And has 7.2 been released yet....?
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 12-Aug-2017 03:02 <=-
And has 7.2 been released yet....?
Nope. Instead they put out a second release candidate which probably means there was something bad in the first release candidate they
wanted ironed out first.
I'll have to find something else to amuse myself with this weekend.
Good thing I am in no rush and hopefully the shiney new gcc will be
worth the extra wait. I am guessing it will be.
Whatever it was didn't seem to jump out to bite you
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 17-Aug-2017 03:29 <=-
Whatever it was didn't seem to jump out to bite you
Actually it sort of did because now I may have to start at the
beginning in order to sync the release with everything else.
I was hoping to avoid that since the raspberry pi is painfully slow.
Good thing I am never in a rush eh?
that doesn't help either
Good thing I am never in a rush eh?
Apparently... ;)
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 19-Aug-2017 03:30 <=-
that doesn't help either
Unless one looks at it as a purely learning experience then no it
doesn't help. Today I find myself back at square one albiet with more experience thanks to failure. :-/
Good thing I am never in a rush eh?
Apparently... ;)
Something like that. As we speak, I am attributing it all to pure stubborness.
you never know when one will be helpful down the line
Sometimes that's the only way things get accomplished... :)
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 24-Aug-2017 00:27 <=-
you never know when one will be helpful down the line
Agreed, except often one can know when and come up with a plan chock
full o' helpfulness. That is my current perspective with respect to
this particular brush with a learning experience.
Sometimes that's the only way things get accomplished... :)
Sometimes? Not that I have been keeping track, but my hunch is that
in my case it is probably much higher than a simple majority of
attempts at accompilshing things, and perhaps always in the case of accompishments. I might even be tempted to conclude that if it
weren't for blind stubborness I probably would have never accomplished anything.
I suppose a better word might be usually rather than sometimes
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 28-Aug-2017 03:20 <=-
I suppose a better word might be usually rather than sometimes
That works for me. For the record I am back to working on straight
x86_64 systems as I have the best past and present experience with
them, especially pure 64 bit boot/roots. So much for stubborness.
:-/
Except that I'd not expect that you'd never go back to that line
of experimentation...
the stubborn will kick in, perhaps when you aren't expecting it
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 30-Aug-2017 20:31 <=-
Except that I'd not expect that you'd never go back to that line
of experimentation...
Perhaps. The next time I'll know what to look for in order to get
what I want out of it.
Speaking of 15-year old single malts, I discovered a source for
Glenlivet French Oak in Nanaimo I plan to take advantage of soon so
that I am better prepared for the event that occurs 124 days from now.
A tad pricey but an 18-year old Glenlivet at the local store put it
into perspective given it's ~135 CAD price tag. That makes ~80 CAD
look far more attractive.
A Canadian friend in COOKING was recently given an 18yo
Glenmorangie
80 CAD for a Glenlivet 15 doesn't sound bad at all
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 03-Sep-2017 03:59 <=-
A Canadian friend in COOKING was recently given an 18yo
Glenmorangie
I am jealous. That is definetly out of my league.
80 CAD for a Glenlivet 15 doesn't sound bad at all
A whole lot better now that you bring up Glenmorangie. I show a "GLENMORANGIE - 10 YEAR OLD THE ORIGINAL" going for 70 CAD locally so
even that tends to be on the pricey side. Definetly eplains why I
haven't had any for at least 20 years now. Also not showing any 18
year old Glenmorangie locally so that wouldn't be an option but it
does help the 18 year old Glenlivet look more attractive
although I am planning to stick with the 15 year old barring any
unforseen event getting in it's way.
the gift was very much appreciated, but he'd not likely be
getting it on his own....
all quite acceptable... but not particularly better so that I'd
get it instead of Glenlivet or Macallan.
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 11-Sep-2017 04:47 <=-
the gift was very much appreciated, but he'd not likely beThat was exactly the same with me and the gifted The Balvenie Single Barrel from days long gone by. That one is definetly listed in my
getting it on his own....
Days of Christmas Past and is highly unlikely to come back to haunt or
try to replicate.
all quite acceptable... but not particularly better so that I'd
get it instead of Glenlivet or Macallan.
That is my reasoning as well. Also I have been a faithful fan of Glenlivet all these years I see no reason to alter future purchases
... except the 15 year old for the upcoming event in 112 days
according to the tagline ... and who knows for sure about the event in 2612 days but my best guess is it will probably get special treatment
as well. We'll see.
But makes a wonderful memory all the same...
I'll probably be using my not-that-long-ago purchased Macallan 12
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 18-Sep-2017 15:33 <=-
But makes a wonderful memory all the same...
No doubt about it.
I'll probably be using my not-that-long-ago purchased Macallan 12
A very good choice. Since I lack a reserve the not-too-distant-in-the-future Glenlivet 15 year old French Oak will
have to do. Then again I might break down and go for the more local Glenlivet 18 year old although at the moment I certainly don't feel
rich enough. Either way my plan is to make it last beyond the more
recent event which I get a very strong feeling is only 105 days away.
This time I am going to be prepared and make a bigger deal of it then
I did last time ... single-malt-scotch-wise that is.
As for the cyber toast app deployment the thingy I am using to reply
to your message looks to be the winner. No?
Having it last beyond the event is a good idea... gives a bit
more feeling of justification for having spent the wad on it...
It makes a good excuse for the splurge
It does do the countdown nicely
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 27-Sep-2017 19:39 <=-
Having it last beyond the event is a good idea... gives a bit
more feeling of justification for having spent the wad on it...
I have to admit I cheated and had a small taste the other day just to ensure I had done the right thing and it was up to the occasion. I am sure it is, and notably is tastier than the 12 year old, although
maybe I have been prejudiced by the extra cost. I don't think so
though.
It makes a good excuse for the splurge
That is my story and I am sticking to it.
It does do the countdown nicely
So far it looks to be accurate although it is set to UTC and not yours
or my local time which gives us a few hours to play with. :-)
the older ones were definitely smoother and nicer than the
younger ones...
And since the countdown is only in days
Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 30-Sep-2017 04:16 <=-
the older ones were definitely smoother and nicer than the
younger ones...
Sounds good to me, especially considering it will be the older one
this time around. I almost bought the 18 year old to make up for my mistake of waiting too long last time but I believe I did the right
thing this time around.
However next time it will probably be the
usual 12 year old although there is plenty of time before then to
change my mind. Who knows, I may break with tradition and try
something different such as an Oban. :-)
And since the countdown is only in days
It makes it easier given I am using the standard Unix time in seconds
for both the future and the present datetime stamp and then dividing
the result by 86400 seconds/day to obtain the floor (no fractional
part) which doesn't need to concern itself with leap seconds and other such oddities. From this angle it appears to be working like a charm
although I have yet to come up with special output (tagline) for when there are 0 days. Looks to me like there are 93 days left before I
*have* to come up with something.
I am sure the actual toast msg will
be done the same way as prior toasts as they kept me pn my toes and
were well within seconds of the allocated time.
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