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How do we know that online poker and other forms of electronic gambling are not rigged? | By law, the source code must be shared with the state. [Here's an AMA from an actual slot machine programmer from 5 years ago.] And [here is a listing of payback rates by state.] For most states, it's generally around 91%.As far as I know, most online casinos don't do this, but there's a technique called "provable fair... |
When is it legal for a comedy show to mock a company while using the company's real name and when is it not? | It is almost always legal. In order for a statement to be slanderous it has to: * be false* the author has to know, or should have known, the statement was false* it has to be damaging* a reasonable person would believe it was true Most comedy fails on the last point. If a comedy shows says eating at McDonald's will ma... |
How does shazam recognize a song from any part, and how does it do that so fast? | I believe that is uses something called 'up, down, same' sampling. The 10 second sample is broken down into parts where the song deviates from a set pitch or whatever, and the fingerprint is the combo of where and by how much the sample deviates", 'Machine learning algorithms create information about information, then ... |
Was told to post this. For those of you who want to know about what's going on in Ukraine right now. | The people who wonder why they can't protest peacefully strike me as sheltered 1st world kids. Even Mandela had to retort to violence against an deaf a violent government. Edit: a word", 'So what exactly do these East Ukrainians want? Other than the President gone Also, have the protesters considered leaving the countr... |
Why am I pretty skinny and still have chin fat? | Everybody stores fat it a different way, look at your parents or grandparents and you'll have your answer. Since I find this to be a very peculiar question, I'm imagining you are spending too much time looking at your *chin fat*, so just embrace it. I'm sure you are beautiful either way. |
My state put a small income tax ( 0.1% or so) to fund its public transit system. Why not just raise ticket prices to do the same? | Not everyone uses a public transit system, so you would need to increase ticket prices by a much larger amount, which might be not be payable by the very people you are building the transit for. If the descrepency between people who use public transit and those who dont is large enough its very possible that the public... |
Why would a human get a disease (kuru) from eating another human's brain? | You don't get it from eating any human brain anymore than you get AIDS from just having sex with anybody. You get it from someone who is already infected and the way you get it is via eating their brains. Kuru is not a virus or bacteria but a prion diseases. Prions are proteins that are somehow folded the wrong way, th... |
If the world has been much hotter in the past and has had drastic changes in climate in the past, why are people freaking out so much about the current global warming? | When these happened in the past the number of human types on the planet was likely less than a million - now we are at 7 billion. Back then we could move as the climate changed as it changed over many generations. I am sure there were conflicts as humans encroached on one another's territories but compare those instanc... |
How can American restaurants legally pay their servers and delivery drivers less than minimum wage under the assumtion that they might get tips? | The wage is automatically adjusted if minimum wage was not met during a certain period. Legally. I love being a server so very much and I am great at it, and after a night of working my butt off it is so fun to walk home with a nice stack of cash. I don't make nearly as much as when I worked in corporate, but I do very... |
What determines whether gas exits your body as a burp or a fart? | Burps are air that you've swallowed , the exception is carbon dioxide burps caused by drinking carbonated beverages. Farts are due to bacterial fermentation in your colon and contain smelly sulfur compounds. |
Do insects and other lower animals ever get demotivated, lazy or depressed? | I read that 20% or so in ant colony are slackers and that if you remove those 20% another 20% form the remaining will start slacking. Not sure if helps but it's interesting. |
How do trailer tails work? | [This picture] does a nice job of showing the difference. Without them air swirls behind the truck creating a low pressure area that pulls back on the truck trailer as it moves forward, requiring more fuel than otherwise. The tails allow air to move past the truck more smoothly so air fills into the space previously ta... |
If satellites orbit the Earth, why does my satellite dish stay stationary? | It's pointed at a satellite in a geosynchronous orbit, which takes about 24 hours to go around the earth. For this reason it appears to stay in one place in the sky relative to an observer on earth .There are different types of orbits. One type is called geostationary, which means the satellite stays over pretty much t... |
