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How are the numbers/letters on my calculator capable of casting shadows? | They are made of a substance called *liquid crystal* that becomes opaque when a bit of electricity runs through it. Since it's opaque, it casts shadows. In fact that's why you can see the numbers at all: they block light trying to reach you from a mirror in the back of the display. |
What happens to a person when their house becomes a crime scene? | 99.9% of the time this isn't even an issue because the police are in and out before it even becomes an issue. It's only really serious crimes that this would come up. As a general rule they will offer to call a friend or family member to see if you can stay with them. They will allow you to get clothes and stuff from y... |
why does the new pope get such good PR? | The new pope has a much better feel for politics and is just generally a lot more progressive than the past pope. He's focusing a lot more on poverty and oppression, which is what Jesus was all about, instead of dogma and rules. He's also toned down the homophobia, though his opinion and the position of the church is s... |
How is it that one of my chickens consistently lays eggs with two yolks | Is she young? If so, she will likely grow out of it. Some chickens have a genetic predisposition to double yolking, but most of the time it's just a mistake. Biological processes have non-zero error rates and in the long run it's just a yield question. Lay more eggs and the problem goes away, you'll still have enough y... |
how do I know the gas station isn't screwing me as I'm filling up my car and the total amount I have to pay is rising on the display? | You just have to trust your state's Weights and Measures agency. There should be a sticker somewhere on the pump showing when the last inspection was. |
If a conductor started doing completely random moves with it's staff, would the orchestra be confused and stop playing, or would it just carry on? | Depends on how the conductor moves, what level the band is , and how the conductor generally conducts. Many high school conductors, for example, need to continuously keep time, especially if it's outside of a typical time signature such as x/4 or x/3. If the band hadn't practiced all that much and the conductor suddenl... |
How do people get video game soundtracks to youtube? | There's a few ways to get the music from a video game. After that, it's like creating any other video with music. Released files. Sometimes developers will release the files as a soundtrack, either for sale or as a bonus download. Digging around. Like edman007 mentioned, some games store music as straightforward files.... |
What’s the difference between good sugars (ie. fruit) and bad for you sugars (candy, soda, etc.)? | Nothing. Sugar is sugar. The difference is an apple has 19g of sugar and is also full of plant fiber and healthy vitamins. A 20 oz mountain dew has 77g of sugar, and it's a drink that won't fill you up at all.Fruit has nutritional value in the form of vitamins and minerals, and in the case of fresh fruit, fiber. Candy ... |
If Ferdinand Porsche had already designed the first hybrid electric vehicle in 1901, why was that hybrid technology never used until 1997? | Electric cars did have some early success around the turn of the century, but the technology ultimately wasn't good enough to compete with the gasoline internal combustion engine once the electric starter was perfected. Early gasoline cars were loud, fickle things that had to be crank started and this was a tricky and ... |
Why are so many Americans against speed cameras? | Because there are so many Americans that speed and also don't want speeding tickets. Source: I'm an American that speeds. |
How do people think the holocaust was made up and never happened? | Most "holocaust deniers" don't believe it was made up. They believe it wasn't as extensive as claimed. There are a variety of reasons..some more reasonable than others. I 'd recomend a google search, it would take pages to typeJust like with any conspiracy theory the thinking goes like this: "We found one tiny single i... |
How do the subway sub toasters work | They are convection/radiation ovens that hit with both a blast of superheated air and heat from radiant elements. 700 to 1000 degrees will toast the shit out of some bread.Dry heat toasts the bread? It's just a giant toaster oven. |
How do hackers from China find my new server immediately after I point a domain to it? | Honestly, I find that hard to believe. The entire ip address space gets scanned perpetually. Whether or not it resolves. Port scans, attempted logins on ssh, telnet and ftp and various web app exploits are constantly being run. |
how is a serving size determined? | It's all made up. At least in the US, there's no standard. All they're required to do is show the amount of servings in the product and what each serving represents. i.e. the company arbitrarily decides how many grams/ounces/any random measurement equals 1 serving.The manufacturer gets to pick the serving size. For exa... |
Why are Latinos and Hispanics separated? | For two reasons. First off Latino and Hispanic aren't the same thing. Hispanic relates to Spanish speaking cultures, while Latino relates to people from central and South America, as well as Mexico. So, for example, someone from Spain could be considered Hispanic but not Latino, while someone from Brazil is Latino but ... |
Why don't console gaming systems just share? | This [same question] was posted less than a day ago. My response to it: 1) Technical reasons. Different architectures/languages across consoles and PCs make it difficult for compatibility. Also, gotta get muh dollars. 2) It already has. Off the top of my head I can think of Shadowrun, which was Windows + Xbox Live mult... |
Why aren't all power lines buried underground? | The simple answer is that to put above-ground lines underground is time consuming and expensive. You have to dig up a whole lot of trenches for the lines, which would mean tearing up sidewalks, driveways, gardens, etc. Private individuals may find it to be too expensive, and it's too low of a priority for cities to pay... |
Why does a dead alkaline battery bounce? | The insides of a fresh cell is soft and fluid. This means that when it hits something solid, the fluid inside moves, absorbing the energy. The insides of a used battery dry out, so it doesn't move, doesn't absorb the energy, so the energy makes the battery bounce. |
Why are car windshield's slanted, but bus and train windshields straight up-and-down usually? | For cars, it's important to reduce drag. For busses & trains, the priority is volume and getting as many people on as possible.Efficiency is the name of the game |
What is the difference between a jacobian and a gradient? | Basically they are the same. When you have a function from **R**^n to **R**^m, and you think of it as mapping n real numbers to m real numbers , then the Jacobian is the derivative of all of the outputs with respect to all of the inputs. That's n·m derivatives, which you can arrange in an m×n or n×m matrix. When m=1, t... |
What do they actually teach you in business school? | Accounting, Finance, Operations Management, Financial Reporting, Marketing, Business Strategy, and most importantly, how to get drunk at a nightclub and call it a business expense. _URL_0_If it is a good school, they teach you how to think and how to network. Curriculum wise, Harvard Business School teaches the same th... |
How online stores can afford to offer free shipping on heavy items | In short the answer is volume. They do so much business with the shipper that they are given steep discounts for doing all of their shopping through their company. |
Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter- White Privilege and How these movements contribute or perhaps distract from the debate. | Two essential components to the BLM engine is - disenfranchisement from society - mistreatment by the justice system . The reality is a lot more gray than they let on. Yes, poor counties tend to have lower funding for school/etc. But people must also recognize their role and responsibility. When the mall is more popula... |
The "Saw" film series plots, twists, and everything else | You're 5 years old. You shouldn't be watching that shit.There's a guy. He thinks that people haven't truly lived until they 've been in a life or death situation. He also wants to turn really bad criminals into good people. He will find people who are criminals, and put them in a life or death trap. There will always b... |
Why do some people tend to perform certain actions better/worse depending on what time it is? | Everyone has different circadian rhythms, aka sleep cycles - some have advanced cycles where they go to sleep early and wake up early, others have delayed cycles where they go to sleep late and wake up later, and others in between. It's been shown that our brain performs better at different times of the day, depending ... |
Who takes care of the animals driven over on the roads? | In the US, if it’s not inside city limits the county road department does it. They come out with a truck and shovel and clean it up. If it’s large game that’s been struck by a vehicle and there’s still useable meat, the game warden will take it to be processed and donated. If it’s in the city, the city sanitation/road/... |
Is there any physiological difference between a natural nose & nose that has gone through rhinoplasty? | A nose job essentially rearranges the bones inside your nose. If you hurt your nose, whether or not you've had a nose job, it could heal incorrectly and bones would heal in the wrong spots or scar tissue would push out things that aren't where they're supposed to be. They're essentially the same thing, except the one w... |
what is philosophy and what does it do? | As a philosophy minor in college I can say that philosophy is more of a directed wisdom. But that still doesn't capture it very well. As is taught, philosophy is historic and political in context. The great philosophers were thinking about something. A lot of those things are political related and relevant in the day. ... |
why did the book in the latest Hydraulic Press Channel video explode? | It's similar to the principles behind a volcano. Pressure keeps building up and building up in one specific point. However, there is some strong material resisting that pressure, in the volcano case it is the dirt, rock, and metal sitting above it, and in the book case it's the pages sitting under the press. However, t... |
