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Mounting Virtual Drives as Physical Drives in Windows?

Posted by Cliff on from the but-what-about-the-DMCA dept.

Bombcar asks: "Samba 3.0 is an excellent CIFS server, but there are some limitations. For one, you can get a networked mapped drive, but some programs (Oracle, Exchange) refuse to run on a mapped drive, but only on local drives. I know there are some closed source (read: expensive) drivers that allow a SMB share to appear to be a physical disk. Is there any equivalent in the OSS community? What I want to be able to do is mount a share from a Linux server under Windows 2000 and have it appear as if it were a local disk. This will allow many programs that refuse (for what ever reason) to use anything but physical drives to access the network." Might such software be seen as a 'circumvention device' as specified by the DMCA? The submittor mentions that there are companies in this market already, but that doesn't mean that it will remain safe.

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  1. tsarkon reports on a greased up yoda doll yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    9 steps to greasing your anus for Yoda Doll Insertion!
    1. Defecate. preferably after eating senna, ex lax, prunes, cabbage and hot sauces.
    2. Wipe ass with witch hazel, soothes horrific burns.
    3. Prime anus with anal ease.
    4. Slather richly a considerable amount of vaseline or other anal lubricants into your rectum at least until the bend and also take your yoda doll or yoda soap on a rope and liberally apply it.
    5. Pucker your ballon knot several times actuating the sphincter muscle in order to work it in.
    6. Put a nigger do-rag on yoda's head so the ears don't stick out like daggers!
    7. Make sure to have a mechanism by which to fish yoda out of your rectum, the soap on the rope is especially useful because that is built in.
    8. Slowly rest yourself onto your yoda figurine.
    9. Gyrate gleefully in your computer chair while your fat sexless geek nerd loser fat shit self enjoys the prostate massage you'll be getting. Read slashdot. Masturbate to anime. Email one of the editors hoping they will honor you with a reply. Join several more dating services - this time, you dont check the (desired - speaks english) and (desired - literate). You figure you might get a chance then. Order some fucking crap from Think Geek. Get Linux to boot on a Black And Decker Appliance. Wish you could afford a new computer. Argue that IDE is better than SCSI because you cant afford SCSI. Make claims about how Linux rules. Compile a kernel on your 486SX. Claim to hate windows but use it for Everquest. Admire Ghyslain's courage in making that wonderful star wars movie. Officially convert to the Jedi religion. Talk about how cool Mega Tokyo is. Try and make sure you do your regular 50 story submissions to Slashdot, all of which get rejected because people who arent fatter than CowboyNeal can't submit. Fondle shrimpy penis while making a yoda voice and saying, feel the force, padawan, feeel the foooorce, hurgm. Yes. Yes. When 900 years you reach, a dick half as big you will not have.

    All in a days work with a yoda figurine rammed up your ass.
    I HAVE A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS!
    y______________________________YODA_ANUS
    o_________________.'_:__`.________________y
    d____________.-.'`.__;___.'`.-.___________o
    a___________/_:____\_;__/____;_\__________d
    s_,'__""--.:__;".-.";:_:".-.":__;.--""__`,a
    e_:'_`.t""--.._'/@.`;___',@\`_..--""j.'_`;s
    x______`:-.._J_'-.-'L___`--_'_L_..-;'_____e
    ________"-.___;__.-"__"-.__:___.-"________x
    y____________L_'_/.------.\_'_J___________y
    o_____________"-.___"--"___.-"____________o
    d______________.l"-:_TR_;-";._____________d
    a_________.-j/'.;__;""""__/_.'\"-.________a
    s_______v.'_/:`._"-.:_____.-"_.';__`.v____s
    e____.-"__/_;__"-._"-..-"_.-"__:____"-.___e
    x_.+"-.__:_:______"-.__.-"______;-.____\__x
    _v;_\__`.;_;____________________:_:_"+._;_
    y_:__;___;_;____________________:_;__:_\:_y
    o_;__:___;_:____________________;:___;__:_o
    d:_\__;__:__;__________________:_;__/__::_d
    Because of Yoda's attitude, I usually don't respond to his perversions, but this time I'll make an exception. For starters, the nicest thing that can be said about Yoda's lackeys is that they are goofy insurrectionists out to demonstrate an outright hostility to law enforcement. Already, some piteous Neanderthals have begun to fund a vast web of uncontrollable vagabonds, combative slackers, and naive malodorous-types, and with terrifying and tragic results. What tracts will follow from their camp is anyone's guess. Think about that for a moment. Simply put, every morning Yoda asks himself, "How can I fool the masses today?" The law is not just a moral stance. It is the consensus of society on our minimum standards of behavior.

    It

    1. Re:tsarkon reports on a greased up yoda doll yeah! by Josh+Booth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That's a neat trick: getting mod points, OT posting as an anonymous coward, then modding your post up. At least that is what seems logical to me. Who else would mod this insightful? Please, before I puke,

      MOD THIS SHIT DOWN!!!
    2. Re:tsarkon reports on a greased up yoda doll yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The funny thing is I just took a screen shot and saved this URL because I thought it was fucking hilarious that someone else modded my musings UP.

      Hahaha. Look at your gay, stupid small penis self going on and on and ranting like the little pussy bitch you are.

    3. Re:tsarkon reports on a greased up yoda doll yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      My Asian Interests, by Josh Booth.

      Josh cant get sex off of girls in Jersey, so he needs to mailorder a bride.

      This past year (2003), I have learned so much about East Asian culture and language.

      Joshie learned what languages they speak, how much they cost to mailorder, what they will do for you in the bedroom per culture, will they cook and clean.

      This stems partly from Asian girls being very pretty to me.

      After furiously masturbating to Anime for as long as Joshie can remember, he needs to find a chick that looks like a cartoon character.

      I have my own, a half Thai girlfriend my own age, who I love.

      The other half is Josh's dad. He likes to fuck relatives.

      I love her (Thai) mom too -- she makes some great steak.

      Yeah, doing your girlfriend's / sister's mom with your Dad is probably exciting. I wouldnt know, but Josh does.

      Mmmmmmmm, Steak, uhhhhhhhh!
      I'll bet dick tastes good to you, but most men don't like it. And you must be talking about Dad, ewww, gross.

      I like the Thai hot sauce she has -- it is sweet as well as spicy.

      Yeah, girl juice is good. But after that bout with your dad's cock, I'm in no mood.