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Is there a general rule for differences in words ending in -ic and -ical? Like historic vs historical or symmetric vs symmetrical.
As with the rest of the English language, lol no. Historic/historical: if something is historic, it is unique, interesting, noteworthy, as in historic landmark, historic event, historic peace treaty, whereas historical simply means it exists in history, as in historical event, historical marker, historical literature. Basically, our language is a clusterfuck of tacked on rules.
How is it that the Farmers Almanac can predict long-range forecast so accurately?
It always rains around then. All you really have to do is look at a bunch of years and figure out the trends, and then combine all of them into a comprehensive calendar for useful application. I'm sure the biggest part of the whole thing is just accounting for drift in the solar calendar compared to the natural conditions that naturally compose the weather.
How is thermal sensation measured/estimated?
The feels like takes humidity and windspeed into effect, both testable factors. Generally objects heat or cool in an inverse exponential fashion shown [here]. Having humidity or wind will increase or decrease the rate of cooling, but the final temperature has to stay the same, you can't cool something down to 10 degrees using 20 degree air, no matter how hard you try, but you can alter the rate at which it cools. The feels-like temperature is the no-humidity no-wind temperature at which a human would gain or lose heat at the same rate as the actual temperature including wind and humidity effects. Why does this work? Humans don't sense an absolute temperature, but rely on the difference in temperature to create the sensation of heat. The reason cold feels cold and hot feels hot is that the body is trying to either lose heat or retain it to stay at 37 degrees. In that picture above you can see that the rate of cooling looks like 1 - the temp difference. So the closer you get to equalizing the temperatures, the slower the change in temperatures. So if you find which no wind/humidity temperature gives the same cooling rate as the actual temperature with wind/humidity, you found the thermal sensation, and it works on a scientific basis, not on a "well it sorta kinda feels like it" basis.
The difference between / need for male and female bicycle designs
Nowadays, if you're wearing a skirt, especially if it's short, it's more comfortable to use a female bicycle because you don't need to lift your leg over the back of the bike and show everyone your knickers. That's it. Same applies if the skirt is knee length but relatively tight. You can't lift your leg that far up wearing one. In the past, if you were wearing a long skirt with lots of things underneath it's also easier to have a lower bar to accommodate all of the fabric. Incidentally, that's the reason why women used to sit on a horse with both legs to the same side.
How does cooling work?
Contrary to popular belief, fans do not actually make a room cooler. Actually, fans actually make rooms slightly warmer. What's happening is convective heat loss; the circulating air more easily evaporates sweat, and therefore you feel cooler. So no, you cannot actually lower the temperature of a room with a common fan.
/ELI16: How come we can create circles if their circumference is infinitely precise?
You're getting hung up on the idea of Pi being a measurable distance. It isn't. It's the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius. To create a circle, you only need two points -- the center, and any point on the circumference. Set a compass to that, drag it around and draw the circle, done. It's only when you divide the length around that circumference over the radius that you wind up with an irrational, non-repeating number. You can measure the radius and the circumference in finite units. You just can't divide one over the other and get a rational number.
How do internet startups get a big user base before they are well known?
I remember watching a documentary on reddit and before they went to investors they would have fake accounts to make the sight seem more active thus it seems more interesting. Now if where talking about companies like Google they were advertised by their professor who eventually got the entire universe hooked onto the program. When you think about it it's actually quite genius.
why do elevators always have close buttons that never work
[According to 47-year elevator maintenance veteran John Menville, the "door close" button is just there to give people the illusion of control. It's a release valve so that after you have to wait for a million stupid things during the course of the morning, this isn't the straw that breaks the camel's back and causes you to go postal on the elevator and maybe break something.]Emergency crews and maintenance staff are usually the only ones who can access those buttons. They have keys that make the buttons functionalThey work when the elevator is in fireman control mode.
why can we eat until we're full and then want dessert but can't manage to eat more of the main course?
It takes about 20 minutes for your brain to register you are full. Desert is also super tasty. On a side note, sweet foods suppress appetites. That's why sweet foods are usually served last.
Folding@Home processing/project.
Folding@Home determines the shape of proteins. Organic molecules are basically all made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen - the important thing is the shape. So their server has a huge list of molecules that could *potentially* be manufactured, and your computer is calculating what shape they would actually form, if they were actually synthesized. Each atom pushes on all the other atoms, and many proteins can form multiple shapes so it's pretty complex to calculate. Their server divides up the list into packages of a certain number of molecules, and passes those out to be solved. When a computer has finished a package, it submits it to the server and receives a new package. Each molecule is given out multiple times to ensure that the molecule was simulated correctly . Your account accumulates points for completing packages. Points aren't good for anything, they're just a measure of how much you've contributed.
Why is the iPhone 7 waterproof in 1 meter deep water, but not any deeper?
Because water pressure increases the deeper you go into water and something that can withhold the pressure of 1M of water can't necessarily withhold the pressure of 10M of water.Add-on question: Why upto 30 mins? What changes after 30 minutes?The deeper something is in water, the more pressure it's subjected to--there's more water weighing on top of it. At a high water pressure, the water might be able to bypass seals and other protective measures, which is why things aren't "waterproof" in an absolute sense but only up to a certain pressure. Keep in mind that water depth in this case is just a way to express static pressure. You could subject the iPhone to more pressure even in water that's less deep, such as by spraying it with pressurized water or forcefully moving through water, and it wouldn't be waterproof under that circumstance.
How do police get from fingerprints to actually finding the suspect?
first they check the fingerprint database to see if they are already on file, if they are not they fingerprint anybody who is a suspect to see if it's them, and then if they still don't have a match the case just stays open for years and years until one day somebody who thinks their past in long behind them get's involved in a domestic incident and somebody calls the police, which leads to them getting arrested and fingerprinted and then the computer goes "hey, we 've been wanting to talk to this person for 15 years".
Why does so much of the world hate Isreal?
Its not hate, its a strong dislike of their racist policies. Like giving african immigrants long term birth control without their knowledge. Having a economic blockade on Palestine. Occupying Palestine and kicking people out of there homes to let settlers live there. Stuff like that.To give a simplified explanation- Israel was founded in the early-mid 20th century by British Jews who wanted to reclaim their ancestral holy land and established a state with disregard for the predominantly Muslim peoples who were there at the time. Because of its founders' ties to the West, Israel has always had close relations with the West and is seen as somewhat of a puppet for the Western agenda by the rest of the world. It also doesn't help that Israel tends to oppose the views of its neighbors on just about every political issue, further strengthening the argument that they will do whatever Western powers tell them to do.
Albert Einstein's quote: "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."
If you ignore or do not know your limits, you cannot address them. If you acknowledge you have limits, you can begin to address them and eventually push past them. "Wow, I never knew I could do that!"
What Hitler's motives were
Hitler's political ideals aren't particularly cut and dried, there has always been debate over them, and probably always will be. However, growing up he was very nationalist, and it is generally accepted that he genuinely believed that the Jews were responsible for Germany's post-WWI problems. He was wildly anti-communist and thought it would be the downfall of Germany. He also thought Marxism was a Jewish plot to take over the world. He was socially conservative, against gays, premarital sex, use of cosmetics and revealing clothing, prostitution and pornography. He strived for 'traditional' family and community roles. Basically he was hyper-nationalist, hyper-conservative and, as far as we can tell, really thought the Jews wanted to rule Germany and the world.
