RE: [MiKTeX] update wizard: what's the meaning of ETA ?
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From: Philip G. R. <phi...@un...> - 2005-01-26 12:50:03
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Estimated Time of Arrival: note the "Estimated". Ever noticed too how it decreases dramatically as time goes by? Obviously, it's just a guess (admittedly wild) at the start and then becomes a bettter and better estimate as it has more "data" to go by. Cordialmente, Philip G. Ratcliffe ----------------------------------------- Professor of Nuclear & Subnuclear Physics Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria via Valleggio 11 22100 Como (CO) Italy Tel. +39 (031) 238.6231 Fax +39 (031) 238.6119 Cell +39 (340) 2346580 Web http://www.unico.it/~pgr ----------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: mik...@li... > [mailto:mik...@li...]On Behalf Of Cornelius > C. Noack > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:31 PM > To: mik...@li... > Subject: [MiKTeX] update wizard: what's the meaning of ETA ? > > > Every time I run the MikTeX update wizard, it tells me: > > "ETA: 1193 hrs 0 min" > > I never bothered to ask before; but by now I am curious enough: > what in the world does this mean? 1193 hrs is close to 50 days; so if > ETA would be something like 'Estimated Time Average', that would be > obvious nonesense, even on a slow telephone modem connection. > > But what else is it ??? > > ccn. > -- > ................................................................. > > Prof.Dr. Cornelius C. Noack Phones: > Inst. f. Theor. Physik FB 1 office : +49 (421) 218-2427 > Universit"at Bremen secretary: -2422 > Otto-Hahn-Allee Fax : -4869 > D - 28334 Bremen home : +49 (421) 34 22 36 > Fax: 346 7872 > E-mail: noack at itp.uni-bremen.de or ccnoack at mailaps.org > WWW-page: www.itp.uni-bremen.de/~noack > ................................................................. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users |