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Why do tortilla chips not come in individual-sized bags?
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Because regular tortilla chips are a bit too bland and dry to eat by themselves and are mostly consumed at parties or a home environment, where they can be dipped in salsaThey do sell individually sized bags of tortilla chips. A quick Googles search led to _URL_1_ or _URL_0_ for example.Because why waste your time with chips and dip if you're only going to have that much?", 'They do, at least in Canada. They sell them at convience stores and gas stations with little dipping sauce sized containers of queso and salsa.
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How do people born blind perceive objects/things in their mind and how accurate are they in terms of shape, size and colour when compared to the actual object?
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They did an experiment back in 2011 by taking people who had been blind since birth, giving them a cube and a sphere, restoring their sight, then telling them to distinguish between them. The results were supposedly as good as if they had just guessed, meaning that blind people probably have different perceptions of objects than we do. [Source]
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What makes antibacterial soap different from regular soap?
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Antibacterial soaps have chemical additives, like triclosan, that kill bacteria. Regular soap simply washes them away, which is typically just as effective. A quick google search says that the antibacterial agents in soap need to be left on for 2 minutes to be effective, so they are likely not doing anything beneficial in normal handwashing scenarios.
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What is the purpose in using film grain on TV shows or Movies?
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Well it depends on how it was filmed. If it's film, then well the film grain comes from that. They aren't adding it on purpose. If it's digital, then it is being added to mimic film.
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I throw a handful of sunflower seeds in my mouth. Some of them taste salty after I've cracked them open. Why?
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Sunflowers, when under duress emit a "salty flavor" to discourage predators from eating further seeds. The reason they taste salty cracked open is that it comprises the integrity of the seed and therefore cannot reproduce. Predators that swallow the seed whole can then pass it on later through its feces.
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If black Americans are called African-American...Why aren't white Americans called "European-Americans"?
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I know you referenced forms and polls, but I think it is important to note that plenty of "white" people in America call themselves Irish-American, or Italian-American. I think the continent vs the country has more to do with the black people who's ancestors were brought over in slavery and therefore they likely have no knowledge of WHERE in Africa they originated fromBecause we have or at least had robust immigration. We have whole communities of African immigrants that are definitely have not much in common with AA's. So our census needs some way to tell the two apart with out just checking "black". If you want to use genetics then there would only be one box. African.Most of my Black friends prefer to be referred to as Black as opposed to African-American. They haven't really ever been to and don't have any connection to Africa.
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When do we observe red shift?
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RobusEtCaleritas is right. You can imagine it this way: Imagine you're standing in the ocean at the beach, a short distance from the shore. Waves move toward you at a constant pace. Let's say you are hit by one swell every 10 seconds. If you start running towards the shore, you will be hit by less and less waves, maybe once every 20 seconds. The frequency of waves has decreased . If you run back out to the ocean, the frequency that you are hit by a wave will increase. Maybe once every 5 seconds. This is blueshift.
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How come my contact lenses are thin as paper, yet my glasses with same prescription have thick lenses
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The contacts are closer to your eyes, so less refraction is necessary. There's a point when you can no longer where contacts because they'd be too big. There's also glass contacts. They're very painful though and you have to put them in with a special tool. They are a lot thicker.Different material with a different refractive index. You can also get ultra-thin glasses but they cost more because the material is more expensive. Also most of the curvature comes from your glasses being "needlessly large" EDIT: so even if the curvature is the same the "net thickness" on the thickest point is bigger. Also your glasses have to be self-supporting while your lenses float in your eye, which allows you to further reduce the thickness .
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Why do guys send dick pics?
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I work for a porn site. We don't do any production, I'm rarely ever where a camera will shoot me . However, guys send me as many dick pics as they do the models themselves. I guess it's just the thought of a girl opening it gets some of them off. Some probably think they might get some action? I don't know someday I should start a dick pick site. LOL", 'Send dick pic, hope for boob or twat shot in returnThe opening scene from this highly underappreciated movie explains it all :) _URL_0_Hope of getting reciprocal lady part pics or getting laid.
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Why can aquatic animals grow to be so much larger than land animals
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Because they don't have to life all that mass of the ground and trutch around with it. Buoyancy carries most of the weight.
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Why does everybody get mad at movies shot at 48 fps, but also a video games shot at below 60 fps?
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Motion Blur. As movies are filmed, the movement of the actors is recorded as still images. If they're moving fast enough, they blur slightly on the film. Our eyes interpret the blurring as motion more readily. At 48fps for a movie, the frames do not last long enough to have recorded any significant motion blur due to the higher shutter speed. This makes them almost look video-game like and unnatural Video games do not have motion blur. They are rendered directly as a series of still frames at full resolution with hard, crisp edges. Our eyes are good at seeing edges, and its easier to see the jumps from one frame to the next. At about 60fps, the still, fully rendered sharp images are coming fast enough that they appear as a smooth transition.[Difference between movie fps and video game fps]
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What are fabergé eggs and why are they so expensive?
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They are decorative eggs made by Peter Fabergé for the Russian Tsars. They were made out of precious metals and jewels, and were created solely in the Fabergé workshop and he only made 50 before the Russian Revolution. Only 42 are known to have survived . The eggs were basically these egg shaped objects that would sit on a table, some opened some had miniature portraits of the Tsars, all were extremely tedious to manufacture. They were all pieces of amazing jewelry, and were intended to inspire wonder and beauty to the Tsars, who were difficult to impress.
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How do analog synthesizers make sound?
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synthesizers are one thing, making sound is another. synthesizers "synthesize" signals. they basically generate all sorts of different wave patterns and signals and allow you to play with them. a speaker is a device that takes in an electrical signal and transfers it into a mechanical signal. how he does that you might ask? in the same way an electromagnet works. when current rushes in a coil, it creates a magnetic field in the middle of the coil towards one of the openings of the coil with strength depending on the current's strength. in the middle of the coil rests a magnet connected to a membrane that pushes air, and once the magnet sense that magnetic fiend it is pushed one side or the other, causing the membrane to either push or pull the air. do that push-pull thingy fast enough and you will start to hear a sound. once you reach a couple of thousand of these push-pull cycles per second, you get your average speakerSpeakers take a current and run it through a coil suspended in a magnetic field by a thin, flexible cone/membrane. Current through the coil moves the speaker cone, which compresses the air next to it. This compression wave travels through the air, and is called "sound". Analog synthesizers are all about making varying currents based on the appealing sound they produce when run through a speaker.
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What happens to a person's debt when they are the last person of a family line and die?
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It doesn't matter if you have family or not, debt cannot be inherited. If you do have debt when you die, your creditors can take from your estate to pay it off. If your estate is not large enough to pay the whole debt, the debt just goes away.The creditors can claim from the estate. If there is not enough in the estate to satisfy them, they lose their debt. Even if there are family members, this happens. The creditors may seize the whole of the estate but the family does not inherit the debt.It doesn't matter if you have relatives or not, when you die what ever money you owe is now owed by your estate. If all assets in your estate are liquadated and you still owe money, then it's bad debt that the lender will not get back.All of your assets will be sold off to pay your debts. Whatever debt is leftover is just considered "bad debt" to the company who owns it. They aren't getting paid it, its their fault. They took a risk in loaning out that money, and it didn't work out for them. There's always a risk of a debt not being paid, and this is one case where it doesn't get paidWhen you die, whether or not you have living heirs, all of your debts have to be paid off from your estate. Anything left over goes to your heirs. If there is nothing left over and you still owe, your creditors are out of luck. Except in rare circumstances, they cannot go after your heirs, they have to take a loss.
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Why does heating up food make it taste better?
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Part of your sense of taste comes from the smell sensors in your nose. This is why you can't taste much when you have a cold. Heating food causes it to give off more steam and various vapors which can then get to your nose quicker and easier.Warm molecules are more excited than cold molecules. Their excitement gets your taste buds more excited. Less like a 5 year old: Taste is a chemical reaction. Warm chemical reactions proceed with more energy and at faster rates than cold chemical reactions* you have an easier time tasting and smelling hot food* foods under chemical changes, like the [Maillard reaction], which makes it taste better to us
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How have denim blue jeans maintained their popularity while pretty much every other type of clothing has gone in and out of fashion?