Why do most world leaders appear unconcerned with world population increase? It seems like a potentially civilization ending thing in my mind?
It's not. The world can sustain a much much larger population than we currently have. Additionally, the population of the developed world is mostly stable and declining in a few places. We produce far more food and goods than everyone in the world needs. The problem is distribution. There are environmental problems but we can find solutions that don't involve limiting reproduction.
WTF is japan's deal with pedophilia?
As a matter of fact, japan as a whole does not like the subculture you're talking about. You're talking mostly about "Otaku" and as someone said in another thread about this: "It's the same with America. Otaku are nerds/geeks, and not the ironic kind either. They're considered the neckbeards of Japan, and some of them do get pretty damn creepy. You have to realize that anime to them is basically cartoons to us . How would you feel about an adult who's obsessed with Dora the Explorer? We already look down on Bronies. It's the same thing." Basically the neckbeards are mixing adult themes with childish content Women are just insanely oppressed in the culture. So much that being molested on public transit and responding with a punch, would typically result in a trip to the police station to be lectured for escalating the situation to violence. There are a thousand similar examples. They have a similar puritanical reference for sexual purity in their women that was mainstream in the US not to long ago, which results in an inclination towards female virgins in the cultural sexual mores, which in turn skews their preferred agree of female sexual " prime " very young. They have a phrase for women "expiring" from marriage age at the decrepit age of 28.
Why do people get headaches after playing video games or watching TV for too long?
* Dehydration from low fluid intake* Slow blink rate, causing dry eyes* Poor body posture* Hey. Hey. Hey Listen. Hey. Look. Hey. Hey. Hey. Look. Hey. Listen. Listen. Hey.
How does a loading bar work?
It can be done in many ways. Having multiple whole images of of the loading bar at various percentages is common. But just as common is generating it programmatically - describing it, not as whole lot of pixels, but as a drawing - a rectangle with rounded corners, and a thick line with sharp corners for the progress bar. Another way is having two images or animations, one of the full progress bar, one of the empty, layering the full one over the empty one, and only revealing the leftmost part of the full one, progressively revealing more of it as time progresses. More interesting is the logic for guessing how far through a procedure you are. Parts of the process will go faster than others, and some of it will be unpredictable. For instance, when Windows copies files, it only knows the number of files it has. If the first files were large, it will predict that this will take days, until it hits the lots of short files at the end and if finishes quickly. Now, you can fix this by checking the sizes of all those files when you start, but that takes lots of time. So you have to trade off better accuracy in your estimate against time taken.> How does it work? There is no single solution. Many times this duty might be offloaded to the operating system which could render the graphic based on mathematical algorithms such as a percentage of the length of the bar. In that case it isn't an image as the graphical result is procedurally produced. Other applications might duplicate a narrow graphic element to produce their custom bar.
If public intoxication isn't allowed why is selling alcohol in public allowed?
Because you can take it somewhere else to drink it, obviously. This is like asking why do grocery stores exist since no one is going to eat that food in the parking lot.
We put a reflective surface on the moon to test distance.. Why??
The astronauts placed a corner reflector on the moon. This is a device that reflects nearly all the incident light back to the source of the light . The corner reflector is necessary to get an accurate distance. Note that even with a powerful laser, the amount of light that is reflected is very small once it makes the 750,000 KM round trip. The source sends a pulse of laser light, and then waits for the pulse to be return after being reflected. Note that a continuous beam would not work, because they need to know when the light leaves the source. I believe that the distance to the moon can be measured with an accuracy of a few centimeters.
Hiccups. What causes them, and how can you get rid of them, SUCCESSFULLY!
Taking a very deep breath and holding it has always worked for me. But I know people who will get them and have them all day no matter what. I don't think there's any hard and fast rule that works for everyone. If there is, it'd be great to know.
Why are rockets launched from places like Cape Canaveral and not high up in the mountains?
Cape Canaveral has two very large advantages for launching rockets. * 1: It's near the equator, the spin of the earth gives a boost which helps get the rocket to orbital speed* 2: It's near the sea, so any debris or stages that fall back to earth dont hit any populated areas. It is also easy to deliver large rocket parts by sea, as opposed to getting them up the side of a mountain", 'Mountaintops are high, but the outer atmosphere is much higher. The benefit is quite small. The advantage to launching rockets from a cape is the cape itself. Rocketry has a history of unfortunate accidents, and coastal placement can ensure that a cascade of flaming debris lands safely in the ocean.The main benefit of Cape Canaveral is that it's near the equator; well, just about as near as you can get in the continental US. If you launch towards the east, then the spin of the earth at the equator adds over 1000mph to your speed. This is a substantial help when you need to accelerate to 20000mph to reach orbit. Also, having an empty ocean down-range is a good safety feature. Since you're launching to the east then an east coast launch site is best. Of the energy required to reach low earth orbit, you need 1 part to reach the height plus you need at 40 parts to reach the speed you need. That's what makes the job of Virgin Galactic and Space Ship Two so easy; they just go up for the height and then fall straight back down again.
Why can't I pop a bag of popcorn twice?
Kernels contain water, by heating the water it turns into steam and if you do this fast enough it'll make the kernel pop. However if you slow the heating down the steam will still expand but it will do it slower so instead it now just gently escapes and the kernel will never pop. Taking the bag out the microwave slows down the expansion, you are better off doing it in one proper hit. If you keep trying to force the issue you are now heating up a dry kernel which is full of energy and proteins and all kinds of good stuff, which unfortunately when dry have a bad habit of burning. [Just for fun here is a gif a kernel popping in slo-mo]
What are the pros and cons of Ukraine joining the EU?
**Pros** Joining the EU lowers barriers between the EU countries. With full membership citizens of any country can live and work in any other EU country of their choice. It also lowers the cost of doing business. Common currencies would make Ukrainian goods cheaper in the EU, making them more desirable. And because of this EU businesses are more likely to invest in the Ukraine. It also provides the Ukraine with better access to EU goods and services. Of special interest, this would theoretically make credit and loans cheaper and easier to get. **Cons** The Ukraine loses a lot of autonomy. They wouldn't have an independent monetary policy. And they are bound by EU regulations. This has really made Greece's situation a lot worse. If they were fully independent they could have made different decisions to fix some of their problems. Argentina and Iceland have both been able to recently fix economic disasters because they had free reign. But when Paris and Berlin get a say on your economic policy, sometimes your policy will favor them. It'll piss off Russia. Russia still sees itself as a Great Power and with a special relationship with the other former Soviet States. The Ukraine can only choose to integrate itself into the EU or the Russian trade union. And right now its economy is tightly integrated into Russia's. Plus millions of "Ukrainians" consider themselves to be Russians and would prefer to be with Russia.
Why do governments not dump confiscated contraband back on the market for next to nothing prices in order to drive down profits for criminals?
So you want to combat the sale of illegal goods by selling illegal goods? They are illegal for a reason.
Why do TV series' from cable/streaming services like HBO, Netflix or Hulu seem to be so much higher quality than network TV?
