Not quite - I was saying (incorrectly) that the new systems meet the recommended requirements, but he caught me on the videocard business. You're listing the minimum requirements. So, you're wrong. So there! Victory is mine! (until someone spots some other error I made *sigh*)
Either way, I think we're all agreed that Aperture _really_ wants some hefty hardware to do it's thang, which shouldn't be surprising considering how much data it needs to move around to do what it does. Can't wait to try it out at an Apple store when it's released -- the Apple store says shipping in 6-8 weeks.
I'd not want to run this thing on the minimum specs, but I bet one could squeak by pretty easily without the hefty videocard as long as you have the memory and something near the CPU power required (dual 1.8s would likely be more than fine, especially if you have 2GB RAM).
Hmm, sort of true. The 9800 is an ATI, not nVidia, but you're right about the base videocards not meeting the recommended spec. I'd be willing to bet the requirements having the most affect on Aperture are memory and CPU speed (in that order), though who knows.
There's a big difference between 'recommended' and 'required,' which you didn't catch. Check again - the required is only a single 1.8gHz system with (only) 1GB of RAM, a far cry from the recommended setup.
So the dual-core G5 finally arrived (with the top end machine having 2 of them), plus PCIe and 533MHz DDR2. I expected PCIe, but didn't expect DDR2. This is a very nice transition machine to wait for the Intel Macs.
Things to note:
All nVidia videocards, now -- one of which is a Quadro FX 4500 for $1650. Nice knowin' ya, ATI, don't let the door hit you in the rear on the way out.
"In addition to the 16-lane graphics slot, the Power Mac G5 features three PCI Express expansion slots: two four-lane slots and one eight-lane slot. Each slot uses a standard connector that can accommodate a card of any size."
This mobo has better PCIe support than any other mobo I've heard about, by _far_. Crazy. 2 x4 slots and an x8? The new Fibre Channel Card seems to be an x4 PCIe, which is the first x4 card I've heard of. There are hardly any x1 cards, yet, either, and PCIe has been out quite a while.
Dual gigabit ethernet now, too, instead of just single. (they were just single before, right?)
The optional modem is now an external USB dongle style model, instead of an internal card. The end of an era. Good riddance.
I guess Apple finally stepped into the 'future.':)
The bad:
Only SATA '1', no 'SATA2' (no such thing, really, but...).
Still only 2 internal HDs? C'mon - these are supposed to be workstations, Apple. Get with it. I wants my internal RAID 10!
I'm definitely waiting for the Intel Macs, but for those who are opposed to the idea of an Intel Mac, these machines are about as sweet as one could ask for. The low-end PowerMac is now a 2gHz dual-core G5, which is pretty nice (and meets the recommended specs for their new application, Aperture, as long as you upgrade the hell out of the RAM).
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...it's also a tasty salad dressing! Mmm...now *that's* _Vimtastic_!
10? You're not driving right. A real dieselgeek gets +20 to those.
Well, it depends which TDI vehicle you're driving, and whether it's got a manual transmission or not, and whether you drive it like it's a racecar or not.:)
A rail link from Bellevue to Seattle would be great, but not enough. We actually need one from Redmond through Bellevue, across the water to Seattle, plus some east-west runs further south and further north, plus some north-south runs (Boeing in Renton up to say Boeing in Everett). They also need to be integrated with the bus systems, so you get a transit pass to go from bus to train and back again. Now, whether the rail line is two-rail or monorail makes little difference to me. The Tokyo/Haneda run (I think that's the one) runs more traffic than the entire sound transit rail plan is supposed to handle, if I'm remembering my numbers correctly, and has been doing so for decades, I think, so monorail technology is certainly up to the job. The technology exists, though monorail opponents tend to lie about that a lot, for whatever reason.
The thing is, crossing that water I mentioned is the big problem here. We've got two main spans crossing Lake Washington - WA-520 and I-90. Now, I-90 isn't so bad, but it's pretty far south for the tech workers who are going to/from MS and related companies up in Redmond. WA-520 is the bridge they all use, and unfortunately, it's a 2-lane (each way) floating bridge that is in danger of failing during high winds, and needs to be replaced ASAP. That's one of the major transportation projects in the area. The other biggie is the Alaskan Way Viaduct, which is a double deck elevated span running along the Seattle waterfront. This thing is old, damaged, and SERIOUSLY in need of replacement, mainly due to damage done in the Nisqually Earthquake in 2001. Along with that project is the Seawall replacement. So, to replace the Viaduct, we'll need $4 billion+. I can't remember how much the 520 replacement project requires, but it's definitely in the multi-billion cagetory, as well. To have a rail system span Lake Washington will require the replacement of 520, most likely, and the 520 replacement isn't near the safety priority of replacing the viaduct.