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Cuts and styles of jeans have come and gone over the years. Sure, denim's been a staple of fashion since the 60s but we've seen Different cuts: bell bottoms, boot cut, straight leg, skinny jeans, pipe legs , low-rider waist, normal waist, high-cut waist, etc Different finishes: Indigo, stone washed, acid washed, galaxy washed, distressed, etc Denim's a comfortable, durable, inexpensive fabric to work with. It's no surprise that it's had a long life as typical American casual/semi-casual wear.
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Why are NFL quarterbacks overwhelmingly white while most other positions are held by black men?
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The percentage of white quarterbacks in the NFL is 78. The percentage white americans is 72.There was a study once showing that blacks have slightly elevated testorone when compared to white people. This can make physical aggression easier. Aside from that it could have to do with how they were raised and opportunities available. I don't think there is any scientific decision making that is involved and for the most part is speculation.
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Why can animals drink dirty water where as humans cannot?
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This is a bit of a myth. Animals are just as susceptible to waterborne diseases as humans, and they can get sick and die from them. Deer in North America have been documented with giardia, a common waterborne illness. On the other hand, waterborne diseases aren't as deadly as you might think. After all, all animals evolved drinking unfiltered water and they haven't gone extinct from waterborne illness. If you drink from an open water source you won't keel over and die; you probably won't even get sick from drinking it once. However humans are sedentary and drinking from a single unclean water source all your life means that you will get sick eventually. Also even if you won't die from a waterborne illness, it does mean that you might be off your feet for a few days or weeks; in public health the economic impact of disease is much more than just people actually dying. Animals, not having to work and earn a living for themselves, don't have this problem. And also, humans are smart and have an understanding of risk. Even if there's a 1% chance that you'll get sick from drinking dirty water, and then a further 1% chance of dying, would you take those odds? Not many people would actually die but we generally don't like to tolerate any preventable death.Humans can drink dirty water. Until the last century dirty water was just about the only kind of water anyone could get. People often died from waterborne pathogens and pretty much everyone had parasites, but the same is true of most wild animals.
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What is the point to things like Origami Owl, Scentsy, Paparazzi Jewelry, etc. that use a consultant to sell?
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It helps spread the word about the product without costly marketing fees. Consultants earn an income and sell the stuff to their friends and acquaintances. It's a good process for the company because they only have to pay a commission rather than employ people full-time and have to provide benefits.
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How do people who colorize photos know what color to make things?
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Depends on the source photo. For example old photos with advertisement or firetrucks or uniforms, it can be deduced from modern colors what their original color was. Otherwise the colors are just chosen arbitrarily so that they seem realistic and suitable for the given time the photo was takenThey dont. They can look at historical photographs or texts and try to deduce from that. Theres no real way to tell since a b/w photo only tells you how dark/light an object was.
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Are humans still being naturally selected?
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Natural selection works that individuals who have genes which improve their capability to reproduce are more likely to survive and thus the traits are kept the thing is, humans are so at the top of their game that we no longer need to adapt to specific environments, just look, humans are **all around the globe**, and pretty much most men eventually find a wife, natural selection does work though in a way that someone who appears unattractive is less likely to find a women or a wife, but this is sexual selection, in my opinion Natural selection is no longer an impact on civilized man because even cripples and people with mental deficits manage to survive until they die of old age. But, some cases do remain where natural selection is strong, such as HIV and disease resistance in africa or other tribes. **TL;DR:** Humans find it way too easy now to survive thus natural selection is not very strong to us besides disease resistance in areas where medicine is rarely easily provided, instead sexual selection is still here but more in a form of ''Cultural selection''.
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Why do my earplugs tangle up all the time?
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Someone published a [paper] on this in PNAS quite some time back. It's kind of cool. As a quick and dirty summary, what they found was that when jostled, strings tend to form coils, which then form loose weaves though the other strands. I guess it's similar to braiding and weaving. At that point they're pretty well tangled, and you're pretty well pissed off.
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How our internal clocks work
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I'm not an expert in the field, so if there's anyone who can correct me, please do.But if I remember rightly, when light is detected by the eyes, the hormone melatonin is released - this is a stress hormone. For example, when you wake up on a winter morning, melatonin levels are lower; you'll feel groggy and sleepy. When you take a shower with the light on light is detected, thus melatonin is released, and you'll feel more awake. I also believe there's something about humans having "day cycles" of "about 24hours", but I can't remember exactly what happens here.
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Why is Australia just NOW getting Netflix?
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Netflix has wanted to go to Australia for a long time. [Last year] was the first time they mentioned it publicly, but if previous markets are anything to go by then the negotiation process started long before that. But it was a much more complicated process than they anticipated. Securing the rights to distribute the content in AU was a major PITA. Apparently the entire world has decided to fuck over Australia, where media costs are astronomical compared to the rest of the world. I'm not sure if that has to do with the strength of the Australian censorship/ratings process or simply a case of "because they can". Either way, that's why Netflix AU is focused mostly on Australian shows . It will take them time to build up an international catalog, while at the same time slowly letting Australian shows "out of the box" so to speak, so that international viewers can check them out. The few who did agree to join Netflix AU, Netflix had to fight to get the rights and it was an uphill battle. The content's owners were afraid of "diluting the market" with a reasonably priced alternative. So don't blame Netflix for waiting so long. They are in the business of making money, and they are focused on growth. Expanding to new markets is a priority for them. It's just that not all of their partners were ready to allow it.my country still doesn't have Netflix and probably won't have for a long time, but I still use it with [Hola]
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Glycemic Index & Glycemic Load of foods.
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Ok, so we start with carbohydrates, an essential macronutrient. No matter that form your carbs take, your body will digest it into sugar. Glycemic INDEX is a measure of how FAST your body will digest the carbs into sugar, and thus how it will spike your blood sugar. A high index makes your blood sugar rise and then drop relatively quickly. The are often foods that leave you feeling hungry again soon, like white rice and noodles. Something with a low index takes longer to digest. Blood sugar takes a longer time, rising and dropping smoothly, and you feel full longer. Beans and oatmeal for instance. Glycemic LOAD is basically the "load" of carbs in a serving of food - how "hard" it will hit you. The line labeled Carbohydrates on the label mostly covers it. You take that, and cross reference with glycemic index to get load. Some foods like watermelon have a high Index, but a small number of carbs per serving, so the Load is considered lowHmm, I dunno the glycemic load, but the index is basically a measurement of how a food will affect your blood sugar. For instance, eating an orange, vs. drinking orange juice. Orange juice gets into your system very quickly, causing a spike in blood sugar and a resulting spike in insulin. Eating or drinking foods with a high glycemic index can contribute to your body becoming resistant to insulin. Insulin resistance is the main component of what we call Type 2 Diabetes . On the other hand, an orange has a lot of fiber mixed with the sugars. The fiber slows the absorption of the sugars so that your blood sugar does not spike high and therefore your insulin does not spike high.
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Why are my parents so scared of Jeremy Corbyn's rise? (UK)
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I am assuming that your parents come from a Conservative background, but they could be Labour supporters too. In the 70s, the UK had lots of problems with industrial action. There were frequent power cuts. Edward Heath's Conservative government introduced a three-day working week so that we wouldn't run out of coal when the miners were on strike. Things reached a peak in 1978, when James Callaghan's Labour proposed a cap on public sector pay rises. Hospital staff went on strike, so only emergency patients could be treated. Bins were not emptied. There were power cuts, and the cold weather further harmed the economy. Thatcher came in, made the public sector much smaller, and stopped strikes from really affecting daily life. Labour remained left wing, particularly under Neil Kinnock but also Michael Foot. It was only when Tony Blair took the leadership following John Smith's sudden death that the party looked electable again. In the intervening time, the Conservatives could basically do whatever they wanted. tl;dr: the most recent left-wing Labour government was pretty weak, but no worse than their Conservative contemporaries; when Labour are weak, the Tories can do whatever they want.
