____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 01 November 2007 16:14 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:59:27 +0000
> <3411414.cUvSyD4jLC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> <posted & mailed>
>>
>> ____/ Jerry McBride on Thursday 01 November 2007 14:39 : \____
>>
>>>> The copy process may stop responding when you try to copy files from a
>>>> server on a network to a Windows Vista-based computer
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | On a Windows Vista-based computer, when you try to copy files from a
>>>> | server on a network, the copy process may stop responding (hang), and
>>>> | you may receive a message that resembles the following:
>>>> |
>>>> | Calculating Time Remaining
>>>> |
>>>> | 0 minutes remaining
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/931770
>>>
>>> What a laughable excuse for crappy programming...
>>
>> Progress bars. Computer science 201.
>>
>
> I think there are multiple issues here. Presumably, one
> issue is in fact the progress bar (there's another bug
> somewhere that shows more than 43000 days remaining!), but
> another might be that the copy service and/or underlying
> communications is disrupted or stuck. The fact that it's
> an intermittent also does not help in diagnosis.
>
> Maybe they should borrow some of the wget code...? :-)
There was something to do with curl getting into wget or something in the news
the other day. Also, the maintainer of GNU wget is setting up mailing lists or
something... I can't recall the details, but wget is a Swiss army knife that I
use a lot.
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