Dumb question...

[RyanCahoon]

Originally Posted by Doug G

I can't help myself.... A CHARGED CAP WEIGHS THE SAME AS A DISCHARGED CAP!! I've heard the same logic used incorrectly to explain that a dead battery weighs less than a fresh battery. CAP's store PE by separating charge, not storing one type of charge!! Ok, I'll leave it alone and not return... the teacher has left the room.

But what happens if it's not actually a capacitor, but a piece of NAND Flash memory using quantum tunnel injection?

Actually I have no idea what the answer is.

Here's an interesting concept however: If you pick up enough static from the regolith, can you get enough weight in extra electrons to give you a significant advantage over the competition? That all assumes you're not actually losing electrons to the floor instead...

--Ryan

[Uberbots]

Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

But what happens if it's not actually a capacitor, but a piece of NAND Flash memory using quantum tunnel injection?

Actually I have no idea what the answer is.

Here's an interesting concept however: If you pick up enough static from the regolith, can you get enough weight in extra electrons to give you a significant advantage over the competition? That all assumes you're not actually losing electrons to the floor instead...

--Ryan

If you lose that much weight in electrons, you had better be prepared for one heluva static shock when you pick up the robot again.

[xnaut]

wow... i never expected this thread to pick up... but then again here it goes... first teams suprise me everyday...

[Cow Bell Solo]

I calculated the weight of our code which ended up being 2.4164*10 ^ -18 pound according to the above article. And yes I had to do it.

[McGurky]

What they should take into account is the weight of all of the storage devices for all of that data!!! Hard drives and such!!!! we might come up with a tiny bit of a bigger number!!!!