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Ahh I see, memories of afterschool ...

neither, it's order

Ahh ha, not such a stupid question though. I reckon: if we presume that unused space or memory, is not written with only 1s or only 0s every time it is unused, then the unused memory is in a state of essentially roughly equivalent numbers of 1s and 0s. I assume that for used memory, i.e. an app and it's data, over millions of lines of code, that the net view of such, would be roughly equivalent amounts of 1s and 0s. So the question of which weighs more, data written to memory, or unused memory, is moot. Ideally, they will weigh the same, more or less. Bust, you are correct, weight is related to mass and information does not have mass, but data written to memory involves mass. The order of the 1s and 0s does not, ergo information has no mass or weight. Not that judgments handed down, are not weighty, your honour...

Did you previously post here? Are you from a Nordic country?

Essential Dalek Fashion

I think I know the answer, but I look forward to replies with reasoning. (Kong this means you) Read the article first... Does an ipad full of apps weigh more? HANNAH FRANCIS Last updated 09:31, October 10 2014 HEAVY IPAD: It's not noticeable to humans, but scientists say data adds a teensy amount of weight to your gadget. Four months ago, Professor Richard Sinnott received a curious letter in the mail. It contained a $5 note and a plea from an elderly man, asking the University of Melbourne computer scientist to explain how the Kindle e-reader he'd been given for Christmas could possibly store dozens of literary tomes without getting any heavier. "Although my Kindle is a wonderful present, there is one thing that is really puzzling me," the 75-year-old wrote. How can an electronic device hold so much information without getting any heavier? Richard Sinnott "I now have more than 30 books and many of these contain several hundred pages ... Despite this, the Kindle seems to be no heavier than when it had no books. Surely I must soon be getting to the stage when the Kindle will become quite heavy?" Many readers would assume the query was a joke; in fact that's exactly what Professor Sinnott wondered. He kindly returned the man's money and replied that he needn't worry about overloading his Christmas gift with reading material, unless he planned on clocking up tens of thousands of books – in which case the data storage capacity may eventually run out. But do all the apps and files stored on our devices, such as our iPads, actually weigh something after all? That's what University of California professor John Kubiatowicz argued in comments in a 2011 New York Times article, which has recently been doing the rounds again after CultofMac, an Apple news website, published a post entitled "An iPad filled with apps weighs more than one with nothing installed". We put that claim to several Australian academics, from physicists to electronic engineers, with mixed responses. One said the theory was "baloney"; another labelled it an "urban myth". All said that if it were true, the increase would be so infinitesimal as to be immeasurable – more or less what Professor Kubiatowicz argued. It all rests on Einstein's theory of relativity, which converts energy into mass using the formula E=mc². Professor Sinnott said storing data using flash memory – commonly built into tablets, smartphones and e-readers, including the Kindle – involved holding electrons in a certain position to record the binary code that a computer could read (i.e. 1s and 0s). Holding that position required more energy, therefore mass, according to the formula. Professor Kubiatowicz's conservative estimate of just how much energy that would be was 10–15 joules per bit, converting to 10–18 grams for a 4GB Kindle. That's an attogram; and for readers who don't know what those negative numbers mean, it can also be written as 0.000000000000000001g. In other words, nothing a human being can notice, let alone measure. But while Professor Sinnott supports the Berkeley computer scientist's theory, other experts are doubtful. Macquarie University's Mike Heimlich said the charge of an electron – amounting to "one billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a kilogram" – may in theory add weight in one part of a device, but "someplace else" there would need to be a voltage deficit. As Adelaide University electrical engineer Michael Liebelt put it: "When you store stuff on a USB drive or Kindle, or anything like that, all you're doing is moving electrons around." Professor Liebelt added that while Einstein's formula was valid, "in practical terms you never convert between the two". Whether the device used flash memory or any other type of storage made no difference, he said. Wollongong University's Roger Lewis agreed with Professor Liebelt on the Einstein factor. "That tells you how to convert between energy and mass, but having more energy doesn't necessarily mean having more or less mass," Professor Lewis said. He said the theory that electrons in different energy states could have more or less weight was "far-fetched" but, in principle, "possible". Whatever side of the weight-watchers camp you're on, it helps to put the debate into perspective. Curtin University's Cesar Ortega-Sanchez said the weight difference in question was about "as small as the diameter of a red blood cell compared with the distance from Earth to Jupiter". "It does exist," Dr Ortega-Sanchez said, "but it is too minuscule to be of any relevance or practical use." Except, of course, to make a good headline. - Fairfax Media Australia

North Korea's interpretation of invincibility...

All Hail Dennis Rodman

At least Kim has groupies

Note the trackball mouse on the desk and the (UHF?) aerial upper right. Aerial?

It's worth noting that the combined computing power of all the computer consoles shown is equivalent to an iPhone 3Gs

I enjoy north Korea threads, here's one I may have posted before.

