Quick Nap
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Optimisation opportunity? I've heard stories of people leaving those in so they can present a 'quick win' when they're under pressure.
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Thread.Sleep(3000); // wait a minute
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.[^]
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Perhaps the application is designed for use deep in a gravity well?
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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
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Would it not be a real horror to let the poor thread really sleep for one minute (= 0,00000134 dog years or 250000 processor years)?
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
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
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Thread.Sleep(3000); // wait a minute
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Thread.Sleep(3000); // wait a minute
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.
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Thread.Sleep(3000); // wait a minute
What is... thread synchronization for dummies? ;P
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Thread.Sleep(3000); // wait a minute
That looks more like three shakes of a lamb's tail.
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Perhaps the application is designed for use deep in a gravity well?
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
Grrr....you beat me to the punch line!
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Would it not be a real horror to let the poor thread really sleep for one minute (= 0,00000134 dog years or 250000 processor years)?
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
Every day, I work a micromillenium.
Just think of it as evolution in action.