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Is there a reason the English alphabet is in the order it is in? Is there a specific reason for the sequence?	"There is no rhyme or reason — theorder\xa0of the letters seems to be arbitrary. From what historians understand, the\xa0order\xa0of the\xa0alphabetis the way it is because, well, it's always been that way. The Greeks used the Phoenician\xa0alphabet\xa0as a model for their\xa0alphabet, which saw the addition of vowels."The English language doesn't have its own alphabet; it uses the Latin alphabet which closely related to the Greek alphabet. Compare the word "alphabet" with "alpha" and "beta," the first two Greek letters. The Greek alphabet is descended in turn from the Phoenician alphabet. All of these alphabets have closely related orderings which are apparently arbitrary. There may have been logic behind Phoenician originally but, if so, it is lost to history.Portuguese uses the same alphabet, in the same order but the letters are pronounced differently. Some letters use diacritics, the funny little accents and squiggles attached to letters. Interesting fact many don't know is the letters k, w, y weren't added until 1990.
Why aren't naval ships sitting ducks?	There hasn't been all out warfare between two nations on equal footing since WW2. Modern military doctrine dictates that carrier groups would likely be lost within the first stage or so of an all out conflict between major powers, since they're extremely vulnerable to ballistic strikes. Different types of conflicts have different deterrents. Major conflicts are deterred by MAD , minor conflicts are deterred by Carrier Battle Groups. Of course that only refers to a few types of conflicts and skips over massive steps in between, the logistics of supply, etc. But that's the gist. They're not for fighting the same war you think, essentially.
Why are my hands cold so frequently, and how can I help prevent this?	You might want to provide a little more information otherwise the best anyone can do is take a wild guess. My wild guess is that it is because it is cold outside, wear gloves to prevent it.This is a shot in the dark since we obviously can't diagnose you with so little information, but please look into [Raynaud's phenomenon.] It's a not-uncommon cause of unusually cold hands and feet.
Why is it a legal requirement to wear a seatbelt in a car but not on buses, trains etc.?	Buses are larger and the passengers inside are much safer than they would be in a Sedan. A bus doesn't get thrown around in an accident much like a small car would - So the passengers wouldn't be thrown around much either.
The physics of guitar strings and why they make sound	Guitar strings make noise because they vibrate, transferring their vibration to the air directly as well as to the material of the guitar itself which in turn vibrates large amounts of air. Since sound is vibrations in the air it is clear how they make sounds. Now what sounds they make is a bit trickier. By varying the length and tension of the strings the frequency of the resulting vibrations can be changed and the resulting sounds altered. This is what is happening when a guitar player presses the strings to the neck of the guitar, adjusting the effective length of the string and its preferred resonance. A similar concept is used with pendulums to produce a steady reference with which to construct clocks.I'm an acoustic engineer music is not my specialty Any object by virtue of it's mass, stiffness and geometry has vibration modes. Modes are points in frequency domain that allow the structure to resonate. Guitar strings or any string when excited will cause it's primary mode to get excited.The player chooses the geometry of the string by pressing it on the board. This changes the vibration frequency of that particular string. The excitation of that frequency further excites the wooden body and the acoustic cavity underneath. This causes vibration to translate into a radiated sound.
Why do certain games (and perhaps other things) that have a year in the title, like Madden football, release the year before what's stated in the title?	Because you've created your game for that upcoming year, which sounds new, and hopeful, and futuristic, instead of naming it after the previous year, which was lame, and frankly much more upsetting than we had all hoped.
does time actually exist or is it just a unit of measurement like distance.	I mean your question doesnt really make sense. Distance exists, its the space between objects. Distance is not a unit of measurement. Its a thing. Feet, yards, inches etc are units of measurement.
If suicide by subway train is prevalent, why don't the subway trains slow down enough to make a quick stop before they get to the platform?	Trains have poor stopping distances. The value of a subway system is rapid mass transit. Slow travel times undermine its use as competition with driving/walking. Suicide by train is not that common in fact it's so rare that its often international news when it happens. Even if it were a problem, a much more effective and efficient solution is [platform screen doors].
Why isn't there an app that combines the library of Amazon Prime, Hulu+. Netflix, HBO GO, etc into one easily searchable library?	Those companies don't support APIs to make their catalogs accessible, probably for competitive reasons. So it would have to be done by hand, at great expense
How are phones locked?	I 've worked with this. As in, actually implementing SIM-locking for GSM/3G/4G phones. I call it "SIM Locking", as what we're telling the software is: "only accept SIM-cards issued by the following carrier" We're not actually locking the phone into a specific carrier network, as your phone should still be able to "roam" on other networks when your home network isn't available . The lock is implemented in software running on the _modem_ CPU . As in, a completely different CPU than the one running iOS/Android. It's pretty secured software, as we would be liable towards the carrier to protect their interests. This means, no amount of rooting or jailbreaking would affect the SIM Lock. The process for breaking the SIM lock is called "unlocking" in those circles. This is for GSM phones. CDMA phones work a bit differently.I'm not sure the exact method used, but I do know that it's software related. I did tech support at a call center for a while and we'd get people calling to ask us to unlock their device. We of course had to explain that beyond the factory default hardware and software, we know nothing; this always led to pointing them to their network provider to get the code. Mind you networks are jealous bastards and would rarely give it to them. & nbsp;LPT: if you want to get your phone unlocked, go to your carrier and tell them you're planning to go out of country and explain that you'll want to use your phone while you're there. Other countries don't have the same carriers we do and so they'll often unlock it for you expecting that you'll come back to them.
Why are latches on airplane seat belts so much different than in automobiles?	There's a few reasons: They're less expensive to produce, meaning that when it's time to replace them, it can be done more cheaply. They're also more reliable in that they have a very simple design. Airplane seatbelts are used far more frequently than automobile belts and the clasps must be able to handle being used many more times than those in a car. And lastly, they're easier to access and operate in an emergency. The flat plate, covering the entire front of the clasp, the simple motion to open it, the large slot and very easy to insert tab are both simple to operate and simple to demonstrate. This last is a supposition, but I'd also venture to guess that they're easier to understand for individuals who are flying from countries where cars are not as commonly used by everyone or where seatbelts aren't a thing.
Why have some countries developed rapidly while other have not over the last century?	It's easier for us to create heat than to remove it. Furnaces for heating have been around forever but air conditioners are expensive and still catching on. Therefore, for centuries the most productive places have been cold-but-not-too-cold places because they can get work done all day, year round, whereas in warmer places it's too hot to get work done and some countries literally have to shut down in the summer. Even in developed nations, August is the slowest month for productivity. So if you look at a map of the "developed world," it's well north of the equator.The world is a big place and there are lots of powerful nations and weak nations interacting all the time. The reasons for the state of a given nation can vary really widely and this question is tough without getting political/biased. Generally, the citizens of a nation need to work together to make the nation prosper/grow/succeed. There are a lot of factors that can prevent success and prosperity though, or at least make it extremely difficult to achieve. Factors like the presence of a combination, or particularly bad instance of the following: lack of resources within the country or ability to get them elsewhere, having good resources and squandering them is equally bad. Some countries that don't have much to offer potential allies may receive less investment, aid, protection or status as a trading partner - when powerful nations are ambivalent to your existence it can be more difficult to thrive. Being attacked or subjugated by more powerful nations, attacking neighboring nations and losing could also hurt long-term development. A lack of leadership, presence of a powerful but bad leader or a lack of unity among the people who live there is common too - many African nations are a good example here. When nations colonized Africa and carved out their own little pieces of the continent, they made countries without regard for the people who lived there, this created more trouble still once those nations backed out of Africa. Imagine you're told that your lifelong enemy suddenly is now your roomate, and not only that but you must run the household together.