Here's where it gets fun.
There is a voter initative coming up to squash the gas tax recently created (9.5 cents per gallon phased in over ten years, I _think_), that will come up with the major state-wide funding for these mega transportation projects. The people of this state are fucking ignorant when it comes to PAYING for things, so they'll probably vote for the initiative and kill transportation funding (AGAIN). That's the problem with Washington state - the voters are stupid as hell (just like every other state). They vote for things they want done, then vote AGAINST the funding for them, then piss and moan about it. Granted, the politicians HAVE done their very best to kill the monorail initiative from the very beginning (there's a reason it had to be done as a voter iniative in the first place - politicians never wanted the monorail expanded), and they did provide funding for stadiums we voted against twice. Still - residents here seem to vote against funding for transportation issues every chance they get.
As the saying goes, you get the government you deserve. *sigh*
I _really_ could use that flying car about now...
What I'd like to see:
- replace the viaduct with a tunnel (state legislative preferred option) - create monorail line from Northgate (or Ballard if low funds) to Seatac airport, and elevate it over the viaduct path through the Seattle waterfront, creating a MAJOR tourist attraction. The view of Seattle and Elliott Bay from the Viaduct is the best view of Seattle (view of the skyline from West Seattle is the next best view, BTW). This has the advantage of ripping up only that one path along the waterfront, so rights of way costs and construction costs along that costly downdown section would be minimized). Views from waterfront buildings would be substantially reduced with just a monorail line there instead of a double deck freeway. - integrate the ticketing system between bus, monorail, and sound transit (bus and light rail) so you can go from one to the others without having t
I learned it as T-BANGS, with T standing for truth.
What, like, "the true statement"? I believe that would still go after the noun, "le rapport vrai," according to babelfish (not that babelfish is the most accurate of English/French translations).
I've heard quite a lot of Chinese and Japanese, and almost no Serbo-Croatian, but aesthetics are a matter of personal preference, which is why I said 'to me,' so get over it.
My first French teacher was a Swiss woman with no sense of humour. She taught us the rule as 'BAGS' instead of 'BANGS,' until I noticed the French movie poster for The Fifth Element had Fifth before Element, not after, so I added the 'N' to the rule. She wasn't impressed, with rather irked me.
The _really_ unfortunate part of the French language is not the adjective-noun order, which at least has the BANGS method, but the 'gender' of nouns, for which there is no way to know short of memorization, as far as I know. A man's shirt is a feminine object, and a woman's blouse is a masculine object? Why?! Totally bizarre, though still the most beautiful sounding and looking language to me of any I know of.
You can get new 'Model M' keyboards from pckeyboards.com, and either scratch off the letters, or paint over them.
This would be coming full circle for me, as I learned to type on an IBM Selectric (the original) that had no letters on the keys.
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They could be copying the Microsoft strategy of buying out, err, hiring all the best and brightest, sticking them in labs to play with whatever they want, and then never doing anything with what they come up with. It prevents those people from going elsewhere and actually making good products.
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The point was that _all_ the videocards on the PowerMacs are nVidia, now - not an ATI to be found.
Not quite - I was saying (incorrectly) that the new systems meet the recommended requirements, but he caught me on the videocard business. You're listing the minimum requirements. So, you're wrong. So there! Victory is mine! (until someone spots some other error I made *sigh*)
Either way, I think we're all agreed that Aperture _really_ wants some hefty hardware to do it's thang, which shouldn't be surprising considering how much data it needs to move around to do what it does. Can't wait to try it out at an Apple store when it's released -- the Apple store says shipping in 6-8 weeks.
I'd not want to run this thing on the minimum specs, but I bet one could squeak by pretty easily without the hefty videocard as long as you have the memory and something near the CPU power required (dual 1.8s would likely be more than fine, especially if you have 2GB RAM).
Hmm, sort of true. The 9800 is an ATI, not nVidia, but you're right about the base videocards not meeting the recommended spec. I'd be willing to bet the requirements having the most affect on Aperture are memory and CPU speed (in that order), though who knows.
