How many days would this take to install ? (or years ?) : Othor Games

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:59 pm

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z112/HELLWOLF09/seventyonemillion002.jpg

im just really curious was tryign copy about 2 gigs of music files over to my old computer (with the DVD drive now that used to be a only a disk drive) and after about 5 minuits it said 15 seconds remeianing and then flipped to that ...

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:12 pm

136.2 years, according yo http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=71582763+minutes!

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:55 pm

136.2 years, according yo http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=71582763+minutes!

awesoem so even if i live for 100 years ill be dead for about 56 years by the time it finishes XD

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:37 pm

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z112/HELLWOLF09/seventyonemillion002.jpg

:D

I'm amazed it actually displayed that.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:47 am

lolpirates

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:35 am

That's pretty cool. At least they're being honest, and not keeping you sitting there not knowing how long it will take.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:27 pm

I'm always amazed that Windows can't calculate time based on size of transfer / rate of transfer.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:54 pm

I'm always amazed that Windows can't calculate time based on size of transfer / rate of transfer.

I imagine it does. It may only use the current rate of transfer rather than the average which may be the problem

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:24 pm

I imagine it does. It may only use the current rate of transfer rather than the average which may be the problem

Indeed

Percentage complete and current speed would be far more helpful information than the dumb time estimation Windows gives.

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:53 am

Looks like a glitch to me.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqUCSVJcIMw

http://xkcd.com/612/

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:17 am

136.2 years, according yo http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=71582763+minutes!

136.1 years, if you account for leap years. Cryogenic freeze, anyone? All to listen to 2 gigs of music.

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:20 am

I used to use some mainframe reporting software at work that gave an estimate of the time it would take to run a query. Unfortunately, that was only accurate if nothing else was running on the system at the same time.
I thought I'd better ask somebody to check my coding when it said it would take over a month's worth of CPU time to produce a simple report!

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:23 am

awesoem so even if i live for 100 years ill be dead for about 56 years by the time it finishes XD

+how old you are at the moment

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:36 am

http://xkcd.com/612/

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:18 am

+how old you are at the moment

20 atm

hence why i said id be dea dforr at least 56 years by the time it finishes ... 136 - 100 = 36 + 20 = 56

also found this from 1 teh links posted ratehr interesting

http://xkcd.com/730/

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:19 pm

Wait? Is that a CRT?

I've seen windows do that numerous times. I usually end up cursing at the computer cause, "I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME!!!"

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:52 am

you might want to invest in an SSD

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:38 pm

thats my "joe" computer as i call it :/

it doesn't even have a 10 gig hardrive! the hadrives so small its not even labled how big it is

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:09 pm

Indeed

Percentage complete and current speed would be far more helpful information than the dumb time estimation Windows gives.

This is so true...just look at downloads from the internet! Sure, some clients give you an estimated time left, but the percentage complete and current download speed tell you so much more! Anyone with half a brain can make an estimate from knowing both those values, plus the overall size of the file :shrug:

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:35 pm

Indeed

Percentage complete and current speed would be far more helpful information than the dumb time estimation Windows gives.

You mean something like http://xkcd.com/612/?

Edit: oh povuholo beat me to it.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:00 am

Oh my gosh dude...wow. How long are you gonna let it go on for?

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:49 pm

You mean something like http://xkcd.com/612/?

Edit: oh povuholo beat me to it.

And I beat povuholo to it