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Why are there people against the development of renewable fuels and energy sources?
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pretend you have a lemonade stand, you have to go out, find the ingredients, mix it, and you make a product that people need because it's hot. You open several lemonade stands because more and more people want/need your lemonade. Then, someone comes along with a lemonade stand and all they have to do is hold up a bucket and lemonade just falls in, you'd be mad because they would soon take your business especially since everyone finds out that while you're collecting and mixing ingredients you're shitting all over the sidewalk, the store, the lemonade stand and them and they only found out because the person who opened the other lemonade stand pointed it out
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What is credit and why is it necessary?
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* I'd say yes but the better answer is it can be, because people with bad credit will be able to get options that people with no credit might not be able to. * You build credit by getting credit. You have to get a first card from someone, usually a $250 or $500 limit. If you, for whatever reason, absolutely can't get one, you can get a secured credit card where you have to put down a deposit upfront and that will build your credit. * Having a credit card will cause you to have a credit score to begin with, and paying it on time and keeping the balance reasonable will cause it to go up, which will allow you to have access to more credit. Credit's necessary if you ever want to finance a house or car purchase. If you pay for things with cash, truth is, you can go through your whole life without it. But I don't mind the idea of other people letting me use their money as long as it's cheap enough. /r/personalfinance can go into far more extreme detail but it's closer to ELI45.
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Why do low pressure systems produce unsettled weather whereas high pressure produces calm conditions?
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Take a look at a picture like this:_URL_1_ Basically, the air mass UNDER the blue line is spinning clockwise while the airmass ABOVE it is spinning counterclockwise. Now, I might be mixing these up so please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but clockwise spinning air pulls air up, sort of like a hurricane does :_URL_0_ SO, this spinning air starts lifting moist air from the surface. The moist air turns into clouds and the clouds rain. Counterclockwise motion pushes air down, creating high pressure. The air is pushes down is dry, so it tends to be clear and sunny.
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How do mechanical pool tables recognize the cue ball?
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Pool tables were invented a while back in less enlightened times. There's a white entrance & a coloured entrance.Saw a program about this some time back. It is slightly smaller
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Since black absorbs light, exactly how much warmer will you be in a black shirt, contra a white one? And also, are black people on average hotter than the rest?
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Can I add to you question why women in Arabic countries wear black robes ? Wouldn't it make more sense to wear white ones?", 'Read "Why do Bedouins wear black robes in hot deserts?" a paper from Nature. Turns out that the colour makes no difference and it's how the robe is worn that makes the differenceWell I don't think black people are "hotter". White skin evolved because of a lack of sunlight the further north you go, which is why someone from Sweden is a lot paler than someone from Malta. People in Europe needed a better way to get vitamin D. Darker skin actually protects the person better from UV radiation. People who ate a lot of fish kept their darker skin, like Inuits.I think questions like this are better suited for /r/askscience. Anyway, there's no *exact* answer, it depends on too many variables and a lot of the underlying processes are essentially random. I think the reason for wearing black clothes is that a good absorber of radiation is a good emitter as well. So, despite getting hot more quickly in the sun, black skin or clothes also lose the heat more quickly.
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difference between a lunar eclipse and a new moon.
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A new moon simply isn't being lit by the sun from our point of view. A lunar eclipse has the moon in the earth's shadow. _URL_0_
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What is a Grand Duchess/Duke, who is eligible to become one, and what do they do?
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A Grand Duke, is usually the ruling monarch of a minor nation. The title is less of senior Duke and more of a junior King. Small provinces changed hands frequently in Europe, often without changing nobility, and often found themselves as independent states. That noble would find themselves as the head of state, more than a mere Duke, but did not want to presume themselves to be the equals of the true European powers. In addition, the nobles under a Grand Duke often enjoyed greater freedom than they would under a King, and would use the title to limit their monarch's power. To become a Grand Duke, you start of as a Duke, wait for your country to go to war, then have your province made into an independent state.
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How do trees produce oxygen in the winter?
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1. not all trees drop leaves 2. not all regions got cold season where trees need to drop the leaves
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Does bank account with all money which my country hold exist ?
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I once heard a guy on the radio who told that he performed transactions on the Dutch government national bank account, account number "1" at The Netherlands Bank. For instance, when the Netherlands needs to pay fees to the European Union, it is done from this bank account. I'm not sure if this account "holds all the country's money", but these kind of national bank accounts exist.
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Since cats and dogs have multiple offspring at once, are they considered genetic twins? If not, can dogs and/or cats have twins?
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yes and or no. So twins are born at the same time and can be identical or fraternal. fraternal twins are genetically siblings, while identical twins have identical DNA. Fraternal twins happen when two separate eggs are released and fertilized very close in time to each other so they both attach to the womb and are born at the same time. This often happens for dogs and cats since their bodies almost always release multiple eggs at the same time. Identical twins happen when one fertilized eggs splits early in development into two eggs and they each grow seperately into a fetus . This can happen with one egg in the womb in the presence of others. So it is possible for a dog or cat to release say 2 eggs both to be fertilized, one of those eggs to split into two, and ..give birth to one fraternal triplet and a pair of identical twins. in this case the first puppy is genetically a sibling to it's two siblings, and the twin puppies are identical genetically to each other.No, dogs and cats release more than 1 egg at ovulation, which are fertilized by different sperm. They are no more alike than you would be with older/younger siblings. The fact they are born simultaneously does not affect their genetics. It is possible for the fertilized egg to split completely and be identical in other animals too, but that is not the normal case in multiple births for most animalsIn addition to what others are saying, dogs and cats also can experience heteropaternal superfecundity, where each puppy or kitten in the litter could potentially have a different father, and in effect would only be half-siblings.
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Why do trips seem to last longer while going than while coming back?
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I feel like it's more because of the anticipation/ possible fear of actually reaching your destination. After you arrive and do what you're there to do I'd say the journey back to where you came from is spent more thinking about what you did. Example: An 8 year old on its way to Disneyland all excited and hyper thinking about all the things it'd do so the anticipation is killer. But I'm not a psychologist 🤷\u200d♂️", 'I encountered this effect while doing longer marches. If you know the area your are travelling through it seemed to take less timeI read about this on Lifehacker. Here is the link to the source article on Washington Post. _URL_0_
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Why am I so ticklish?
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You are ticklish because humans often find the unexpected funny. You did not expect someone to touch you, but your skin's nerves were stimulated. The same goes for most humor - jokes are funny because you were told A, so expect B; but the punchline/followup is H. This is also why it is not possible to tickle oneself, you expect the contact.
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How are scholarships with ethnicity requirements legal?
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It's called affirmative action or positive discrimination. Basically discriminating in favour of certain disadvantaged groups that have possibly suffered as a result of discrimination.Because the regulations were specifically written to allow them. The idea being that after the law and society has actively stopped keeping one group down they are still basically fucked and so they get some help digging themselves out of the whole.
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How does this even work from a structural engineering standpoint?
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I can't comment on that specific structure since it could be a cheat such as you described using internal support of some type. However, such a structure is possible in theory. It is a complex looking version of an arch. Notice how the bricks are higher in the middle? Those bricks rest on the ones below them just like a regular arch. The twist makes it seem more impressive but the idea is the same. The hardest part to keep from falling is the almost straight section at the bottom near the central pillar but if you look you will see that the twist means that the bricks arch up more than any other section as they approach the centre. This gives more stability where it is needed.
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Why is Japan, a country spread across multiple Islands so much more united than the UK, a country spread across multiple Islands.
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They both *did* have regional identities. The difference is that the UK said "Ok, you can be Scottish, whatever, as long as you help with the Empire and whatnot", but the Japanese said "No. You are Japanese. This is your culture. Now speak Japanese and follows Japanese customs. Do it." There are benefits and drawbacks to each strategy.
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Why don't car manufacturers make windshields coated with hydrophobic surfaces so that water rushes off and leaves it dry instead of windshield wipers?
