Re: how much does data weigh?

[Josh More <jmore () starmind org>]

Just take the laptop to an airport where your gate is at the other end.

I guarantee the weight difference will be easily measurable by the
time you get there.

-Josh More



On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Kevin Shaw <kevin.lee.shaw () gmail com> wrote:
> I believe you're correct, but would it not be extremely hard to measure that
> weight?
>
> On Oct 23, 2012 10:29 AM, "Robin Wood" <robin () digininja org> 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
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