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Has Productivity Peaked?
Putney Barnes writes "A columnist on silicon.com is arguing that computing can no longer offer the kind of tenfold per decade productivity increases that have been the norm up to now as the limits of human capacity have been reached. From the article: 'Any amount of basic machine upgrading, and it continues apace, won't make a jot of difference, as I am now the fundamental slowdown agent. I just can't work any faster'. Peter Cochrane, the ex-CTO of BT, argues that "machine intelligence" is the answer to this unwelcome stasis. "What we need is a cognitive approach with search material retreated and presented in some context relative to our current end-objectives at the time." Perhaps he should consider a nice cup of tea and a biccie instead?"
Well see fix the rebooting and this author of the article is wrong! Obviously this guy hasn't seen Microsoft's new Ribbon interface in Office 2007....
The problem with Slashdot lately is that they keeps posting these trolling articles. Computers lack so much intuitiveness its laugable to think that machines can't still increase productivity human productivity.
Last time I checked I can't open up every program, save every files, or view every website in its enitrety the millisecond I click on the icon. Maybe when computers can repsond to the word "dicate:" and it doesn't make any mistakes while I speak and then it offers better ways to word something. We can all imagine in the SHORT-TERM things that could significantly speed productivity, nevermind long-term scfi type ideas.
This article was a bad read. It wasn't though provoking, and is obviously a troll... what should have been an iignored poor attempt to get some noteriaty, slashdot has elevated to many thousands of reads. I just wish slashdot wouldn't post crap like this.
I use to primarily use this site for news, but now, well, I don't. I know people say this all the time, but its true.
If we could limit the flames to OSs that are, you know, available - that'd be great. Thanks.