Steve, start Word and then come back and tell me again that
speed is nothing.
I work in database software, and speed (along with storage
capacity and access SPEED) makes the difference between
feasible and impossible, and esoteric and workaday.
Work in large-scale databases and tell me speed is nothing.
Talk to a company targeting their customers in ways they
could never do before because of data mining and tell me
speed is nothing.
Talk to anybody developing or selling GUI interfaces and
tell me speed is nothing.
Talk to engineers using CAD simulation systems to carry out
designs that were never before possible and tell me speed
is nothing.
Talk to SI or online brokers and tell me speed is nothing.
Talk to the stock exchanges and tell me speed is nothing.
Exponential growth in speed has made qualitative, not
just quantitative, differences in what we can do, what is
possible, what is practical, and what is ordinary.
True it's possible not to benefit from increased abilities.
True there's a significant time lag for many "dumb" (legacy)
operations to benefit from increased speed before "dumb quicker"
becomes (today's) smart.
But speed ain't nothing. We'll have to cope with nothing when
we run up against a real technological barrier, if and
when that happens. Surely it will happen, but I've stopped
expecting it.
You're not often off base, but you missed the bag here. :)
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