Can you believe this !?

I found this article while reading through some tech websites and found its findings very interesting...It also gives a rational explanation as why computers feel slower over time, have a read and tell me what you think...

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/01/cpu_time_dilation/

 

I would assume it has something to do with how well the transistors conduct electricity after awhile. But that is pretty interesting.

 

this is very wierd i had no idea

 

i personally fel it hard to beleive to think that th now spanking fast processor would become slow and obsolete in a 2 years or so

 

This reads like a special for today... Time dilation holds for moving particles, in both inertial and non-inertial frames of reference. For a transistor, we can argue that the electrons are subject to time dilation, but they are also constantly being replaced. The actual effect on the physical semiconductors is going to be just normal wear, which is always happening over time. However, for semiconductors, such wear is considerably less than normal conductors/resistors. 10-15 % is off the mark by at least 5 or 6 orders of magnitude. The article just doesn't hold up to anyone with a knowledge of electronics and physics.
Nice try for an all fools day joke, though.

 

This is definitely a hoax - I mean, look at the quote from an AMD exec at the bottom. While I admit they're a very competent company, breaking Einsteinian physics is probably just a little beyond their grasp.

And in case anyone wants to know, computers feel slower over time primarily because Windows gets slower over time - crap clogs the registry, old drivers get left behind, the NTFS journal gets larger, and the temporary files (yes, even if you run "Disk Cleanup" there are some that stay behind) compound until the system grinds to a halt.

 

Yep... Just reinstall windows and see your mammoth blaze again...

 

As a bit of clue... : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2007
goto Item #21...

 

y do i have a bad feeling abou this
mujtaba bless you mate

ok finished reading it...now your gonners evo!! *clenches fist*
but nice one!! cheers

 

Umm... Did you notice the date it was posted on?

Good one though...

 

Hey, at least it found three sitting ducks here.. eh, shahee???

 

haha guess that article really got me.....
i acctually forgot about todays date until mujtaba posted
so guess your right sess i was a sitting duck a big one at that lol

**mental note- from now on..... treat all posts with caution**

 

Gotcha.... However one must say that the explanation in that article sounds almost believable, but today is April the 1st :

 

I'm ignoring any and all tech related news today.

 

This is very true. Reinstalling windows is the greatest!

I know, Intel would be doing that if anyone was going to. Not AMD.

 

Geeky hoax's don't really work for me

Gmail paper - now that one was good!