One of the answers says that a gigabyte (1GB) can equal up to six ounces (6oz). If this was true then my laptop would weigh as much as a 32" tube TV.
In fact my X-Box 360 and Laptop has actually lost weight. But I'm not gonna blame it on them, my ARMS do all the work.
The good news is that our data is getting lighter; an older (1997) 1,281.9MB drive weighs in at 15.99 oz. That comes to 1,559 pico oz per bit!!! That weighs 233.5x more per bit than my 120GB WD USB drive (5.7 pico oz per bit).
They must be using a lot of shrink wrap on the bits to get them so small...
I personally do not buy the fact, someone saying a hard drive increases weight with more data. That is B.S.! There are binary pit patterns on every hard drive platter or platters, new or used. Adding or subtracting data to or from the hard disk has no effect on the weight of the drive. If someone believes otherwise, prove me wrong. I agree with the following:
Magnetic information on the disk consists of a stream of (very, very small) magnetic fields. As you know, a magnet has two poles, north and south, and magnetic energy (called flux) flows from the north pole to the south pole. Information is stored on the hard disk by encoding information into a series of magnetic fields. This is done by placing the magnetic fields in one of two polarities: either so the north pole arrives before the south pole as the disk spins (N-S), or so the south pole arrives before the north (S-N)
Adding more bit patterns to a hard drive does not add additional weight.
I personally do not buy the fact, someone saying a hard drive increases weight with more data. That is B.S.! There are binary pit patterns on every hard drive platter or platters, new or used. Adding or subtracting data to or from the hard disk has no effect on the weight of the drive. If someone believes otherwise, prove me wrong. I agree with the following:
Magnetic information on the disk consists of a stream of (very, very small) magnetic fields. As you know, a magnet has two poles, north and south, and magnetic energy (called flux) flows from the north pole to the south pole. Information is stored on the hard disk by encoding information into a series of magnetic fields. This is done by placing the magnetic fields in one of two polarities: either so the north pole arrives before the south pole as the disk spins (N-S), or so the south pole arrives before the north (S-N)
Adding more bit patterns to a hard drive does not add additional weight.
I personally do not buy the fact, someone saying a hard drive increases weight with more data. That is B.S.! There are binary pit patterns on every hard drive platter or platters, new or used. Adding or subtracting data to or from the hard disk has no effect on the weight of the drive. If someone believes otherwise, prove me wrong. I agree with the following:
Magnetic information on the disk consists of a stream of (very, very small) magnetic fields. As you know, a magnet has two poles, north and south, and magnetic energy (called flux) flows from the north pole to the south pole. Information is stored on the hard disk by encoding information into a series of magnetic fields. This is done by placing the magnetic fields in one of two polarities: either so the north pole arrives before the south pole as the disk spins (N-S), or so the south pole arrives before the north (S-N)
Adding more bit patterns to a hard drive does not add additional weight.
If that theory is correct, then it would be possible to un-balance your drive just by storing binary 255's on one side, and binary zeros (zeroes? Where's Dan Quayle when I need him?). This would set up a vibration not unlike that experienced when your jeans all congregate on one side of the washing machine, heading into the spin cycle.
Now, if you drive is robust enough for this, you could add some sandpaper, and re-finish that old dresser...
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