> 
> Only in terms of processor power, not in usefulness.  It seems to me
> that the relationship is something like
> 
> 	P*B=1
> 
> where P is power, subject to increases following Moore's law, and B is
> bloat, due to trying to add "idiot friendliness." ;)
> 

I'm no mathematician but shouldn't it be P/B = 1?  That way as power increases, so does bloated code essentially maintaining a value close to 1.

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