On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 03:59:19PM +0200, Laurent Bercot wrote:
> On 25/09/2015 09:05, Simon Hobson wrote:
>
>
> >There's nothing that gets people impatient
> >better than something that appears to be taking a long time "doing
> >nothing" !
>
> Show them a terminal with a lot of scrolling gibberish! That should
> convince them that 1. the computer is actually doing something, and
> 2. the uninitiated should not be questioning what it is doing or the
> time it takes - they should shut up and worship! ;)

This has always worked for me! It bothers me when the gibberish is
hidden behind a pretty piture.

-- hendrik