There's a big difference between 'recommended' and 'required,' which you didn't catch. Check again - the required is only a single 1.8gHz system with (only) 1GB of RAM, a far cry from the recommended setup.
So the dual-core G5 finally arrived (with the top end machine having 2 of them), plus PCIe and 533MHz DDR2. I expected PCIe, but didn't expect DDR2. This is a very nice transition machine to wait for the Intel Macs.
:)
Things to note:
All nVidia videocards, now -- one of which is a Quadro FX 4500 for $1650. Nice knowin' ya, ATI, don't let the door hit you in the rear on the way out.
"In addition to the 16-lane graphics slot, the Power Mac G5 features three PCI Express expansion slots: two four-lane slots and one eight-lane slot. Each slot uses a standard connector that can accommodate a card of any size."
This mobo has better PCIe support than any other mobo I've heard about, by _far_. Crazy. 2 x4 slots and an x8? The new Fibre Channel Card seems to be an x4 PCIe, which is the first x4 card I've heard of. There are hardly any x1 cards, yet, either, and PCIe has been out quite a while.
Dual gigabit ethernet now, too, instead of just single. (they were just single before, right?)
The optional modem is now an external USB dongle style model, instead of an internal card. The end of an era. Good riddance.
I guess Apple finally stepped into the 'future.'
The bad:
Only SATA '1', no 'SATA2' (no such thing, really, but...).
Still only 2 internal HDs? C'mon - these are supposed to be workstations, Apple. Get with it.
I wants my internal RAID 10!
I'm definitely waiting for the Intel Macs, but for those who are opposed to the idea of an Intel Mac, these machines are about as sweet as one could ask for. The low-end PowerMac is now a 2gHz dual-core G5, which is pretty nice (and meets the recommended specs for their new application, Aperture, as long as you upgrade the hell out of the RAM).
...it's also a tasty salad dressing! Mmm...now *that's* _Vimtastic_!
what do you call a moon with no planet?
... Kato Kaelin?
Um
I guess if we're sticking to the Xena them, then Joxer would be my answer.
From my painfully extensive man page research years ago, this seems to be the fastest way to (safely) shutdown (or restart) a Linux box:
shutdown -hn now (for halt)
shutdown -rn now (for restart)
I call this my "Express Elevator to Hell: System Goin' DOWN!" command. [Somebody wake up Hicks.]
10? You're not driving right. A real dieselgeek gets +20 to those.
:)
Well, it depends which TDI vehicle you're driving, and whether it's got a manual transmission or not, and whether you drive it like it's a racecar or not.
You get 33 MPG city and 36 HWY.
Screw that; get a VW with a TDI engine, and add 10 MPG to those numbers.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?
:)
Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
Off to the store! (okay, in another paycheck or two)
What happens ... if they blow it off course in the wrong direction?
Multiple answers:
ALIENS: "Game over, man, game over!"
LAST STARFIGHTER: *bzzt* "We die."
YOSEMITE SAM: "Say yer prayers, varmint."
MARVIN THE MARTIAN: "The Earth? Oh, the Earth will be gone in just a few seconds."
Do you feel better now?
> prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/
Dude - relocate to _Utah_?! You gotta be kidding me...is there hazard pay included?
(joke!) [sorta]
A rail link from Bellevue to Seattle would be great, but not enough. We actually need one from Redmond through Bellevue, across the water to Seattle, plus some east-west runs further south and further north, plus some north-south runs (Boeing in Renton up to say Boeing in Everett). They also need to be integrated with the bus systems, so you get a transit pass to go from bus to train and back again. Now, whether the rail line is two-rail or monorail makes little difference to me. The Tokyo/Haneda run (I think that's the one) runs more traffic than the entire sound transit rail plan is supposed to handle, if I'm remembering my numbers correctly, and has been doing so for decades, I think, so monorail technology is certainly up to the job. The technology exists, though monorail opponents tend to lie about that a lot, for whatever reason.
