Why Your IT Spending Is About To Hit the Wall 301
CowboyRobot writes "For decades, rapid increases in storage, processor speed, and bandwidth have kept up with the enormous increases in computer usage. That could change however, as consumption finally outpaces the supply of these resources. It is instructive to review the 19th-century Economics theory known as Jevons Paradox. Common sense suggests that as efficiencies rise in the use of a resource, the consumption goes down. Jevons Paradox posits that efficiencies actually drive up usage, and we're already seeing examples of this: our computers are faster than ever and we have more bandwidth than ever, yet our machines are often slow and have trouble connecting. The more we have, the even more we use."
I know what you're talking about (Score:5, Funny)
There are two schools of thought (Score:5, Funny)
From my own observations, there are two schools of thought.
Seems the former spend their time fixing things and the later spend time bitching about "damn kids" and their lawns.
Re:Your mileage is not my mileage (Score:5, Funny)
Good. Then you can eat all the Internet you want. We'll keep the food.
Yours Truly,
Rural America
(I'd expand this comment but it takes a long time to get stuff uploaded on our 300 baud lines.)
Re:I know what you're talking about (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Your mileage is not my mileage (Score:0, Funny)
You also can't fuck cows in central park. What's your point?
Re:Your mileage is not my mileage (Score:4, Funny)
Good luck feeding a country like that.
Re:There are two schools of thought (Score:5, Funny)
Better Idiots? (Score:4, Funny)
I always suspect I'd be learning something new whenever I visit /.
Thank you for proving it