Why Your IT Spending Is About To Hit the Wall

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."

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I know what you're talking about

[SpaceCadetTrav]

Despite technological advancements, it takes forever for Slashdot to load on my phone.

Re:I know what you're talking about

[Anonymous Coward]

In light of technological advanvements, better bottlenecks are being implemented.

There are two schools of thought

[bigredradio]

From my own observations, there are two schools of thought.

1. People who think anything older than 6 months is ancient and obsolete.
2. People who say, "if it ain't broke don't fix it!"

Seems the former spend their time fixing things and the later spend time bitching about "damn kids" and their lawns.

Re:There are two schools of thought

[HapSlappy_2222]

My lawn's obsolete! Fix it, you damn kids!

Re:Your mileage is not my mileage

[ColdWetDog]

... you have to realize it could be because, in the war between Urban America and the rest of the country, Urban America with its more efficient energy usage and lower distances traveled - basically won the war.

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:Your mileage is not my mileage

[Anonymous Coward]

You also can't fuck cows in central park. What's your point?

Re:Your mileage is not my mileage

[wmbetts]

Good luck feeding a country like that.

Better Idiots?

[Taco Cowboy]

I always suspect I'd be learning something new whenever I visit /.

Thank you for proving it