I've no photos, but I've had two like this sharing the bathroom wall in the Glorious People's Republic, with the usual geckos, eating the nasty mosquitos . These spiders can move, I once saw one shoot across the room and out the door, so fas,t I could barely turn my head fast enough to watch it go.

Forgive my ignorance, paperclip? this is a reference to?

I believe that one of the issues raised by the feminism of the 60s, 70s and 80s is that the pendulum was pushed too far in the favour of women, now the pendulum is starting to swing back and it will inevitably swing far back, in the male direction, but not quite as far. Eventually there will be an equilibrium, where the notion of equality, will be amended to one of equivalency and people will return, to concentrating on quality of life, rather than what they are missing out on, because some activist told them so.

They'll be lucky if they have a tourism industry after this. The (all that follows is assumed) 'Powerful' interests that are being protected will not have any profitable interests left to enrich themselves from, following the phenomenally massive negative publicity that this island is receiving courtesy of the corrupt and Keystone Cops like cadre of people who style themselves as police. So rather than efficiently disposing of the publicity problem by conducting a transparent and believable investigation that bolsters international confidence and thereto tourism confidence, they obviously prefer to kill their goose that lays the golden eggs.

I was nearly found found nude and dead on my bathroom floor a year or two ago. Had a shower whilst very inebriated, slipped and was lucky to survive with only a cracked rib. Could have easily been a cracked head. moral = don't shower alone when drunk

Good luck.

Best bike I ever had. Honda 750 Super Magna 86 or 87. One of those machines that they just got right. Not saying it's better than any other, but I'd prefer this over any other.

