estimated time remaining

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KRK

Hello,

Several MS progs and processes show an 'Estimated Time Remaining" box. It
seems to me to be hopelessly inaccurate. The time estimate jumps up & down,
and only becomes meaningful over the last few seconds.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a fundamental law of computers ?

Thanks as always for your help.

K
 
KRK said:
Hello,

Several MS progs and processes show an 'Estimated Time Remaining"
box. It seems to me to be hopelessly inaccurate. The time estimate
jumps up & down, and only becomes meaningful over the last few
seconds.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a fundamental law of computers
?
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It is a fundamental law of Microsoft software as far as I can tell.
At least I've never seen MS get it right, but I have seen others do a
reasonable job of it.

--
Zaphod

Arthur: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's
something big and sinister going on in the world.
Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the
universe gets that.
 
KRK said:
Hello,

Several MS progs and processes show an 'Estimated Time Remaining" box. It
seems to me to be hopelessly inaccurate. The time estimate jumps up & down,
and only becomes meaningful over the last few seconds.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a fundamental law of computers ?
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Note the word "Estimated".

HINT.
 
Haven't you learned yet that Microsoft programs are very badly written?

Linux and Macs don't do this.....

so its not the hardware that's the problem... especially vista would
report moving and copying times of thousands of days (years).

Vista is ****ed
 
KRK said:
Hello,

Several MS progs and processes show an 'Estimated Time Remaining" box.
It seems to me to be hopelessly inaccurate. The time estimate jumps up &
down, and only becomes meaningful over the last few seconds.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a fundamental law of computers ?

Thanks as always for your help.

K
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You're not doing anything wrong. It happens on other installs besides MS
programs. I consider it a minor annoyance, not a show-stopper.

I remember installing programs on my Vic-20 computer using cassette
tape. Now that took a long time and there was no progress indication on
the screen.

Bill
 
Isn't it time to return to your psychiatric visits? You are off again and
you could be a serious threat to the vista forum. Better call and get help
right away.
 
Mike Torello said:
Note the word "Estimated".

HINT.
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In order for that to happen Mike, a person would in fact have to have
read and fully understood or grasped (compohended) what they are
reading.
It would of course help if they under stood the definition of the word
Estimated and the word HINT.
I may have replied, Google (define:estimated AND hint) Google can be a
good friend.
I Sorry, but your reply to the OP causes me to ROFL.
Thanks Mike, you helped make my day.

H Brown
 
I will sum up your whole miserable life in 1 paragraph.

Its not that you are a retard and have very low IQ that's the real problem.
In the movie Forest Gump, the character portrayed had a low IQ but he
had a positive character or in other worlds he had emotional intelligence.
That's what you completely lack and that's why everyone hates you.
They hate you so much because you are DUMB plus a pain in the ass. You don't
understand why people hate you and that only makes your anger grow.

You are the exact definition of a complete loser that is beyond any help.
Frank too is like this.. that's why you two get along so well.

Go **** yourself bastard.
 
This goes back to way before Windows or even DOS were a twinkling in
anyone's wallets.

I recall getting "jumping estimates" back on AOS on Novas, most notably
during compressing backups. And I'm sure they weren't new then.

- Bill
 
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