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To my knowledge, there are no optically clear hydrophobic coatings. additionally, they may not leave the windshield as clear as you might hope to. and it would likely wear off with the constant sandblasting of highway dust. cant wipe away snow, cant use washer fluid. all that aside, good luck convincing the regulators and buyers that they dont need windshield wipers.It does exist, and a variety of manufacturers make a home product you can apply yourself. [As you can see in this demo], however, it's ineffective below 40 miles an hour. That means it's no good for city driving, so you'd need wipers anyway. It also needs to be reapplied annually.
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Why do the Japanese, who are known for having a conservative culture, seem to have such outlandish media?
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Living in a rather stiff culture often drives those who decide to break out do so with gusto.A couple of reasons: One, They had a pretty much isolated culture for all of their history, but then WW2 happened and America jammed ourselves straight into their ports and refused to leave, causing all sorts of our pop culture to mix with theirs, but with none of the context behind any of it, so you get stuff like eating KFC on Christmas being such a strong tradition you have to order your christmas chicken months in advance. Second, while they are a lot more conservative on paper, the Japanese tend to be a lot more comfortable with letting people endulge in whatever weird stuff they enjoy than a lot of the west is, as long as it's kept mostly to the people it concerns. Third, most of the stuff we see is deliberately cherrypicked to be the weirdest stuff they have to offer. For every weird-ass tentacle porn video, there's plenty more fully normal things we just don't see. If you want to know more about this sort of thing, you should check out Gaijin Goomba , he makes a lot of videos about these sort of things.
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Why we need people to represent us in the government when we have technology to do otherwise?
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Time. QQ before I begin - without going to Google, who is your rep in the House? Your Senator? Your city commisoner? I'm going to guess you got at least 2 of those wrong. Bills which are being considered for vote can be thousands of pages long. There are dozens of those bills being considered everyday in committees and the actual voting floor. Congressmen have staffs of people who's only job it is to help them write and understand the bills that are coming up for a vote. Remembering my first question, do you believe that you have enough time to read thousands of pages a week in order to be well informed enough to vote on EVERYTHING?
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Principle vs law vs theory vs theorem
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**Law** - a statement based on experimental observations. Laws don't offer explanations. They just state what has been observed repeatedly. They often involve equations. **Theory** - a theory offers an empirical explanation of the world. It is tested through repeated experiments and observations. A theory also offers predictions, which can be tested to falsify a theory. **Theorem** - Theorems are found in math. They are statements that have been proved using math axioms or previously proved statements . Unlike theories, theorems are deductive. **Principles** - Are similar to laws. They are often said in their non-equation form. With that said, these definitions are often not followed, and there is a lot of overlap in the naming anyway. Often scientific ideas get historical names that don't follow the definitions, and these names stick.
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How can a US execution end up costing $3 million?
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The injection itself isn't the issue, it's the perpetual legal battles which will happen in the three decades which will pass before the execution takes place. Appeals filed by the criminals awaiting execution need to be processed and addressed. Lawyers and court systems will be tied up for years, and all of that costs money.Massive amounts of paperwork and bureaucracy go into an execution, not to mention last meals, housing, death row, phone calls, last requests, etc.Almost none of that cost is for the actual execution, but for the complex appeals and for event planning for all of the witnesses to the execution. As an aside, we shouldn't use the lethal injection. It looks very peaceful, but it's actually slow and sometimes very cruel. We use it because it makes us feel good about the killing, not because it's more humane - the most humane way to do it would be a black bag over the head and pistol held just behind it. The target won't know exactly when it's coming, nor will they have time to feel it. But an execution like that reminds us all of what execution really is, so we don't like to do it.
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Why can't I eat, or feel like vomiting when I'm in a stressful situation?
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The stress and anxiety are part of your "fight or flight" mechanism. Basically, anything that does not help in your immediate survival is shut off and the parts of you body that help you either fight, or run away are sent into overdrive. You are an impala. You see into the lions eyes. She is kneeling in the grass and then jumps into a dead sprint straight at you. Before you can even react, your body is running as fast as possible away from the threat. Inside, your blood courses with adrenaline, and blood is redirected to your muscles. You don't need your brain to tell your legs to move, so that starts to shut down as your body goes into overdrive with every ounce of strength put into your legs. Your stomach and intestines are useless at this moment because it takes so long to extract the food from your gut that it won't be able to help you in the next 20 seconds, so you vacate your bowels, and your stomach stops digesting food. You basically run until you can't run anymore, and the lion backs off as it loses endurance . You start to settle down, and your stomach is churning, your vomit, your are light headed, sick, and tired, but back with your buds and out of harms way. In humans, we generally don't run into lions, or anything dangerous. We get anxious about work, school, and just life in general. Long term stress can mimic your fight or flight to an extent, and somewhat cause the stomach and intestinal issues, but not to the same extent as the running impala. You basically don't need to digest food when your fight or flight response kicks in, and if you get really stressed, you might vomit. Luckily, we are not among the mammals that generally vacates it bowels when it's startled, but it does happen to some be thankful it's just your stomach!
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How does snoring work?
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> Can i tell if i'm snoring? For the most part, no. Even if it suddenly wakes you up, you're unlikely to initially realize that you were woken by the sound of your snoring. > How does snoring work? Snoring is the sound produced when air passes through your pharynx while it's not fully open. In other words the part of your nose/throat that leads to the lungs isn't totally clear, so as air passes through the airway, it's turbulent and causes vibration. It's similar to how a whoopee cushion produces sound as the air passes between two thin layers of rubber and makes them vibrate.
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In places on Earth where the Sun doesn't set for many months, do plants keep doing photosynthesis for the entire period the Sun is up?
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Yes! This is why world record cabbages are often grown in Alaska with permanent or near-permanent sunlight. The combination of midnight sun and relatively mild temperatures allows for longer periods of photosynthesis and greater growth. When the temperature gets too high however, photosynthesis declines. Studies of trees of the same species in Alaska as compared with those at lower latitudes show that total annual growth is roughly the same annually, but the Alaskan trees to it far faster in the summer time. Interesting stuff!I ask here, because why not. Are suicide rates higher in those places when there is night for months?
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How does vertigo work and what do people that have it experience?
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The human inner ear informs your brain about your position in space. It is designed to help your eyes correct for changes in position for instance. It tells your bail what it needs to tell your muscles to do so you do not fall over but remain upright or in what ever position you are in. Vertigo is when the inner ear stops working right and the brain is sent confusing signals about your position. You may be standing straight upright but the inner ear is telling your body to lean over. Sometimes this makes you fall over. It can make it impossible to walk. It can make you throw up as sometimes it confuses your eyes and the room seems to spin. You can simulate some of this by spinning around very fast on a merry-go-round at the park or turning in place with your eyes closed for 60 seconds and then trying to walk. People with vertigo sometimes can not trust what they see because their inner ear my be lying to them about their actual situation.
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What happens to the body when we (men) get "blue balls", is there another scientific name for it, and why does it hurt so bad?
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It's called vasocongestion and happens when blood is "pooled" up in vessels in your scrotum/testicles. When aroused blood rushes down there and if there is no release, the blood stays and swells the area. I get it very easily, sometimes just cuddling next to a pretty girl for a bit will cause it.Never thought blue balls was a real thing. I've never experienced them. I always thought it was just a thing that douchebags said to make their girlfriends get them off.
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Why do some construction projects take so long?
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Manpower is crazy expensive. It is by far the most expensive part of almost any construction project. If 100 guys can do in an hour what 10 guys can do in 9 hours, you hire the 10 guys. Every truck in that video has a driver in it who is spending most of his time sitting around waiting for the other trucks to get out of his way. That's a costly inefficiency. So unless you absolutely need it done fast it's almost always cheaper to do it slow.
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When you get married, does power of attorney automatically go to your spouse?