Why do the majority of Americans drive automatic cars but in Britain most people drive manual cars? | It's primarily because of the car manufacturers following the demands of the consumer. In the US it's more common to take cars on long, uneventful highway journeys, where an automatic is beneficial; in the UK it's more common to do shorter, slower journeys, where a manual is preferred. |
How is it decided if a road will be a street, avenue, or something else? | A street is made through an urban environment, mainly to connect buildings and freely let people interact. A road is just a simple path from one place to another. An avenue is defined as a straight road with trees on each side. A boulevard is a big streetIt varies from place to place, and there is a lot of overlap, but... |
Why is it easier for people to fall asleep when watching something? | When watching something it acts as white noise before sleeping. It's used to mask out background sounds and keeps you asleep by drowning out sounds that'll wake you up.Some people need to get their mind to stop thinking so much. Others just need some kind of background noise. |
The obstacles in establishing a standard global currency? | It's really difficult to have a currency that spans more than one state/government. The problem arises when you don't have an effective international system of enforcing the laws and regulations that go along with maintaining a currency. The US, for example, is composed of 50 states, but the dollar system works because... |
How much authority do campus police and security guards really have? | It depends on where you are. In many cases, campus police are real police & have the same authority & powers as any other policeman. Security guards, OTOH, can't do much more than escort you from the campus. |
How is the haute couture fashion business sustainable. | It exists for the same reason car companies build halo cars: it adds prestige to the brand. Although they may be breaking even or even losing money on each piece, they get so much attention that it boosts the more profitable product lines. What is the first thing actresses are asked when they're on the red carpet? "Who... |
Why do men go bald but most women don’t? | **Dihydrotestosterone .** It's a more potent cousin of normal testosterone. It's a super hormone of sorts! And it has profound impact on the men. From the development of genitals to pubic/body hair to maintenance of prostate, etc. Sadly, as a side effect, it also causes pattern hair loss typically associated with men. ... |
How can I weigh myself right before I go to sleep, and right after I wake up in the morning, and weigh more in the morning? | If it is a subtle difference, your scale might not be properly zeroed or is just slightly inaccurate. Or you are cooking yourself a nice breakfast while you sleepwalk. |
What do they use as cocaine in movies that have scenes of people snorting ? | _URL_0_ As the article says it depends. But it's not real cocaine and it has to be something that is digestable, like the powdered lactose that is mentioned. |
How does a bee actually have the strength to sting me? | It is not a matter of strength. It behaves like a needle, you can sting yourself just having it touch you because its diamter is smaller than for example your skin's pores. |
Why haven't us wealthier nations helped out third world nations enough to become 2nd world nation or even 1st world nations? | We are constantly trying. But its not a problem you can throw money at, and unfortunately a lot of Third World nations have corrupt governments that direct aid from First World nations into their own pockets or toward their militaries. Theres not much more we can do if a Third World government doesn't cooperate, unless... |
Why can't we consume the daily required nutrients we need in pill or drip form rather than having to eat a variety of foods and having to and expel it out of our bodies? | You can, but it's boring. People in a coma live on nutrient paste and IV drip. You need to expel some waste because damaged cells and useless metabolic products need to go somewhere. |
Why do phones have a limit of how much expandable storage they have? | Different standards. There are three different types of SD formats, these also apply to MicroSD. SD: Up to 2 GB SDHC: Up to 32 GB SDXC: Up to 2 TB, although cards of that size don't exist yet. People have only been able to make 256 GB MicroSD cards, and those are still very expensive. So when a phone manufacturer says ... |
how does cement work? | The "load of powder" is really the kicker of cement. It's actually a carefully selected mixture of compounds that react with the water added in a series of exothermic reactions that interlock their crystal structures, providing a very useful building material. Usually the sand and other materials are added to help stab... |
Why is the human heart associated with love? | Likely it's because of the physical human reactions to love. I mean, think back to some time when you've had a crush on someone. You've probably felt a swelling in your chest or an increased heartbeat. That feeling in that region probably led to the origins of the heart being associated with love.There are several reas... |
