"This file copy will be completed in 2102"

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Microsoft still has a heck of a time estimating when file copy operations will complete.  This particular copy job apparently won’t be finished until the year 2102.

They have struggled with this computation ever since Windows 95.  (Apple gets it wrong sometimes, too.)

I’m copying files from one USB drive to another, and it has encountered a few corrupted files along the way.  Still… 34,642 days?  Why would you even display that?  Why not just show “A long-ass time remaining” or at least “Re-estimating time remaining.“