"About a minute remaining"
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Shhhsh! This is a secret! There really aren't 12 Million + users. That counter was made by the same people who made the time-remaining estimator. Now don't tell anyone!
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Did you use the same time estimation algorithm to estimate how long the site would be down for just now? ;P
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Of course not - that'd be silly and inaccurate. We use the well-tested
Random.Nextmethod, of course.cheers Chris Maunder
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult.
Go ahead and implement one somewhere on CP. I double-dog dare ya. I'm sure 12M registered users will never complain it's inaccurate. :-D
Easy: it would always say "Real Soon Now" until it actually finished, then it would say "almost done". Just in case.
cheers Chris Maunder
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I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult.
I do not: my time estimations for completing projects are, well, 'a bit inaccurate'. :-D
or a few bits... but who's counting right? ;P
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
That's what it's said on the Maunder catching up with Mick for a beer clock, for the past 9 years or so.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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or a few bits... but who's counting right? ;P
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
Maybe they are football minutes. Still sounds better than SharePoint. You get the ubiquitous "This should not take long." message with no estimate. When you see this message, it means you have plenty of time to get a cup of coffee. :java:
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
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That's what it's said on the Maunder catching up with Mick for a beer clock, for the past 9 years or so.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Beer O' Clock? When I met him a few months ago, he mentioned you guys were due to meet for a decaf low-fat soy milk latte.
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
... famous reality distortion field at work!
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
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It looks more like a Quest for Glory, or a King's Quest!
DURA LEX, SED LEX GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
Caeser III is on sale on Steam! Although for me to install it I think was only a few seconds.
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Of course not - that'd be silly and inaccurate. We use the well-tested
Random.Nextmethod, of course.cheers Chris Maunder
Reminds me of the old mainframe days when if something was expected to take a while to install or run, the programmer would display: "Sit back, this will take a while."
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
Learning from MS, are they?
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This is what one of our iMacs has been saying about the Sierra install for the past 30 mins. I always find it puzzling that showing an estimation of remaining time is so difficult. [Edit: 1hr later it's now saying "40 seconds remaining". 1 hour later...]
cheers Chris Maunder
You obvious are slow to upgrade..... :doh: or new to MacOSX.... :confused: having had that estimation since the Leopards grew old and the Lions hatched :zzz: I recall that especially true when you have anything else in /usr/local, or /Users//Applications, it doesn't like competition from other developers :wtf: And don't think about trashing and then do a TimeCapsule "restore applications" either you'll need even more :java: :java: :java: :java: Thus, think about it this way: It's silly season, even computers have the right to be silly this season ;) :cool: :suss:
