Your laptop is lying to you

[news 28]

What, you might wonder, does a "bar" of signal mean on a mobile phone?

 

And while we're at it, five bars out of five on the "battery" display

must mean there's still at least 80% of the charge left, right?

 

Wrong.

 

I explain this little bit of everyday electronic deviousness here:

http://www.dansdata.com/gz084.htm

 

 

A news post would be appreciated.

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Daniel Rutter

http://www.dansdata.com/ - hardware reviews and more!