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#198097 26-Jun-2016 18:44
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I had a busy weekend. I was reminded - the hard way - yet again of the Fundamental Law of DIY: "it will always take longer and cost more than you think".

 

However, I believe I have discovered a new (for me at least) Law of Technology: "the ports on your new ethernet switch will fill up much faster than you think".

 

What are yours?

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  #1580648 26-Jun-2016 19:04
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Easy: workloads will expand to fill up available capacity - memory, CPU, storage. Also applies to Vodafone cable network usage.




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  #1580649 26-Jun-2016 19:10
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I'll take the age old easy one (has it been disproven yet?)

Moore's law - the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.

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  #1580650 26-Jun-2016 19:12
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The one seems to inflict often is... the moment you buy it's superceded.




Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.



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  #1580655 26-Jun-2016 19:17
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No storage media will ever have enough capacity. In ten years we'll be probably laughing at computers that had terabyte sized hard drives.

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  #1580659 26-Jun-2016 19:24
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PhantomNVD: I'll take the age old easy one (has it been disproven yet?)

Moore's law - the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.

 

Moore's Law is dead as of 2016. 




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  #1580680 26-Jun-2016 20:06
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freitasm:

 

PhantomNVD: I'll take the age old easy one (has it been disproven yet?)

Moore's law - the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.

 

Moore's Law is dead as of 2016. 

 

 

And it was being changed every so often anyway...





 
 
 
 

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  #1580716 26-Jun-2016 22:29
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freitasm:

PhantomNVD: I'll take the age old easy one (has it been disproven yet?)

Moore's law - the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.


Moore's Law is dead as of 2016. 


That was an interesting read, thanks!

The comment section shows some novel ideas for the future too.

Here's another 'law' though... The Internet connection I have will never be enough to do the things I want it to, at the speed/quality I desire.

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  #1580824 27-Jun-2016 05:39
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DarthKermit:

 

No storage media will ever have enough capacity. In ten years we'll be probably laughing at computers that had terabyte sized hard drives.

 

 

People will still use local storage in ten years?

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  #1580852 27-Jun-2016 08:12
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The stuff you want is not compatible with the stuff you have.

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  #1580899 27-Jun-2016 09:16
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One I always use is: Bills expand to fill the money provided...





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  #1580920 27-Jun-2016 09:54
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There is always a product the next level up with more features than the product you just purchased or can afford.

 
 
 
 

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  #1580940 27-Jun-2016 10:47
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 no one will ever need more than 640k of ram

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  #1580951 27-Jun-2016 11:05
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1101:

 

 no one will ever need more than 640k of ram

 

 

That wasn't a law and wasn't immutable.

 

Also Bill Gates never said that.




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  #1580958 27-Jun-2016 11:31
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The last 10% of the job will take 90% of the time/budget.




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  #1580960 27-Jun-2016 11:33
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Sideface:

 

The last 10% of the job will take 90% of the time/budget.

 

 

Fixing it for you: The last 20% of the job will take 80% of the time/budget. (Pareto Principle)




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