Talk:Parkinson's law/Archives/2013

Physics and Moore's Law

"unfortunately, the laws of physics guarantee that the latter cannot continue indefinitely." This is not sourced and should probably be removed. The article contains no link or evidence to the claim. 12.174.151.111 17:29, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I read that statement, and at first, it seems to make logical sense. However, many things thought to be impossible just years ago (think: 45nm manufacturing) are now completely possible and viable. Therefore, although it is fairly obvious that storage space, etc cannot continue to double in size every 18 or 24 months FOREVER, the trend may very well continue for quite a while as newer and newer technologies are developed...theoretically, this could continue as time APPROACHES infinity...but overall, I agree, let's get this claim sourced. --smileyborg 07:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

It's not really relevant to Parkinson's Law in any case - if you have sources for it, it'll probably be a good addition to Moore's Law, but it doesn't belong here. The text is below just in case, however. Robin Z 00:36, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

I think that part of the humor and cleverness of Parkinson's law is the similarity to the gas laws / properties: http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch4/properties2.html http://crescentok.com/staff/jaskew/isr/chemistry/class17.htm That's what originally struck me as funny and clever when I first hear Parkinson's law and corollaries. I think that the article suffers significantly from not mentioning this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.65.16.10 (talk) 22:04, 12 November 2013 (UTC)