Laptop: Unexplained Myth/Anomaly or a New Discovery

From: Gaurav, Devashish
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 3:33 AM
To: [undisclosed recipient]

Cc: ‘TechnicalSupport@acer.com’
Subject: Laptop: Unexplained Myth/Anomaly or a New Discovery

Tech Team,

Apologies if this is the incorrect distribution list !!

I have received an Acer laptop with specifications as mentioned below:

Processor: Intel core 2 duo processor with processing speeds of 2.10 GHZ and 1.19 GHZ – Is this core 2 duo functionality really works, as per core 2 duo functionality, as far as I understand, both the processor  should work in together and not alone. 

RAM: 1.93 GB of RAM – I have heard of 512 MB RAM or 1.5 GB of RAM or 2 GB of RAM, how can one end up in 1.93 GB, this is really strange, anyway this is not my problem, who cares as I work in IDC (acronym for I Don’t Care)

Hard disk: When I got people said 160 GB, but when you see in my computer C drive – 71.7 and D drive 71.7, lets say another 1 GB for backup, I hope you guys are not storing BIOS on hard disk that would be completely insane as BIOS should actually be on ROM. So if we calculate the total capacity 71.7 + 71.7 + 1 + 1 for BIOS, which I doubt, so total comes 145.4, where the hell is rest 14.6 go, I mean I am not allowed to store movies on office laptop but had it been my personal laptop, I could have definitely stored 28 DVDRip movies of 700 MB capacity each. Well this is again not my problem as this is office laptop. Anyway by now you have a complete picture of how my laptop looks, I mean internally, not externally.

Now my problem is, whenever I save any data on my hard disk, my laptop weight increases. In the beginning my laptop’s weight was 1.33 Kg approx and 1.3347623743875893457893467 Kg to be exact. This weight was calculated when I had 145.4 GB as free space. Say after 3 months, now my hard disk free space is 101 GB approx (please do let me know if you need exact free space details) and the weight has been increased to 1.47 Kg approx. Suddenly acronym for IDC changes to “I Do Care”

Okay now let us explore some scientific calculations – 

Disk space utilized >> 145.4 – 101 = 44.4 GB = 44.4*1024*1024*1024*8 bits = 381393095884.8 bits

Weight gained >> 1.47 – 1.33 = 0.14 Kg = 0.14*1000*1000*1000 = 140000000000 nano grams

Weight of one bit >> 140000000000/381393095884.8 = 0.36707533909393860413147522522523 nano gram/bit = 0.37 nano gram/bit approx.

This 0.37 Ng/bit might look very small now, but what if I increase my hard disk space later, my back ache has already started giving me all sorts of problems.

Also, does this mean that we have actually made a discovery of weight of 1 bit, if yes I would like to file for a patent, do let me know your valuable thoughts on this.

Thank You and Best Regards,

Devashish Gaurav