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Broader question: what should be the default? That leads to a question about our behaviour. ... I’m half-preferring acknowledging that we tend to do the second behaviour, so should have the second arrangement. Thoughts? I think there is a good argument for at least facilitating the latter behaviour...

Warre decanted. A huge (really huge) amount of sediment, both large and fine.
Mayer Sworder's English bottling, so EB/OB comparison with Julian's bottle may be viable, assuming we trust the label.

Given your statement that you're not too concerned with year, you have a number of options. I would suggest choosing a year where lots of houses declared, with a good reputation. I would also aim to ensure that the port will be at least >21 years old at the planned time of drinking, which is not dif...

jdaw1 wrote:

PhilW wrote:.F..T. .G.GC.
Cr..O. .W..D.
.N..S. ..WD..

Loses the alignment quality liked by djewesbury; and smaller-type Titles no longer in the same line.

damn, I agree

Updated draft of the placemats . Any way we can arrange "D", "D,W" and "W" side by side? I can get the ‟D,W” between the D and W, even though, for five glasses, I prefer /RectangularDislocation to /Diamonds . But maybe, with five beside six, I prefer the latter, as th...

How did the traced line connecting the glasses appear? These were my custom use of the feature "MakePathConnectingGlasses" within Julian's postscript. And what is the correct way of including an external graphic (the makers' brands)? This is not a standard feature. I took a couple of phot...

Sounds like you're getting things all sorted and ready; I hope it all goes smoothly, enjoyably and is a success for you - good luck!

For 69 we seem to be limited to TV69 and D69colheita ... There's a rather nice G69 colheita...plus the Prince of Wales "investiture port" is pretty good if you ever come across that. I had intended to include the Graham 69 colheita in my original post; I wasn't aware of the "investit...

Ni66 arrived today - nice looking bottle (bottling date is 69: 3yr post-harvest) Very interesting to me for birth year reasons; I've recommended a few friends to choose their "birth year" bottles based on bottling date rather than harvest where it improves the options. For 69 we seem to b...

Ni66 arrived today - nice looking bottle (bottling date is 69: 3yr post-harvest) - so time for a decision. Probably best way to determine is for those who want to open it to state the minimum number of other people that they'd consider sharing the cost with (EUR245 for bottle + EUR 35 express shipp...

jdaw1 wrote:JDAWiseman is online, seemingly alone.

You are not alone.

Have you recommended (pseudo)code that will convert c0!c4 to four roots? No, sorry; I would use the formulae from there , and implement calculation of discriminant,p,q,S,Q,x (where c4..c0 are a..e and is only valid for non-zero a). The only optimisations I can see would be potential detection of no...

jdaw1 wrote:No starter it’s my diet day.

Is this an annual event?

Seems like a good approach for this application provided division isn't too costly (LowerX + UpperX) ÷ 2 still has s division. (LowerX + UpperX) * 0.5 does not have a division in floating point calculation and would be the expected implementation to reduce computation for that case; (LowerX + Uppe...

how is xTolerance defined/determined?) I know that x is in points, so xTolerance is defined to be 0.01. An answer that accurate is good enough for me. If a maximum paper size can also be assumed, perhaps no greater than 3.5m in one dimension should be more than sufficient, then this would presumabl...

PhilW wrote:Could there be any bounding of the relative ratio of xTolerance to initial delta between upper and lower bounds?

(and if the implicit answer from your previous post is "no", then how is xTolerance defined/determined?)

Assumptions: ∈ ℝ; continuous; starting points either side. No more. Desiderata include robustness, speed, and simplicity of code. Don’t need to reach the root, only for the bounds either side to be closer than xTolerance, when do a final unconstrained linear interpolation. Any possibility of multi...

Step one: write code to solve a quartic equation. Worrying, I think that I have devised an algorithm as good as Brent’s Method , but simpler, and not needing a pre-chosen x -step. Assume root bounded by LowerX and UpperX, with matching y values LowerY and UpperY. Interpolation would make the next x...

Upon reflection, I really like this idea of PW’s: :tpf: needs a Club Anthem, and the Oompa Loompas praising voluminous consumption of fine VP would be liked by all. Simpler for many, would be a variation on the original Monty Python Spam song; Any inspired member could start a quiet "Port, Por...

Different question. In the arrangement thread for the 1966 horizontal on 27th June , with each update of the placemats pictures have been posted in the thread. Is this worth the effort? In the general case I'd say no; It's useful in the case you refer to because the first post is not currently bein...

In general i'm not a fan of shipping bottles within the last month to six weeks before a tasting, since i think i have found more success from my own bottles when adopting WS1's regime. My vote would therefore be for a confirmed Dow 66 before chasing down EUR200+ bottles of unknown provenance from ...

Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo, I’ve got a perfect puzzle for you. Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-dee, If you are wise you’ll listen to me. What do you get it you drink port too young? A thin tannic mess stoppered up with a bung. What do you get if you wait thirty years? A fine drop of wine that can move you ...

Sadly my affliction was to leave my tasting notes and score sheets at TBH. Hehe, of course none of the rest of us have ever done that... However me falling asleep on the train and needing a cab home Oops - haven't done that one yet... It was a very good evening, in particular the mini-70-vertical w...

Glenn E. wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:Current winner is ‟/DiamondsPlus”

I can think of nothing better.

Ditto. Some possible insect outlines came to mind, but ‟/DiamondsPlus” is probably simpler and clearer, and therefore preferred.

Also, what are some bottles available for adoption? (or I could chip in - whatever works best for the tasting group). I need to adopt! At last year's mini-66 horizontal, jdaw1 was in need of a bottle and purchased a Taylor 66 from the Davy's list that showed very nicely Any thoughts from the congre...