How does scribbling on a thicker stack of paper make a pen work again when it stops?	I assume you are talking about a ballpoint pen. The ink can dry around the ball after a while. If you try to write on a single sheet of paper on a hard surface, the ball has very little contact with the paper and not enough friction won’t turn it over in the dried in ink. Using a larger stack of paper makes the surface softer and the contact patch larger, so the ball has more friction and can turn over and break out of the dried ink.
Why do chickens lay eggs so quickly and efficiently?	Chickens have an extremely sped up version of the reproduction cycle humans have, it was synced with the bamboo dispersing it's seeds season . Their food supply was the largest when the bamboo plants released their seeds, so they evolved to reproduce rapidly and proliferate like crazy to take advantage of this enormous rise in food supply, thus their egg releasing/ mating/menstrual cycle was evolved to be very short, lasting only a day for most breeds. Humans comfortably exploit that for food now. As for your second question, I have no idea.
Why are foreign accents usually thought of as sexual and arousing?	It's because my brain tells me that if you come from far away you cannot be my sister. So we will have beautiful non-retarded babies.
How does Silicone hold information. basically giving us computers	It is silicon. [Measured by mass, silicon makes up 27.7% of the Earth's crust] Silicon is next to aluminum It is a member of group 14 in the periodic table, along with carbon above it and germanium, tin, and lead below. It is a semiconductor, neither a good conductor like aluminum or an insulator. As such it can be loaded with electrons, or have electrons removed leaving 'gaps, or spaces for electrons. This means it can be used as a 'gate' to regulate the flow of electrons, or current. Farmers know gates are very useful. So do electrical engineers, the ability to start and stop a current flow makes transistors, printed circuits, chips, and diodes possible.
Why do most household sprays easily kill spiders?	I think it just shoots chemicals into their spiracles. Openings in the body. I have also found a foot effective. Also a tissue, awkward grab, quick toss in the toilet, and feminine scream work as well.
Why is depression so common in Grad school?	You are expected to create new and original research, often with very little support from faculty. You are often paid below poverty wages. Take crap from senior faculty because it's part of the game until you earn your research wings. Then you have grade grubbing students or the rest are largely indifferent and there only because their parents want them to be. Also, once you go All But Disseration , it is likely you will be completely physically isolated from cohort, which you don't have much control over because to keep up with establishing a strong academic career, you must: conference often, present findings often, teach often and improve those skills, deal with faculty that would not be able to get away with their considerably petulant behavior outside of academia, and also apply for highly competitive grants that take months to write well, while also preparing for an academic market that has all but dried up. All of this makes you question your value, contribution, and sanity as you often have to pass on every holiday with your family, loved ones, and friends because you have yet another thing to do on your own time for which you are often never paid. Also, big companies literally making millions off of your research, which you are forced to do for FREE if only to maintain a chance at tenure track position.
What causes the "pressing" feeling in your lungs that makes you want to cough when inhaling marijuana smoke?	That is your lungs wanting to expel what is in them because they need something richer in oxygen content.
How did Israel developed from rand rock desert into OECD equivalent progressive nation.	It was built by first world people, at first educated by first world institutions, until they created their own. And they get funded by first world jews all over the world. Jews have always prioritized education.Israeli culture does place a high value on knowledge and education. This was established for patriotic reasons - Israel had to be smart to survive - but the bottom line is it lead to a well-educated society that prizes innovation. A lot of high-tech stuff you use on a daily basis were developed in Israel. Those Qualcomm chips in your cellphone. A lot of those Intel CPUs. Anti-virus software. Lots of huge multinational companies have huge R & D centers in Israel. With all that going on, drying the swamps and irrigating the desert isn't that big a deal.
Why do we have to restart our PC after uninstalling an app?	Depends on the OS, most times, a restart is unnecessary, but in some cases it may be required. ###Windows: On windows, applications are stored as files and registry keys. Registry keys are never cleaned properly, and an unnecessary large amount may slow down your PC a bit . A restart is necessary if : - The app has a daemon running, as executables that are currently run on your machine cannot be deleted- the app has stored data in protected areas of your system - The app installed shared DLLs that are currently run by the system ###Unix: Unix based operating systems use only files to store app data, and the executable files, restarts are only necessary if a daemon is running, even though linux kills pending processes to not interfere with the uninstall. ###And in general : It's always a good idea since it may free up some RAM, and don't forget to defragment your HDD afterwards.
Can chameleons control their color changing? How do they even do it?	Chameleons do not use chromatophores to change the color of their skin, sorry below comment. They have a lattice of crystals in the skin which reflect and absorb light, and changing the spacing of the crystals changes what colors are reflected and absorbed. The normal green color is the blue of the relaxed crystals plus yellow pigmentation. A couple species of chameleon do use their coloration for active camouflage, but it's definitely the exception rather than the rule.
Obamacare. What did it actually do?	It hasn't done much yet. It's a 10-year plan to phase responsibility for health care into the hands of the federal government. It transfers rights to define medical salaries, hospital administration, decisions regarding procedures , and plenty more. It's over 1,000 pages long and if you 've got time to read the whole thing, more power to you. From a medical perspective, it's a complete fiasco. One of the unrecognized problems with the current state of health care in America is that we haven't got enough doctors trained & employed to provide the preventative care that that bill supposedly provides to common citizens. The bill is to be funded in part by mandatory employer contributions , and in part by the congressional budget. My personal opinion is that if the USA really wants to provide affordable heath care via law, it would do the following: 1. Subsidize medical training. Becoming a doc is very difficult financially. The two docs I know who didn't come from wealthy families were more than $100,000 in debt with abysmal credit scores from the massive expense of medical school and the predatory lending practices built around funding medical school expenses. Subsidizing medical school for apt students would enable a supply of doctors to meet the demands of patients. 2. Part two is to simply enforce price limits on procedures and make stricter laws regarding the relationship between insurance, pharma, and medical professionals. Your $10,000 procedure could be done for $3500 without cutting the pay of the doctors and hospital admins involved - where is that money going? Pharma and insurance overhead. Neither of those will be limited in the slightest by the health care bill. TL;DR - the bill is trying to legislate the impossible and it adds overhead to the whole system.
how do we choose/regulate hot or cold breath when we exhale?	The air in your mouth is pretty much at the same temperature as your body. When you blow air by puckering your lips, you pass that air through a small opening, with the inside of your mouth being high pressure and outside being low pressure. As the air exits, it experiences a sudden pressure drop, causing temperature to also drop, according to the "Combined Gas Law", specifically [this part]. Alternatively when you exhale without a huge pressure difference , the warm air you feel is roughly at the temperature of your mouth. I think this is what you were asking; hopefully I didn't misunderstand. Hope this helps', "What? Could you explain more? I've never heard this
Why is Arnold Palmer Tea/Lemonade cheaper than water?	because people are suckers and will pay $$$ for bottled waterGoods like this are priced based on what people are willing to pay, not what they cost to produce. The real question is, "Why are people paying so much for water?"
