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>
> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD





That's a horrible exaggeration...
Vista can create a cd in half that time

nessuno@wigner.berkeley.edu wrote:

>
> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>
> It's been almost nine months since we first reported on Windows
> Vista's inability to copy, delete and move files without stalling
> indefinitely, and yet the problem continues.
>
> Screenshot of Windows Vista copy window
>
> Screenshots relayed this week by two Reg readers say it better than we
> ever could. "48167 Days and 23 hours remaining," one of them reads.
> "36843 Days and 0 hours remaining," states the other. Both are Vista's
> best-faith guesses as to how long it will take to copy data from one
> location to another.
>
> "I have been experiencing slow copying ever since I 'upgraded' to
> Vista earlier this year, particularly from USB keys & drives," writes
> Adrian Procter. [When he] tried to create a CD with just 168Mb of
> pictures, Vista told him it would take more than 131 years to complete
> the job....
>
> Vista's Long Goodbye, as we've come to call this bug, is one of the
> more baffling things to come out of Redmond in recent memory.... Even
> stranger, Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the problem, other than to
> issue this hotfix, which many users say does nothing to remedy the
> bug.
>
> [Bug not fixed in SP1...screenshots to prove it...some report some
> improvement with SP1...]
>
> But even then, there's no guarantee the problem will be fixed. With
> Microsoft's buggy code and non-existent communication, we'll be
> sitting on the upgrade sidelines for the foreseeable future, thank you
> very much.
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12...ying_problems/

These are GREAT! Thanks... I can stretch them a bit and they make great
wallpapers on my Gentoo laptop.



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* nessuno@wigner.berkeley.edu fired off this tart reply:

>
> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>
> But even then, there's no guarantee the problem will be fixed. With
> Microsoft's buggy code and non-existent communication, we'll be
> sitting on the upgrade sidelines for the foreseeable future, thank you
> very much.
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12...ying_problems/

Monopoly slopware?

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____/ Linonut on Friday 21 December 2007 01:31 : \____

> * nessuno@wigner.berkeley.edu fired off this tart reply:
>
>>
>> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>>
>> But even then, there's no guarantee the problem will be fixed. With
>> Microsoft's buggy code and non-existent communication, we'll be
>> sitting on the upgrade sidelines for the foreseeable future, thank you
>> very much.
>>
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12...ying_problems/
>
> Monopoly slopware?

How much do 23 hours of angry CPU and GPU (for Aero) electricity cost? Probably
more than a CD-ROM.

Not a problem. Buy a second PC. You know, for multitasking.

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Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
> wrote in message
> news:e99294c2-48e8-49d4-8fab-820197d944cf@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>
>
>
>
>
> That's a horrible exaggeration... Vista can create a cd in half that
> time

Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years, you're
then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else can read.

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[H]omer :
> Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
>> wrote in message
>> news:e99294c2-48e8-49d4-8fab-820197d944cf@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>>> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> That's a horrible exaggeration... Vista can create a cd in half that
>> time
>
> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years, you're
> then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else can read.

No problem, you'll be retired by then.

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____/ Handover Phist on Friday 21 December 2007 05:01 : \____

> [H]omer :
>> Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
>>> wrote in message
>>> news:e99294c2-48e8-49d4-8fab-820197d944cf@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That's a horrible exaggeration... Vista can create a cd in half that
>>> time
>>
>> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years, you're
>> then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else can read.
>
> No problem, you'll be retired by then.

"So far there's no business case for digital preservation--in fact, for
software makers like Microsoft, planned obsolescence is the plan."

http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/boo...rtner=yahootix

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"Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
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> ____/ Handover Phist on Friday 21 December 2007 05:01 : \____
>
> > [H]omer :
> >> Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
> >>> wrote in message
> >>>
news:e99294c2-48e8-49d4-8fab-820197d944cf@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >>>> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> That's a horrible exaggeration... Vista can create a cd in half that
> >>> time
> >>
> >> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years, you're
> >> then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else can read.
> >
> > No problem, you'll be retired by then.
>
> "So far there's no business case for digital preservation--in fact, for
> software makers like Microsoft, planned obsolescence is the plan."
>
>
http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/boo...rtner=yahootix
>
> --
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Hmmm...
maybe instead og backing up my data to DVD's
I should enscribe my data onto clay tablets!

____/ philo on Friday 21 December 2007 11:29 : \____

>
> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
> news:2956541.koagEtbE6o@schestowitz.com...
>> ____/ Handover Phist on Friday 21 December 2007 05:01 : \____
>>
>> > [H]omer :
>> >> Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
>> >>> wrote in message
>> >>>
> news:e99294c2-48e8-49d4-8fab-820197d944cf@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> >>
>> >>>> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> That's a horrible exaggeration... Vista can create a cd in half that
>> >>> time
>> >>
>> >> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years, you're
>> >> then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else can read.
>> >
>> > No problem, you'll be retired by then.
>>
>> "So far there's no business case for digital preservation--in fact, for
>> software makers like Microsoft, planned obsolescence is the plan."
>>
>>
>
http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/boo...rtner=yahootix
>>
>> --
>> ~~ Best of wishes
>
>
>
> Hmmm...
> maybe instead og backing up my data to DVD's
> I should enscribe my data onto clay tablets!