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If you both die, your things would go to any kids you may have. If you don’t have kids, your property would go into probate and parents of both of you would have a chance to petition the court for your estate. A simple will prevents this. You can prepare a simple will very easily online and prevent that from happening. LawDepot, Rocket Lawyer, LegalZoom all of them can do that for you for a small fee. LawDepot is free for first seven days, it walks you thru all the pertinent questions and drafts a legally binding copyAbsolutely. That’s called a living will. It dictates what happens if something happens to you when you’re medically incapacitated. You can draft both a living will and regular will on all of those sites. Take you a few minutes. Try LawDepot first. It’s free for first week. You can dictate who you want as a medical surrogate. For instance. Mine is my ex wife and I am hers still. She’d want me to make her decisions and not her parents. You can dictate that they not be notified as well, just as you’re suggesting.
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Why is Meth more pervasive in suburbs/rural communities and Heroin in more urban ones?
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I do not know if that is true, but I do know making meth stinks up to high heavens, so areas with low population densities are easier for hiding its production. Heroin needs to be shipped from more or less tropical areas, so if you're shipping it anyway, might as well bring to areas with high population density as then there are more customers nearby.
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How is it that Americans spend the most per student out of any other nation, yet there are constantly problems with school budgets?
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infrastructure, teacher salaries, pensions, but probably mostly that there is vast differences in school budgets since they are tied to property taxes. affluent areas skew the average, while the districts with financial troubles are typically in the poorest areas.
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Why is Mozart considered the greatest ever musical genius?
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Highly, highly subjective But much of it would be attributed to his exceptional gifts at an insanely young age. When you and I were learning how to tie our shoes he was transcribing hour long choral works in the back of a carriage ride home. So a lot of Mozart's "hype" for lack of a better word stems from his incredibly prodigious childhood. He was actually terrible with money later in life and a bit of a flake by many accounts:)', "Honestly: Good press. Not to say he's not amazing and one of the great composers, but there's a dozen who could vie for the best, and even then it's all subjective. I'd say most opera-philes would consider him on a par with Verdi and Wagner, but if push came to shove and every opera fan in the world were polled I think Wagner would narrowly take it. For symphonies there's lots of competition. For religious / choral work, there's also lots of competition. Thing is, often the competition for each category is against different people. So it might be said that Mozart was really good at lots of types of composing, and that's probably a large part of his renown -- he's good at everything, whereas Beethoven only wrote one opera, and Bach none at all. On the other hand, Verdi and Wagner aren't known for their symphonies.
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How is there only one speed of sound? If I shout louder, why is there not more energy leading to a faster speed?
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Think of throwing a rock in some water. The ripples made move outward at a given speed. Throw a much bigger rock and the waves are much bigger but again propagate outward at the same speed. Similar to sound. And light. A bigger light Say a million candlepower spotlight, doesn't go any faster than the light from a birthday candle. But also note that there IS more than one speed of sound. The speed of sound depends on the density of the air it passes through, and that is about 340 meters per second, 750 miles per hour at sea level. It is slower at higher altitudes where the air is thin and faster through things like water 4 times faster. It travels 15 times faster in iron. So the speed of sound depends on the density of the medium - the stuff through which it passes, not how loud you yell. _URL_0_
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Why do most big birds fly away when they see a human but small birds don't really care?
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Big birds are, ironically, in more danger. The bigger the bird, the longer it takes them to get airborn, and the more likely they are to be on the menu. Small animals generally aren't worth the trouble to catch, especially because they're light and fast. The little birds aren't afraid of you because they know they're not worth your time to catch, and anyway you're too slow to catch them anyway. Larger birds know that they would make a decent meal and if you got close enough you might be fast enough to grab one.
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as a non american - santa's race? what's up with that?
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First, actual St. Nick was Anatolian, and was, apparently, most likely a [dark-skinned "Greek. Now, for the recent news. An African-American reporter wrote [an article], talking about how, as a child, it was tough to reconcile "white" Santa with her black father dressing up as Santa, and how as the U.S. gets less and less homogeneously white, we might want to make Santa more accessible to all the kids. Her not quite serious suggestion was that he should be a penguin, rather than a person of any color, though in the beginning of the article, she suggests that maybe a better thing to do would be to just say that one of Santa's magic powers, beyond the flying reindeer, is that he can look like any race. You already know about the Fox news thing that followed. I don't think "black people" as a group, or "white people" are upset about this. It got a lot of news coverage because it's kind of a silly story that was easy to joke about, and let people talk about things they wanted to talk about anyway . I will leave it to you whether you think the original author's point is reasonable or not, but that's the status of the question in the U.S> i guess he is whatever race the dad impersonating him for his kids isis Yep. The original article by a black woman pointed out that Santa is a fictional character and can be portrayed as belonging to any race, then maybe there should be more diverse portrayals in the US media since the non-white demographics are growing. Then the right-wing media fell all over themselves insisting that this fictional character is always and must always be pureblooded lily white. *Their* emotional response is what the kerfuffle is about. FNC and other right-wingers always deny being racist yet are strangely threatened by the idea of non-white fictional characters for children._URL_2_ I don't think they're too far off.
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What causes the "fingernails on a blackboard" sensation? Why does it feel so horrible?
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The amygdala is to blame for the cringe. The amygdala associates emotions to memories and stores them in long term memory . There's two theories, one evolutionary, and one physiological. Evolutionary Theory: The sound resembles a cry of alarm at some point in the evolutionary lane.Physiological Theory: Due to the shape of the ear canal, and the frequency of the sound-wave, it causes the frequency to resonate within the human ear canal, causing it to vibrate violently. Both cause a rise in activity of the amygdala, leaving some to suggest that it's recognized as a form of distress signal. On a related note: It has been suggested that the physiological theory possibly correlates to a dog's reaction with high-pitched 'dog' whistles.
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How does the WiFi in the new Chevy cars work? I mean they have to be using a wireless network right?
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The car has a computer that connects to the cellular data network. This computer then acts as a router and shares the connection out over wifi. The wifi is locked down so only people you want to connect can connect.It's an inbuilt AT & T 4G LTE mobile data device. It requires a data plan, just like a MiFi or similar would. _URL_0_
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The gaming journalism fiasco known as #gamergate?
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Zoe Quinn is a indie game developer. A ex-boyfriend of said developer says some shit about her sleeping around to get good ratings.Many call Zoe Quinn a whore, slut, skank and justify there action under some high ideal about the corruption of game journalism. First, the source of the accusation was a ex, which very likely means that the accusation is worthless. Second, using Zoe Quinn as an example for the corruption in game journalism is like singling out a minor league player, and placing all the problems of the major leagues on there shoulders. EDIT: readability
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Why does lightning often occur in 'double strikes'?
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Lightning first comes down in a flurry of haphazard lines trying to find the path of least resistance to the ground. This is called the lead.When the lead finds the path to the ground, you can see a very quick flash move up the lead into the cloud. This return stoke is the full strength of the lightning strike transferring power to the ground, like traffic moving forward at a fresh green light.Once that return stroke makes its trip up the lead, the cloud gives it more energy, making the second flash you seeThere may be up to a several strikes through the path created by the initial bolt. [This photo] shows 7 separate bolts in a single strike. The camera shutter was kept open, then the camera panned side-to-side during the strike.
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Aside from illuminati (?). Why is there an all seeing eye, pyramid, and 'new world order' on US currency?
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The "New World Order" was supposed to represent the rise of the United States as a global powerThose are Freemason symbols, and many of the founding fathers were Freemasons. It would be like if you were creating a currency today, and you snuck in a picture of your favorite meme onto it.because the unfinished pyramid represents you are still growing, the eye is the eye of god, as for new world order i have no idea
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Why do some commercials play for a split second and then get skipped? Wouldn't the advertiser get upset?
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Those flashes of commercials occur in situations where your local station is showing different commercials than the national broadcast that they're receiving. Sometimes the timing gets off, and you get a small snippet of the national broadcast commercial before your station overrides it with their local feed. And no, the advertiser doesn't get upset, because you were never supposed to see their commercial in the first place. Often, it'll be for something like a chain store that doesn't even exist in your area.
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How do freckles form?