If each president can overturn the laws passed by the previous administration easily, is there no way to make the laws permanent? If yes, how? | Presidents in the US do not make laws or overturn them. Laws are changed through the legislative bodies of the Senate and Congress. The President is the head of the Executive branch which enforces the laws. Laws can be made more permanent than normal if made into Amendments to the Constitution. These are very difficult... |
Why are the first episodes of a lot of shows called pilot? | A “pilot” is a term for a test run of something. The term “pilot project” refers to tentative model or solution that if it proves successful will become standardized or official. Many tv shows create “pilot” episodes that are then reviewed and later a decision is made to give a show a longer run. Amazon is famous for h... |
Why do all American radio stations names start with a K? | > New broadcasting stations are assigned call signs beginning with K if they are west of the Mississippi River, and beginning with W if they are east of the river. source: _URL_0_ Google is difficult, nowadays.I think that's only the west coast. When I went to New York, all the stations started with a W. |
Why aren't torrenting or pirating sites taken down for illegal downloads? | They are. The Pirate Bay bounces from country to country every time it gets shut down, until it finds a home in a country that doesn't care. |
Why were/are the Irish hated so much? | no more prejudice than any other immigrant group in the US. Bit more complicated in the UK due to the Troubles _URL_0_ While the violence was mainly confined to the North, the IRA did carry out bombing campaigns in mainland UKIRA terrorism in the UK has already been mentioned, but in the USA there was a time when "Iris... |
My tea is red but the condensation under the lid is clear. Why isn't it also red? | Condensation comes from water vapor in the air which changes from a gas back into a liquid. Whatever substance is making the liquid red apparently does not vaporize in the same way the water does and so the condensation will not contain it.The condensation under the lid is from evaporated water which is pure water. The... |
Military question, not sure how to phrase it. | As they're the last in the horizontal line, they have to keep eyes front to avoid drifting and keep the unit's formation intact. It's one of many ways we try to idiot-proof marching in the military |
Why handmade products are more valuable than automatically made products? | There is supply and demand, with hand-made stuff taking longer per unit, they are more rare. They also tend to have a level of uniqueness since they aren't churned out with the exact same process. And some people simply value things knowing someone put a lot of time and effort into it. Still, it does depend on the prod... |
Why are scientific papers sometimes released behind a paywall? | Journals have to pay the bills. You can either make money through subscriptions, or advertising. Advertising would compromise the integrity of the journal, so unless they generate a lot of subscription income , they need the moneythey gotta keep the lights on somehow. the other way to do it is to be paid for by an enti... |
How does Steam and other digital game distribution business's make money. | **Steam:** Steam is the middle man. Valve charges publishers and indie developers a fee to sell a game through Steam, and takes a percentage of each sale. Steam was one of the first digital game distribution platforms. **Origin:** Origin is owned and operated by Electronic Arts. Since EA is both a developer and a publi... |
The European Union (EU), Free Trade Association (EFTA), Economic Community (EEC), and Economic Area (EEA) - What are their objectives? | European Union - Free Trade and build a powerful international bloc and everything the EEC stood for EFTA - Free trade for european nations that didn't want to join the union. Prevent nations not joining the EU from being left out. EEC - Prevent war between members by having the profits from international trade superse... |
Why do elevators have two separate call buttons? | If you press up, and the car is going down, it won't stop for you. This saves the other passengers time, since they don't have to stop on the way down. The car will stop for you on the next upward pass. If there's more than one car, you save time as well because you don't have to deadhead down - you can just get whatev... |
What do people without permanent addresses do during elections? | The only people without a permanent address are the homeless or the tiny number of people caught between homes staying with a friend or at a hotel. Both groups are basically ignored. If you are talking about college students, their permanent address is with their parent/guardian legally. |
Why do some electronics have a 'maximum operating altitude' | 10 seconds on google Capacators is also affected by pressure, humidity and temperature', "Put a computer in a vacuum chamber. It dies quickly. It's worse than turning off all the cooling fans. So short answer: low-density air has very little conductive/convective cooling capability. Metal heat-sink fins stop working. |
Why do our ears "perk" up when we hear certain noises? | Most other mammals have ears that swivel to turn towards sounds so that they can hear them better . Great Apes have lost that ability. However, the muscles are still there and still instinctively respond. [Here are some other things we've lost the use for but haven't totally gotten rid of yet.] |
Why does scurvy open old wounds? | Yes, wounds are essentially stitched up with collagen, which forms scar tissue. Scurvy is a deficiency of vitamin C, and collagen formation requires vitamin C, so the collagen in your body gradually breaks down. |
Why are there no regulations on how bright headlights can be? (And if there are, why so bright?) | What you are talking about is people using HID bulbs in their headlights. This bulbs aren't designed to be used in most standard oem reflector headlight housings, they are supposed to be used in projector housings. The reflector housings scatters the light hence the blinding effect. Part of the problem is you can get a... |
The difference between techno, electro, dubstep, and drum & bass? | For everything you ever wanted to know about electronic music there is the excellent [Ishkur's Guide To Electronic Music]. It's just old enough to predate dubstep but otherwise it's absurdly complete. And now, some examples using well-known tracks from each genre: Representing Techno, we have the infamous [Technoviking... |
why are solar powered desalination plants not widely used? | We currently don't have the technology to make desalination plants that are cheap and effective. It takes a lot of energy to treat water, and solar energy isn't quite sufficient yet. We need better solar panels, and to make construction of solar panels to become cheaper. It'll likely happen in time, but not for at leas... |
When I pour a glass of water and it sits for a few days, small bubbles form inside the diameter of the glass. Why is this? | There is air dissolved into the water, not enough to make it fizzy like soda but enough that if you give it time small bubbles will collect at nuclation points in the glassDo you mean circumference? Or do bubbles really form in a straight line through the center of the glass? |
What is the reason for finger nails? | To avoid damage against our fingers in our limbs. Remember we used to do a lot of stuff with our hands in the past and those wouldn't sustain so much damage without nails. Our ancestors, as every mammal has nails that seem adapted to their use.renewable anti-stress matter that you can chew on |
How did man discover smoking things like tobacco and marijuana? What made those plants special to give them the idea? | They probably just started out by throwing random things in the fire as fuel or to create smoke . One day someone threw on the leaves of one particular plant and it was **awesome** so they did it againTo the best of our knowledge, it was trial and error. Many people tried poisonous substances, and eventually people rea... |
Why do short naps give you so much energy, yet long naps make you so tired when you wake up? | Psychological point of view: Long naps confuse the body and disrupt your original sleeping schedule, which already decreases your quality of sleep, while a short sleep can give you a quick burst of energy without disrupting sleep pattern. The brain does understand that short naps are normal and don't directly interfere... |
How is the U.S. Legislative branch able to stop the Iran nuclear agreement? | The administration negotiated something that is not quite a PR stunt and not quite a treaty . From Iran's perspective the only thing that they really care about is lifting of sanctions. The US sanctions regime is a law, and that law allows the President to end the sanctions for reasons of national security. If there we... |
Why does a paused YouTube video not retain the same video quality as when its playing? | YouTube compresses video fairly aggressively. One of the ways this manifests itself is blocky artefacts. Normally these artefacts will blur across frames, meaning when frames are viewed at the normal speed you generally don't notice the artefacting as much, but paused only artefacts on that individual frame are seen, r... |
What is hydrated salt, and how is it different from saltwater? | Sort of. A hydrated salt has water molecules incorporated into its solid crystal structure. Each formula unit in a hydrated salt includes a certain number of water molecules squished in with it, so there is water there, but the whole thing is a solid crystal like dry table salt. Salt water is a fully dissolved solution... |
How does apple make money off of apple pay if there's no fee? | there's no fee to the customer. there is a fee to the vendor.Apple gets 0.15% per transaction . This is not an added fee, the card issuer actually gives Apple some of their profit because Apple Pay is so secure, meaning no liability claims that the card issuer has to pursue.In addition to what's already been said, let'... |
Why are our eyes extremely sensitive to foreign objects? (Shampoo, eyelashes, poolwater, etc.) | Because your eyes are really important, they need to be hyper aware of when things threaten them, and they tear up to remove whatever is in them |
