Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 09:14:56 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8 days until 2.2.5... Administrative notices. Message-ID: <199710171514.JAA20235@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <97Oct16.215848pdt.177487@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> References: <199710170402.WAA18900@rocky.mt.sri.com> <97Oct16.215848pdt.177487@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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> >Can't you have it print the average throughput since it began, and > >therefore the time-remaining since it began based on it's throughput so > >far, rather than averaging it 25 second chunks? > > It would be less accurate, but perhaps that's what people want. E.g. > if you transfer 50% of a file over an unloaded link, and then start a > competing stream, your time remaining will be underestimated for the > whole remainder of the transfer, instead of trending towards the > correct answer after a few seconds. I'll try printing both estimates > so we can see how they compare. That'd be great. I've got a pretty inconsistant connection up here in Montana and would be willing to test things out if you want. It's slow *and* gets full pretty easily, thus making the link loaded quickly. Nate
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