Why is it that whenever I get in early to attend to an overnight job that should have finished before I got in, it's still fecking plodding along, with yonks left to go?
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Getting in Early: A Secret Newtonian Law?
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It's done on purpose ... a bit like a gang of workmen will only work hard when the foreman is around.
Be assured that while you are not there the overnight processes are wasting time gossiping about you or talking about footy
HTHHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Originally posted by Troll View PostIt's done on purpose ... a bit like a gang of workmen will only work hard when the foreman is around.
Be assured that while you are not there the overnight processes are wasting time gossiping about you or talking about footy
HTHComment
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More a quantum thing. If you hadn't been there to observe it, would it have finished earlier? Did you kick it into the longest-time-possible state?Comment
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If you'd written it in assembler, the job would've finished before you even started it. Certainly would on my Cray anyway.
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Originally posted by OrangeHopper View PostMore a quantum thing. If you hadn't been there to observe it, would it have finished earlier? Did you kick it into the longest-time-possible state?Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostIf you'd written it in assembler, the job would've finished before you even started it. Certainly would on my Cray anyway.
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