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It's a mixture of genes and exposure to sunlight. For instance. you can normally not have freckles and get them when you go outside, or you can have freckles regardless of whether or not you go outside. Basically what happens is the sun gives off a certain kind of light . Your skin cells get this light and they start ramping up production of melatonin . This increased concentration of melatonin shows up on your skin - as freckles.
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Why does it take a human being almost a year to learn how to walk, when most animals can learn to walk in a matter of hours/days?
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Human babies are born really early in our development cycle and are pretty useless because of it. This is because our hips need to be narrow to allow for bipedal motion, and our heads are proportionally large to house our big brains. This means that humans evolved to give birth earlier to underdeveloped babies so the it doesnt kill the mother while still being intelligent and bipedalBecause human babies are born severely underdeveloped, but because of our massive heads we need to come out early in order to fit.
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Why are all drugs "bad"? Why can't there be a drug that gives intense pleasure/euphoria (heroine, coke etc) but has 0 adverse effects?
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Drugs create highs by manipulating chemicals our bodies produce normally. Frequent drug use can change the way our bodies produce and utilize these chemicals, causing our bodies to produce too much or too little. There is no perfect drug because any substance usage takes our bodies out of chemical equilibrium, causing adverse effects. Edit: Wow! This blew up. Thanks for all the compliments and insightful responses, I know this is an oversimplification and you guys really helped flesh out my answer. Thanks for the gold!', "Pure LSD is completely metabolised by your body in 6-12 hours , it is not chemically addictive, is not known to cause brain damage, and has extremely low toxicity relative to dose. The mental side effects are up to the brain of the user though Although there are no documented cases of overdose or long lasting physiological effects on the brain or other parts of the body. That's probably the best you'll get for a while. [EDIT] Ok, first Also, there are a few people saying that they have experienced prolonged effects from LSD use.My knowledge is purely academic, so until I return to my home country, I can't make it practical . When I said 'there are no documented cases of prolonged effects ' what I mean is that it is not something that is apparent in mainstream medicine etc. I realise there is anecdotal evidence, and depending on the user, certain underlying traits or problems can be amplified or triggered . If you are having any long term problems, I implore you to seek the relevant help, there is no shame in it , and the more we know about this stuff, the better off everyone will be. Oh, and use a test kit if you do decide to use anything! Make sure what you are putting into yourself is as pure and clean as possible. My comments are based on pure LSD, maybe there is a chance that some of the bad effects could have come about from LSD cut with something else. It is a possibility
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why does looking at the sun hurt your eyes but indirectly not so much?
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Ask your best friend to place their mouth directly in front of your right ear hole and say your name loudly. Then, ask them to place their mouth at your left ear and do the same thing--only this time, instead of having their mouth facing directly at your ear hole, have their mouth face the tip of your nose. Which one "hurt" more? The first one, of course. The reason is simple: the pupil of your eye acts exactly like the hole in your ear. It is the tunnel through which the signal travels and stimulates your brain. By staring at the sun directly, you are overwhelming your receptors with signal because light is streaming in directly through your pupil--in the same way that your friend's voice felt like it rammed into your right ear. When the light is indirect, you're getting a "sense" of the signal without overwhelming your sensory receptors. Or, in the case of your ear, you're hearing the sound without feeling like someone jammed a Q-tip into it.
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With pets like dogs and cats, why can't their lifespan get longer with modern medicine and diet like us?
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They have. When you consider 9 years - > 14 that's a massive increase in life expectancy. Do you expect humans to be able to double their life expectancy? Of course not, however a 20-30% increase over a few hundred years to maximize our potential? Reasonable - and this is what we've seen with pets.
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Does Queen Elizabeth have any power in regards to affecting any Canadian laws?
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The UK government? No. The Queen? Yes, she's the Queen of Canada and her royal assent is required for any bill to pass into law and the government of Canada including the Prime-Minister serve at her pleasure. Her appointed representative to which she 'chooses' to defer in all matters is the Governor General of Canada. The GG 'chooses' to be more of a figurehead that rubber-stamps what is required of him or her. This 'choosing' comes from the fact that there's an established tradition nobody would put up with being broken; the GG and the soverign hold little in the way of real power.
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Why the Dalai Lama was exiled?
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> [China] considers all pro-independence movements aimed at ending Chinese sovereignty in Tibet as one long campaign abetted by Western imperialism aimed at destroying Chinese territorial integrity and sovereignty, or destabilizing China. - _URL_0_ Basically, China sees him as a threat to their rule over Tibet. They think his presence in Tibet will stir shit up. China doesn't want to have to deal with another armed rebellion in Tibet like the one that happened in 1959: > Chinese authorities have interpreted the [Tibetan] uprising [of 1959] as a revolt of the Tibetan elite against Communist reforms that were improving the lot of Tibetan serfs. Tibetan and third party sources, on the other hand, have usually interpreted it as a popular uprising against the alien Chinese presence. Historian Tsering Shakya has argued that it was a popular revolt against both the Chinese and the Lhasa government, which was perceived as failing to protect the authority and safety of the Dalai Lama from the Chinese. - _URL_1_ And that's why the Chinese won't let him back into Tibet.
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I dont know if this was asked already but could someone please explain the Bridgegate scandal and the big deal Chris Christie?
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I'm going to use the word "allege" because the investigation is ongoing. There is a town on the New Jersey side of the George Washington bridge called Fort Lee. It is alleged that because the mayor of Fort Lee did not endorse Chris Christie in his campaign last year, Christie's staff arranged a fabricated "traffic study" that closed lanes on the bridge on the Fort Lee side, causing people to be stuck at the bridge for many hours. There's a bit more to it, but I think that's a ELI5 description that covers 90% of it.
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How does Palmer Lucky and the people who started Oculus make money after the acquisition from Facebook? Do they get a part of the profit of the rift? Do they get a salary?
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The terms of their sale are probably confidential, however I'm certain they get to keep most of the money they made from FB . I suspect they'll get paid in a combination of cash and FB stock, and they'll probably get a salary in more FB stock.They were given over $400 million in cash + $1.6 billion in Facebook stock, as well as an additional $300 million **if** Oculus meets certain performance targets. They will most likely split the stock based on their vested shares of OR. The $400 million is most likely the cash flow needed to obtain those "certain performance targets", which will then result into an additional infusion of $300 million to be used as either future cash flow or divided by the leadership and or the original stockholders of OR.
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Where does my local dealer get controlled narcotics like Xanax and Codeine?
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I am sure he is not buying them by the case. He is getting them from people who get fraudulent scripts from shady doctors, who then get the drugs from a shady pharmacy, and sell the drugs to him. What's more, oftentimes these folks are on medicaid, so they get the drugs free, and sell them to the dealer at pennies on the dollar vs what you would have to actually pay the pharmacy for them. That is why up in Harlem, you can buy xanax from a dealer for about 1/2 of pharmacy price, and the dealer is still making a huge profit. in the 90's i had no insurance, and my wife had a xanax script. We filled it once, kept the bottle, and from then on just bought xanax on the street and kept them in the prescription bottle in case we ever got frisked. Street prices were a life saver.A lot of pharmaceuticals do actually come across the border. It's much easier for a box of Xanax to "fall off the truck" in Mexico than it is in the US.
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Why is it that restarting a computer fixes the problem most of the time?
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A lot of problems are caused by errors with things stored in RAM. Restarting a computer wipes your RAM, and reloads all needed files from the hard drive.
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What makes a person laugh?
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There is no one answer. But a common theme is that it is a release, that comes from a sudden build up of energy. A few things can trigger it. A sudden shift in status. aka A person falling down, Or the queen farting. Or a good joke is generally when two separate ideas collide together quickly. Like Wife: Honey did you miss me?Husband: With every bullet I have. Another example is when you hear something that is so "true" it makes you laugh. That is because when you hear something that really resonates with you, and you have super fast mini aha moment, if it's fast enough, the release of energy, will bubble up as laughter.I always thought it was social conditioning, but I'm an idiot and just copy what the smarter folk around me do.
