Comment by mpalmer

> At the code level it's still rehashing the same ideas over and over again.

I agree that rehashing the same ideas over and over again is sufficient - for some strange, complacent definition of the word. It's not the only way to think about the discipline, and thank goodness enough smart people realize that.

> Also from actual researchers, I know just one person who did something actually novel and it was with queuing.

Think how many people have to be trying at any given time for it to happen at all.