My friend called me in the USA from somewhere in South America, call dropped, then played a recording of his side of the call. Why?	Interesting, from what i can gather from a quick Google foo it appears that some overseas companies write recording of calls into their tos. This only allows them to record their party, hence why you only heard your friend's side of the conversation. Why you heard it in the first place? Probably a software glitch, it seems uncommon but not unheard of. [Stack Exchange discussion]
Why is Marijuana illegal in the majority of nations?	The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 _URL_0_ The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime works with countries' legislatures to ensure compliance. As a result, most of the national drug statutes in the UNODC's legal library hare a high degree of conformity with the Single Convention and its supplementary treaties
From our single-cell origin, how do random and minuscule copying errors in DNA result in highly complex constructs such as sight, thought and self-awareness?	luck. nothing more, nothing less. or do you want to explain process, step by step?
How do natural notes in music sound okay?	You'll have to elaborate a bit more, not quite clear what you mean. For example, Let it Be by Beatles is in the key of C major, so every note is a natural one, and in the key? If you mean what I think you do, I'd use natural notes in a chromatic approach in keys where they don't 'naturally' appear.
Why are we attracted to symmetry so much?	Probably because most living creatures are more or less symmetrical, bilaterally or radially . Creatures that are not symmetrical overall are aberrant, and could be threatening. Here's the wiki on [symmetry]", 'Symmetry of features is an indication of overall genetic health. We are biologically driven to seek out healthy mates.Human brains are wired as pattern matching machines. Symmetry is easier to recognize, easier to understand and use. Imagine trying to count unequal stacks of boxes versus equal. It's easier
If clogged pores are holding dirt & oil in your face, then how come squeezing them is bad & not beneficial ?	Well, it's not that it's bad and not beneficial, there are actually tools that help you remove blackheads and whiteheads. The harm is in either compulsively picking, and also when you use your fingers you damage the tissue around the clogged pore.Most of the "clogged" pores you see on your skin are actually not clogged. What they are is how they're supposed to be. They're filled with a naturally occurring substance which turns dark when exposed to air. When you squeeze it to get rid of what is supposed to be there you then open it up to infection plus deform the pore, which can result in large, open pores which can be quite unsightly.Not sure if its already been said or not but when you squeeze something, like 60% of it comes out the skin and you can wipe off but 40% of the puss goes down into your subcutaneous layer and can spread to other parts of your face and create new acne. That's why you always need to poke the pimple and pop it with a needle first and then squeeze after to get all that shit out. Source: I'm a drunk pre-med student
how did the Perseid Meteor shower not hit the International Space Station?	The ISS is about the size of a football field. Compare that with the size of the Earth. The chances of something hitting it directly is similar to the chance something dropped from space will randomly land in a specific football field. Most of the Perseids are about the size of a grain of sand, with a few as big as a pea or marble. They also aren't being sprinkled all over, even at the peak of the shower there was only a couple a minute. You don't really need to actively dodge anything in space. The amount of empty space is absolutely staggering. It takes lots of time and preparation and careful calculations to actually collide with something as big as Mars. A perseid meteor is a grain of sand in an ocean of emptiness x 10000.Space is really, really big. Like think big and multiply by 1000. That big. Basically, the chances of a sand grain sized meteor of hitting the ISS is really low, even on a good night filled with meteors. And if it did happen, they are pretty well set up to handle it. I think I saw a picture of a cracked window once that was from a fleck of space paint hitting the ISSin relation to the earth and basically everything, the ISS is impossibly small. Even if we multiply its size by 100x its still impossibly hard to hit. the longest side of the ISS is 109m, the diameter of the earth is 12,742km. the ISS covers up about 9.31x10^-9 % of the earth. Thats throwing an electron at a car while trying to hit a specific atom. the actual chances of anything hitting the ISS are astronomically small.
Why should we not go back to the gold standard?	The erratic nature of capitalism needs a flexible currency to protect consumers and maintain trust in the markets. The amount of gold backing the dollar is a much less variable, and so inflexible, amount than the amount of money in circulation as directed by the federal reserve. If the Federal reserve can exert controls over the economy it can dampen the effects of "booms" and "busts" which occur naturally within capitalism. In order to exert those controls the Federal reserve causes a steady rate of inflation. Under the gold standard inflation and deflation are controlled by gold supplies which means when people get worried and take all the gold out of the reserve, the government has trouble instituting economically minded recovery projects. Probably Because the availability of any single arbitrary mineral is a poor way to define the availability of currency. The availability of dollars would be limited since each dollar would need to be backed by some amount of gold in a vault somewhere. Those who have a lot of money would find their money worth more, and those with little money would find it harder to get a job. With the dollar increasing in value, land would cost less per dollar, bankrupting homeowners and developers who would be unable to pay their loans, but whose repayments banks would be desperate for.Because having control over the supply of money is really important for economic policy making and independent central banks haven't exactly had trouble with achieving price stability. Why should we go back to a system which restricts our ability to respond to recessions and protects us from a problem we haven't faced since modern central banks became a thing?
How do sports players for different countries communicate on the field?	First, they're playing against each other, they don't really need to communicate. Second, they're playing the same sport which means they have, if not a common language, at least a common frame of reference. Third, when you're yelling at someone you're mad at you don't really care if they understand every single word you say. And fourth, everyone knows enough English to call someone a m#$@ & *@ & !$ & ing flopper.
How does the "US Debt Ceiling" crisis repeat every few years?	Most other countries don't have a debt ceiling. You just pass budgets as needed and, if they're not in balance, the government borrows to cover the difference. The US is a special case as Congress needs to approve extra borrowing. So if the US currently owes $16 trillion and needs another half trillion, the Congress needs to pass an act saying they will raise it to $17 trillion, or $18 trillion or whatever. This limit is frequently reached, partially because the government is running up more debt, and partly because inflation makes the limit smaller in real terms every year. The Congress could theoretically raise the debt ceiling to infinity, and they actually did this once, but they brought it back because it's a good way for congressmen to embarrass a President of the other party over all the debt he's going into every year or so. Barack Obama himself has done this as Senator. Historically, this would never be a crisis, because the opposition would bank their embarrassment but never really demand anything more than that. Seeing that not raising it would cause a financial crisis, most always assumed that not raising it would never be acceptable, so there weren't any attempts to extract meaningful concessions in exchange. This has changed in the last couple of years. The rise of the Tea Party caused the Republicans in Congress to demand greater extractions from the Obama White House in 2011. Obama was willing to agree to these new terms as he thought it would set up a bipartisan budget deal which would win him lots of plaudits. However, that ended up with no budget deal and Obama giving the Republicans big concessions. After that mess, Obama is trying to go back to the pre-2011 era when it was just an embarrassment thing, and is refusing to negotiate. Republicans, however, would rather set the 2011 dynamic in perpetuity.