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Who decides what country is allowed to do what on the moon/other planets, or is there one institution always having the final word in these decisions?
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This is determined by the [Outer Space Treaty], which was signed in 1967. In short, this treaty says that nobody will put nuclear weapons in orbit/space, and that nobody can claim moons/planets/etc for their own country. Space politics aren't explicitly policed by any one institution or country, but rather by mutual agreement to not be dicks in space. Funny enough it doesn't say you can't have any weapons in space, just not weapons of mass destruction. I'm sure there's guidelines on space warfare in there, but there's nothing exactly stopping a country from putting X-Wings in orbit.
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Why is everything spinning?
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Electrons don't orbit nucleus. That's a simplified version of the atom taught in elementary school. As for why do larger structure spin. When things like galaxies are forming, there are areas with more 'stuff' so things around them get pulled towards it. Since there isn't just one 'lump', different parts of the galaxy will be pulled in different directions. It is unlikely for the momentum of this to cancel out to be exactly 0, so the galaxy picks up a spin.Electrons do not actually spin around the nucleus. The orbital image of the atom is wrong. If it were true, electrons would constitute accelerated charges. According to the laws of electrodynamics, accelerated charges emit radiation and thereby energy. Thus, if electrons actually orbited the nucleus, all atoms would be unstable and collapse within a fraction of a second. The reason why celestial bodies are rotating around each other and spinning around an axis is, that angular momentum is conserved in our universe. Our solar system, for example, was once a huge cloud of dust that collapsed into a spinning disc and clumped together to form the sun and the planets. Since angular momentum is conserved, the rotation of the disc lead to the rotation of the planets.Imagine you have two objects moving in non-parallel straight lines. Now imagine that their paths happen to take them close to each other. Now add the idea that they attract each other. As they approach, each will have an effect on the other that will cause both of their paths to curve. Maybe they'll miss and keep going in straight lines in different directions, maybe they'll crash, and maybe they'll end up spinning around each other. Now apply this concept to every single particle in the universe affecting every other particle in at least some small way. You can expect to see a lot of curved paths and spinning.
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How do scholars "resurrect" lost languages based on only unreadable writing?
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In the case of the Rosetta stone, there were translations of the same text in 3 different languages. Scholars were able to use that to determine words if they are used multiple times. For example, if you have three sentences about bread, you can guess that one of the common words is breadUsually it is similar enough to a related language to puzzle it out, or some partial translation to a know language exists.
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Why are burn marks more distinct than regular scars and what is the difference?
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This - _URL_0_ - is my 3rd degree burn. If I don't stretch it, the colour is pretty normal. I got it in Feb 2012 and it's taken until now to be back to a normal colour and not red. A lot of burns appear to affect a larger surface area, hence more scar tissue is formed to heal the wound.
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How do you restore old black and white photos to color?
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It's not easy, and it takes a lot of skill and dedication and requires specialised software. Yes, Photoshop counts as specialised software and then blend the layer to the base image until you get the desired result. I think this is a question best answered with a video, and youtube has [many many tutorials] on the subject. UPDATE: After watching some of those tutorials I decided to try it myself. I'll amend my comment to "It takes a lot of skill and dedication to do it well, but you can get fairly decent results by half-assing it". So thanks for asking this, it made me go learn a new skill (:', "Literally painting in the colors. You don't, it takes a very specific artistic eye to do it properly.
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Why do children seem to be better at learning second languages than adults?
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There is an area in the brain that is responsible for language processing. It is largely responsible for learning new languages when a person is still young, but becomes "set" after a certain age. After that, we can still learn languages, but the part of the brain that most receptive to that is no longer as efficient.Well according to work done by Noam Chomsky on Genie the main reasons revolve around brain development and the means of socialization . If you grow up in a family with a secondary language but never learn it you will find it easier as an adult to learn a language even if it isn't the same language that you grew up with. Brain development is the main reason as up until the age of 15 the brain is still developing and when your an adult its much more difficult to alter your brain, kids can learn something straight away because their brain is storing almost everything they see and hear, adult brains don't have the same neurological plasticity so when you're an adult it can take a week just learn 15 new words just through looking and repeating them over and over, while a kid can learn that in 1 to 3 days of repeating it over and over.
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How does a clone differ from an identical twin?
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Genetically, they don't. In practice, a twin is a birth defect that causes one fertilized egg to grow into two people, and a clone would be a person grown from an already-born person's DNA, probably not taken from their reproductive organs.
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why are adobe products so expensive?
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There are many reasons why: Adobe's softwares are the results of a long time of research and programing, they are to say the least, products of great quality and gives other businesses tools to create their activity and make profit for themselves. Adobe's consumers are mainly businesses and they can afford a larger cost than individual people, the price is chosen in order to make adobe's products professional more than personal, the bigger your business is the most expensive it gets. Adobe changed how they priced: before you bought photoshop for example but now you monthly subscribe and you get many of adobe's products with photoshop, like premiere, after effects, indesign, illustrator, etc And adobe's cloud capabilities. Adobe also gained a reputation, because their products are well known and give a certain level of quality, Adobe can easily rise their prices without risking a huge fall of their clients.1. **Money**. Could I say more about this?2. **Its target audience**. Adobe products aren't aimed at the average Joe that just needs to get the work done - this isn't Microsoft Office! For example, I doubt that an accountant would ever have to use Photoshop! Since its target audience is the "professional" crowd, they can charge more for a product for professionals.3. **Its "seal of trust"**. Nowadays, Adobe is a trusted company, which means that people are more likely to invest in Adobe - that is, buy their products and hope they do the job well. However, as other contenders don't have that "seal of trust", the professional crowd is less likely to invest in **those** programs.
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How do we know how many troops ISIS (or other organizations) have?
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It's like when you ask a guy how many sexual partners he's had- you divide by 3. So when ISIS says they have 60,000 troops it's actually closer to 20,000. Much different then when you ask a woman how many sexual partners she's had- in those cases you MULTIPLY by 3.
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If everyone has a different set of tastebuds and we all have different levels of satisfaction/dissatisfaction towards different foods, then how do food critics have a job? Wouldn't their opinion be worthless?
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this question could be applied to all forms of critics .music, movies, tv but trying to answer the question, I 'd say think about like the Iron Chef judges, their critique is usually about tenderness, texture, freshness of ingredients, presentation, etc. Stuff that transcends just taste. They are food "experts" so they can take a step back and recognize a quality dish without it being their personal favorite. also have never read one of these articlesWhile we all interpret senses differently, they're still similar enough that we know what "good" is. For example, the majority of people can tell the difference between an extremely high quality stake from a 5 star restaurant and one from Applebees. That being said, there are subtle differences which we can pick up on. You may like something that someone else dosesn't, but that still doesn't negate that a great stake is significantly better than an average one. Food critics essentially have honed their skills. If you don't drink wine you won't be able to tell the difference between a $100 bottle and $10 bottle. Those of us that enjoy fine dining can tell the difference between a $60 steak and a $10 steak, and those that do know the difference generally can describe why they enjoyed it.That's why there are so many food critics, because each critic can appeal to a different set of tastes. Most critics suspend their own set of tastes and recognize things beyond flavor alone. They describe the food in a very specific way and compare it to similar foods in terms of quality so you can determine whether you personally would like it.
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How does one hack Gmail and Facebook accounts and how should one protect them to have maximum security?
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Typically, it involves guessing the password. Or, if you've re-used the password on a site that isn't as good at security as Google or Facebook, some other site gets hacked and they try the same username/password combination elsewhere. There are two things you can do to really protect yourself. First of all, use a strong, unique password, especially for sites that give access to important things, like your email or bank passwords . Second, enable two-factor authorization. Two-factor authorization requires something you know and something you have . For example, when I log into my Google account on a computer I've never used before, Google prompts me to enter a passcode that's generated by an app on my phone that changes every 30 seconds. Even if someone guesses my password, they can't get into my account without my phone.
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why do British people sound British while talking, but sound like they are from America when singing?