The thing is, crossing that water I mentioned is the big problem here. We've got two main spans crossing Lake Washington - WA-520 and I-90. Now, I-90 isn't so bad, but it's pretty far south for the tech workers who are going to/from MS and related companies up in Redmond. WA-520 is the bridge they all use, and unfortunately, it's a 2-lane (each way) floating bridge that is in danger of failing during high winds, and needs to be replaced ASAP. That's one of the major transportation projects in the area. The other biggie is the Alaskan Way Viaduct, which is a double deck elevated span running along the Seattle waterfront. This thing is old, damaged, and SERIOUSLY in need of replacement, mainly due to damage done in the Nisqually Earthquake in 2001. Along with that project is the Seawall replacement. So, to replace the Viaduct, we'll need $4 billion+. I can't remember how much the 520 replacement project requires, but it's definitely in the multi-billion cagetory, as well. To have a rail system span Lake Washington will require the replacement of 520, most likely, and the 520 replacement isn't near the safety priority of replacing the viaduct.
Here's where it gets fun.
There is a voter initative coming up to squash the gas tax recently created (9.5 cents per gallon phased in over ten years, I _think_), that will come up with the major state-wide funding for these mega transportation projects. The people of this state are fucking ignorant when it comes to PAYING for things, so they'll probably vote for the initiative and kill transportation funding (AGAIN). That's the problem with Washington state - the voters are stupid as hell (just like every other state). They vote for things they want done, then vote AGAINST the funding for them, then piss and moan about it. Granted, the politicians HAVE done their very best to kill the monorail initiative from the very beginning (there's a reason it had to be done as a voter iniative in the first place - politicians never wanted the monorail expanded), and they did provide funding for stadiums we voted against twice. Still - residents here seem to vote against funding for transportation issues every chance they get.
As the saying goes, you get the government you deserve. *sigh*
I _really_ could use that flying car about now...
What I'd like to see:
- replace the viaduct with a tunnel (state legislative preferred option)
- create monorail line from Northgate (or Ballard if low funds) to Seatac airport, and elevate it over the viaduct path through the Seattle waterfront, creating a MAJOR tourist attraction. The view of Seattle and Elliott Bay from the Viaduct is the best view of Seattle (view of the skyline from West Seattle is the next best view, BTW). This has the advantage of ripping up only that one path along the waterfront, so rights of way costs and construction costs along that costly downdown section would be minimized). Views from waterfront buildings would be substantially reduced with just a monorail line there instead of a double deck freeway.
- integrate the ticketing system between bus, monorail, and sound transit (bus and light rail) so you can go from one to the others without having t
... when I get my fucking flying car. And not a moment sooner.
Awesome tip; thanks much! Eventually, I do intend to get back into studying French, so this should help a lot.
I learned it as T-BANGS, with T standing for truth.
What, like, "the true statement"? I believe that would still go after the noun, "le rapport vrai," according to babelfish (not that babelfish is the most accurate of English/French translations).
I've heard quite a lot of Chinese and Japanese, and almost no Serbo-Croatian, but aesthetics are a matter of personal preference, which is why I said 'to me,' so get over it.
That would have made French class so much easier!
My first French teacher was a Swiss woman with no sense of humour. She taught us the rule as 'BAGS' instead of 'BANGS,' until I noticed the French movie poster for The Fifth Element had Fifth before Element, not after, so I added the 'N' to the rule. She wasn't impressed, with rather irked me.
The _really_ unfortunate part of the French language is not the adjective-noun order, which at least has the BANGS method, but the 'gender' of nouns, for which there is no way to know short of memorization, as far as I know. A man's shirt is a feminine object, and a woman's blouse is a masculine object? Why?! Totally bizarre, though still the most beautiful sounding and looking language to me of any I know of.
What's the point in having artificial stupidity when we have natural stupidity in abundance?
:)
Because then we can do it so much FASTER! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of artificially stupid computers - we could replace Bush!
French, for example, adjectives come after the noun they modify.
:)
Actually, that's only true for some adjectives. There is a rule to remember which ones go before the noun: 'BANGS'
B - beauty
A - age
N - numerical order
G - goodness (or badness)
S - size
Everything else goes after the noun.
This has been your online French grammar lesson for the day.
Does it have a multithreaded interface yet? This is by far my biggest gripe with Firefox. Well, that and the ridiculous memory requirements.
You can get new 'Model M' keyboards from pckeyboards.com, and either scratch off the letters, or paint over them.
This would be coming full circle for me, as I learned to type on an IBM Selectric (the original) that had no letters on the keys.
They could be copying the Microsoft strategy of buying out, err, hiring all the best and brightest, sticking them in labs to play with whatever they want, and then never doing anything with what they come up with. It prevents those people from going elsewhere and actually making good products.