how people become left or right handed | I believe it's predetermined at birth. I am right handed and my mother is left handed. She used to tell me that she 'd watch which hand I used to pick up things as a baby to see if I 'd be left or right handed and already from a very, very early age my right hand was dominant. This [article] also suggests that genetics... |
Given that America has one of the most powerful armies. Why don't they use that power to stomp out Mexican cartels and the gang problems in and around the USA? | The first one would mean the US is invading Mexico. You can't just take an army and go into another country and blow shit up and kill people. Mexico has their own police that should do that, and they partner with Americans and get support from Americans all the time. Similar thing with the second situation. States have... |
Why do some really popular reddit posts suddenly lose thousands of upvotes? | There's an algorithm in place to equalize stupidly high karma scores; i imagine the intent is to prevent hugely popular posts from dominating the front page for more than a few hours. gotta keep the content cycling.Follow up question: How did the top posts of all time get to where they are? Were these algorithms not in... |
How can one city be the "turning point" of a war? | A useful trade route could be broken, political hostages could be taken, large amounts of citizens could be killed, military outposts could be destroyed, or it could have been the first city attacked. For example Pearl Harbor or Nagasaki. Pearl Harbor was when the US joined the war, nagasaki was approximately when japa... |
The plot of the 90's cartoon Aeon Flux | There really isn't one. It is more of an art project than a story, meant to appeal visually, not intellectually. There is little continuity from episode to episode, with the title character dying repeatedly. What little story it has is based on a yin/yang kind of duality. Aeon is an assassin from shadowy Monica, Trevor... |
- what's with Italian city names? | English generally uses the French names for these cities. I believe it is because Italy was not politically or linguistically unified until comparatively late. It was too much hassle to learn the local forms of city names in all the minor Italian languages , so English just used the French names. By the time Italy unif... |
How does NSDAP abbreviate to Nazi? | yeah as said, it's just the pronunciation. national is pronounced 'nazi-o-nahl', the sozialismus bit doesnt even come into it.The German word for "National Socialism" is "Nationalsozialismus". **Na**tionalso**zi**alismus. And perhaps that makes it clear why it's pronounced "nat-zee"? |
When a song is a remix by a DJ, who gets royalties from it when it's bought on iTunes, Amazon, etc. The original artist or the DJ who made the remix? | Both, but mostly the label; it's not an either-or situation. The DJ's got permission from the label to release the remix , so the original artist gets some kick-back, along with the DJ. |
Why does snot change when you are sick? | Your body is continually producing mucus but if you get sick , this irritates the tissues and causes mucus production firstly to increase, so you make more of it. Your immune system also floods the infected tissues with various white blood cells to control the infection and ultimately eradicate it, but one particular t... |
How do such large objects get lodged so deeply in the noses of sea turtles? | When the turtle eats something too big, or non-digestible, it'll attempt to regurgitate it. Through some mistake in their anatomy, sometimes the object will not go through their mouths on the way out, but will instead attempt to go through the nose, lodging it in. |
where's the best place to position a fan to cool down | Well, I suppose blowing directly on you? However, I have some other thoughts on this and you can't stop me from writing them here. To cool a house with a fan, open one window at one end of the house, and the doors of course, and then put a fan blowing out in a window at the other end of the house. As the warm air is bl... |
Why we don't constantly feel "growing pains" at a young age? | Research has been coming out suggesting that vitamin d is the cause of growing pains in children. [This study] found that 86% of the children they studied had vitamin d deficiency, and after giving them supplements there was a drastic reduction of pain. What is implied then is that during this period of childhood the b... |
How has the creator of Bitcoin managed to stay anonymous even after all these years and after Bitcoin becoming more popular worldwide? | In April of 2011, [Nakamoto] emailed Andresen to say that the Bitcoin Project developers "should try to de-emphasize the whole ‘mysterious founder’ thing when talking publicly about Bitcoin." This was the last that anyone heard from him. The above quote is probably part of the reasons. Right from the start he tried to ... |
Why are some things like Richter and Decibel measured in a non-linear scale? What benefit is there? | Well, generally logarithmic scales are used because they are useful. In the case of hearing it is because our senses are designed in much the same way. It takes ten times the volume of sound for something to "sound" twice as loud to humans. Generally, the brain needs 10 times the sensory stimulus to sense something twi... |
