-Random Computer Facts-

[TBNRunity]

Anyone care to share some random computer facts a lot of people may not know about?

[AlwaysFSX]

They sometimes work.

[werto165]

dunno, half of a byte is a nybble, just off the top of my head. And as I need to explain to my dad most of the time, 1 byte =/= 1bit

[minibois]

If they don't work, they probably should in theory..

[espurritado]

if exerience has taught me something is that users don't know that rebooting solves 99.9% of the problems

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

your Storage is sold and advertised in Base 2 system, where as you Windows OS reads it in Base 10, you never loose anything , the manufacturer didn't lie to you , they just mislead you 

[jakjakattack]

They sometimes work.

This is sometimes true.

[KE2012]

Alt Gr = Alternative Graphic. 

[werto165]

hardrives run faster if defragged 

SSD's do likewise /s 

[Guest Generallee]

Legend has it that if you try to update your AMD gpu drivers, you'll fall in a dimension of eternal darkness

[Bloodyvalley]

Legend has it that if you try to update your AMD gpu drivers, you'll fall in a dimension of eternal darkness

11/10

[sherwind2010]

They work all day. But once you really need it & your life depends on it. They act up. like it knows you need them & it is doing it just to piss you off... Same for Smart Phones too.

[TBNRunity]

Legend has it that if you try to update your AMD gpu drivers, you'll fall in a dimension of eternal darkness

I learn something new everyday

[sherwind2010]

your Storage is sold and advertised in Base 2 system, where as you Windows OS reads it in Base 10, you never loose anything , the manufacturer didn't lie to you , they just mislead you 

 

They sell you a 4TB hard drive & you get home to find out you have 3.63TB free space! What is taking up my HDD space? 

 

PS: JK

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

SSD's do likewise /s 

 

 

yeah,so basically drives run fast if defragged 

Never defrag a SSD guyz , it will decrease it's life span

[werto165]

Never defrag a SSD guyz , it will decrease it's life span

"/s" sarcasm... 

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

"/s" sarcasm... 

Doh'

[spwath]

Doh'

The other guy didnt get the sarcasm

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

The other guy didnt get the sarcasm

welcome to the Internet, also congrats on you 7000th post !

[jhaun]

If you plug both ends of an ethernet cable into a switch, the whole network goes down. If you do this at a high school with hundreds of computers, you can really ruin the ITC's week.

[simson0606]

If you plug both ends of an ethernet cable into a switch, the whole network goes down. If you do this at a high school with hundreds of computers, you can really ruin the ITC's week.

a coworker of me dit this on accident, we got a massive amount of timeouts throughout the whole network

[Tech_Dreamer]

when all else fails try pulling the plug & plugging it back again