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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | When moving or copying files using the {{w|File Explorer|Windows Explorer}}, a dialog box opens to inform the user of how many of the files being moved have been moved with an estimate of how long the rest of the files should take. However, this estimate is often subject to seemingly random and extreme changes from a time measured in seconds or minutes to one measured in hours or days. This is | + | When moving or copying files using the {{w|File Explorer|Windows Explorer}}, a dialog box opens to inform the user of how many of the files being moved have been moved with an estimate of how long the rest of the files should take. However, this estimate is often subject to seemingly random and extreme changes from a time measured in seconds or minutes to one measured in hours or days. This is caused by variations in file transfer speed (for instance, transfers of many small files are generally slower than transfers of a few large files, because of per-file overhead). A brief slowdown may cause the system to display that the transfer will take a long time (based on the total amount of data yet be transferred and the current low speed), and then revert to a more accurate estimate when the bottleneck is cleared. |
− | + | The joke in the comic is the idea that this feature was actually purposefully implemented and that the person who did so actually talks like that. He tells some friends on the phone how long it will take for him to arrive at their meeting point. However, like with Windows's estimation feature, he quickly changes his estimate multiple times from the extremes of days to seconds. | |
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− | The joke in the comic is the idea that this feature was actually | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: I'm just outside town, so I should be there in fifteen minutes. | :Cueball: I'm just outside town, so I should be there in fifteen minutes. | ||
:Cueball: Actually, it's looking more like six days. | :Cueball: Actually, it's looking more like six days. | ||
:Cueball: No, wait, thirty seconds. | :Cueball: No, wait, thirty seconds. | ||
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:The author of the Windows file copy dialog visits some friends. | :The author of the Windows file copy dialog visits some friends. | ||