Because of advertisers. Since on subscription services most of their revenue comes straight from the consumer they are willing to create more diverse content. So they might not have as many viewers but they're getting more money from less viewers. On network TV the advertisers want to be seen by as many people as possible so the producers are forced to put on shows that appeal to the most audience, your lowest common denominator. Also advertisers don't want their products associated to shows that may be offensive to someone. Same thing is happening on YouTube, advertisers are getting more restrictive on what they want their products being associated with so any thought provoking video will be demonetized. And all its left is rich kid vlogs, makeup tutorials, tech reviewers, click bait, top ten anything's, and grown ass men screaming into a microphone while playing a child's videogame.
What is special about Cecil the Lion?
Because it was on the news and it had a name.Most bad things that happen will not make people care till its on the news.
Why do professional athletes get paid as much as they do?
The teams they play for make many times more than that from ticket sales, advertising, merchandising and so on. Those teams make more money when they have better athletes, enough so that it's a perfectly sensible business practice to pay that much to get the very best ones they can.
Why do people sometimes need or feel like they need to make a bowel movement before an important event?
Most of the responses seem to revolve around not having to go later, but that's a bit vague. Much of what is happening is an attempt to stay unencumbered and free of unnecessary weight due to the presumed preparation for physical activity. In more complex terms , stress hormones shut down nonessential systems like reproduction and digestion. Because these hormones are released when you stress about an upcoming event, the body begins to shed things that might hinder movement and activity during said event. A gazelle sensing an impending chase might defecate quickly to avoid the need to do so with a cheetah in tow. Does that make sense, or was it completely incomprehensible?
Why are AM towers so dangerous?
Yes. AM radio stations broadcast on such long wavelengths that they normally use "hot tower" set ups where the tower is insulated from the ground and then the whole tower is fed from the feedline. Broadcast AM power levels range anywhere from 1 kilowatt to 50 kilowatts and higherWorked in AM radio for decades. An AM tower is not too dangerous, but you can get burned by touching it. Most AM towers are sitting on a base insulator and the guy wires are broken up electrically by "Johnny Balls". So if you touch the tower you provide a path to ground. The RF will burn you, but not kill you. It will not kill you because AM is a much higher frequency than 60 Hz. The government in a super abundance of caution, set up some pretty tight restrictions on how close the general public can get to a hot tower. And all AM towers are require to have fences that are locked to keep people from getting too close.
Why are there different brands of ambulances?
The EMS system in the U.S. is a patchwork of government, private owned, and hospital-based services. The make-up varies by state & by municipality. Part of the reason you might see multiple ambulances companies in your city is that they may be providing different services: There are also 2 major services ambulance companies can typically provide: 911 - they are contracted provide emergency medical services for a city / county. IFT - providing non-emergency transport. This can include hospital transfers, patient transport to diagnostic centers, and a host of other medical transport needs. Your city might have a contract with Company A for 911 services, but Company B and Company C compete for IFT services. or Your city might provide 911 EMS through the Fire Department and allow Companies A, B, and C to compete for IFT. To give you an example of how it can vary town to town: I volunteer at a local volunteer corp that is contracted to the town for 911 services. We respond to emergency calls and can provide basic life support . We in turn, however, contract with a 3rd party private ambulance company to provide us a Paramedic who can operate a higher level . For complex calls the town dispatches both the volunteer ambulance AND the private Medic. The next town over has a volunteer EMS corp that is a blend of volunteer members and paid EMT's and Paramedics through a private staffing company. In my town a large private company handles all 911 calls AND is an IFT provider. You can see how complex it can get, and why the public often has a hard time understanding the EMS system. To answer your question on hospital ambulances. While it's the minority, many hospitals do have their own ambulance service. What services they provide varies. They are effectively private companies , owned & operated by the hospital.
What would happen to the World if all the water (read: salt, fresh, bottled, etc) on Earth disappeared for one day and came back the next?
To begin with, all marine life and plants would die. If you count intracellular water, all life would end, with the possible exception of some sporesWell, the first thing that happened, would be about 7 billion people freaking the fuck out that some supernatural event occurred beyond any reality humankind can conceive of in our 10,000 years of educated civilization about how the universe works. So that would happen.
What do people do in communities after a major flood hits? How do they get their homes fixed or their belongings replaced?
State and federal aid agencies provide temporary assistance. Other non for profit agencies such as community health centers, churches or organizations offer assistance in forms of housing, food, clothing etc. Individuals may stay in nearby hotels or with family or community members. Qualifying survivors may receive coverage from insurance or federal aid programs to rebuild their lives.
Why are rapes described as a crime of power and control instead of a rapist's desire for sexual gratification?
Because some people don't get off because of the act of sex. They get off because they know that they are, for the moment anyway, the absolute most superior being over all others and can do with them as they please. Rape also can be a crime of passion although it's not often that you hear about it without a search due to circumstantial differences.
Was Jacob Tremblay even that good in the room?
Have you seen it for yourself? Cant you decide for yourself?', "Follow up question: Who the fuck is this kid? I've seen his name *everywhere*, no idea who he is. Where he came from or even what his blood type is. What did I miss now?
How to dance with a girl at a club
Are you ready for the secret? The tried and true method that works for me 100%? here it is. **Dont try to dance with girls. Just dance.** Go out on the dance floor and just have fun. Dance to whatever song is on wether you like it or not. Dance by yourself, and more importantly have fun while you do it. Seriously. Girls are attracted to guys with confidence, and that means being able to have fun on your own without a girl. Even if your a terrible dancer, girls will see you are out there having more fun then them or any other guy. Most dudes just want to grind on girls and cop a feel, and girls are on to this. Thats why they'd rather dance with their girl friends. Girls will see you dancing, think you are fun and a great dancer just because you are putting yourself out there. They'll come to you dance. Now the trick is, once they do, not to act like every other sleazeball in the club. Just keep doing you, keep having fun, keep dancing. Don't try to grind or hump or touch. They will dance on YOU as opposed to you on THEM. I'm not trying to brag, but I have pretty decent luck with women and this has never failed me.You probably want to ask over at /r/explainlikeimwhite ;]', "It's kinda like doing it, but with your clothes on, and in public. Edit: sidenote: I go to a Baptist college, and have no idea how to dance.
What makes a burning clutch smell the way it does?
Road vehicle friction materials are typically made from a plastic material with various friction producing additives The most common plastic used is something called "phenolic". This tends to have quite a strong smell when burned or heated, but is otherwise extremely resistant to heat; it won't melt and it burns only with extreme difficulty. Some electronics contain phenolic, which is why the clutch smell is similar to overheated electronic smellA clutch friction plate is made of heat resistant materials, . So it is the materials heating up and eventually burning/smoking.That’s where the distinct smell comes from.
Why is everything controversial topic a SomethinGate?
Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. When the conspiracy was discovered and investigated by the U.S. Congress, the Nixon administration's resistance to its probes led to a constitutional crisis. This is where Watergate comes from and ever since it's become kind of meme to put "gate" in front of every scandalThe Republicans were reeling after the Watergate scandal as what they had done was essentially a direct assault on democracy. So a Republican strategist named William Safire came up with the idea of calling everything bad something-gate, mainly with the hope of diluting the appearance of the Watergate scandal. So Watergate would look like just another scandal. And he was clearly successful as it caught onIt all started with Richard Nixon at the Watergate hotel. _URL_0_
how does the library of babel even work?
If you make enough random combinations of characters, some of them will make sense. On a small scale, if you start making random combinations of three letters, most of them will be gibberish but some of them will make perfect sense. I've just done this myself in Excel - after 46 lines of nonsense, 47 was DAY, 68 was TOM, 93 was HIM and so on. If you let your random generator run for long enough, it will eventually produce larger strings of text that make sense. Not only will it produce, in time, the complete works of Shakespeare, but it will also produce the complete works of Shakespeare but where all the main characters are gerbils. It'll produce my CV, the answers to my secret question and answers for my online banking, and a list of every single person I've spoken to in my life. There's no deeper meaning or guiding force at work here - it's just that when you've only got so many characters that we use to make up our languages, you can start randomly throwing them about and eventually something will form.
If Union is there to support and protect employees from unfair treatments, why there are many people against it?
1. Unions can be corrupt, basically stealing from the employees who pay dues and getting kickbacks from the companies.1. If the union says they're striking, *you* have to strike even if you are not unhappy, or you *really* have bills to pay, or whatever.
How come most all lights in any building are aimed from the ceiling down to the floor?
Those are more likely to be in your line of sight, and thus interfere with your vision, and less likely to illuminate whatever you are interacting with. You don't spend as much time looking at the ceiling, normally, and you don't usually have stuff to work with on the ceiling. Lights on the floor aren't going to do as much of a job illuminating a table-top or what have you, because you have to depend on the light going up then reflecting off the ceiling. Furthermore, all the objects on the floor, furniture, other people, etc, are going to be blocking the light, instead of passing it through the relatively open space from the ceiling, so you'd likely need more lights to achieve a satisfactory level of illumination.
What is the sound I hear when I yawn?
It's your [Tensor Tympani muscle] in your inner ear. This muscle's purpose is to dampen noises as you chew so they don't hurt your eardrum, but when you yawn it can become tense as well. Also some people like me can control it voluntarily and make head thunder even without yawning.
Why do some people float on water easily when others a similar size can't?
We're mostly water, so it doesn't take much either way to make us dense enough to sink, or a little more buoyant to float. I found out when I was little that I was almost neutral, and could float if I filled up my lungs, but would sink if I emptied them, scaring the lifeguards at the pool, so it's a pretty close balance. Women tend to be more buoyant than men because they have a bit more body fat, percentage-wise, than men, and fat is less dense than water. Fat is likely most of the difference generally because other tissues don't vary in amount and density all that much, unless you're looking at bodybuilders, who probably don't float very well.
What happens in the brain when you blackout from drinking alcohol?
Your brain is filled with special cells called neurons. At the end of the neurons, the neurons shoot out special chemicals called neurotransmitters to talk to the next neuron. Alcohol is a type of drug called a depressant. It lowers the number of neurotransmitters thereby making your brain work slower. The part of your brain that forms new memories is called the hippocampus. When you drink too much alcohol, the neurons in the hippocampus move too slowly to save new memories. Alcohol affects certain parts of the brain more than others. The frontal cortex, which controls judgement, the cerebellum, which controls balance, and the hippocampus, which controls forming memories are affected earlier than other parts of the brain, such as the reticular activating system, which controls whether you are awake or not. That's why you can still be awake, but not saving new memories. When the alcohol level is high enough to take out the RAS, you pass out.
Why does America sell 2 Litre bottles of soda when everything else is in gallons?
The metric system creeps up on you slowly, inch by 2.54 cm Because even America has to draw the line at one gallon sodasLiquor is also sold by the liter most of the time but beer is usually ounces. Oddly most bartending recipes still go by ounces though.Since no one has answered your question I will. The reason why is a simple one. Things like soda can be shipped over seas to other countries due to the fact that they last longer. While things like milk generally only have a shelf life of a week. Since it will usually take a day or two to ship something to another country something like milk wouldn't sell well due to the fact that you would have to drink it up quick or it might be spoiled by the time it gets there.
Please ELI5: What the bible has to say about people who belong to LGBT groups.
A note on Lilith - she's not in the Bible itself but Talmudic texts and a lot of stuff about her was developed much later . Sort of like how many people's mental picture of Hell comes from *Paradise Lost* and *The Divine Comedy* rather than the Bible.The Old Testament specifically says that "men who lie with men as they do women" are to be put to death. The New Testament condemns homosexuality, but some believe it referred only to the man/teen relationships practiced by the Hellenistic Greeks. Lilith is never mentioned in the bible. Her story as Adam's first wife dates to the Middle Ages, and is based loosely on female demons with a similar name from Arab mythologySo, I'm no scholar, nor am I a particularly good Christian. I did ask my priest something related , and here's a summary of what he said: The Old Testament is a sort of history, an explanation of where we came from, featuring the growth of the Jewish religion. Jesus built on that, and changed quite a few things. The basic fundamentals are still there , and the teachings of Jesus overwrites them, such as "turn the other cheek" and the teachings of the parables. Now, my take on your question: In Leviticus , it basically says homosexuality is wrong. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them") However, most moderate Christians I know of think that the teachings of Jesus overwrite this with "Love each other", and don't view it as a sin. What you mostly hear in the media is a small group of fundamentalists who take the bible literally. Edit: I feel like the Fundamentalists and their views on homosexuals are to Christianity what extreme Muslims are to Islam, a small vocal group that people pay attention to.
Why, and how, are states able to block Tesla from selling their cars within a particular state? Don't other auto manufacturers make and sell electric cars in their states?
The law that is in place says that they have to sell through dealers . So they don't want them being sold from the car manufacturer directly to consumers. However, since the spirit of the law is to protect dealers from their own car manufacturers, you could say they're exploiting a loophole to ban Tesla.
Why do we sometimes taste blood when we see we're bleeding?
Do we? I've never experienced that. Maybe it's some kind of mind-trick thing.Its just memory recall based on what you are currently seeing Just like when you look at something on a restaurant menu, you can envision what something will taste like obviously a bit odd with blood, but same idea.
why are fire trucks red?
Red is often used for important things because the red color is noticed first by the brain . Other things like traffic signs are also red because of that.
Why do moths like light so much??
they don't. The leading theory is that moths use moonlight to navigate. The moon, being so far away, maintains a relatively fixed position in the sky from the standpoint of a moth. It maintains the moon in its field of vision, and its position doesn't change as the moth travels. A bright light, being perceived as the moon, might cause the moth to reorient itself. As it flies forward, the light, much closer than the moon, begins to pass the moth, causing it to reorient again to maintain the light in its vision. It turns towards the light source to put it back 'on track.' The result is an inward spiral.Prior to artificial lighting, moths used distant lights for orientation. Now, with so many lights around, they get dis-oriented and fly for the light.
why do religions have similar stories and morals?
There's a couple of reasons. Some evolve from the same origins. For example, a lot of religions believe that there was a man called Moses and he was chosen by God. They followed his stories. Then a man called Jesus arrived and said he was the son of God. Some people didn't believe him, and they carried on as they were. Some people did, and Christianity was born. Then, out of those that were left, in around the year 600, a man called Mohammed arrived and said he was a prophet of God. Some people didn't believe him and carried on as they were . Some people did . Christians and Muslims don't disagree about what happened before their chosen person arrived, they only disagree on what happened after. Also, some new religions arrived in areas where there were already religions. And because these were more primitive times and not everybody could read and write, things weren't recorded but instead retold from memory and occasionally they got confused and their backstories combined. In other cases, when a new religion arrived in a land where there was an old religion, it made sense to 'rewrite history' and include stories that the native population strongly believed in and them incorporate it into their own religion. So they adopted the old stories to get people believing.
