> On Dec 30, 2017, at 5:55 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> ...
> "Moore's Law", which was a prediction, not a "LAW", has often been mis-stated
> as predicting a doubling of speed/capacity every 18 months.
True, but that applies also to any "law of nature". They are not rules, as
political laws are; instead they are (a) a compact statement of what has been
observed and (b) a prediction of what will be observed in the future. They
are always subject to revision if contradicted by evidence, as Newton's law of
gravitation was.
paul
