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I just had a weaver get a strange mood and demand stuff that I knew I had (cloth, rough gems, wood, metal bars) and he was still just sitting there.

Then I noticed that he'd tasked the one piece of adamantine cloth I had accidently made.  So I made a second piece, he grabbed it, and then started construction.  So I expect something like a million db adamantine thong to be produced presently...

[Edit: I was close.  He made a turban.]

Looks like clothiers like their turbans. I got one today, too.

Even if quantum computers existed and they were affordable, Dwarf Fortress would not necessarily run on one.

No, it probably would need two or three.

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A catbone pick ...
What can you do with that? Dig through sand?

If the stones are bothering you, just hide them from view - either individually or via the designations menu:
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Hide_Items_or_Buildings

Burrows work well, but make sure the dwarf has access to booze, food and bed ... ^^

You can also make underground pastures once you have breached a cavern and the underground spores fly thoughout your fortress spawning moss and mushroom growth on soil floor tiles.

Grazing animals do afford much more micro management now - even if you have your starting animals pastured and those you bought from a caravan - there will be still those who will come with migrants and be born by your females. You have to look after them and assign them to pastures and watch out that the pastures are big enough and that they still have enough grass during the seasonal changes.
Notably Yaks need very big pastures.

OTOH carnivores need no attention at all as well as all kinds of birds. With birds you can get lots of eggs without to much work.
I tend to keep only a few grazers for milk and hair and an occasional slaughter.

A dwarf should never die from thirst. (Though I have to admit that in my first fortress that might have happened too, before I figured out how to make booze and how to bring with enough for the first year on embark.)
Dwarfs only drink water in times of destitution or when they are ill.

Make sure you have around 80 or so barrels of booze (different sorts preferred).
Early on you should look around for a suitable location for farming inside - a small pool on the surface can be use to water a six times as big farming area one level below.
Set up a small farming plot (8 to 10 tiles will do for the first years) and plant plump helmets every season (you should bring with you around fifty or so on embark). Built a still and let your craftsdwarf make lots of barrels from rock at a craftsdwarf workshop. Brew booze at your still. Booze can also be made from some plants you can gather from outside (d-p). Requires a dwarf with the plant gathering labor enabled.

You can also assign an infinite amount of animals to cages.