What low skilled people will do if and when robots take over most minimum wage jobs? | There will still be plenty of minimum wage jobs that cannot be taken over by robots. Plenty of jobs depend on customer interaction which is not so easy to replace with a robot. After all, why yell at a robot when you can yell at a human who also can't help it /s Also, even if some minimum wage jobs get taken by robots,... |
Why is produce at ethnic stores so cheap? | I live in SoCal and a lot of the Mexican grocery stores have the option to use a credit card but at a fee. Most of the patrons pay in cash . Credit cards take 2-3% in transaction fees. While this is small, if the grocery store doesn't pass this on to the consumer, it could account for a marginal lowering of prices.They... |
Why does Jury Duty pay so little? | In NY, it's 40 dollars if you are unemployed or make less then that or you work at a very small business. Otherwise, your employer needs to pay for the first 3 days. |
Are these statistics of crime/poverty in the Black community skewed somehow? | The problem with statistics is that, devoid of context, they can be worse than useless. Even if these numbers are true, they don't necessarily point to a why or a how, they simply tell you 'x does y amount of z.' The reasons for why a certain statistic is what it is can be wide-ranging, and so the number itself may be ... |
Why don't doctors make house calls anymore? | Doctors used to *have* to make house calls because there were no doctors' offices. There were some hospitals or convalescence homes, but they were run by charities or clergy and were places where you were given comfort rather than actual treatment. Their profession was a very low-status one, and house calls reflected t... |
What exactly are those little handbags things that girls always have in formal (prom) photos, and why do they all have them? | In addition to weighing down clothing, putting things like that into pockets can stretch and warp the pants/dress. Female clothes are often made with a stretchy or fitted material, which can become misshapen, something fashion designers dont want happening, it's bad for branding. Thus, fake/tiny pockets! It's the bane ... |
Why does the screen on my wife's 3 year old macbook look "sharper" than my brand new Asus laptop even if they're the same display resolution? | the 'sharpness' depends on the pixel density, pixels per inch. A smaller screen will have smaller pixels, and a larger screen will have larger pixels. Larger pixels mean that you can see more edges and stuff |
How can older movies be presented on the Blu-Ray format without downgrading the quality of the film? | Most older movies on film were shot on 35mm. It's hard to get an exact equivalent, but it's said to be digital equivalent around 4K. If you didn't know, most movies today aren't even 4K, not even blockbusters like both Avengers or Avatar. For Blu-ray, the usually scan it at 4K and then down-sample that to 1080p. Some t... |
Do people with Alzheimer's retain prior mental conditions, such as phobias, schizophrenia, depression etc? | Can someone explain the difference between Dementia and Alzheimer's, please?", 'Not only do they persist some studies have shown a CAUSAL relationship with depression, anxiety and dementia and Alzheimers. There may be an underlying as yet unseen cause of depression and anxiety with dementia as the eventual result.After... |
How is a medically induced coma much different from cryogenic sleep? | Lack of movement causes multiple problems- Such as; 1. Degeneration of connective tissue leading to pain, lack of tensile strength, lack of flexibility etc 2. Risk of pneumonia 3. Risk of DVTs 4. Orthostatic hypotension 5. Skin breakdown 6. Atrophy of overall muscle power and endurance |
how do smoke detectors detect and go off with smoke (and aerosols) and not steam? | Sometimes they do. That's one reason why many hotels have the vent fan wired into the light in the bathrooms. |
Why are so many people against genetically modified foods? | They don't understand what they are or they listen to the misinformation. They also look at the companies that make them and think assume everything is being done for the gain of the company.Hyperbole. It's an "en vogue" issue. People want to be trendy. Bandwagon affect. I rank it right up there with opposing vaccines.... |
Why are certain expletives, such as "fuck," censored/never used on cable shows, but the "n-word," arguably more offensive, is used in shows without issue? | That's funny, cable shows here in Australia swear all the time. In fact, swearing is common on free to air as well. I'll just have to assume that you're not Australian. |
The difference between "organic" and "non-organic" food? | Organic food is basically food that's grown using outdated farming methods because people have been scared into thinking pesticides and GMOs are bad. The reality is though that Organic food still uses pesticides and its less efficient farming method means that more land has to be used to get the same amount of food. A ... |
