The Big Apple: “The guy who wrote the program that estimates time left on a download wasn’t serious”

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Entry from March 29, 2018

“The guy who wrote the program that estimates time left on a download wasn’t serious”

Many computer users get impatient waiting for downloads. A joke was posted on Twitter by Verifried Drunk on July 24, 2011:

“The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.”

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Verifried Drunk™®©
@VerifiedDrunk
The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.
12:45 PM - 24 Jul 2011

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FunTweets.com
@fun_tweets
RT @clarke692 The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.
2:13 PM - 24 Jul 2011

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Abdullah G Alshaheen
@AGAlshaheen
The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.
2:44 PM - 24 Jul 2011

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The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.

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the bayle
@thebayle
The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.
5:25 PM - 19 Jun 2017

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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.
10:29 AM - 30 Mar 2018

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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
The guy who wrote the program that estimates how much time is left on a download did not take his job seriously at all.
8:31 PM - 14 Jul 2018

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