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Appearance - Pours a medium orange/amber (its lighter than I expected). A off-white (eggshell?) head that holds well and leaves a decent lacing. Smell - Very citrisy, with grapefruit notes dominating. Also the smell of hops is very prominant. Taste - Nice and hoppy upfront (the hops definitely dominate), some acidity and sweetness in the middle (definitely more pronounced malt than I was expecting), and ends on a bitter piney note, coaxing me to take the next drink. Mouthfeel - Good, strong carbonation that stimulates my taste buds when I roll it around my mouth. Drinkability - An enjoyable IPA. A little sharper than I want, and not as complex as I may desire, but a solid IPA that I would not be hesitant to recommend (though it doesn't quit live up to its name). 7/B+

Give this a try: mplayer mms://url -dumpstream -dumpfile foo.wmv

If you run linux and have .lit files then its a problem reading them. Fortunately you can use wine to get Microsoft Reader up and running. There is one extra step to get it working, though. First, download msvcirt.dll from here . Unzip it and place it in ~/.wine/drive_c/windows. Now download Microsoft Reader and install it using wine.

If you can't reply to email on hotmail in Ubuntu, the following tip should help. Its Microsoft, again, trying to be incompatible with non-microsoft products (this is type of reason hardcore computer geeks hate microsoft, bastards) - but there is a way to get it working: Type "about:config" (without the quotes) in Firefox address bar. In the "filter" box type: general.useragent.override If nothing shows up under "Preference Name", then right click the main window (i.e., under preference name) and choose "New" and then "String". Enter the following preference name: general.useragent.override For the string value, if your computer is a 32-bit architecture, then use: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86; en; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092510 Firefox/3.0.3 (all one line). If it is a 64-bit architecture, use: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092510 Firefox/3.0.3 There, that should make it work.

Athough more extensive directions can be found here , I had a hard time using it without getting a bunch of errors in the process, so I've set up this up as a guide that worked for me. I'm assuming you are using Intrepid Ubuntu on a 32-bit machine. Make sure you have enabled multiverse, universe, and the various source code repos. On the command line: sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg wget http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2 tar jxvf ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2 cd ffmpeg-*/ sudo apt-get install liba52-dev libdts-dev libgsm1-dev libvorbis-dev  libxvidcore4 libxvidcore-dev libdc1394-22-dev libfaac-dev  libmp3lame-dev libx264-dev  libfaad-dev libtheora-dev libsdl1.2-dev ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --disable-debug --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-pthreads --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis  --enable-libxvid Assumi...

Preamble. Article I. [The Legislative Branch] Section 1. [Legislature] Section 2. [The House of Representatives] Section 3. [The Senate] Sections 4 & 5. [Elections and Procedural Matter] Section 6. [Compensation] Section 7. [Legislative Process] Section 8. [Powers of Congress] Section 9. [Limitations on Congress] Section 10. [State Powers Given Up to Congress] Article II. The Executive Branch Section 1. [The President and the Electoral Proces] Sections 2 & 3. [Powers Granted to the President] Section 4. [Impeachment] Article III. The Judicial Branch Section 1. [Judicial Powers] Section 2. [Trial by Jury] Section 3. [Treason] Article IV. The Federal Relationship Section 1. [States to Respect Each Others' Acts] Section 2. [State Citizens] Section 3. [U.S Territories and New States] Section 4. [Duties of the U.S. Government Toward the States] Article V. [Amending the Constitutio...

