Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Windows File Copy

Estimation
Of course we've all wondered for decades, but during the usual summertime cleanup I recently had to copy massive numbers of files, so it's on my mind. Seriously, what is going on with the Windows file copy "remaining time" estimate? Could an average twelve-year-old not code a better algorithm? (Comic from XKCD.)








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