The horrible thing is that the pain of user interface latency never gets any respect, and everything either has: 1. network latency (the "cloud"!), 2. stupid GP

The horrible thing is that the pain of user interface latency never gets any respect, and everything either has: 1. network latency (the "cloud"!), 2. stupid GPU eye-candy, or 3. plain-old bad design (everyone should read _Programming Pearls_ and the sequel sometime.)