If I ate a dry packet of instant oatmeal and drank a half cup of water, would it be as filling as cooking the oatmeal normally?	Oats expand as they're cooked in liquid. If you eat cooked oatmeal, a cup will have 166 calories, about 6 grams of protein, not quite 4 grams of fat and 28 grams of carbohydrates. This includes 4 grams of fiber, or 16 percent of the daily value. Eat a cup of uncooked oats, however, and you'll be getting 307 calories, almost 11 grams of protein, a little more than 5 grams of fat and almost 55 grams of carbohydrates. This includes more than 8 grams of fiber, or 33 percent of the DV. Mixing a 1/2-cup serving of uncooked oats with other foods, such as yogurt and fruit, will give you a more balanced breakfast while providing a reasonable level of calories. TL;DR - eating them in that fashion will be more filling due to an increase in fiber. In this case it would only be a small amount. If you want a more extensive explanation click [here]
Why do babies heal so fast? If they get a scab or cut, it is gone by the next day, but sometimes it takes months for me to experience the same result?	Babies grow really fast. That's really all there is to it. Wound healing and growth are both powered by division of cells, and since babies grow so fast their wounds heal more quickly too.
When you freeze something, does it's shelf life remain the same after you defrost it?	The short answer is no, freezing tends to damage foods a little. This damage breaks the food down slightly allowing it to spoil faster. However, you can keep food frozen for a long time, and just take it out when you are ready to use it. That being said, I'd still use the thawed-out bread past the 'shelf life' until it started showing signs of mold. Just because the shelf life is a set number of days, doesn't mean it instantly goes bad on that day. If you're not sure though it's better to throw it away.
How does PayPal benefit from giving 1% cashback on their debit card?	_URL_0_ Paypal charges the seller 2.9% on sales. So giving you 1% cashback is losing a chunk of profit, but still making money for Paypal. Plus, it looks good to you; hey, I'm getting money back! Credit card companies do the same thing. All those benefits being offered to users generally total to less than what the company is charging the merchant.
Why cant we fly fighter jets in space and travel far out quickly and back.	Fighter jets are air breathing. There is no air in space. For the same reason, there's no sonic boom in space either.No. Planes are dependent on the atmosphere to provide lift via air pressure as the wing moves through the air, and to supply the engines with a constant flow of oxygen to be able to burn their fuel. In addition, the [absolute minimum altitude agreed on as "space" is 100 km]. By comparison, the highest that any jet aircraft has ever flown is [just under 26 kilometers].> space logic lol, I like that. Jet engines require oxygen. Space lacks oxygen. The engine would actually cut out in the very upper atmosphere because there is very little air for it. The plane also wouldn't be able to steer in space.
American Redditors, how does insuring a car work in the states?	> -age of driver -the amount of years you have been driving -no claims bonus -whether they the driver has a full licence or a provisional license It's pretty much the same thing here, what differences are you talking about?
What techniques do crisis teams use to prevent potential suicides?	Last time I called a suicide hotline the woman didn't even talk, stuff like 'yeah that sounds pretty rough', not very helpful.
Why is the alphabet ordered the way it is? What's the reasoning behind the sequence?	I don't know the reason for the order, but I do have very [cool table.] Look at I,J and U,V,W. They used to be one single letter and this is also the reason why they are packed together. The reason for the order of the other letters is probably pretty subjective. They had 22 characters and wanted them in an order. It could have just as likely been different.Short answer: Nobody really knows, but our best guess is that the order was an effective way to teach it. More detailed answer: [mental_floss: Why are the letters in ABC order?]
How is Kepler using "solar radiation pressure" to stabilize it's self?	Light has pressure. A solar panel array, besides absorbing light to generate electricity, will also absorb momentum. It is not much. But if the array is in the sun 24/7 for months then the thrust is continuous. It will build up. If it were a mirror array then the momentum imparted would be twice simple absorption since the light would be reflected back away. So if you mount an asymmetric array so it is on a long arm away from the center of mass so it will impart torque, set it up so it can swivel to the other side of the center of mass, or even better have two arrays which can balance each other then you can adjust the angle of the satellite. it is slow but steady, no rocket propellent needed.
What is the process of supplying more cellular data to a customer on the provider's side? To companies like AT & T and Verizon have an unlimited supply of data to give?	it's not a matter of there being a finite data limit. that's not what caps are enabled. they are enabled for 2 reasons. $ and performance. with a cap, you can convince customers to pay for higher tier of data for basically the same service. verizon isn't doing anything more for you if you have 4 or 8 gb a month. but they can get you to pay for 8. also, capped data is more likely for people to get charged for overages. 1 million people go over and get charged $10 extra for it. do the math. also, data caps discourage people from using data as often as they would if its unlimited, therefore drastically reducing network congestion. so there's no finite data that verizon or at & t have to give out. it's a service they give out. imagine data is like a highway. you're allowed to use the highway 10x a week and you pay. if you want to use it 20x, you pay more. if you want to use it unlimited, you pay a lot more. imagine if everyone had unlimited, there'd be much more traffic at more times than if most had a 10x a week access.
Weird moon in the sky?	That is a phenomenon called earthshine, it's caused by light reflecting off the earth onto the moon", 'A more interesting fact is when their is a full moon you can see a visbile "rainbow" extended in a full circle around the moon :)
How come dumpsters always seem to have the same smell even though they all have different combinations of trash in them?	usualy the smell isnt the actual trash its the fungus and bacteria feasting on the remains kinda like how most dead things smell roughly the same given the same temperature and climate. the more pungent smells that smells roughly the same is the gases released from the organisms breaking down the different items in the garbage.. so basicaly your not smelling the trash your smelling the lil organisms. just like wet dogs they all kinda smell similar depending on temp amount of oxygen, moisture, temperature and concentrations of different matter in the trash. with exceptions theres many kinds but the climate you live in dictates alot of what bacteria is gonna be feasting', "They do, but only in your local town/cultural area. Otherwise they don't. As mentioned elsewhere, local bacteria/mold/etc. provides the smell of decay. First time I traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, I was quite surprised when walking by a dumpster on the street how different it smelled from what I was used to. Certainly not good, but definitely a whole different kind of stink. I remember reading where hardcore, multi-tour Vietnam vets who used to go on jungle patrol used to eat local food for days before they went out to flush their system. They claimed that the NVA soldiers could otherwise smell them in the jungle, and I fully believe it.I would assume part of it stems from them all having similar bacteria present.It's the bacteria feasting on the rotting garbage that generate gasses that smell. Just like how some peoples toe jam smells like cheese. That's because the bacteria under their nails is the same bacteria that is used to make cheese.As a garbage man I have always noticed and wondered this about trash. Good questionThere is the science, but also statistics. The law of averages says that the more you add to a sample size, the closer the data will get to the average. So if you have so much trash in one dumpster, it will have similar contents to another dumpster.Wow, that's actually a great question. I've never really thought about it, but you're right. They all smell really similar.
how do those Optimum/spectrum or other cable company internet hot spots work in large cities?	Companies like Comcast have the Wifi system in their modems/routers set up to be a hotspot. When I had comcast at home, I could see two access points from my Comcast-owned router. My own SSID and "Comcast". Anyone who came over could latch on to the "Comcast" SSID if they wanted to pay for it or if they had their own comcast account. As far as security, they're fairly secure. The hotspot SSID is completely separate from my home SSID so nobody on the comcast SSID can see my local network traffic or file server shares. And traffic in & out of that SSID is on a different IP address. I had comcast shut the wifi off completely anyway because I'm paranoid like that.
