Complete list of command line tools you would need. Check it out!
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From the world of digg.com – a link to a very useful site detailing a list of command line tools/programs that you can use/call in Oracle, Windows2k/XP, Linux and Mac OS X. Handy for those obscure not often used commands!
Woah! This is one seriously nice Cab Sav! It has it all negligable sulphur, non over powering alcohol flavour and ooodles of fruit, tannins and wood, mixed to perfection, a mild initial hit on the pallete, a decent mid range and a simply AWESOME (almost never ending) after taste filled with rich granny smith flavours. This one is a keeper, a keepy keepy keeper! Very highly reccomended and seems to be good for drinking now!
I would also reccomend a decent decanting period of 1-3 hours for this one (longer in the colder weather) went very well with my Raviolli Matriciana!
nwld!
“This guide tries to be as spesific as possible, so that even newbies can follow it easily!”
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I rather enjoy the look of OS X compared to the default Ubuntu look, not really having the time or motivation to come up with something myself, I am happy to use the hard work of others to make my working environment more to my taste. Thanks to the Finnish linux user who created this guide (currently a work in progress itself, certainly makes my life easier).
M
This interesting “Old Bush Vine” wine hails from the McLaren Vale in South Australia (the home of much goodness :P). The best thing this wine does is to mix the pepperyness of shiraz grapes with my childhood memories of eating Grenache picked right from the vine on a fruit block. It is very complex and needs a bit of time to open up, the aftertaste is something to savour for quite some time.
Not an? everyday wine, but very very pleasent for every now and then.
M
This sparkling white made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes, has a very interesting colour somewhere between yellow and orange, and is the only form of Pinot thus far that I have enjoyed. Unlike some sparkling whites this does not have a sour taste, yet it is not overly sweet. It was opened to celebrate/commiserate a mate leaving the state. While not something that one would drink every day, or with a meal, it certainly goes well with a toast, or dessert.
M
(Reccommended)
They carry a venom so powerful it can kill crocodiles, snakes and other predators in minutes. All attempts to fight the spread of the cane toad have so far failed. No-one is quite sure of the most effective way to stop them.
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Thinking of Nat who has just moved up to Queensland! Enjoy.
M
How can a digital catalouge expire? I placed an album in my shopping cart, waiting for a time when I could be bothered to make a purchase (Roxette – Don’t bore us get to the chorus, if you must know – there is no accounting for taste, especially not mine :P), anyways back to the rant – how can a music catalouge stored on computers expire?
A digital catalouge should have the items contained therein timing out or expiring, while I am not so opposed to price changes (over time) something just disappearing without any warning that it might cease to be available (no indication that it was a special once off, or time limited offer). This is discraceful, most music stores if requested will go to their back catalouge and see if they can get you a CD that they do not stock.
A small worry is that this may lead to music that expires, times out or degrades after a number of plays. A bigger worry is that a format shift will occur and Apple will cease supporting the current content protected AAC format. I think its time for me to stop buying into this digital music con, until I know that my rights and ability to play purchased music are opened up. Have a read of this article (point 5 specifically) and see if you could see yourself locked out of your music at some point in the future (2, 3, 5, 10) years from now – I know that I have older (7 years or so) CD’s that while I do not play on a regular basis I still enjoy from time to time, I’d not like to discover next time I try and play one of them that they’d refuse to play because my device “Was not authorised” – not something I have to face with a CD, sure, but what about my downloaded digital music?
If you get an error regarding your MAPI dll when starting up Outlook 2003 after you uninstall Office2007, I reccomend that you delete “MSMAPI32.DLL” from the C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\ directory (note: “Program Files” may vary between x64 and 32 bit versions of windows), then insert your Office 2003 CD, start the installer, and select the option to have it Auto Repair your office install.
It seems every man and his dog is running around the internet posting reviews of Windows Vista Ultimate, and a goodly proportion of these have made comparisons to either Linux or MacOS, now its my turn ;).
