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Microsoft time estimation?

Why does the time estimation progress bar in Windows differ radically from reality?

I think it may just be “Microsoft Standard Time” - a completely separate time zone to any that exist on this planet, and they also use it to schedule their delivery timetable as well… :)
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Rhyming schmiming

There are some words in the English language that don’t rhyme too well. Orange is one of those words, but today I found one. "Hinge" rhymes, not quite with the correct meter, so perhaps "door-hinge"… but thats hyphenated.

I may not be 100% technically correct, but its way better than anything else I did at work today.

Oh, and before we go getting stupid, Hurple and Curple rhyme with Purple.

Hurple: to walk with a limp.
Curple: a strap under the saddle of a horse.

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