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30 minutes? - no problem.....
« on: July 18, 2008, 11:02:33 pm »
Has anyone else noticed  that something it seems should take minutes always takes hours?
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Re: 30 minutes? - no problem.....
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2008, 12:29:25 am »
Well, I've noticed somethings that should take half a second (figuring out what a thread is about for instance) take long enough that I just give up... :dunno
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Re: 30 minutes? - no problem.....
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2008, 12:36:07 am »
you forgot weeks, months, years & lifetimes   :D
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Re: 30 minutes? - no problem.....
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2008, 12:44:30 am »
Where I work (currently - only until the 31st of this month), day = week, week = month, and month = year.

Its amazing.  I was asked how long a small mod to a project would take; my answer was a day (padded from a couple of hours).  They scheduled 4 WEEKS!

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Re: 30 minutes? - no problem.....
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2008, 09:22:11 pm »
Well, you know, corporate.


In any case, for those who maybe didn't get it, I meant like you sit down to a project and think 'oh yeah, this'll take a half hour....'   Three hours later you're not done because this didn't wanna work, or that didn't work, or this cropped up...etc, etc, etc. I've just accepted that it's likely something will be at least a factor of 10 over what I think it'll be. If I get done early, hurray.....if I don't get it done, I just go do something else. Like play some vids!
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Re: 30 minutes? - no problem.....
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 03:38:18 am »


my internet connection is like that- what should take seconds, takes minutes. what should take minutes, takes hours  :angry:
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Re: 30 minutes? - no problem.....
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2008, 09:02:51 pm »
Quote from: danny_galaga on July 20, 2008, 03:38:18 am


my internet connection is like that- what should take seconds, takes minutes. what should take minutes, takes hours  :angry:

Yeah, but really, when you have to use a hand crank to start your innertubes, shouldn't you EXPECT it to take so darned long? ;)
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