how to get drive letter (or volume name)
> >
> > –
> > Peter
xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> > http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
> >
> > logic kicks ass:
> > (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> > (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> > (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number
of
> > legs for a horse.
> > (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> > (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
> >
> >
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> –
> Peter
xxxxx@inkvine.fluff.org
> http://www.inkvine.fluff.org/~peter/
>
> logic kicks ass:
> (1) Horses have an even number of legs.
> (2) They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.
> (3) This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number
of
> legs for a horse.
> (4) But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.
> (5) Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.
>
>
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