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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Enigmatic Entity on March 09, 2009, 09:57:07 pm

Title: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: Enigmatic Entity on March 09, 2009, 09:57:07 pm

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistahardware/thread/720108ee-0a9c-4090-b62d-bbd5cb1a7605

Apparently adding data to your hard drive makes it noticably heavier. It seems like some people took that thread seriously. Surely that is not possible...

Title: Re: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: portej05 on March 09, 2009, 11:02:56 pm

Well, I'd accept that SSDs get slightly heavier (hey, you're storing electrons, at 9*10^-31kg each!)

Title: Re: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: redsniper on March 09, 2009, 11:13:16 pm

I... don't think it works that way.

Title: Re: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: IceFire on March 09, 2009, 11:15:41 pm

Oh....my....Wow!

Fine...I'll accept that SSD's get heavier but I'd hate for the day where I'd notice the difference :D

This is another example of where some people are afraid of computers/assume that whatever happens inside is all magic.

Title: Re: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: Sololop on March 10, 2009, 12:09:15 am

Oh wow. People never cease to amaze me.

Title: Re: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: portej05 on March 10, 2009, 01:24:36 am

Quote from: IceFire on March 09, 2009, 11:15:41 pm

Fine...I'll accept that SSD's get heavier but I'd hate for the day where I'd notice the difference :D

hmmm, something that small, you gotta infer it.... (dreamy:
imagines flinging SSDs at some unimaginable speed past very big magnets and measuring their deflection... or perhaps measuring the scale of destruction at the other end)

Title: Re: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: Hellstryker on March 10, 2009, 06:05:45 am

"This is a rare error when the overwriting mechanism of the memory banks lead to an overflow of data because it cannot add on and thus super-stack, increasing the weight significantly.  While normal weight/file ratio is approximately 0.02 oz/GB, in rare cases such as these, it can go as high as somewhere around 6 oz/GB.

One solution is going to the system32 folder (C:\WINDOWS\system32) and deleting certain unnecessary files, but too much tampering may cause permanent changes to your computer"

QFT  :lol:

Title: Re: Ok this is just wierd...
Post by: Dilmah G on March 10, 2009, 06:16:46 am

*Cough* TECH SPED! *Cough*

I have a real dislike for those people who can't tell **** from bananas, relating to computers anyway


I'd really love to pimp slap K_McLovin across the face right now