Why my hands get hot as hell as soon as I bring them out of the snow into a warmer environment | Your hands aren't getting hot, they're actually returning to normal temperature after being quite cold. It just *feels* hot to you. It may also feel painful, tingly or achey. This phenomenon is called "the hot aches" or the "screaming barfies" among those who climb mountains and ice walls. It's one of the very early st... |
ELI5: The difference in electrical voltage, amperage, & wattage | Imagine a waterfall. Voltage: how high the waterfall is Amperage: how much water is going over the fall Wattage: in one second, how much water energy goes down the falls. A high water fall times lots of water equals lots of energy. = watts) |
How does the Witness Protection System work when there are minors involved and said minors have parents/family with visitation rights? | An individual entering the Program must have court-ordered custody of a child in order for the child to enter the Program. If the child's non-Program natural parent has court-ordered visitation rights with that child, that parent would have to agree , to the child being relocated, the child's name being changed, and mo... |
Why do FM radio stations only end in odd decimals? | The radio spectrum was divided up by regulating agencies so that different things could use radio communication and not mess with each other. FM was given the band from 87.8 to 108.0 MHz. Within that band there was a need for different channels. FM can't transmit an infinite amount of data; it needs some portion of the... |
Muscle cramp and why we get it? | I'm not an expert but I believe this is essentially what's happening. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. **CANCER** Just kidding. Your cramps are most likely due to low blood flow. When your calve doesn't get enough blood, there isn't enough oxygen to keep up with your metabolism. Your cells can't create the energy neede... |
Why do you need to register to vote, shouldn't you automatically be registered when you are born and unregistered when you die? | Registering to vote is about making sure that they know you are a citizen , and making sure that you vote in the proper district for where you live. Your physical house location is the most important part needed for the registration process as you could have a completely different representative from your neighbor acro... |
Why Do We Tend To Notice Things in Pairs? Or, why does there seem to be a general consensus that even numbers are more, "attractive"? | I've always looked at it as it has to do with being symmetrical. You can divide even numbers into two equal halves. When you look at someone and find them attractive their face is normally symmetrical. People without birth defects have symmetrical sides of the body, two arms, two legs, ten fingers and so on. This might... |
The power of the Tobacco industry and do they have the power to completely halt the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in the United States? | Pretty much everyone I know who smokes marijuana smokes it with tobacco so I'm not so convinced they will be hurt that much by it's legalisation. With the success of legalisation so far I doubt they have that much power to stop it anyway. What they should do is invest in genetically modifying tobacco to produce cannabi... |
What is the current situation in Russia and what could it be leading up too? | It's on the news that Russia have mobilized troops and are planning on Invading Ukraine. I recommend you visit /r/UkranianConflict as they would probably have a better answer for you . |
How do they get that footage of forming foetuses from inside the womb? | I'm not the OP, but I came in here hoping to see the answer as it concerns actual photographs of developing fetuses. As in, full color actual pics, not sonograms or the like. I would link to a sample pic, but all the top google images appear to be on anti-abortion websites and fuck those guys. |
If BOFA bought Countrywide after they sold defective mortgages, why is the US government suing them for it? | When you buy a company, you also buy that company's past, both the good and the bad. Outstanding lawsuits and contracts are included in this. iirc, the cost to the government from the specific fraudulent actions this penalty is for was estimated at about $1billion, so the fine recovers about 84% of that. I wouldn't cal... |
Why do towns have the population listed on road signs? | Depending on where the town is located, that could be the law. It is also a point of civic pride. When the city I live in hit 100,000 people they made a big deal about it everywhere. It can also be helpful information for the traveling public. Town of 500, you'll be lucky they have a gas station. Town of 20,000, they l... |
What is Abstract methods/classes in Programming languages. | So it's related to inheritance so I'll start there. So let's say you have a class, we'll call it "animal". Nothing is JUST an animal, we'll have a subclass for "human |
What is the sick and weird feeling you get after eating a lot of rich cookies/sweets? | It's called cloy, it happens mainly with sweets but it can apply to other foods or activities that are pleasurable at first but you get sick of them. The sweeter something is the sooner it cloys. |
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