What are the chances you would get in trouble if an armed robber entered you're house as you sleep, and ended up getting killed by a booby trap you set up?	Excellent. Booby traps are illegal everywhere in the US. You would very likely be charged with murderYour* and the authorities could potentially charge you with premeditated murder because you set the traps with the intent to kill someone, regardless of whether it was a specific person or a random stranger.
Why are there crushed stones alongside rail tracks ? what is there use and what will happen if they are not there ?	The crushed stones are called track ballast on which the sleepers are laid. The sleepers bear a lot of weight, the ballast helps them bear the weight. They also allow water to drain through and also prevents creepers and weeds from growing on the ground beneath the tracks. They hold the ties in place which hold the tracks in place and distributes the weight of the train equally which would otherwise overwhelm the sleepers or the tracks and they would sink into the ground.The crushed rock is called ballast, and it serves a number of purposes: - Take the load from the railroad ties. - Help drain water that would otherwise rust or flood the track. - Prevent weeds and other plants from growing over the track. - Prevent excess movement of the tracks. - Reduce damage by absorbing a lot of track vibration. If tracks weren't ballasted, they'd be useless very quickly because they'd be overgrown and flooded out, and damaged from track movement and vibration from heavy trains using them.
How does turning the volume up or down on speakers actually work?	Actual engineer who worked on audio circuits here. Audio is caused by differences in air pressure, we call that sound waves . When a speaker receives voltage, the diafragm of the speaker moves according to that voltage.The amplitude of the speaker movement is controlled by the voltage it receives, the higher the voltage the more it moves. When you turn up the volume, your device increases the voltage it uses for the audio signal thus making the speaker louder. The actual circuit used to increase or decrease the voltage the speaker receives is called amplifier and it's function is literally to multiply the input signal by a factor. Your device determines that factor using the volume controls. Doesn't matter if it is digital control or analog control the result is the same, more voltage to the speaker. Digital gain is similar but instead of having an analog amplifier the multiplication is done on the digital domain where each sample is scaled by the gain factor. Edit: Autocorrect gore", 'It depends on how complex the circuit is, but in a simple setup the knob is attached to an electrical device called a [potentiometer] which is basically a resistor that changes resistance as you turn it. When there is more resistance in the circuit, the volume of the speakers is lower.
Why do voices get higher pitched when songs are sped up?	Sound is a pressure wave that pushes and pulls your eardrum. The faster the wave, the higher the pitch. Sound is lazily sped up by compressing the waves. There is a way to speed up sound that doesn't change pitch, but it involves some post-processing.
Why is self-help stuff so popular in the US?	The US is vastly larger, so anything you've got in the UK, we probably have five times as much of here, including kooky self-help people. I've never heard of the three people you mention, but I don't doubt that they make money off of vulnerable people. There may also be a tacit cultural aspect to this, too - I have probably never hear about those people because I would know that, whatever you did to learn their names, that's not somewhere an educated American would look for a reputable self-help guide.
Why in most text editors font sizes increase by 24, 36, 48, 60, 72	Those fonts translate to commonly used printer measures in the days before word processors. Back when manual typesetting was the process required to build newsletters, they wanted a consistent size so they could more easily structure larger headlines into a standard "broadsheet" format. You wanted the total vertical height to be a standard number of lines so you could squeeze in as much information as possible into a single sheet, so it made sense that larger fonted items like headlines were exact multiples of smaller fonted items like text. By going with a standard of "12 points per text line" a small headline would be 24, or 2 times that, and a larger one 72, or six times that. Compose your page right using these multiples, and the whole thing would fit neatly into the frame without any funny gaps or spaces to slot in. You wouldn't want 68 or 70 point font because that would hurt the newsletter's structure and hardly ever be used, so you could avoid wasting money by casting the metal typesetting versions of those letters. Now that we have software-adjustable fonts that are still smooth even at odd sizes, the need for this has lessened but the tradition of fitting larger lines evenly around other-sized text remains for good newspaper or other composure.
Why are eyelids swollen after waking up from crying the night before, and why it affects individuals differently?	Ok im gonna try to explain this the best way possible. Your tears are made of water, mucin, lipids, lysozyme, lactoferrin, lipocalin, lacritin, immunoglobulins, glucose, urea, sodium, and potassium. The effect of the potassium are long term so it will usually make your eyelids swollen. This effects only last about 8-10 hours. It's different for everyone because of the amount of potassium the tears produce. hope that helps! Here is a link to an article, make sure you read the whole article it make more sense once you get the bigger picture. _URL_0_ EDIT: I'm gonna be honest with ya'll. I completely BS that answer. I just searched what tears are made of and pasted it and then I made up the rest. I'm telling you guys because you shouldn't believe everything you see online. Goes to show how easy it is to believe shit without doing your own research", 'This used to happen to me every time I cried for 33 years, and I had no idea why. After the birth of my second child I got a strange case of urticaria . I went on a regimen of Alegra x 2, twice daily and it not only cured the hives, but it also cured the after crying swelling. I was so shocked when I woke up one morning after having a new mom meltdown and my eyes were normal! I think allergic response has something to do post-crying puffy eye-ness for some.Hey I don't have an answer; but just so you know I'm here for you if you need anything, even if just simple conversation. And even if you weren't crying and are just curious! Best of luck friendo!", 'So why don’t we use potassium to moisturize?
Ethics and morals - what's the difference?	One talks about the other. Morals are the rules you follow to do good instead of bad things. Ethics philosphizes about wich morals you should follow. IE: a moral is "Don't kill it's bad M\'kay?" Ethics says: "Killing is bad because you're harming someone, causing grief and pain etc."Ethics come from an external source . Think like the BAR for lawyers. If they do something unethical they are brought forward and a sort of trial is held. Morality comes from within and is your inner voice of what is right or wrong.
If the US Post Office is funded by the government, why do they charge us to ship something from them?	The Post Office is a government agency only in the sense that the government owns it and it's protected against failure because it's a critical service that we can't afford to let fail , but in most respects it is run like a private company. The US Government pays for services with tax revenue. They'd have to increase taxes a significant amount in order to fully fund USPS for free use to everyone . While tax dollars do fund some services that not everyone uses, postage is one that would be particularly large and unfair one to charge you for if you don't use it.
what happens when you throw something in the trash vs the recycle bin?	Garbage is typically sorted at a processing plant before being dumped into a landfill or incinerated . They use conveyer belts and magnets to collect the metallic items. The garbage is actually magnetized to assist with the collection by magnets. Recycling is a bit different. Beer bottles are actually rinsed and reused.
If a country somehow launched a nuke at the moon for whatever reason, is it a crime and would any other country do anything about it?	it would be a breach of several treaties. nuclear ordinance are no allowed in space. everyone would be pissed', "It would be very expensive and pointless. All it would do is make that country look stupid and irrational in the world arena. That country would defiantly be investigated being they are a country with nuclear capabilities and are willing to shoot them off anywhere and at anything. They also run the risk of being perceived as a threat and could start a nuclear war. If there was even some sort of scientific data worth the tech, fuel, and bureaucracy needed to have this happen it wouldn't do shit to the moon. Those craters in the moon were impacts from asteroids that delivered a blast thousands/hundreds of times more powerful that our current bombs. It would do nothing other than look cool through a powerful telescope.