Why is gold valuable? Also, why was gold important to ancient civilizations?
It's shiny, doesn't oxidize, yellow is rather unique as metallic color. It's also relatively soft and malleable with a low melting point that makes it a pretty nice material to work with and create art/religious symbols and being not that common makes it special, too.For one, it looks pretty good. Most metals, if I'm not too mistaken, either look gray - in various shades, but ultimately gray - or reddish, like copper. Gold looks well, gold. It's somewhat unique in that regard, as far as metals that won't harm you go. Two, "doesn't deteriorate" doesn't even begin to describe gold. Gold is incredibly durable after being amalgamated with relatively small amounts of other metal , with the raw form being quite malleable, but when amalgamated, it'll outlast pretty much anything. This made it incredibly valuable as a method of storing value and showing off wealth, at the same time. I think this answers the "civilisations which did not use currency" bit - even if you do not use currency, as in coinage or other methods, you will most likely need to store the value of otherwise perishable goods. Gold is one of the most un-perishable good you'll ever find. It's by no means a complete explanation, and I hope more knowledgeable people will elaborate further and correct errors I 've made.
Why are they called tension rods?
From an engineering point of view, there is tension in the system. You think of tension as something actively being stretched out, but that's not quite how engineers look at it. Tension and compression go together. The forces have to balance to zero. If they don't, something is moving. So if something is being compressed, something else is in tension.
What OCD is really like
You have disturbing thoughts that you cannot control, e.g. people you care about dying. These are the obessions part of OCD. Certain actions, like tapping a door four time, reduces/stops your obsessions for a short period of time so you tend to repeat these actions to stave off your disturbing thoughts. With OCD, most people realize what they are doing is irrational, but that doesn't help stop it. There's also purely obsessional OCD where the compulsions are certain thought patterns. Someone's obsession in that case might be whether they really love their boyfriend/girlfriend. Which then leads to thoughts like "of course I love them. They brighten my day whenever I see them", but then you'll think something like "But what if I'm just lying to myself to avoid hurting them with a break up". Then your thoughts go back and forth like that and you can't control it.Worrying constantly that your life will be negatively effected if you don't follow routines/rituals. Examples from my life follow: I frequently drive around the block to make sure I closed the garage door even though I know I closed it. I will even text my neighbor and ask. She knows my issue, so it's cool. I have driven song the block 3-4 times before because my brain tells me to check again. I count my swallows when I drink. It has to be an odd number to stop. If I end on an even number, I get anxiety. No, putting more liquid doesn't help. When I'm doing something without definite measures, I have to do a bit more or it's not enough. Cooking for example, dumping in pasta , I always add a bit more. There may not be enough for the whole family if I don't add those last 3 noodles. It sucks. Thankfully my husband rocks and keeps me in check most of the time. *edit - horrific spelling
Why do the epiphany-like developmental leaps of childhood cease as we age?
It's really easy to have a massive leap when you're starting with nothing. Babies start off hardly being able to crawl, but learn to walk within a couple of years. That's what, a 300% increase in mobility? But for that to happen to an adult that would be like going from a nobody to a world class sprinter in a couple months. It's just not doable. The more you can do, the harder it is to make a giant leap.
How much Oil(Gas) do we burn moving Oil(Gas) around the world?
Here are some rough numbers calculated from [Wikipedia]. Cargo ship: 0.1-0.3% per 1000 km . Freight train: 0.4%-0.9% per 1000 km Truck: 3% per 1000 km Air: 8-9% per 1000 km EDIT: Line breaks', "A suezmax tanker fitted with a wartsila X72 engine burns 56.7 metric tons of fuel per day traveling at 15knots. A suezmax will carry 1,000,000 barrels of oil. 56.7 Mt of fuel is about 510 barrels. So, the ship uses 510 barrels/day to push 1,000,000 barrels of cargo 360 nautical miles . Fuel efficiency will increase if the ship slows it's speed.
How can we feel something when we never actually touch it (on an atomic level)?
Lift your arm up. Do you feel a pressure trying to pull it downward? That is gravity, and even though nothing is directly touching you, the *force* of gravity is affecting you. The same thing goes for touch. Even though we do not really "touch" anything, we do feel the forces of the world interacting with us. We feel the force of the atoms in the wall pushing back against the atoms in our hand.It is the repulsion between the atoms in our body and the thing we are 'touching' that creates a sensation of feeling something. More specifically, it is the repulsion of the electrons in the atoms.
Why does the burn from hot peppers feel like it goes down in your body and the burn from wasabi goes up into your nose.
Hot peppers and wasabi affect your olfactory system differently. Horseradish and wasabi are both made from the roots of plants in the cabbage family: Armoracia rusticana and Wasabia japonica, respectively. When the cells in these roots are ruptured—if they're chopped or chewed, for example—they release a compound called allyl isothiocyanate. As well as having a very pungent taste, this chemical is what irritates your nose and eyes. As we eat wasabi or horseradish, allyl isothiocyanate vapors travel through the back of the mouth and up into the nasal cavity. This triggers a nerve response in the nose and sinuses. Hot peppers, on the other had, contain capsaicin. Capsaicin is an irritant for mammals, including humans, and produces a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact. Capsaicin binds with certain sensory neurons which then more or less trick your body into thinking that it is being burned or at least experiencing excessive amounts of heat in the area that the capsaicin comes in contact with, even though no actual physical burning is taking place.
The difference between urban, agglomeration, and metropolitan populations
Metropolitan Area I think determines all villages and areas where at least 50% of the working population drive to the same city to work Whilst agglomeration only includes villages and towns directly connected to the city, like suburbs and satellites for example I could be wrong though so feel free to correct me. This is what I recall from school.
How do we sing in key when our voices sound different in our heads?
Your head isn't thick enough to have an effect on the frequency that you hear. When you listen to a recording of your own voice, what's missing is the deeper harmonics that result from the sound travelling through you skull to the bones in your ear, but it doesn't really affect the accuracy with which you can judge the pitch of your voice.
How do we know that dolphins are self-aware?
This might be a philosophical question but doesn't self-awareness infer that the animal in question is conscious? In other words, would "i think therefore i am" apply to these self aware animal? If so, would these animals have souls from a religious standpoint?They are one of the few species to pass the [mirror test].
Can someone explain me the actual economic situation of the world? And why some countries are growing so fast?
Basically, the cost of living in certain countries varies drastically. Because of this, the citizens are willing to work for drastically different wages, creating different economic environments. In "developed" countries, like Germany, the United States, and England, the cost of living is high, taxes are relatively high, and the citizens need quite a high pay in order to live comfortably. It's expensive to expand there, difficult , and due to need, highly skilled and specialized industries emerge. That's part of the reason you see such high quality engineering coming out of Germany, and part of the reason so little is made in England and the US as far as manufacturing. In "emerging" countries like India, Brazil, and China, the cost of living is much lower. People are willing to work for much less. Expansion is easier . Because of this, countries with high costs invest in these lower-cost areas. The money they flow in causes expansion, and in countries where it's profitable, that expansion can be very fast. Manufacturing is far more viable in these countries, which is why you see so many "Made in _" stickers with these countries\' names. Growth is rapid here. Finally, there are the "third world" or "undeveloped" countries. Very low income, very low expense, but the infrastructure to support business and expansion doesn't exist. These countries expand relatively slowly until a certain level of stability is reached. At that point, outside countries begin investing and they make the transition to "emerging".
