03-28-2009, 05:36 AM | #1 |
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Is it me?
Is it me, or does the reader actually get heavier when we add more books? I put in another 50 books today, and put 1,002 songs onto a memory card, and I'd swear that the 505 feels heavier...
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03-28-2009, 08:19 AM | #2 |
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Don't ones weight more than zeroes?
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03-28-2009, 10:08 AM | #3 |
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03-28-2009, 11:45 AM | #4 |
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It sounds like it was the songs you put on the memory card that did it. Remove the memory card and see if it feels any lighter.
I think songs weigh more than books . . . all those musical instruments; especially if you're in to heavy metal. |
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well that makes no sense. after all, the zero is so round and fat, while the one is thin as a rail. although i suppose mathematically all those skinny ones do add up.
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03-28-2009, 11:59 AM | #6 |
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Actually, the initial state of erased flash memory cell is all ones - when writing actual bits, you can only go from 1 to 0, not the other way around. If you need to restore some 1s, you have to erase a complete block and write everything anew.
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03-28-2009, 12:02 PM | #7 |
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now that is very interesting. is there a technical reason making this more practical (the ones really are lighter !! ) or did they just make this decision arbitrarily ?
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03-28-2009, 12:57 PM | #8 |
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It seems to be related to the electrical properties of the components used for making flash memory cells. Wikipedia has some descriptions.
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it does seem to make sense though (although i could be extrapolating something which is not there) that the default state would be "on" (1) rather than "off" (0) ; so that means the individual byte begins in a receptive state, since to add data and change to zero, from what i've understood, it requires adding electrons (counter intuitive... add something to 1 to get zero... the description makes less sense than the process). |
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03-29-2009, 06:40 PM | #10 |
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