Vista – I think I’ll start here as it is the most logical place to begin and is perhaps the freshest in my memory. I finished downloading the beta last night and installed it onto my AthlonXP 3500+ (2G Ram, X800 Pro, 200G SATA HDD). This system scores a 3 in Vista’s performance metric, let down by a somewhat “underspecc’d” CPU. I was drawn to test vista because it is considered by many to be the future of mainstream computing and I like to know what I am likely to have on my desk in 3-5 years from now, and the many reviews tempted me to have a look – ooo shiny
Installation: The installation is perhaps the smoothest Windows install I have performed, it asked all the questions and did not bother me again, until it was time to set up a user account. The backdrops provided are extremely detailed and it is nice to have the option to set this before getting into the system. There were several things that the installtion could not handle – but I was doing somewhat unexpected things – namely – swapping SATA cables about, the system was able to detect (after a refresh) that a different drive with different partitioning was there, but was unable to install on this drive until rebooted. It was also incapable of installing onto a Silicon Image SATA (raid) controller (that did not have raid configured on it) which I found surprising as my motherboard is now two years old (Gigabyte K8SNSXP-939 or something similar) WinXP drivers worked allowing Vista to see and use the drives.
Initial thoughts – pretty. It is very pretty and things like the dashboard and the start bar do not get in the road too much (other than the new start lozenge which for some unknown reason sticks up 5-10 pixels above the heght of the rest of the bar and is always over the status area of apps which is not very nice). Once the initial prettyness is over things begin to get annoying. The “glass” of the application borders is annoying. It’s like having a constantly variable colour of bar, and it is very easy to lose which is active and inactive.
Improvements: Window’s don’t seem to grab focus when they want your attention, which means that you can continue to type in your main window and get around to looking at the window that wants your attention in your own good time.
User Account Protection: I like the idea of this, something windows needs. This implementation however is bad, very bad! It will get to the point where people will just click the accept boxes to do what they wanted to do in the quickest possible way. Rendering the scheme useless.
Ubuntu “Dapper Drake” 6.06
The interface of Ubuntu is making some massive progress presently. The font support and basic design of the windows are pleasant to use. The applications available for Linux (*BSD, etal) are making massive strides and some (like Firefox) are my default applications across all patforms (Win, MacOS, Unix). Some issues that I do have with Ubuntu (when being used from the perspective of handing it over to people not comfortable editing things like config files, the command line) is that some configuration options (like a bootmenu editor) for grub are not plainly obvious, this becomes important, as the menu fills with options to boot old kernels. I cannot comment on installation as I performed an upgrade from Breezy Badger (5.10) using the apt tools.
MacOS X – 10.4.6
I must admit that OS X is my most favourite operating system of the day. A coherent interface for the more part (things like Metal vs Plastik are not overly jarring for myself), easy to find, use and configure options, via a single application. Most things GNU are a simple recompile away. Programs and codec’s that support pretty much every format and usage scenario one might imagine. The OS is not without its problems however – Mach-O does slow down some operations especially thread creation, but I find it liveable. I am very tempted to upgrade my Powerbook to a MBP, but am unsure if I should go the 15″ or 17″ so I may as well wait a little while :).
Summary summary:
Vitsa – Litte more than a themed XP, some annoying changes with the theme, some cool new UI enhacements. UAP the intent is there but implemented really really really poorly. Lets hope they can get it improved before final release.
Ubuntu – Almost something I could give my mother and she would not complain.
OS X – My preferred OS still.
Woah! This is one awesome cab sav. Very young being a 2004 vintage, I would HIGHLY reccommend grabbing a 1/2 case or so and cellaring for several years (6-8 says the label). The potential of this wine is excellent. It may be a screwcap, but one should remember that this will render the wine less likely to cork and not be nice in the future.
Oh yes – this wine hides its alcohol content very well and only gives you lots and lots of wood, fruit and other subtle flavours!
nwld