Why does Obama and the Republicans like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and many Democrats dislike it? Are trade pacts good for American jobs?
It's incredibly complex, yes. The answer to your american jobs question is that it both helps AND harms the economy, it just depends what sector. It would likely improve the job situation in any of the poorer countries, it would be very good for finance and financial services , it would be good for retail, as goods can be imported cheaper. It would likely be a bad thing for American Manufacturing in general. It would be a bad thing for anything that can be outsourced or offshored. The main area of concern with most people is that we just don't know. Trade deals often deal with specific sectors in different ways, so we have no idea what effects it will have if we can't read it.
Why do I sometimes regret text messages I send immediately after I send them, no matter how long I think about them beforehand?
I read a thing on Cracked recently that said our brains don't see our future-selves as us; it's considered a different person. It's why we stay up late or go out and drink a lot - we see the after effects being lived out by a different person. Maybe it's something to do with that? Even if you know you'll send it in the next second, the person who has to deal with the consequences isn't actually you?
What is the benefit of a company splitting into two publicly traded companies?
There are a lot of opinions about this. For a while it was the fashion for companies to buy other companies to become conglomerates. "Bigger is better." For a while it was common for raiders to buy companies, split them, and sell the parts for more than they paid for the company. Anything which could not be sold was shut down. People lost their jobs. If the raider bought a 111 million dollar company, sold it off in pieces fro 121 million, he kept the extra ten million as his personal fortune. He did not care if whole factories shut down because a buyer cold not be found. The managers of a company are bound to look at increasing the earnings per share. That directive comes from the Board of Directors. To do that they have to have a highly profitable company. From what you say they are cutting part of the company loose but not firing anyone.
Why I'm able to over-eat for months at a time, then seemingly able to eat nothing following those months. Are calorie deficits/debts a real thing?
Technically, you can go without food for a long time. A very long time. Depending on fat stores. Is this healthy? Not really. I remember reading about a severely obese man eating nothing for 1 year while staying/monitored at a hospital in some very controversial treatment. So yes in a way calorie deficits and debts are a thing, but remember that your body prefers to be at a natural size and would like to stay that way. Forcefully starving/overeating yourself is not a truly not a healthy choice. Water is another thing. You can't go without water, that will kill you in about 3 days.
When you're hungover, why does your body feel the need to puke even if there's nothing left in your stomach?
The feeling of nausea is not necessarily related to having something in the stomach. Direct stimulation of the [Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone], by alcohol and its metabolites in this case, is the likely cause for the nausea. EDIT - nausea when actually drunk, not hungover, can be caused by alcohol messing with the vestibular system; the mixed messages from the eyes, limb position and now messed up vestibular system makes us feel nauseated.
How do the Japanese not smudge their letters when writing from top to bottom and right to left?
Keep in mind that it's top to bottom first. One column is analogous to one line in western text. So by the time you get to a new column the ink at the top has dried. On top of that, traditional style top to bottom writing is usually reserved for formal situations so you'll be being more careful with your text. Everyday Japanese is written left to right, same as with western text.
Why does the brain tend to constantly play music on its own ?
From the experience of a musician, it's always there. It never leaves. But then again, we want it there. There's no "Maybe if I complete the song instead of turning it off in between, it will stop." I guess we have to always make sure it's something we like. It can be bad though, like when you are talking to people. They're telling about their petty, melodramatic life and you're zoning out thinking about that sick part you just heard, muttering the drum rudiment under your breath.Just a note: if you are interested in music, the brain, the psychology and neuroscience behind their interaction, I suggest reading Oliver Sacks book Musicophilia. It's really really interesting and will probably teach you things about the interaction of the brain and music you never even thought of. Really great book and really interesting for anyone who is into music.
Biologically, why are some people naturally better singers than other?
The difference lies in the brain and vocal aptitude. Different people have different levels of understanding harmony and other aspects of music. Also, some people have greater levels of pitch discrimination, which allows them to sing more on-key. The diaphragm and larynx are involved in singing. Some people have strong diaphragms that give them more power in speaking and singing. The larynx is a muscular organ. Singing well requires a great deal of fine motor control in the larynx, and some people are genetically predisposed to having strong fine motor skills.
Why cant we colonize the moon?
Because there's no point. There are no resources there to sustain life, and thus everything would need to be shipped from earth which is very costly and incredibly inefficient.
What are the different kinds of lightbulbs?
There are [incandescent lightbulbs]. These have a bulb-shape and get hot. They work by putting electricity through a thin wire made of tungsten, which gets really *really* hot: hot enough that it shines brightly. The other main type is [fluorescent]. These usually have a more spiral shape, although other shapes are possible. Roughly, these work by using electricity to excite mercury atoms , causing them to emit ultra-violet light. The glass is coated with a special material the fluoresces, meaning it "converts" the ultra-violet light into visible light. Also, you can make spaces in comments by typing & nbsp; For example: & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;', "Incandescent - wire in a bulb , gets hot, warm light Fluorescent - Tube of gas, opaque, gets warm, a whiter more sterile light, flickers rather than dims. HID - bright light, pure white , haven't really seen it much other than on cars LED - small , typically on a circuit board with other stuff, typically in multiples, various colors, usually if its on an electronic device , its an LED", 'In addition to the two mentioned by thewortsnoveltyacct, there are also light-emitting diodes. These are semiconductors that allow current flow one way , and light is emitted when electrons relax after passing from a high-energy band to a low-energy band in the semiconductor. They look like [this].
How do 3d printers work and what are the limitations to what they can or can’t make?
There are several technologies behind various 3d printers, but the most common one uses a nozzle to melt hot plastic into a line, sort of like icing a cake. The 3D object is sliced into layers by software and the printer draws each layer one on top of the other. As the plastic melts together and cools, you gradually build up a solid 3D shape. The main drawbacks to this method are overhanging sections without support can tend to droop as the hot plastic has to span a gap and has nothing to build on top of. There's also a relatively large diameter of plastic that is pushed through the nozzle which can make tiny details blend in compared to other higher resolution methods of printing, and the specifications of the printer.
How is the heat energy released by the burning fuel is converted to the mechanical energy of a car’s motion?
_URL_0_ The key is that when you burn fuel, hot gases expand. You have a piston that goes back and forth in a cylinder. When it goes down, making more room in the cylinder, it sucks a fuel/air mixture in. On the way up, it compresses that mixture. A spark ignites the mixture and the resulting gasses *take up more room*, pushing the cylinder back down. The cylinder comes up again to push the burnt fuel out & then the cycle starts over. Crudely, the process can be described as "suck, squeeze, bang, blow". The specifics involve all sorts of things like intake/exhaust valves, flywheels & multiple cylinders to make sure you're generating power throughout the whole cycle and a million other little thingsThe rapidly expanding gases in the cylinder forces the piston to move downward. This downward movement turns the crankshaft because of the way the piston is attached to the crankshaft off center. The crankshaft turns the gears in the transmission and turns the wheels.
