Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane
Daniel Engber: Cum te ajută bara de progres să nu-ți pierzi mințile
Daniel Engber explores science and culture as an award-winning journalist for Radiolab, the New York Times, Slate and Wired, among others. Full bio
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and how many weeks a year
și câte săptămâni pe an
the Progress Bar]
an indicator on a computer
un indicator al calculatorului
inside the device.
for years is a horizontal bar.
de ani de zile, este cea orizontală.
to pre-computer versions of this
calculatoarelor,
a horizontal bar from left to right
o bară orizontală de la stânga la dreapta
they had completed at a factory.
realizată o sarcină într-o fabrică.
to as "the software crisis,"
sub numele de „criza software-ului",
were getting more complicated
calculatoarele deveniseră mai complicate,
had been prepared for,
indicators in different ways.
în diferite feluri.
countdown clock,
cu numărătoare inversă,
from left to right on a screen.
de la stânga la dreapta.
a systematic survey of these things
o analiză sistematică a acestora
the user's experience
experiența utilizatorului
was giving you the accurate percent done.
cu exactitate procentul realizat.
that it was there at all.
made people feel better,
doar văzând că este acolo,
cel mai surprinzător.
about what this thing could do.
despre utilitatea barei de progres.
relax effectively.
să se relaxeze.
to turn away from their machine
de lângă calculator
of exactly the right duration.
"Oh, the progress bar is half done.
„Bara de progres e la jumătate.
to send this fax,"
să trimit acest fax"
bara de progres,
in a tractor beam,
ca într-un fascicul de lumină
that you're seeing unfold in front of you:
ce se desfășoară chiar în fața ta:
waiting in frustration
pe care l-ai petrecut așteptând nervos
Se întâmplă lucruri minunate!"
about the progress bar
la bara de progres
about dulling the pain of waiting,
decât atenuarea durerii de așteptare
around with the psychology.
să te joci un pic de-a psihologia.
that just moves at a constant rate --
care se mișcă cu o rată constantă,
what's happening in the computer --
în calculator --
like it's slowing down.
că procesul merge încet.
trying to enhance it
more quickly than it really is,
mai repede decât în realitate,
like a burst of speed.
ca o explozie de viteză.
"Oh! Something's really happening!"
„Oh, chiar se întâmplă ceva!"
naturalistic growth of the progress bar
la un mod mai natural de progresie
on the passage of time --
pe trecerea timpului,
waiting for it to boil,
mai puțin plictisitor,
to make that less boring,
it mitigates the fear of death.
diminuează teama de moarte.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Daniel Engber - JournalistDaniel Engber explores science and culture as an award-winning journalist for Radiolab, the New York Times, Slate and Wired, among others.
Why you should listen
Daniel Engber's scientific method of distracting free-throw shooters in the NBA appeared in the New York Times Magazine's "Year in Ideas" and his viral website, Crying While Eating, earned spots on "The Tonight Show," VH1 and National Public Radio. He studied literature at Harvard College and neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco and has won several awards for his writing, including the National Academies of Science Communication Award in 2012.
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