Did you know - Computer Storage?

Did you know why our computer storage or external storage have less

space than advertised?

It is because the manufacturers decided to rate most drive capacities

 based on the standard base 10 numbers we are all familiar with.

Therefore, one Megabyte equals one million bytes while one Gigabyte
equals one billion bytes.

When you bought a  300GB external, it shows only 279GB.

WHY???

Let me explain here.

All computer data is stored in a binary format as either a one or zero.

Meaning base 2 format.

1 MB = 1024 byte. (2^10)

1GB = 1,073,741,824 byte.

and so on...

So, when you bought a 300GB, the computer will calculate it by,

300GB / 1.07374GB = 279.397 (Rounded Down) = 279GB

Any more questions please post at comments below. Thank you.

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Did you know - Dengue Fever ?

Did you know that Dengue Fever have no cure?

Dengue Fever Symptoms:

Fluctuating fever ( the fever comes and goes)

Vomitting

Nausea

Headache

Fatigue Red Spots

(If you have any 3/5 symptoms, better go to a doctor for a check-up)

When you have red spots on your body,
then it's time to go to a hospital !

Dengue Fever kills by lowering the patient's blood viscosity, making the blood 'watery' (Red Spots),
if it is not treated immediately, it might triggers Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.


Picture taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever


The mosquito Aedes aegypti feeding off a human host



Did you know - Red Packets?

Did you know why married couple must give out "Ang Pau"(Hokkien) or

 "'Hóng Bāo"(Mandarin) during Chinese New Year?

It is a custom that married couple must give red packets to unmarried juniors

so that they will be "full of luck" throughout the year.

Picture taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope

"Lai See" in Cantonese

Did you know - Crab Meat?

Did you know that the "crab meat" that we always eat during the

Chinese New Year steamboat is not really "crab meat" ?

It's Surimi. Surimi is actually fish puree to mimic the

 texture and color of "crab, lobster, prawn and other shellfish".



Picture taken from : http://www.faqs.org/ 

Imitation Crab Meat

Picture taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org 

Unprocessed Surimi



Did you know - Chicken Eggs?

Did you know that size of the air pocket in an egg can
determine how fresh is the egg?

How?

1) Crack open an egg at the middle.

2) Take out the egg content (yolk and white)

3) Observe the membrane at the bottom of the egg.

4) Large size of air pocket indicates that the egg is not fresh and vice versa.