Why do we perceive those who don't speak the same language as us to be less intelligent?
I don't think that's a given. Perhaps the inability to communicate makes it harder to sympathize with what they're saying. But I know personally I don't perceive foreign language speakers to be less intelligent.
How come "mother" and "father" are always some variation of the M and P sound, regardless of language?
They are some of the oldest words in any language. They are almost as old as language itself. They are [15,000 years old]. Words are preserved by use. The more you use a word, the harder it is to change that word. If you don't ever use a word much, it might be possible that your children won't hear that word from you. Or if they do, it won't stick quite as hard. Then, another nearby tribe comes in to trade and they use a different word for this thing, and their word is what sticks. Or even just a neighbor invents their own word for that thing, their kids play with your kids, and your kids pick up that word. But when it's a really super common word, you use that word so much that it sticks *really* hard in your lexicon. "Mother" and "father" are super super commonly used words. What's the first word most kids learn? "Mama". The second will probably be "Dada". Even before language existed, as humans were just beginning to vocalize in language-like ways, the first vocalizations are going to be calling for our parents, and you're going to pass those sounds from generation to generation. As humans diversified and their language diversified, those early sounds were kept because no matter where you're from, your ancestors learned those same sounds and the have been used so much since then that even 15,000 years isn't enough to change them completely.That's a pattern that fits for a lot of languages, but not all languages. For example, if you scroll through this list you'll find a lot that do fit and a lot that don't. Also, all European/Indian languages come from a common source, called the Proto-Indo-European language , so it makes sense that English, French, Czech, etc. all have similar words for Mom and Dad. And I think words babies find easy to say probably have a lot to do with it too.
How did the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 come about?
* Housing prices were going up for a very long time creating a bubble. * Lenders decided that they'd take advantage of the increasing values by selling loans to people who couldn't normally afford them * This on top of people who were taking out equity loans on their homes. * They bundle the loans into large chunks called Securities. * The securities were then insured so that the banks wouldn't lose money if they defaulted . * Eventually something would cause housing prices to stop going up. * this caused the people in the risky loans to default. Many of the loans they were sold required home values to keep going up . * Snowball effect.
Why is it that the lottery has reached a records high this year and the year before that ect. It it purely by chance or are there other factors involved?
The organizers of the lottery have changed the [odds of winning a few times] and since the top prize grows when there's no winner the odds increases mean the pot can get much larger than in the past.
why is the earth so hot on the inside?
There are three main sources\xa0of\xa0heat in the deep\xa0earth: heat from when the planet formed and accreted, which has not yet been lost; frictional heating, caused by denser\xa0core\xa0material sinking to the center\xa0of\xa0the planet; and heat from the decay\xa0of\xa0radioactive elementsA few reasons. One, and this is my favourite, there is a shit ton of nuclear material in there, all slowly decaying away and releasing awesome amounts of heat at the same time. Then there's the heat from the old times, the \'accretion\' period when the earth first formed. That heat has been slowly bleeding away ever since, but much is still held by the Earth. And the one that's hard to understand, \'frictional heating\' as the heavier elements sink to the core. I sum that up by saying \'gravity.\' But there's a lot missing from that explanation. Any way, if you google "why is the Earth's core hot" these are the three answers that pop up. So, off you go now.
Why do islands like these form?
Those are called barrier islands, and they are caused by receding tides dropping sediment on the oceanbed a few hundred feet to a few miles offshore. As the tide recedes into open water, the movement becomes slower, and the slower water is no longer able to keep moving the sediment. Over very long times, you get underwater dunes, followed by islands.
How can car insurance companies legally charge men more than women?
There are no laws that make it illegal. The Civil Rights Act forbids gender discrimination by places of public accommodation, such as restaurants, hotels, etc. It isn't applicable in this case. States could pass laws to make it illegal, but they have not. Montana is an exception and I believe it is illegal to charge men more than women.
Why are there so many checkout lines in grocery stores but never enough employees to fill them?
A few reasons. Redundancy: if a lane goes down, you can just shut it down and move to the next one in line while tech support fixes it, rather than holding up customers. Peak use: A couple times a year, all of those lanes will be needed, mostly for big holidays. You can't really build more lanes, so you build the number of lanes you'll need at maximum and leave the ones you don't need idle. EDIT: Top comment on top thread on ELI5? Damn, that's never happened to me before. EDIT 2: Guys, I'm well aware that the "peak use" thing is an ideal case and that lots of stores don't do it that way. There's no accounting for bad management!', "The store is built to accommodate their busiest days, but they don't staff as if it were Christmas everyday.
The President of the United States and what he actually DOES.
> Shouldn't he, as the supposed leader of the country, be able to say "Gay marriage is now legal in America and you gotta deal with it"? No, definitely not. Well, at least that was the philosophy of the Founders. The executive branch, which the President is in charge of, enforces laws. It doesn't create them - that's the job of Congress. The Founders thought it 'd be best to keep those two groups in check with each other. Add to that the fact that marriage has traditionally been a state issue, so he wouldn't have a say over it anyway. > Or is he just a figurehead, a puppet for the senators and the military? Again, he and senators are completely different branches. As for the military, he's the commander-in-chief. He's ultimately in charge of it. > Are we really just that fucked, or is there some failsafe where the President can actually just fucking DO SOMETHING like we so desperately need? We could all revolt and put a dictatorship into place, I suppose. > What does he actually DO? Have you read [this]? If so, are there things you're specifically wondering about?', "Kid I hope you didn't grow up in America. This is basic, and I mean basic history class lectures. Just google executive branch.
Does the text in the Quran justify Muslim extremists' suicide bombings and other attacks?
Considering suicide is expressly forbidden, and killing innocents is as well, not really, but extremists of any religion will find a way to justify what they want to do using whatever mental gymnastics they can.Not really, it's all in how you interpret it. It's the same as how certain verses in the Bible can be warped to justify extremist views.
Why are some people picky eaters?
As a behaviorist and a picky eater , I can help with the exposure therapy bit. Forced eating will likely make the problem worse, as the food is now associated with an even worse outcome . Exposure therapy, which requires consent, will likely make the food more appealing over time. This will require starting very very small then making gradual steps towards their final goal. This will take time, frequency, quantity, and individual differences into account. Shrimp, for example, are a popular food aversion due to their ubiquity and frequent poor preparation. Exposure might begin with just smelling the shrimp, then putting a bit in the mouth, then eating a small bit inside of a piece of bread, then eating a small piece, and so on. It may not help someone to enjoy the food, but it will help to make it more tolerable.Everyone's tastebuds are different in some way. To some people, nearly every type of food tastes good, but to others, only a small number of foods may taste good.
How Getty Images owns the rights to so many pictures.
For myself they just sent me an email that basically 'we want to sell these, if we do we will send you wads of cash. Please sign this contract if you agree'
Why do people flame each other over their political philosophy?
The success or failure of any political philosophy depends on it's popularity. So when someone disagrees with you on politics, they are by definition preventing you from doing what you think will help the world. It's frustrating. But you're right of course, anger is not a helpful emotion and reason must prevail.Because politics are an area where people have very strong feelings and opinions. Plus, by their very nature, politics are designed to be quite polarizing. Having ideologies and opinions that are very strong and very different causes people to act emotionally rather than productively.