Why do cats feel like they're entitled to everything?	They don't. Cats don't have the capacity for the emotion of entitlement. We project that concept onto them. Partially because cats are nowhere near as facially expressive as humans or dogs. Cats generally don't look 'happy' or 'sad', they just .always have the same facial expression. Humans associate a stoic facade with a sense of aloof entitlement. Cats generally aren't as excitable as dogs but they DO experience a very wide range of attitudes and emotions; these emotions just don't show up on the face, where we're used to seeing them.
What does the close button on the elevator even do?	Several uses: 1) It gives the people something to do, this keeps them less angry. 2) When the elevator is in "manual" mode it does what the buttons command. The open button only opens the door as long as it is held in and the close button closes when it is held it. Like the window controls on a car window before they got all automatic.
What's the purpose of Eliminating the EPA?	This is political; there will some bias in my answer. I'll keep it to a minimum. The people who are trying to eliminate the EPA feel as though government regulation is strangling business. They feel as though eliminating the EPA will allow businesses to engage in cost-cutting, profit-creating measures. Others feel as though this will lead to ridiculous amounts of environmental harm.
What ramifications should we expect from Detroit's bankruptcy?	Detroit will have a harder time getting a loan, but they might be able to start to operate somewhat again.
Is a space station similar to Elysium even possible?	While theoretically possible, it would take basically all of our resources and only the wealthy could live there . There are lots of engineering and physics ideas in the past about this, see the Wikipedia 'space habitat' article. Having it smaller in size would help because it would require less metal/engineering to make. Edit: More specifically, with our technology, it would require years of work and engineering. There have been suggestions made about this since the 1960s but we're only now starting the actual work that might be close to this eventually. The [Nautilus-X] is a proposed design with artificial gravity on a very small scale. This could be scaled up if we put all our resources and engineering into it but it's really not our top priority right now.
The division between North and South Vietnam	1. The two states were created in 1954 after the French lost to Vietnamese forces during Vietnam's war for independence, previously they 'd been a French colony. 2. Diem's regime was unbearable, and that's why the Viet Cong existed. The VC were a militant group trying to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. They always received help from the North Vietnamese government but they weren't an "astroturf" organization, they had significant popular support in South Vietnam.
Why does the number '256' seem so significant in video games?	Because binary. In 8-bit the most values those bits can hold is 256 . Check this link for a better explanation. _URL_0_Actually you often find 255 is the max number - because 0 is a potential one of the 256 valuesA byte is the most simple form of meaningful data storage in a computer. A byte is 8 bits, which is 256 individual representations. Numerically, with a byte, you can represent the values from 0 to 255, or 256 unique numbersI guess it has something to do with bits and bytes. 256 is the greates number you can get when counting in binary with 8 bits.
Why does fracking cause earthquakes?	Stresses are built up in the earths crust by plate tectonics but everything is held together by large masses of rock that make up most of the crust. Earthquakes occur when the stress gets high enough that the rock fractures and the fault moves. Hydraulic fracking fractures those rock formations to release gas and petroleum. This also allows those built up stresses to be released as an earthquake.
Why are AAA games increasingly removing local multiplayer (split screen) game types?	Along with the answer about selling multiple copies, it also requires more resources out of the machine to run a split screen game. The CPU needs to process the movements and actions of twice the characters, and the GPU has to render 2 separate screens. this ups the load on hardware, and typically a hit has to take place in either FPS, resolution, or texture quality. Target MP gaming demographics are typically college age to 30+ year old males. this demographic doesn't typically live close enough or want to travel to their friend's house to play with them. This is more done as kids or middle/high schoolers. It doesn't make financial sense to spend money to develop something used by a fraction of your purchasers, especially one that could in theory hurt sales.
Why cold water is not evaporating when it is poured into a hot pan?	the pan evaporates a small amount of water , creating an air cushion between the pan and the cold water. the cushion eventually goes away, and more water evaporates, creating another cushion. you can see the smaller droplets eventually disappear in the video. the larger bubble of water simply traps more air and the water takes longer to heat up_URL_0_ The water immediately touching the pan flashes to steam, then is held down by the water drop on top. The steam insulates the water from the heat, slowing down the boiling process for the water drop.
How someone just opens a bank account overseas?	You pick up the phone and call a bank in Berne or Grand Cayman or, indeed, wherever the heck you want. There is, generally speaking, no citizenship or residence requirement related to banking. Just as you can pick up the phone and order a pizza from a pizza parlor in Florence — though you might not like the delivery charge —\xa0you can pick up the phone and open a bank account in Singapore. Now, I said "generally speaking." There are two sets of laws and regulations that can affect you here. One is the laws and regulations of the place where you live; the other is the laws and regulations of the place where the bank does business. As long as both of those sets of laws and regulations don't expressly prevent you from opening that bank account, you can. Sometimes specific laws or regulations make it impossible for a person living here to have an account with that bank there, but this is not the general case. Generally speaking, it's all totally legal, and not even very difficult.The US has no direct jurisdiction over foreign banks. So if another country's laws allows you to open a foreign account, there isn't much the US can do about that.
Why can't we just overstretch muscles to build muscle mass?	You can continually stretch the muscle but that lengthens it. Strong muscles are short and dense, and require years of training in order to build them this way.
why does ice freeze hard but ice cream freeze soft?	If you let ice cream melt and refreeze you'll find that it gets very hard. Ice cream is soft because it's frozen foam. Ice cream is churned as it is frozen, and the churning whips the liquid into a foam that has a soft texture when frozen.Two different materials ice cream is not frozen water there are fats in it that form different stractures when frozen1) There are sugars and fats in the ice cream that make it require a lower temperature to freeze solid. 2) The ice cream is churned while it is freezing locking air into it making it lighter and softer.
How does it make sense for companies to make you send in rebates for often small amounts?	Advertising the rebate is a kind of sale, many people will get the product that otherwise would not because of said sale. But a large percentage of these people will forget to send in the rebate and so do not actually benefit from the sale. This really does give them enough profit to cover the handling of the rebates. After all they already have mail delivered, already have people who work on sales, and already have people that give deals to distributors to sell more product. Also handling rebates requires very little extra work.
The "V" shape is a popular configuration for 6 and 8 cyl engines, but not for 4cyl engines. How come?	Inline engines are easier and cheaper to produce than V engines. But, larger inline engines such as 6's and 8' are too relatively large, so manufacturers opt for a V engine to save space. An inline 4 can easily fit in most automobile engine compartments, so they opt for the cheaper to produce inline 4 over a more expensive V4. However, V4 engines are regularly used on motorcycles, some even use V2 engines. V4 engines are also common in marine outboard motors.
What's the difference between a "Boy Band" and other bands that consist of all males?	A 'boy band' is a constructed musical group where the members are chosen primarily for their attractiveness to teenage girls. None of the bands you mention is a 'boy band'. However, the Beatles are the prototype for boy bands. While not themselves a boy band, boy bands are constructed with the idea of exploiting the teenage girl market in the same way the Beatles did.
