Does data weigh anything?

DezUk

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Ok this might sound daft and well it is totally daft but I am gonna post it anyway :)

My mate sent me a text last night with a really weird and random thought and it did make me wonder. He asked me what I thought about this idea…

“When a memory stick or card or any flash memory device for that matter is full, does it get any heavier?”

I haven’t tried searching Google on this, my first thought was to stick it on here and see what everyone else thought :)
 
Electrons will be added or subtracted to areas of the transistors that make up the flash memory in order to set them as binary ones or zeros. Therefore, it is possible for a memory stick's weight to change depending on the data it holds. However, this will depend on the binary "pattern" of the data it holds rather than the total amount.

PK!
 
Could be argued that the surfaces the store the data have a numerical weight. Granted a 500gb disk does not weigh any different if it has 2 or 400gb of stored data. However a comparitive 1tb disk would weigh more due to needing more physical surfaces! There 1tb of data in some senses weighs more than 500gb. :p
 
Yeah excuse the st00pidness, i kinda thought this was a daft question before i posted it but hey we are all allowed our blonde moments now and again ;)
 
NiCkNaMe said:
Could be argued that the surfaces the store the data have a numerical weight. Granted a 500gb disk does not weigh any different if it has 2 or 400gb of stored data. However a comparitive 1tb disk would weigh more due to needing more physical surfaces! There 1tb of data in some senses weighs more than 500gb. :p
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thats like saying 10 grapes weigh more than 5 apples in some senses....aslong as the grapes are weighed in an iron basket and the apples in a morrisons bag.

you think im being silly :p
 
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