Food is Memory

Computer literate people will know that there are many different levels of computer memory -- more than just RAM and hard drives. As I was preparing my after-dinner snack (delicious Churros cereal), I thought that the food that I eat and have in my apartment is highly analogous to memory in a computer. I will succinctly explain the analogy from fastest to slowest memory.

Registers - Chewed food, ready for consumption
L1 Cache - Food in mouth
L2 Cache - Food in spoon
GPU - Food in bowl (Either eaten one spoonful at a time or gulping it down(parallel processing))
RAM - Food in box
Flash - Food in my room
Solid-state drive (SSD) - Food in the pantry
Hard drive - Food at the grocery store
Tape - Wherever food is before the stores
Cloud - Food that is still on the farm


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How To Get More Free Space For Dropbox

First, what is Dropbox?
A free service that syncs all your files anywhere, including computers, phones, and the Dropbox website. In my words, it's organized and efficient and increases productivity; It's extremely useful.

Why is Dropbox useful?
It allows your files saved on one computer to be immediately available on all your computers and phones, automatically. Dropbox also allows files and folders to be shared easily (all files are private by default). I use it for all of my school projects, especially when it's a group project. I also have my phone set up so that pictures I take are uploaded automatically.

How do I get more free space?
There are many ways, including:

• Take the Dropbox tour = +250MB
• Link to Twitter/Facebook = +250MB
• Referring others = +500MB for referrer AND referee
• Being a part of the annual Dropquest = +1GB or more

I've been meaning to blog about this for a long time, glad I've gotten around to it finally. This was written so that I can easy share with all my friends, classmates, and co-workers this free awesome service (They do have paid upgrades though). And I wanted to share my referral link online. =D
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