abstract
| - Intel Pentium 4 Technology was inspired by Idiocrates through the ancient Greek philosophical thesis Ligotere Titraguna-Prospatheia (Four Least Efforts). As its name suggests, the thesis was focused at four different ways of exerting what the Greek philosopher deemed “the least effort”. Many scholars and even famous economists such as former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson agree that the principles found in the ancient thesis are still applicable to modern-day commercial environments. These principles include: 1.
* The least designing effort: Technological products tend to exhibit short life-times in the market. In order to maximize the new product introduction rate of a super-sized corporation, one must reduce the input of effort as much as possible during the designing process. That is to say, one must recycle old designs as often as the laws of physics permit. Due to its unique NetBurst architecture, the Pentium 4 line of microprocessors is theoretically capable of delivering long increments of internal clock frequencies from 1.3GHz up to 10GHz with the only trade-off via the awkward lengthening of instruction pipelines that nullifies any realistic upscaling in performance. The life-cycle of the product line could also be extended via timely additions of side features such as the HyperThreading Technology, which provides the proper illusion of finesse and speed to both the operating system and the user. 2.
* The least marketing effort: The least designing effort will succeed only when the least marketing effort is used. Indeed, as more effort is expended on promotion, more competitors will initiate hostile reactions. Thus, instead of wasting precious time advertising the excellence of a product (which, in this case, has null), one can simply seal off the entire market by means of air-tight, competitors-proof trading agreements, the introduction of fast-food like combos such as “Centrino”, and the much needed boasting of previous successes. 3.
* The least self-checking effort: It is devastating but nonetheless awakening when you realise that your company is nothing more that one giant feat of mediocrity. Avoid self-awareness so to maintain the least effort in the previous two aspects. Relax and enjoy the pleasantness of keeping up with the status quo henceforth. 4.
* The least managing effort: Needless to say, in order to achieve the previous three “least efforts”, one must allow employees to remain in the state of idleness as long as possible.
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