Despite all that I know about computers, despite the fact that I can put one together and despite the fact that I have taken many apart, every time I really think about them, it just doesn't make sense.

Here I am, typing on my keyboard and little electrical pulses are being sent into the computer which are then in turn translated into text on the screen as Windows runs a program which allows me to surf the web and do a multitude of other things at the same time. But that's not really the amazing part. What's amazing is that every program, every MP3, every resume, everything is stored as 1's and 0's on a hard drive. Just tons of little ones and zeroes strung together in a sequence that somehow makes sense on a magnetic platter with a little arm that can change all the ones to zeroes and the zeroes to ones to make this program run, to store my photos, to play my games. It's just amazing how much these little magnetic devices can do, and when you think about it, no matter how much you know about them, it's amazing.

Just like when you try and think about what the meaning of life is. It's something you don't really think about every day, but when you do, you just have to sit and ponder it for a while.

URL: Hard Drives