How can I suddenly become lonely? | It may be several factors: 1. You may be dehydrated. Dehydration can make you feel depressed 2. You may have used up a large portion of dopamine, and lack dopamine. The extreme of this is when you do drugs or drink too much, when you feel lonely or depressed the next day, it's because you've expended seratonin and dopa... |
Why does freshly mown grass give off a smell, but regular grass does not? | It's their way of screaming in horrific pain since plants communicate with chemicals which we interpret as smell. The odor you enjoy after mowing your lawn is the equivalent of that scene where Morty falls off the cliff and breaks his legs, only on a much much larger scale. If you get up close to uncut grass its smell ... |
What does water do to fire? | There are multiple effects to consider.\r\rFirst, water cools. For a fire to be 'live', it usually has to be at a high temperature. Water is usually colder , making the fire to cool down too, extinguishing it.\r\rWater also covers the burning material, breaking off oxygen, therefore stopping thr burning process. Exting... |
Why can't alcohol be purchased with cash in-flight? | /r/ameoba's answer, plus it allows them to keep better accounting. When a flight attendant serves you and you pay with debit or credit, the money flows directly to the company's bank account and doesn't either disappear somewhere along the way or not get tallied. That prevents bad behaviours such as an attendant bringi... |
Jimmy Kimmel's joke about OJ Simpson | Bologna is a cheap meat product often served in prisons because it's a cheap form of meat/protein. OJ is in prison for his part in other crimes in which he took part years after the murders for which he stood trial. So basically, the joke is that OJ will be rewarded with an extra portion of food for his prison dinner. |
If electricity speed is about 300,000 km/s, why does ping of internet depend so much on the distance? | The latency comes more from the various bits of hardware the signal has to pass through, than from the wires. Even so, if you're going halfway around the world at the speed of light without detours, that's 20,000 km / 300,000 km/s = 66 ms which is already a pretty respectable ping time. |
Why is it that China's government can devalue their currency at a moments notice while the dollar can't be by the US? | The US is technically allowed to do things like that. But the dollar is used as a reserve currency by so many other nations, there would be a big complaint were it to just arbitrarily shift. As a result, the US tries to use more 'natural' methods to control its currency by manipulating the money supply, as this is a mo... |
Why do old-school boobies look different? | Certain shaped ones are popular during the different times, so they're featured more in the media during that time. Girls with all shapes and sizes have been around the whole time. If you want more information on the different shapes, you can look here: _URL_0_ Edit: Well it looks like that article isn't around anymore... |
The IRS scandal and Obama's connection | It isn't much of a scandal, as far as I can tell but here's the nutshell. Lots of groups apply for tax-exempt status. The IRS has to evaluate them to make sure they meet the criteria, which includes no partisan political work; they can advocate issues, but they aren't supposed to endorse/criticize invididual candidates... |
Why do schools in the U.S punish their students so harshly? | I studied in a middle eastern country public school, I was hit, kicked and slapped by my teachers more than I can remember. America isn't so hardcore |
why do we have to move our eyes when remembering something? | Disclaimer: Not a cognitive scientist, just somebody who thinks cognitive science is cool. It's a really good question and there are a lot of possible answers. The truth is that although our understanding of the brain has increased by leaps and bounds over the past few years, we don't have a perfect understanding of wh... |
How can animals that eat spiders for sustenance not get bitten inside their mouth/throat sometimes? (Or do they?) | not sure why either my cat eats the spiders under the sink, and she seems fine. Thank god tho because I'll never kill the spiders. |
Considering how many stars are out in space, why is it that we aren't constantly seeing supernovas in the sky? | 1) The number of stars we can see from Earth is not quite so large, especially considering how many stars we can **not** see. 2) Supernovae are not all that common. Only stars that are approximately 8 times as massive as our sun, or more, die as supernovae. This means that the proportion of all stars that actually beco... |
Why is it conventional wisdom that enacting Voter ID laws will suppress Democratic voters? | Imagine you live hand to mouth. You work three jobs, and the people in power are doing things you don't like. After managing to get a day off from every single job so you can stand in line to vote - and that was by no means easy, you find out that your state has passed a law that voters have to have an ID. So now, you ... |
