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Non GAA Discussion => General discussion => Topic started by: Orior on April 27, 2007, 01:29:25 PM

Title: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Orior on April 27, 2007, 01:29:25 PM
How come they remember what I saved on them?
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: full back on April 27, 2007, 01:33:38 PM
Slow day at the office Orior?
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: screenmachine on April 27, 2007, 01:34:23 PM
Quote from: Orior on April 27, 2007, 01:29:25 PM
How come they remember what I saved on them?
this is their purpose in life?
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: sureyouwill on April 27, 2007, 01:41:07 PM
Also how does a Flask know to keep hot things hot and cold things cold?
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: screenmachine on April 27, 2007, 01:44:34 PM
look up vacuum, heat cannot be passed through a vacuum which surrounds the inside of a flask. therefore no heat can escape from the flask or inserted to the flask from the outside due to a lack of air to carry the heat.  if u look up vacuum and get anything about dyson just ignore... ;)
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: gallsman on April 27, 2007, 01:47:24 PM
Quote from: screenmachine on April 27, 2007, 01:44:34 PM
look up vacuum, heat cannot be passed through a vacuum which surrounds the inside of a flask. therefore no heat can escape from the flask or inserted to the flask from the outside due to a lack of air to carry the heat.  if u look up vacuum and get anything about dyson just ignore... ;)

Incorrect boyo. There are three types of heat transfer- conduction, convection and radiation. A vaccuum only eliminates heat transfer via the first two methods!
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: screenmachine on April 27, 2007, 01:49:32 PM
near enough, its the idea of a flask anyway as their is a vacuum around the outside of it. you can sort out the radiation by putting a radioactive protection suit around the flask... ;)
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: sureyouwill on April 27, 2007, 01:59:09 PM
By the way Orior do you know what is meant by Garden Leave; it's coming my way.  ;D
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Shamrock Shore on April 27, 2007, 02:14:48 PM
Why used the refill for a flask be more expensive then a new flask? Used to love tay that had brewed for a few hours in a flask. Almost made footin turf bearable.
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Mayo4Sam on April 27, 2007, 02:20:59 PM
By footin turf dont you mean reckling turf?  :P
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: screenmachine on April 27, 2007, 02:21:40 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 27, 2007, 02:14:48 PM
Why used the refill for a flask be more expensive then a new flask?
what?? sorry i dont speak spanish
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Mayo4Sam on April 27, 2007, 02:22:37 PM
It really is a slow day here!
How do they get the fig into the fig rolls?
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Donagh on April 27, 2007, 02:23:40 PM
Quote from: Orior on April 27, 2007, 01:29:25 PM
How come they remember what I saved on them?

It's all a matter of 1s and 0s. The stick is made up of cells or gates. The gate is either opened or not (1 or 0). When you plug her into the computer an electrical charge is sent over all of the gates which allows the computer to see which gates are opened and which are not. An open gate translates to a tiny piece of data. Depending on the amount and pattern of open gates the computer is able to compile these into larger pieces of data.

The computer can also send an electrical charge down to close a gate or gates thereby altering the data on the memory stick. When you take the stick out of the computer, no charge can go into the stick, therefore the data cannot be altered and so it remembers what you saved on it.
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: his holiness nb on April 27, 2007, 02:24:24 PM
Mayo4Sam, you know as well as I do that that is a secret not even the greatest scientists can break.
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Kerry Mike on April 27, 2007, 02:25:19 PM
Quotereckling turf

We do be footing it in the Kingdom as well.


And who opens the fecking gates in the memory sticks
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: ziggysego on April 27, 2007, 02:25:54 PM
Quote from: Orior on April 27, 2007, 01:29:25 PM
How come they remember what I saved on them?

HowStuffWorks.com is a great website for discovering how lots of electronic stuff works.

As for memory pens (Flash Memory), try this page

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm)
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Donagh on April 27, 2007, 02:29:54 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on April 27, 2007, 02:25:54 PM
Quote from: Orior on April 27, 2007, 01:29:25 PM
How come they remember what I saved on them?

HowStuffWorks.com is a great website for discovering how lots of electronic stuff works.

As for memory pens (Flash Memory), try this page

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm)

Hope that site's not going to embarrass me Ziggy...
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: ziggysego on April 27, 2007, 02:32:13 PM
Nope Donagh, on this occasion it's a genuine website for a genuine query.....
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Orior on April 27, 2007, 02:34:32 PM
Quote from: sureyouwill on April 27, 2007, 01:59:09 PM
By the way Orior do you know what is meant by Garden Leave; it's coming my way.  ;D

No way man! You is needed here.
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: sureyouwill on April 27, 2007, 02:44:59 PM
Quote from: Orior on April 27, 2007, 02:34:32 PM
Quote from: sureyouwill on April 27, 2007, 01:59:09 PM
By the way Orior do you know what is meant by Garden Leave; it's coming my way.  ;D

No way man! You is needed here.

My work is done!
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: An Fhairche Abu on April 27, 2007, 02:53:26 PM
QuoteBy footin turf dont you mean reckling turf?

It's always been called footing turf around Joyces Country, never heard of reckling in my life, what part of Mayo is that from? Sounds more like something to do with building a reek of turf than footing.
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Mayo4Sam on April 27, 2007, 03:10:35 PM
Recklin is a common enough term
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: dodo on April 27, 2007, 07:40:22 PM
In my part of Mayo we were footing turf........
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: Donagh on April 28, 2007, 02:02:42 AM
In our part of Armagh we're stealing it  :P
Title: Re: How do memory sticks work?
Post by: The Real Laoislad on April 28, 2007, 02:58:35 PM
Oh my childhood is all coming back to me.I spent several summers footing,turning stacking bagging and loading turf