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I still rather new to mountain features, but if it works like a cave river, you'll have to actually dig to it (AKA breach it's walls). I suppose damp stone would surround it, too. Me, I'd start sinking shafts in likely areas.

Not 100% on this, but i think a pond zone only generates one job at a time, so you should be able to fill it faster by designating several zones at the top of the pit. of course, you'll need more buckets.
But then, there's always pumps.

Is the corpse forbidden? I reciently had a racooon get into my fort and after the dogs finished with it the pieces were all forbidden.
Also, is there room in the refuse pile?

Nice expansion. But what'd you have in mind as to usefull things to attach?

I have to agree about the difficulty of connecting large sections of wall and/or an elevator, just from an interface perspective. But what does that leave, other that item hauling?

Also, I notice you used "ropes" instead of "chains". That got me thinking about possibility of requiring chains for heavier loads.

Hate to shoot you down but several of these have already been suggested.
Conveyor belt: already suggested (Personally, I don't get it. I always have plenty of haulers
Elevator: already suggested (See the suggestion about winches for a more generalized version)
Pipelines: neat idea, heh, this is what i thought pipe sections were for at first
Rain catcher: interesting, but in my (admittedly limited) experience, there's always a pool or two, and plenty of booze
Boiler: I recently thought of this myself, but i was thinking of a steam trap
Steam Cannon: Hmm... well if we've got a boiler... an new type of siege engine?
Black Powder: very cool. but it'd have to be really hard to make
Potions: interesting, and a use for extracts would be nice
Soap: Toady probably has something planned, I haven't read the dev notes extensively, but as a trap? it'd definately add more humor

All good stuff. I particularly agree with the scaling bit.

First, seven dwarves in a hole should not attract twice their number after 3 months.

Amen! In my last fort, I was just starting to think, "I could really use another dorf or 2." Then OMG! Immigrants! Twenty-odd dwarves. All the 7 had was a row of beds.
More immigrants if there are more beds than current residents, prehaps, and less if more dwarves than beds.

If your runing DF from, say "C:\program files\DF", then Vista moves any files created/modified by the apps in said folder (i think) to "C:\Users\{user name here}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\DF".

I did it like this for a while, but got sick of messing with files in two locations.

You should be able to merge the two folders to somewhere easier to manage without a hitch.

You could try customizing the settings of the pile that you want filled. q > s. Might help. Or if you just want your main fort area cleared, you could dump it/ hide it.
Hmmm... Do masons still use hidden stones?