Alright, it doesn't work great and crashes quite a bit, but at least its up and working. If you want to get it running I'm assuming you have a licensed version of Mac OS X "Tiger" that you have copied to an .iso file. Here's how to do it: 1. Through Synaptic or apt-get, install: pearpc 2. Next you need to create a virtual partition to install it onto. To create a 3 gig virtual drive, use the following command: dd if=/dev/zero of=3gigharddisk.img bs=516096 seek=6241 count=0 To creating a 6 gig virtual drive: dd if=/dev/zero of=6gigharddisk.img bs=516096 seek=12482 count=0 3. Now navigate to /etc/ppc and open ppc.conf in an editor (in root). Here is a stripped down version of my config file: ## PearPC Configuration File ## Start Resolution ppc_start_resolution = "800x600x15" ## Redraw interval (in ms) redraw_interval_msec = 20 ## Key codes key_toggle_mouse_grab = "F12" key_toggle_full_screen = "Alt+Return" ## Loader prom_bootmethod = ...

Looking to buy a Dell laptop? Here are some recommendations: Nowadays you want to get at least 2 gigabytes of RAM (I know it sound excessive, but if you are going to be using Vista, you will need it). Avoid celeron processors (the company is not doing that great lately) So I would probably avoid the low end Inspiron 1525 (the celeron one), the "Intel Pentium Dual Core" version definitely looks better. The XPS series is definitely the best, but only if you need all of the power it offers (but it comes at a price). Regarding the operating system: I guess you might as well get it with Windows Vista (Dell does offer Linux Ubuntu machines, but they aren't really cheaper). That said, I've totally abandoned Windows for Linux, and don't have any desire or need to go back. Its finally at a place where it is very user friendly and just requires a slight alteration of thinking in certain respects. If you buy one with Vista, you can always try Linux and then go back if yo...

Of course it is Fox News, the the reliability is somewhat in question:

My hat's off to you McCain, its been turbulent, but I still admire you. To the Hannitys, Limbaughs, Savages, and Levins of the world -- fuck you.

The Virtualbox 2.0.4 Intrepid Repo is not listed on the download site, but it DOES exist: deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free If you want to try OpenOffice 3.0 (which I haven't, though I'm tempted), here is the repo: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main If you want to try Amarok 2.0 beta 3 (I love the direction it is going!), then you can add the following repo: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/project-neon/ubuntu intrepid main To use the latest version of Wine , add the following: deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt intrepid main #WineHQ - Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" Finally, if you want to try the beta of Songbird (0.7) , you can find a link to it here .

Strong reason to be hopeful that the polling trends tell us something useful about who's going to win:

Here are the beers I've reviewed: Pomme Lambic (Lindermans) Rogue Shakespeare Stout Coors Light Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Arrogant Bastard Ale Rare Vos (Brewery Ommegang) Busch Light Other commentary on beer: American Beers and Breweries

I've been obsessed with politics lately. But I've never been interested just in the two major parties. I also love to look into 3rd, 4th, and sundry minor parties (like the Boston Tea party!). In this series, I will blog the following party platforms (if I can get around to it): Major parties Democratic Republican Major Third parties Constitution Green Libertarian Smaller parties America First American Independent Boston Tea Centrist Communist Independence Labor Modern Whig Marijuana Objectivist Populist Prohibition Reform Socialism and Liberation Socialist Socialist Equality Socialist Workers Veterans Workers World Come back to this page for links to each of them!

Bad politics. Worse theology. This is scary stuff. John Hagee is the guy who John McCain warmed up to for a while until some media scrutiny came to this relationship. NOTE: I'm someone who loves to read the Bible and debate theology, but watching this drives me fucking crazy. Here is the link: Vote the Bible, pt1

You know how when one person makes a political statement, someone else in the neighborhood feels like they have to make the opposing one? Well, over the past couple of weeks I've been amused at the exchange occurring in two adjacent neighborhood windows. Last night one of the neighbors (the one on the right) took it to a whole new level. How much stupidity does it require to think this is helping your cause?

Wow. You can tell he really wrestled with the issue and listened the force of his convictions. He's right: embedded in the American way is a tendency towards equality and social justice. Slavery could not withstand this tendency, and neither will other institutionalized forms of discrimination. Certain freedoms were at stake and he could not bring himself to stand up against them. Bravo, mayor.