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When people sing, they tend to enunciate more clearly. This could explain why British people sound more understandable to you when singing. However, there are many British singers who DO use their typical enunciation when singing, and their accent is more identifiable. Take for example the music of Lily Allen, The Clash, Frank Turner, and many other popular musicians. Also, many British rock bands tend to imitate the singing style of their favorite acts, who are often American. As for Americans sounding sing-songy to Brits I doubt it.
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Why do all TV channels have the same commercial breaks?
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I assume it's so the watcher is more likely to return to their channel if the other channels are on commercial breaks as well.TV is not actually completely about the shows. TV shows cost broadcasters money. Commercials make broadcasters money. So broadcasters care more, in the long run, about you watching the commercials than the actual shows. Knowing, of course, that the shows have to be good enough to make you watch so the sponsors will buy commercials and make them money.They really don't. Part of this is confirmation bias you notice when all the channel have their commercials at the same time, but not when they don't. Also, then a typical sitcom is 19 minutes out of a 30 minute block, it there a decent change two stations will be showing a commercial just as a matter of luck. Also, a lot of TV shows have similar formats. Your typical sitcom is Prologue, Credits, Commercial, Act 1, Commercial, Act 2, Commercial, Act 3, Commericial, Stinger, Credits. It isn't terribly surprising when their commercials line up, so deter channel surfing between shows. > Couldn't they lure channel surfers with staggered times? Sometimes they do. TBS used to start everything at :05 and :35, partly for this reason. Also, networks sometimes go straight from Stinger/Credits of one show directly to the next, and put more commercials in the middle.
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How do weather sites predict weather 30+ days out?
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They don't. Most only do five, some do ten, and ones that have 30+ just run on averages for those days from past years, factoring in any anomalies, like _URL_0_ does. Even the ten day forecasts are quite inaccurate most of the time if you actually pay attention and compare forecast to actual.
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Why is it more difficult to run for long periods of time when exercises like biking are just as strenuous?
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It's all about practice. You use different muscle groups for different kinds of exercise. Running is *really* hard on your body. You're obviously using your leg muscles, but you're using a whole bunch of other muscles that you may not be aware of. Abs, arms, back, neck, they all play into it with running. Bicycling, you're sitting down, for one. You can also stop peddling for a bit. And you have different gears. Not to diminish from cycling, but it's not really as strenuous as running.
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Why does Saturn's ring look so perfectly flat and circular?
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From a distance, Saturns rings seem very flat, and thin, and mainly three rings, although some shading gradient is seen. Up close, the rings are lumpy, icy bits and pieces, with a multitude of rings, and ~~two~~ **five** shepherd moons that orbit about them. These moons actually help keep the rings in line, and two of them also produce the two bands between the three 'main' ring systems. All this keeps the material orbiting Saturn, the shepherd moons, and the free fall of all the little bits. However, the rings are destined over many millenia to be eaten as they're falling slowly into the planet. One day in the future, Saturn will be ringless. Edit: I updated the middle a little bit, 'cause I had the number of moons wrong that are herdin' the rings. Sorry 'bout that.
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Most everyone is aware of the alleged Saudi collusion regarding terrorism on the west; particularly on the USA. Though is there any actual irrefutable evidence behind this conspiracy?
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Well, if you use a standard like "irrefutable", probably not, at least not in any unclassified documents. But high-level Western officials have basically acknowledged it happens, and would not make such politically risky statements if they weren't confident. [In 2010, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton stated that it was an “ongoing challenge to persuade Saudi officials to treat terrorist funds emanating from Saudi Arabia as a strategic concern.” The US government has also been highly critical of Saudi’s refusal to ban ‘charitable’ organizations that have continued to funnel money to known terrorist organizations. ] And even when they're not funding terrorist groups directly, they're funding "education" in Wahhabism, which is basically the ideological foundation of the Sunni terror groups. [Exact numbers are not known, but it is thought that more than $100 billion have been spent on exporting fanatical Wahhabism to various much poorer Muslim nations worldwide over the past three decades.] [Various Saudi government publications gathered for this study, most of which are in Arabic, assert that it is a religious obligation for Muslims to hate Christians and Jews and warn against imitating, befriending, or helping them in any way, or taking part in their festivities and celebrations]
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Why does this picture of Mercury appear to wobble whilst I'm eating something and staring at it?
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I have no idea what y'all are talking about. It doesn't wobble for me. I've tried eating something, shaking my phone, doing the thing with your jaw and bringing your teeth together, but I still got nothing.
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What makes American cheese so much different than other types of cheese?
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A processed cheese is made from cheese with emulsifiers, vegetable oils, salt, flavorings or colors added to it. This makes a cheese that is incredibly cheap to produce, has a longer shelf life, and melts much more evenly but usually tastes worse.
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Why is the term "Caucasian" applied to all white people, regardless of whether they came from the Caucasus region?
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In the early 1900s it was believed that white people originated in the Caucasus mountains. At the time, the three "scientific" classifications were Caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid. There's no real scientific basis to this, and no way to draw a dividing line. If you were to divide races scientifically by amount of genetic variation, you 'd find it looked something more like this: * non-Bantu sub-Saharan people like the Bushmen and the Mbuti * everybody else Which shouldn't be surprising, since the non-Africans descended from a few waves of migrants who only carried a small amount of humanity's total genetic variation. ', "Why are north Africans considered Caucasian?! I'm dark skinned it feels a little weird.because racism and bad ideas out date genetics. We don't need the terms "caucasian, asian" anymore. We have the science of genetics. Humans aren't classified as Asian, ginger or blonde.
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How can a flight be overbooked?
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Some airlines will overbook a flight in the off chance that people do not arrive for the flight. That way, it ensures a fuller flight, even when not all the purchasers are there.
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Why do people in the moves and television in the 1940s-1960s have a nasally voice?
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It's called [Mid-Atlantic English.] It's what happens when rich Americans try and sound like rich English people. There were some people who talked like this in real life, particularly super rich people in Boston/Connecticut/parts of Long Island in the early 20th century [Katherine Hepburn] and [George Plimpton] are good examples of people who really did talk like that all the time, it was their natural accent. But the reason it's all over movies and stuff from that time is that back then it was considered very important for an actor to try and lose any trace of regional or ethnic identity and learn to talk "proper," e.g., like rich people. Almost every actor with an Italian or Irish or Jewish last name would change it into something more WASPy and American-sounding ). The default "rich person" way of talking was the Mid Atlantic accent, so people would artificially adopt it. It fell out of fashion, though, mostly in the 1960s, as people got more proud of their own origins and wanted to stick up for them and not be forced to lose their identity to fit in. When that started to happen, instead of the accent seeming like how everyone should try and sound it started to seem fake and unnatural, a joke. By 1963 you have like the dude on Gilligan's Island, [Thurston Howell III], where him talking like that is part of what makes him ridiculous.
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Why is it bad if I quit without cause, but employers have the right to fire me without cause?
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It looks bad to future employers. From their view, why would they want to hire someone who has a history of simply walking out without giving them time to find a replacement. Also, if you ever decide to go back to the job you quit without notice, they are going to think the same thing and probably won't rehire you. Keep in mind that when a new employer is checking your references and they call your previous employer, the one question they are almost guaranteed to ask them is if they would hire you again. If the answer is no then it is a big red flag and they probably wont hire you either. Always a good idea to avoid burning bridges if you can.Quit without cause: questionable decision. Not necessarily "bad" but employers will want to know why you would quit a job for no reason. This makes it seem as if you can never be a happy employee because you don't know what you want. Quit without notice: You are providing a service. If you are unable to do so it is proper to let your customer know so they can prepare to offset the workload. When an employer fires you, they are deciding they no longer want your service and so no notice is required. It also may be considered "bad" if they offer no severance and no reason, they will have a bad reputation amongst former employees.Who says it's bad to quit 'without cause'? Thought that doesn't make much sense, why would you leave a job for absolutely no reason? It's bad to quit without *notice*, but that's different. That tells future employers you don't care much about the vacuum you leave when you quit.
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