Why can we easily pour a lot of booze into ourselves during a party but two cups of tea/water/etc. in a row makes us feel full?
I think this is a little subjective? I mean, I can easily drink 2 liters of soda in a sitting and I don't necessarily feel full. It depends on what you ate/drank before, I guess. Also, drinking beer never makes you feel bloated? It's pretty frequent for me. This would depend on how much it takes to get "knocked down" You also tend to drink beer a lot slower than you 'd drink something else out of thirst. So you kind of have a perpetual "break" in therePart of it is social/peer pressure. We expect to drink a lot, so we force ourselves to. Another part is that alcohol is a diuretic - it makes you pee more, which makes you dehydrated, which makes you want to drink more.
How DSLR cameras can record videos
the reflex mirror is lifted and the light from the lens is allowed to hit the sensor continuously. in video mode, a DSLR is no different than a camcorder.The physical shutter and mirror are moved out of the way, allowing light to continuously hit the sensor. The software on the camera then employs what's known as a rolling shutter where it basically continuously reads images from the sensor. Unfortunately, this technique causes interesting distortions in the image. Regular cameras will either have an actual shutter to prevent this or in some other way allow the sensor to capture a complete image before transferring it . This is more expensive though.
What Negative Effects Does Ecstacy Have on Your Brain/Life?
As with most soft drugs, we are not completely sure. There are some studies linking ecstasy with long term dependence and altered brain chemistry, but as with all studies like this, it suffers a fatal flaw the subjects are *drug users*. Drug users are willing to break the law to get high. That puts them in a category of people who really like to get high, and will take risks to do so. Those people tend to do other things, like smoke, drink, and do other drugs, that make it really hard to separate cause and effect. They may also be self medicating an existing condition. They also tend to go to jail, which will have far greater long term physical and psychological effects than any soft drug.
Why is sleep absolutely necessary?
Sleep is a heightened anabolic state, accentuating the growth and rejuvenation of the immune, nervous, skeletal and muscular systems. essentially, we heal our psyche and our body when we sleep', "We don't know. A recent study suggests that out brain needs sleep to destroy toxic waste inside us, but meh. I don't know.Literally no one knows. Took a class on dream psychology, and the best explanation for why we sleep is because we get sleepyApparently to clean our brain. I have no idea if this theory has any peer review yet.
Why are companies like Google and Microsoft always under Anti-Competition scrutiny, but Apple is not?
Apple is constantly under anti-competition scrutiny. They just won a $1B suit over their iTunes software in December. They just lost a case in Taiwan in June over their pricing schemes for hardware. In the US, they're currently under investigation for anti-competition violations with their Apple Music service, raised by Spotify's owners. In Canada, they're currently under investigation for anti-competitive contract pricing with Canadian cell carriers. Heck, I'm just citing iPhone-related cases in the past year. Anti-competition all comes down to proving that they're violating specific laws in a specific way. There's many exceptions, there's many loopholes, and there's many people willing to a raise a suit whether they can win or not.
How do anchors work?
The anchor works both via its weight and its hooks. The hooks only hold in the direction of the seabed. That means, if the boat is directly above the anchor , you can usually just pull it out. If that doesn't work, the ship might have to do some manoeuvering or in the worst case cut the line, attach a buoy and come back laterIt's not meant to act as much like a hook, it acts more like a weight. The "hook-like" bits on an anchor just give it more traction from sliding on the sea bottom.
What ever happened to all those cash for gold companies?
_URL_0_ The value of gold was climbing until 2012, when the market suddenly trended downwards, and it's predicted to get worse. Since gold isn't as valuable anymore, there's less incentive to run a business that collects it.
Why do cases like the Jodi Arias trial and the Casey Anthony trial blow and get so much media attention?
Who the victim is makes a big difference too. If someone kills a homeless person, nobody cares. People take it harder when the victim's family are people we think deserve more sympathy. Edit: and lets never forget social issues. If a murder can also be used as proof for claims someone was already making, it will get more attention. A mother killing her children or a woman claiming she killed her boyfriend because she was abused give people an excuse to bring up all kinds of related issues that they already wanted to talk about. In these cases people were pretty interested in making it about some big failure of modern values replacing traditional ones. With the abductions in Cleveland, traditional values were blamed.
Why do certain Ethnicities give off a stronger odor when they sweat?
basicaly, We all stink if we dont shower, but differences in diet and genetics make it that the smell is different, You reek too but - you´re use to it and since you mostly hang out with people of your own etnicity you dont notice it. - Most deodorant sticks in western countries are designed for white people and are probobly less effective on people with different skins. Theres a similar thing with safety razors where those multiblade razors from gillette and Schick work great for white people but tend to be quite abresive for african americans causing spots, bumps and ingrowns.
Why does my vision seemingly improve when I squint?
This is how I believe it works based on my experience with traditional lenses: Spherically shaped lenses do not diffract light perfectly. Light hitting the corner of the lens will "over-bend" the light that hits the center, causing the light from the object to be spread out, creating a fuzzy image.Spherical lenses work good enough for most instances, but for high accuracy a parabolic lens is needed. Parabolic lenses bend light in just the right way, so that light hitting the corner of the lens will meet perfectly with light hitting the center of the lens at the focal point. Both spherical and parabolic lenses have very similar shapes over a small area, and when an aperture is placed in front of a spherical lens it works just as well as a parabolic lens. My guess is that when you squint you're creating an aperture, and forcing light to enter only the center of your eye, not the corners that diffract imperfectly.
What happens in a car when you press the button to put it in 'Sport' mode?
This varies by vehicle and manufacturer, but generally it changes the shift points in an automatic transmission. It may also make the ABS and traction control less aggressive and stiffen the suspension. You'll have to look up your car specifically to see what your sport mode does.
Why are Fingerprints valid?
> is it NOT POSSIBLE to have matching fingerprints? Of course it is possible, just fairly improbable. It is reasonably likely that you share fingerprints that are close enough to be difficult if not impossible to distinguish with a couple living people today. But the way they are used in legal trials or identification isn't as an absolutely unique identifier but rather a very strong indication of identity.It is possible to have to "identical" fingerprints, it's just unlikely, and depends on what we mean by "identical". How unlikely is a [matter of some debate]. There have been some [clear cases of errors]. The standard way to match fingerprints is to look at where the ridge lines branch or end. These points are then mapped out and the number of ridge lines between them are counted. This approach is easy to automate, and cope with smudged of partial fingerprints fairly well. The problem is that if you only have part of a fingerprint and can only look at 5 points there is a much greater chance of false match than if you look at 13 points. Different places have different standards for what "identical" means. I can't find an online source right now, but some people like to talk about a 1 in 1,000,000,000 chance of a false positive, but that assumes at 13 point match while in many parts of the USA a 5 point match is enough. In theory you can also look at the pores on the fingers to find additional detail and get a better match from a smaller fingerprint. Unfortunately in tests the experts can't do this consistently and the way fingerprint images are stored and compressed doesn't preserve this detail accurately. Comparing something analog with a QR code isn't necessarily useful. In a QR code there are a few boxes which are either black or white. With a fingerprint there can be far more detail if you can look closely enough.