Copied from Source Universal doubts cloud ‘perfect’ Koh Tao murder investigation By Prae Sakaowan a... October 8, 2014 / 13:19 ICT For weeks popular speculation ran deep police that would finger Burmese migrant workers for the murder of two foreign tourists on Koh Tao, and when it came true on Friday, you could almost hear the groans. An investigation which came out of the gate “focusing on migrant laborers†before moving on to a British friend of the deceased and “especially Rohingya†and even influential “mafia figures†for a time, eventually came full circle to three migrant laborers implicated by no more than circumstantial evidence, an alleged DNA hit and a now-recanted confession. Along the way the investigation accumulated numerous accounts of witness torture, bribery, bizarre claims and threats. However, after so many missteps, questionable statements and by all appearances a totally shambolic investigation, there was one big problem for the police who’ve been under intense pressure to show results: No one bought it. Not the international audience; not the domestic audience. In fact so many voices of skepticism or downright disbelief have erupted since Friday that police Tuesday resorted to threatening prosecution of anyone who challenged their conclusions, saying they would charge dissenters with “insulting officials.†Indeed National police chief Somyot Poompanmoung on Tuesday described the work of investigators as “a perfect job.†Investigation dogged by contradictions and alleged misconduct Since the bodies of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge were found on the idyllic island last month, trying to keep apace of developments has been like managing schizophrenia. Just yesterday, Thai police announced that Burmese embassy officials were “satisfied†with their investigation. At the same time, reports filtered out from Burmese media that an embassy lawyer had in fact described it as a “set up†after the two men, Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, revealed bruises they said came from torture and recanted their confessions. “They said they didn't do it, that the Thai police (along with their Burmese-Thai translator) beat them until they confessed to something they didn't do,†said Attorney Aung Myo Thant of the Burmese Embassy. “They're pleading with the Burmese government to look into the case and find out the truth.†Meanwhile an online petition urging the Government of the United Kingdom to independently investigate the horrific murder of its citizens has drawn more than 43,000 signatures by Thai nationals and people around the world. We do not know what happened in the early hours of Sept. 15 on Koh Tao. However the burden of proof, by no fault of a “reasonable†understanding of events, lies squarely on the shoulders of the police, who’ve been accused not once but numerous times in recent days of misconduct, including bribing a taxi driver and torturing a Thai man for not providing false testimony and otherwise compelling results to bring the case to a convenient close. “They [the police] beat all of us while interrogating us. Three of us were seriously injured. But some got minor injuries,†Burmese Worker Than Hlaing told Irrawaddy on Monday. “They detained us for one night. They collected our records and took pictures of us. [Then] they finally told us that we were not guilty and released us.†The cloud moves in In recent days the widespread doubt has prompted an army of keyboard detectivesdetectives on sites such as CSI LA to fumble for answers themselves. Operated by a Thai resident of the United States, the Facebook group has been followed by more than 220,000 people, as the community makes ongoing efforts to piece together what happened from evidence released to the public. Loopholes and inconsistencies in the investigation have been pointed out, urging explanations from the authorities such as the questions about minor wounds on Miller’s head and shoulder, which appear less severe than those on Witheridge, as if caused by a push knife rather than a hoe, as argued by police. Police refute that. Internet speculation turned to the cut on David Miller’s shoulder (top left) as compared to that Sean McAnna (middle), a Scottish man who said he was threatened with death by Koh Tao “mafia†figures who wanted him to confess. Source: CSI LA The same type of wounds, it’s pointed out, were visible on Sean McAnna, a Scottish man who worked as a musician on Koh Tao and fled the island claiming he was houndedby local “mafia figures†to confess to the murders or be killed. Photographs purporting to show the accused men’s interrogation was translated by a Rohingya translator, who actually is a Roti-seller on Koh Samui. Source: CSI LA “Right now, I don't ask for anything much from those who have power. All I ask for is ‘transparency’ of David & Hannah's case,†the admin of CSI LA wrote. “Right now it is a golden opportunity for those who have power to set an example for our society. … Please don't let Thailand's reputation, tourist industry and millions of Thais suffer from humiliation just because the lack of ‘transparency.’†On Tuesday police were forced to respond to some of the inconsistencies in their public account. After saying they’d found Witheridge’s phone in one of the suspect’s rooms, a claim apparently discounted by photographic evidence, police walked it back to change their story. They said it was Miller’s phone, according to Khaosod English. Photographs appear to show the mobile phone of Hannah Witheridge submitted to police by her friends, despite police claims it was found in one of their suspect’s possession. Photo: CSI LA. ‘A perfect job’ Authorities remain steadfast in their conviction they’ve found those responsible. Recently appointed national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung on Tuesday defended the investigation in the face of the torture claims by the accused. "I insist that all officials in this case have done a good job; a perfect job" Somyot said, according to the Bangkok Post. A lead investigator dismissed suggestions of investigatorial misconduct. "In an investigation, it is impossible that there are no questions raised,†said police Maj. Gen. Suwat Chaengyodsuk. “There will always be minor doubts and points, but would these (points) have enough weights to change the evidence, witnesses or the entire case?" Suwat, deputy commander of Metropolitan Police Bureau leading the investigation into the murders, spoke Monday during an appearance on the Jor Kao Den television program to clear up “confusions†raised in social media. "The investigation focused on transparency and forensic examination,†he said. “We collected footage from 106 security cameras and tested the possibility of people living within 600 meters in diameter from the crime scene." Doubt from all corners But all along the merits of a professional investigation have seemed secondary to protecting image. Daily news reports proclaiming progress – bizarrely described at one point by the lead investigator as precisely “85 percent complete†– have routinely segued into shameless exhortations about the resilience of tourism. “Meanwhile, local officials in Surat Thani said yesterday that tourists were returning to Koh Tao resort island in droves after the alleged culprits in the murders of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were arrested,†The Nation reported Sunday. Local media haven’t bought it either. Channel 3 news reporter Jaturong Sukka-iat has openly expressed his doubts about the case. “The suspects were arrested because of circumstantial evidence … based on CCTV footage, and no one knows whether their DNA actually matched,†he said. “The main evidence is footage of them in a 7-Eleven. The murder happened on the beach. Where are the witnesses? I suggest you should be careful when going to 7-Eleven.†Jaturong was optimistic the legal process would lead to the truth. “Despite their confessions in the questioning process, they can say the opposite in the trial. Even though they don’t speak Thai, they must have known murdering two people would lead to a death sentence,†he said. “Why would they continue to live in Koh Tao for 20 more days?†Alleged motive falls short Ultimately the motive ascribed by police and reportedly confessed by Win Zaw Htun appears oversimplistic and more consistent with myths about rape than decades of research. According to police, he saw the British couple having sex on the beach and convinced his friend to savagely murder them because he was “horny.†The police statement fits a classic misunderstanding of rape as an act of sexual passion, not an act of premeditated violence, as experts say is most often the case. “Rape is a premeditated act of violence, not a spontaneous act of passion,†according to the University of Minnesota. Not to mention that forensic evidence did not recover any of Miller’s DNA from Hannah’s body. “We did not conclude this yet. Maybe he was wearing a condom,†Suwat said. He said a used condom was recovered from the crime scene but was “too contaminated†to recover male DNA. But DNA from Hannah was found, he said. Whoever killed Miller and Witheridge, the public seems unwilling to accept anything short of definitive evidence, and the bar has been raised higher than usual in light of so many investigative missteps. On Tuesday, 850 pages comprising the investigation file and questioning of the suspects was submitted to Koh Samui prosecutors for approval to bring the case to trial. The suspects could face the death sentence. Justice is a scarce commodity in a world where rich young men can get wasted and run over and kill policemen in their Ferraris without consequence, and young women get a slap on the wrist for sending a van full of people plunging to their deaths. Thailand is in a time of change, and it has been hoped the ghosts of injustices past would be put to rest. For the sake of the victims’ families and as a message to the world it’s not just “business as usual,†we hope it’s not too late.

What did you tell them? LBFMs?

Many now predict the kingdom's industry is again set to surge... Are these Thais that are doing the predicting?