how much does data weigh?

[Robin Wood <robin () digininja org>]

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
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