On 23 October 2012 15:36, Ryan Dewhurst <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds accurate to me. > > I saw this the other day, not sure how accurate it is but kind of relevant: > > http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c25.0.843.403/p843x403/525017_10151286714802518_1541723172_n.jpg
Thats pretty cool. Glad I wasn't just making things up. Would make a great pub quiz question "why does your computer change weight during a normal working day" Robin > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> No idea why I woke up thinking about this but thought I'd share it with you >> all. >> >> A 1 is stored in RAM by charging a capacitor, so the capacitor is full >> of electrons. That means if you set every bit in a 1G machine to 1 >> then it has to weigh more than if you set them all to 0. That would >> mean that at any point your computer is getting heavier or lighter >> depending on what it is working on. >> >> Is that right or am I talking rubbish? >> >> Robin >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