Is what the NSA did/is doing that different from spy programs in other countries? | Absolutely nothing. And I really appreciate the level headiness in this thread. The fact that people recognize that this is everyday business in the world is refreshing. Since the inception of government, Said government has spied on it's citizens. |
The business model for pallets and shipping containers. | A pallet company makes a pallet and it is bought by company A. Company A sends it's goods out to company B and the cost of the pallet is included in the price. Company B sends it's goods out on the pallets which it now owns and adds a bit extra to the price for the pallet. This goes on until the pallet is broken. Where... |
what's the difference between cheap and expensive wine? Is it really worth it? | There are a few things, more expensive grapes, made in less quantity, more expensive/time consuming production, aged for longer. All these different things bring out different subtle flavors in the wine, if you personally can't taste the difference that it is not worth it. To the people who can taste the subtle differe... |
If I was stuck in the middle of a desert with a full bottle of water, would it be wiser to drink it all in one go, or ration it over time? | Eagle scout here . Ration it. If you drink it all in one go, your body will pee more of it out. Higher water content = higher water usage = higher water waste. Humans are cardio machines. We're built to run marathons. We can outrun any land animal on earth in a 20 mile dash but we aren't designed to carry extra weight.... |
How Open Source projects/developers make money | The short answer is they don't. The long answer is, many companies work on OSS and make money by providing support and training on said software. MySQL is probably the most well-known example of this. Also, donations.Many of them have day jobs that pay the bills, and the open source stuff is done in their spare time, f... |
Why is there a stigma associated mental health? | Mental illness as a concept is only a new thing. In the old days, if you we're depressed you were told to just suck it up, if you couldn't concentrate you we're just a troublesome child, and if you we're REALLY bad, you were labelled as insane and locked away in a looney bin, just in case you went batshit crazy and dec... |
Why is there such a negative stigma against nuclear reactors? | Yes nuclear reactors are by far the safest form of energy, *but* when something goes wrong, something goes really wrong. Fukushima, 3 mile island, and Chernobyl all were huge disasters making while cities uninhabitable for years. Meanwhile, if a hydroelectric plant or a windmill goes wrong, what's going to happen? It's... |
Why it's not possible to take a real long cable to moon and use that as a space elevator? | Currently there is no materiel on earth that can support itself at that distance. As you make something longer it begins to gain mass at a rate faster than it is gaining strength . Eventually the materiel reaches a point where it's strength and ability to support weight is overwhelmed by it's own growing weight. At cur... |
Why do Muslim terrorist groups think that if they martyr themselves they will be rewarded with virgins in heavan? | there's a hadith saying that.there's also a hadith saying not to kill anyone but who hold arms against you.and not all muslims agree that deliberately killing yourself count as martyr. so d |
Let's assume I'm a regular fish in the Pacific Ocean, what's keeping me from going to the bottom? | You're probably not a big thinker and so you probably just follow your buddies around a lot. Those who didn't do so, probably became fish food for bigger fish. Fish are like sheep. So I say: go for it. And let us know how it goes. Assuming you're a reditting fish. |
Why doesn't my mirror fog up on the very edge? | The edge might be able to heat up enough that it isn't prone to condensation like the rest of the mirror. |
Art heists. How do the criminals sell their goods when it's obvious they were stolen and whoever buys them will never be able to show them? | **Not everyone needs to display their art for the world to see.** A stolen piece of artwork will be sold significantly under market value because selling it through a legitimate auction is impossible, and the fact that the person who buys it can't possibly sell it afterward. It has no real monetary value anymore. With ... |
Why don't porn sites use legitimate ads? | Most legit ads' public image would probably be worsened by appearing on a porn site: I am more likely to buy Freddie McPollingham's new can of soup if it's advertised on Facebook than on _URL_0_ |
