Quick Nap

[BobJanova]

Optimisation opportunity? I've heard stories of people leaving those in so they can present a 'quick win' when they're under pressure.

[Lutoslaw]

Yep, it was here on CP. A "performance loop" it was call or sth like this (for int i=0;i<10000000;i++)

Greetings - Jacek

[Keith Barrow]

Pascal Ganaye wrote:

Thread.Sleep(3000); // wait a minutejust a tick!

FTFY, no, wait, that's not right either!

Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
-Or-
A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

[aureliosjr]

That would work, because the people inside the gravity well would experience the passage of time normally. Only an outside observer would see time passing by slower inside the gravity well. :-D

[Jorgen Andersson]

I like the measure microfortnight personally.

Light moves faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak. List of common misconceptions

[spencepk]

Thread.Sleep(3000); // wait a minute 3-seconds

[AspDotNetDev]

Ah, I remember writing that when I wrote Sim City. Of course, Sim time is different than our time. A side effect of reticulated splines.

Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

[Albert Holguin]

What is... thread synchronization for dummies? ;P

[PIEBALDconsult]

That looks more like three shakes of a lamb's tail.

[krsmichael]

Grrr....you beat me to the punch line!

[Steve Burchett]

Every day, I work a micromillenium.

Just think of it as evolution in action.