Or watch the paint dry..

Waiting for something to finish to begin the actual work which itself is quite cumbersome is no fun.

Not really. It is very much a part of the task.



3 hrs 55 mins 38 secs for 68.32 GB over 100 mbps FD NIC.

Not that bad considering where it is going to.

But 10 years from now this much data will be slurped in say, 10 seconds, predicts the englightened.