Does "catching up" on our sleep actually do anything to help us?	So this is called your 'Sleep Debt' and you can't catch up with it all at once. So sleeping all day won't 'pay it back' but slowly adding more sleep, like an extra 15 min to 1 hour will.Sleep is one of the most important things for ones health. The more you deprive your body of sleep on regular basis the worse your body will function. There is no way to get that sleep back but you can always change your habbits to have better Fuller nights of sleep in the future
How does the human circulatory system maintain effective and efficient productivity while in space and under vastly contrasting gravity conditions relative to the astronaut's planet of origin; Earth.	Poorly. Typically we experience gravity pulling down on our blood, meaning the muscles of our legs act to push blood back up into our torso and there are valves which usually prevent back flow. In space people tend to have higher than normal blood pressure in their upper body and this is feared to result in issues with vision among other things The circulatory system rotates relative pressures of blood in a cycle. Gravity is a pressure that is pretty consistent over a large area, so it has little effect on local events like circulation.Your body is pressurized. Blood circulation doesn't depend on gravity but on a pump, your heart. That being said, because it has evolved on earth, the lack of gravity is problematic, as your body has evolved to work harder to push blood 'up' rather than down and in space this isn't effective in the same fashion. But realize that if gravity were too significant a factor, then orientation could wreck us, which would itself represent a significant disadvantage. You don't want a body that can't handle an inconsistency in 'down.'
Why do my eyes get all bloodshot when my allergies flair up?	Causes the activation of allergenic mediated mast cells which subsequently release histamine into the body, which THEN causes vasodialiation or expansion of the blood vessels, causing a perceivable "redness" in the eyes and elsewhere
As a US citizen filing tax returns, why does the Federal form allow me to contribute to political parties instead of contributing to reduce the national debt?	You can contribute additional money on your tax return by either: claiming higher income than you actually have; or failing to claim deductions to which you are entitled. Your effective tax rate goes up. Also, the Treasury department [does accept gifts that go directly to the debt]. Also, there is no contribution directly to political parties on tax forms. There is instead an option to donate to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, which is a source of money directly available to presidential candidates and their campaigns. That $3 isn't extra tax, it just directs a portion of whatever tax was paid into the Campaign Fund. It's there because Congress determined in the '70s that one way to reduce corruption in campaigns was to make this public fund available, and to simultaneously regulate and limit how those funds can be used. Candidates taking the money have to be very transparent and limited in how they use it, so that should encourage the legitimacy of the electoral process.
- School Funding in America.	Schools are funded based on property taxes paid in that school's district. The higher the property values, the more taxes paid into the system, the more money the schools get. Schools also receive government money based on the number of students enrolled at the beginning of the year. Ta-da!", 'Schools are given money on the Local level This money comes primarily from property taxes, and makes up around 50% - 60% of their money. In general 30% - 40% comes from the state, and 10% comes from federal funding. [Here is info about funding in Utah as an example.] The way wealth and poverty come into play is that since the local funding that usually makes up the bulk of the budget comes from property schools in poor areas end up with less money because the property around them is worth less.
A bankrupt local landmark "wrote down" $40 million in bonds to $100k, why do bondholders allow this?	Because either they accept 1/400th or they get nothing, and generally nothing is worse. They aren't happy about it though. Any organization that did something like this would not be selling bonds at low interest rates in the future, it's why greek bonds cost greece FAR more now in interest, because it's more risky, and it's why US bonds have so little interest.In more complicated bankruptcies, you only have to get one class of creditor to approve the plan, half in number of people voting and 2/3 in the dollar amount owed to the whole class. Class are split by what type of debt it is so creditors who hold deeds on the property are in a different class then those who loaned money on a guarantee or employees who are owed back pay. You can negotiate with one class until they will approve the plan and get a plan through. It does have to be approved by the United States trustee and a Judge but if a class approves and the plan is not completely screwing one group it will often be approved. They also take into acount the liquidation value of all the assets, or the amount that everyone would be if everything was sold. Usually bond holders will get more in the restructuing of the business then if all the assets were sold and the business was closed/sold. edit: added "closed/"
why are some people are consumed by emotions while other people don't even seem to have any at all	Social conditioning is the primary factor in displaying emotions. There are some mental disorders that can limit the emotions you feel, or make them overwhelming but most do not suffer from these and simply fall into the natural variance of how they feel emotions.It's the kind of training we went through. Think of a dog. In its lifetime it could change a lot depending on what it was trained to do. Our brains actually end up training us to do things without us even knowing it. Like to feel pain hurts so it shuts it off. However some people find letting the pain out feels good so they keep doing it. We end up rewarding ourselves in some way or completely ignore other things if feeling nothing is better than feeling something. To have never had anything to begin with is better than having lost something. There are many defense mechanisms our brain can do for us without being actually aware of it", 'There might also be some involvement in the development of the lymbic system, specifically the amygdala. Too many nature and nurture factors to reduce it all to one answerThose who "don't seem to have any at all" have the same emotions. The difference is that they can more easily choose not to act on them.
Why do shadows blur around the edges?	If the light source isn't an infinitesimal point, then around the edges of the shadow are spots where only part of the light source is visible. For example, the sun appears about half a degree wide from earth, so a shadow from the sun cast 10 feet will have a blurry area about 1 inch wide between the totally shaded and totally sunlit areas. see: _URL_0_
What is the difference between coke zero, diet coke and the new coke zero sugar	Coca-Cola is trying hard to make a diet drink that matches the taste of the regular Coke. Diet Coke was their first attempt in the 1980s. It was noticeably different than regular Coke. They later tried to make regular Coke taste like Diet Coke, which was a [total disaster] for them. Coke Zero is a more recent attempt to make a diet soda that tastes like regular Coke- it was first launched in 2007. The Coke Zero Sugar is a small refinement of the Coke Zero recipe to make it taste even more like regular Coke, and it's also a rebranding- it's replacing Coke Zero in markets where it's launched rather than standing beside it like Diet Coke.
How do shows end up on illegal websites hours after first airing on TV?	Record the show, upload it to the website. Am I missing something here?Tuning cards with hard drives can give you a video file, then you can just upload it to these illegal sites.
How did we arrive at the common structure for today's popular music? (e.g. Verse, chorus, verse chorus, bridge, chorus)	hopefully someone else can give a better answer, but a large of part of pop music in the US is based off Americana music like swing, blues, country and jazz. Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus is pretty much how blues songs go, and in the 50s when pop and rock were the same thing, blues is what influenced everything.
Why do some people believe ADHD doesn't exist?	A big part of it is overdiagnosis. But it's an issue with all mental health problems, a lot of people just can't understand that mental health disorders are very real problems even though it's an "invisible" illness. As someone else mentioned, it's also a problem when people use ADHD as a descriptor outside of its medical definition, which is often the case with other mental illnesses like OCD, bipolar, depression, etcBack when I was younger, I thought mental illness/disorder like ADHD, ADD and Dyslexia were more like "personality traits" than an illness. It wasn't until I got a diagnosis when I realized that these people may just actually live in a different reality than others. I think people that are of sound mental health can't comprehend what people with the disorders go through, as they can't relate. So, maybe they default to the "It's just made up" thing. Either way, it doesn't matter. "There is no such thing as a fake mental illness" - A note I had seen posted at a hospitalThe same reason people don't believe OCD actually exists. It's become almost a phrase, "Oh Brittany's kid is so ADHD." Combine this with the fact that so many kids are badly behaved, have limitless energy, and have a hard time sitting still/paying attention anyway, you get people who insist that "All kids are \'ADHD\'" or "ADHD doesn't exist." Generally these people don't know what real ADHD is like, because they have never known someone well who actually has itBecause everyone has trouble focusing. The only difference between someone with adhd and without is a diagnosis. Literally anyone can get diagnosed if they ask.
