Hard drive weight increasing?

[cuckle]

Apologies if this is the incorrect area for this question.

I've noticed that as I copy data/install programs on my Laptop, the weight of the Laptop increases. I have a bad back and am medically limited on the amount of weight I can carry so I need to be very carefull not to inflict injury upon myself.

I have also noticed my XBox feels heavier as well (the more games I save or purchase from arcade). I generally don't travel with my XBox so that is not an issue for me, but note the I am having the same results.

My ask, what is the weight/file ratio? So for example, how many GB's = 6oz? I dread the day I need a dolly to commute to work with my Laptop.


Thanks in advance!

 

[byuu]

Around one hundredweight per terracatena

 

[Orion Balls]

It's not the weight, so much as the volume you need to worry about. 10GB= 3fl oz.

 

[pierce your heart]

Just store stuff in the cloud it's much lighter per gigabyte because it's a gas

 

[Suburban Bastard]

Why is your text brighter than normal?

 

[cuckle]

It's not the weight, so much as the volume you need to worry about. 10GB= 3fl oz.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Why is your text brighter than normal?

Thanks!
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[Orth]

Give it a good washing to clean it up

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Those are some heavy electrons...

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

It also depends on the file.
1 GB of Heavy Metal will be heavier than 1 GB of Pop
Try asking Wolfram Alpha

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

You must be very sensitive to notice the difference that a few electrons makes. You should offer your services to drug dealers.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Delete system 32.
That ought to lighten your load substantially.

 

[AmpleApricots]

It's just the weight of your guilt about inferior operating system choices/gaming consoles

no it doesn't matter which OS there is on your Laptop. It's bad. Didn't you listen?

 

[Pissmaster]

There's actually a Vsauce video on this:

tl;dw digital storage does have mass, but it's made up of the the electrons used to change the states of the storage medium you're using. 500 million terabytes = 0.2 millionths of an ounce. Your laptop gains millions of times more weight when you charge it, as a whole lot more electrons are involved.

My ask, what is the weight/file ratio? So for example, how many GB's = 6oz?

1,500,000,000,000,000,000gb per 6oz, or 1.5 kiloyattabytes.

to compare, it's estimated that by 2025, the entire internet will only be up to 160 exabytes big, or 160,000,000,000gb.

If you're feeling any differences in the weight of your laptop, it's entirely psychosomatic.

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

1 GB of Heavy Metal will be heavier than 1 GB of Pop

Smooth jazz, of course, being the lightest of them all.

 

[Spunt]

Counterintuitively, in binary data storage 0s actually weigh more than 1s because spare electrons get caught in the hole in the middle. If you open up your hard drive in Notepad and find/replace all your 0s with 1s you'll probably save several kilos. Even better, if you do that the 0s won't form clots on the insides of the wires, improving data transfer speed.