I feel like power users are too cool for Ubuntu in general. If they don't care for Ubuntu's UI streamlining, relative lack of customizability, and other newbie-friendly enhancements/impediments, perhaps they would be better served by a distribution like Slackware or Arch. Why complain about a distro that's not designed for your users like yourself? If you don't like it, switch distros and move on with your life.

45 Years Later, Does Moore's Law Still Matter?
Seriously, hardware is always getting faster. Why do we need a law that states this? Which is a more likely scenario for Intel: "Ok, we need to make our chips faster because of some ancient arbitrary rule of thumb for hardware speed.", or "Ok, we need to make our chips faster because if we don't, AMD will overtake us and we'll lose money."?