How does the use of cocaine cause necrosis?	You are talking about cocaine induced midline destructive lesion. It's not fully understood, but it seems that cocaine causes your immune system to attack your own body. _URL_1_ Also, 70% of the cocaine in the US is contaminated with levamisole, which causes inflammation of the blood vessels and skin necrosis. But this doesn't usually cause problems in the nose. That's usually due to the cocaine itself. _URL_0_
What happened to the H1N1 virus?	Influenza viruses tend to come and go in waves during flu season. The H1N1 strain mostly died out after the 2009 pandemic, although since then there have been several small outbreak in other countriesActually, H1N1 has now become a seasonal flu, and is still circulating in 2014, although it as not as prevalent as it was in 2009 when it was a pandemic. The seasonal flu vaccine that is regularly distributed will protect you against H1N1. [Source]I got it and honestly, it tripped me out. I was sick as a dog and was having hallucinations.
Why are some youtube videos not allowed to be viewed on mobiles?	Because the owner of the video does not get paid for mobile views, so, most of them choose to forbid mobile viewing.
In detail, how do sperm actually come in contact with the egg in a woman?	Semen have little tails that they whip back and forth madly to swim through the fluid in the vagina and cervix. The man just shoots them in the general direction of the egg and the little buggers will seek it out on their own.
Can someone explain why you sometimes break out in sweat before you have explosive diarrhea?	It's due to a vasovagal response. The Vagus nerve can be stimulated during a bowel movement when you strain. Bearing down can cause the veins in the legs to dilate causing a sudden drop in blood pressure triggering your vagus nerve. Severe attacks can cause fainting. Unless you faint, vasovagal responses or attacks are benign and are fairly common.
EL5 - Why Megaupload was seized?	They were stupid. Allegedly, they knew they had copyrighted material that was being shared with their service. The important part of this is that if they knew about it, but didn't take all of the required actions when notified of it, they no longer qualified for the "safe harbor" provision which prevents companies from being sued out of existence when their users upload illegal materials. The other part that's important is that they had a business presence in the US, which, despite what lots of people seem to be saying, makes the seizure completely legitimateThe best way to understand this is to [read the actual indictment] yourself. This [ArsTechnica article] helps explain some of the charges as well.
Why does being overweight seem to increase your chances of getting just about every single disease?	Without getting into the specific details of each of those diseases, fatty tissue is not just an energy warehouse. Adipose tissue has a lot of properties that have widespread effects. Your liver has to work overtime to deal with all of the extra fat that is circulating in your system. Circulating fat can deposit in blood vessels and cause vascular diseases . Importantly, adipose tissue also acts on your hormone balance. Adipose tissue turns androgens into estrogens . Having these off-balance causes a whole bunch of other hormone imbalances, which can lead to infertility and other problems. TL;DR: Fat isn't just energy, it's specialized tissue that has very widespread effects, and too much fat can lead to changes in other important systems. edit: thanks to BaleoNub for the reminder, I forgot about chronic inflammation that's an important one. Fat breakdown products are also inflammatory mediators, and this can also cause a lot of problems .Another way to think about this is the extra weight an obese person carries around is actually a symptom of ill health . So whatever is causing the weight gain is also predisposing the individual to other diseases. There's been some recent research that an individual's hypothalamus can be affected by inflammation to the point of weight gain. Of course, weight gain is incredibly complex, but this could be one of many factors.I was very pleased that when I Ctrl-F 'd "anorexia" nothing came up. Then I saw there were only 9 comments. And now it turns out I 've become that person I so feared. But on a serious note, just because one is anorexic does not mean one is skinny. Many overweight people who have eating disorders have types other than compulsive over-eating and binge-eating disorder. Just to get that out the way.
why I shouldn't feel bad about causality.	[Compatibilism.] Being aware that the mental process called volition is embedded in the causal mesh of the universe doesn't mean that you are some mindless puppet that has choices forced upon you. The notion of being "impinged upon" in this way is based on a notion that "you" are over here, and the "set of causal processes" over there is pulling your strings. But if you are one of those causal processes, then you're not being impinged upon, but rather, you are fully embodying and participating in that causal process. See also [_URL_0_]. edit: Also, consider the alternative. If your choices are not determined by something or other, that means they must be completely random. But making choices in a completely random way is not desirable either. You 'd rather have your decisions be meaningful, i.e. connected to yourself, people, and the world in some way that respects your values. But that's what you already have. The causal processes that occur in your body and brain are the things that allow your decisions to be meaningful in this way.Because you can. You'll have plenty of time to not exist, enjoy existing for awhile.
First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus	Derivative and integral are inverses; that means that the derivative of an integral is the original function. Why do you think that couldn't be true?
Why, after 113 years, has nobody made another everlasting lightbulb like the one at the fire department in California?	Three reasons to start with. That bulb was a fluke. You can make a bulb like that pretty easy, just by using a thicker, more durable filament, but that puts out more heat and less light and is very energy inefficient, and why would a manufacturer produce a thing they can only sell once?You can get long-lasting bulbs. Most newer bulbs last indefinitely. I'm not sure the last time one of my CFLs died. The trick of the "centennial bulb" isn't so much that it was well built. They run it at a small fraction of normal power, so it isn't stressed very much. That's fine if you don't mind that it doesn't put out much light.So how is this suppose to work? * make a long lasting light bulb* put it somewhere it won't be disturbed* wait 114 years* ~~profit~~ wait, there's one in Norway that has been going since 1908?", 'I think you could replicate the longevity of the bulb you're speaking of, but no one will do it because they would run out of business. The concept is called "planned obsolescence" _URL_0_Nobody wants to. Users want cheap and bright, manufacturers want you coming back for new bulbs, regulators want energy efficiency and environmentally friendly.
Why does a chicken have to extend its head out to walk with each step?	Humans have [eye stabilization]; you can look at something and keep it in your visual focus even if you move your head around - your eye muscles keep your eyes fixed on a target, compensating for the movement of your head. Birds don't have that, their eyes are mostly fixed, and they have to keep their heads still in order for the image that they see to be still. Birds have [head stabilization]. So when walking, chickens move their heads really fast, then hold their heads still as their body continues moving forward, then they snap their heads forward really fast again. This is to stabilize what they see for as long as possible.
Why does my space heater dry out the air? Where do the water molecules go?	You understand that warm air can hold more water vapor than cold air, right? So if you warm up the air, the amount of 'space' for water increases, and so your skin and mucus membranes lose more water to the air as it seeks equilibrium.
Why are elderly people more likely to fall for scams? ("You've won the lottery of monaco, congrats!" Etc.)	A couple of factors. Elderly people often come from times where scams like this weren't as popular. There were still scams then, as all history, but in vastly different ways that didn't utilize modern technology. My 85 year old grandma used to think she had to connect to AOL before opening a Word document, so what should she know about PayPal? Also, dementia is a bitch. Even light dementia can have someone still legally competent and completely vulnerable to scammers. Seriously, if you're scared of heights, spiders, snakes, whatever you should be scared of getting old and losing your mental capacity.

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