Download to Infinity

Furrygoat ponders the reasoning behind time remaining in file transfers and program setups. Reymond Chen provides an answer of sorts, but I find the answer unacceptable. Why predict time remaining on anything if you can't even ballpark it within some reasonable timeframe. I've had downloading experiences result in timeframes in negative percentages, like the screenshot below.

What the hell does that mean to an average user? Or even a not so average user? When a download is at -NNN% does that mean I'm giving the download site bits? Maybe this is just a problem to be addressed in the Longhorn timeframe; that's a popular excuse for bad design.

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