DVDs? That's so yesterday. They now have 'new and improved' HD. Sooner or
later, DVD drives will be as hard to find as videotapes and a VCR. Microsoft
doesn't even want HD-DVD to succeed. In fact, it's claimed to be fuelling a
formats war so that DRM (expireable) content becomes the new 'storage' media.
OOXML in MSO07 already has encryption/DRM. So does Vista and XBox260 (VoD).

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wrote in message
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>
> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>
> It's been almost nine months since we first reported on Windows
> Vista's inability to copy, delete and move files without stalling
> indefinitely, and yet the problem continues.
>
> Screenshot of Windows Vista copy window

Yet the number of people who pay for and use Vista blows the doors off of
the number of people that use your OS even though people have desperately
been trying to give linux away for free for over 10 years.

Is Vista perfect and bug free? Certainly not. But for every day users it's
a much better fit than linux will ever be.





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Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:

> Hmmm...
> maybe instead og backing up my data to DVD's
> I should enscribe my data onto clay tablets!

That'd be quicker than waiting for Vista to write them to disc, anyway.

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Verily I say unto thee, that Handover Phist spake thusly:
> [H]omer :

>> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years,
>> you're then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else
>> can read.
>
> No problem, you'll be retired by then.

Too late.

Unless I somehow manage to live to 106 years old, I'll be pushing up
daisies by then. I'll just leave instructions in my Will about what to
do with the disc. Of course by that time, we'll all be using holographic
smart-cards or something.

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"[H]omer" writes:

> Verily I say unto thee, that Handover Phist spake thusly:
>> [H]omer :
>
>>> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years,
>>> you're then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else
>>> can read.
>>
>> No problem, you'll be retired by then.
>
> Too late.
>
> Unless I somehow manage to live to 106 years old, I'll be pushing up
> daisies by then. I'll just leave instructions in my Will about what to
> do with the disc. Of course by that time, we'll all be using holographic
> smart-cards or something.

I wouldn't worry. Some OSS crack team will have an release of some
emulator to solve your problem regardless.

[H]omer wrote:

>Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
>
>> Hmmm...
>> maybe instead og backing up my data to DVD's
>> I should enscribe my data onto clay tablets!
>
>That'd be quicker than waiting for Vista to write them to disc, anyway.

*cymbal crash*

chrisv writes:

> [H]omer wrote:
>
>>Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
>>
>>> Hmmm...
>>> maybe instead og backing up my data to DVD's
>>> I should enscribe my data onto clay tablets!
>>
>>That'd be quicker than waiting for Vista to write them to disc, anyway.
>
> *cymbal crash*
>

sound of feedback, uncomfortable coughs and tumbleweed blowing through
the auditorium more like.

____/ philo on Friday 21 December 2007 15:13 : \____

>
> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
> news:2046400.Cfd1F7dYMo@schestowitz.com...
>> ____/ philo on Friday 21 December 2007 11:29 : \____
>>
>> >
>> > "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
>> > news:2956541.koagEtbE6o@schestowitz.com...
>> >> ____/ Handover Phist on Friday 21 December 2007 05:01 : \____
>> >>
>> >> > [H]omer :
>> >> >> Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
>> >> >>> wrote in message
>> >> >>>
>> >
> news:e99294c2-48e8-49d4-8fab-820197d944cf@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> That's a horrible exaggeration... Vista can create a cd in half
> that
>> >> >>> time
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years, you're
>> >> >> then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else can
> read.
>> >> >
>> >> > No problem, you'll be retired by then.
>> >>
>> >> "So far there's no business case for digital preservation--in fact, for
>> >> software makers like Microsoft, planned obsolescence is the plan."
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/boo...rtner=yahootix
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ~~ Best of wishes
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hmmm...
>> > maybe instead og backing up my data to DVD's
>> > I should enscribe my data onto clay tablets!
>>
>> DVDs? That's so yesterday. They now have 'new and improved' HD. Sooner or
>> later, DVD drives will be as hard to find as videotapes and a VCR.
> Microsoft
>> doesn't even want HD-DVD to succeed. In fact, it's claimed to be fuelling
> a
>> formats war so that DRM (expireable) content becomes the new 'storage'
> media.
>> OOXML in MSO07 already has encryption/DRM. So does Vista and XBox260
> (VoD).
>>
>
>
> That's true...HD's are so cheap now that one can do backups to several of
> them.
> I have most of my stuff backed up on two seperate drives *and* DVD's.

If it's not scripted (media sometimes needs physical insertion/ejection), then
high-capacity external hard-drives might be a good alternative (I have two
externals and two internals in different sites, but a lot of my data is online
anyway).

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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, nessuno@wigner.berkeley.edu

wrote
on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:30:51 -0800 (PST)
:
>
> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD

This equals 4161711600 seconds. Close enough to 2^32
(it's off by 133255696) to make me wonder how they're
estimating this.

I know Microsoft overfloweth with ... something ... but
this is ridiculous.

>
> It's been almost nine months since we first reported on Windows
> Vista's inability to copy, delete and move files without stalling
> indefinitely, and yet the problem continues.
>
> Screenshot of Windows Vista copy window
>
> Screenshots relayed this week by two Reg readers say it better than we
> ever could. "48167 Days and 23 hours remaining," one of them reads.
> "36843 Days and 0 hours remaining," states the other. Both are Vista's
> best-faith guesses as to how long it will take to copy data from one
> location to another.

[snip for brevity]

>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12...ying_problems/


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