Comments on: How to extrapolate the weight of data in my laptop? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: philpl1jb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68592 philpl1jb Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:33:52 +0000 #comment-68592 If you want your computer to run fast you’ve got to get the bit paths lubed.

]]> By: Troy Tate http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68571 Troy Tate Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:41:41 +0000 #comment-68571 wow… does Jiffy Lube provide IT services now? Or is it just the folks who used to be the Geek Squad?

]]> By: philpl1jb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68562 philpl1jb Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:07:59 +0000 #comment-68562 So is that why the guy at Jiffy Lube wants to rotate my discs?

]]> By: technochic http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68549 technochic Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:22:56 +0000 #comment-68549 Perhaps the disk is just “bloated”. You have been taking everything with a “grain of salt”. Stop that imediately and the bloating of the drive should cease.

]]> By: Troy Tate http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68542 Troy Tate Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:30:24 +0000 #comment-68542 ahhh yes, the addition of random entropy into the environment. Good point Carlosdl.

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68541 carlosdl Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:48:17 +0000 #comment-68541 I’m thinking that maybe disk fragmentation is intentionally created by the OS, as a method for balancing the disks.

]]> By: Troy Tate http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68540 Troy Tate Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:24:56 +0000 #comment-68540 If the argument is true that there is more weight (mass) in a 0 compared to a 1, then the disk could also become out of balance. The disk should be taken to a disk balancing center to ensure performance is maintained by regular maintenance.

]]> By: kevinbeaver http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68520 kevinbeaver Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:49:10 +0000 #comment-68520 It could be the pull towards magnetic north…or too many JPEG images on your drive – they’re chock full of compressed bits.

]]> By: philpl1jb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68452 philpl1jb Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:58:41 +0000 #comment-68452 Content should factor in ..
Grapes of Wrath – HEAVY
Travels with Charlie – light.

Phil

]]> By: meandyou http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-extrapolate-the-weight-of-data-in-my-laptop/#comment-68423 meandyou Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:53:48 +0000 #comment-68423 I was thinking of this over the past few days and I realized that a zero is larger then a one –

compare these two figures:
0
1

the one is almost one dimensional, it is almost non existent.

My conclusion is that data that is composed of more zeros than ones will weigh more than data that is composed of mostly ones.

compare these two bytes:
0100 0001
1011 1110

Obviously, the first byte of data would weigh more than the second.

Steve

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