Why does lemonade and other more sugary beverages seem to "go right though me" and make me have to urinate twice as fast as opposed to water or milk? | It mostly comes down to osmosis. The beverage has a higher solute concentration than the cells in your body, it therefore draws water out of the surrounding tissues, increasing the volume of water which you need to urinate. Milk or better just water have the opposite balance of solutes, therefore some of what you drink... |
Why do electrical plugs with two prongs have a certain orientation for a socket in lieu of making them symmetrical? | Others have already given good answers, I'd just like to add that in most places, two prong are symmetrical, and can be inserted either way. |
LI5: How do radio signals work? | Terrestrial radio signals that you would hear in your car work in one of two ways, AM and FM. First, you have a radio tower which sends out radio signals. If it's an AM station it sends the signal at a specific amplitude or signal strength in relation to the information being sent. So, as a basic example, every half se... |
Drugs - barbituates, stimulants, depressants, opiates ... etc.. what effects do these classifications produce? | Check out [_URL_2_], it's an amazing resource and will have all of the information you need . |
How can Switzerland have such a great health care system/infrastructure, and be so safe, if it has such a low tax rate, and lax gun laws? | They have some of the strictest immigration laws in the world, and the border security to enforce them to perfection. They retain total control of who gets in their country and for how long, and they discriminate harshly against anyone who looks like they wouldn't be a net benefit to their society. |
Why do some people have a reflex to laugh during really inappropriate laughter times? like when giving or receiving horrible news. | All humour is based in the violation of a moral precept, and is the brain's method of resolving the violation of that moral precept. |
Why does an atom cause such an explosion when you split it? | *This is how my teacher explained it* Suppose you have a car engine. It's running, and you want to take it apart. The safe thing would be to turn off the engine and disassemble it, but we can't do that to atoms. So we try to disassemble it while it's running. Some components are whirring around very fast. At some point... |
Why does the text in older movies always move? | With older film to video methods each frame was projected and captured by a video camera. Projectors use sprocket holes to keep the image stable but they have to move the film then hold it steady 24 times a second. Plus the film's holes are a little bigger than the sprockets so the image can move around. The text was a... |
In terms of wealth, is modern day USA the most dominant superpower in human times? | The US used to be more dominant - after the end of ww2, it held around 50% of the world's GDP. |
What is the problem with the new Apple Maps? | Additionally, Google has spent a lot of energy making it easy for regular people to add streets and other info. This is one of the reasons why Google Maps has become so accurate in places, especially poor areas. Entire cities have been refined by users without requiring much effort or further investment by Google. This... |
The Science Behind Writer's Block | I'm not sure if there is a science to it or not, but perhaps more of a mental block? Usually when I get writer's block it is because I am not feeling creative, my sentence structure is wack , or I am second guessing every advancement I make. There's also something daunting to people about seeing white space without any... |
How does my iPhone 6 know the number of steps and flights of stairs I traverse in a given day? | To add to what others have said, the iPhones that are capable of this have [motion co-processors]. There are special chips that can monitor and process accelerometer, gyroscope and compass data without 'waking up' the phone's main processor. This allows these phones to perform such monitoring continuously with very lit... |
If Marijuana is decriminalized in my state (OH), and my friends and I (all over eighteen) get caught smoking it, what happens? | Being from Ohio myself, I'd suggest you read the proposed amendment and then don't vote for it. I love weed more than the next guy, but this amendment is not really in our favor. 10 people are going to be allowed to grow commercially. The rest of us have to register with the state to be allowed to grow four plants. Why... |
What is wrong with video surveillance in public? | There's a difference between what's allowed in principle and what happens when you push that as far as possible. For example, if I walk past your house and glance at you through a window when you're in the kitchen, that's all right. If I stand there the whole day and look through your kitchen window that gets a bit dis... |
Why the fruit cake hate? | To be honest, I came here because I thought this was an anti-gay reference. I'm pleasantly surprised that your thread is actually about fruit cake; upvote! |
Why do I get car-sick when I'm a passenger, but never when I'm the driver? | It's my understanding the motion we can't control actually makes our bodies think they have been poisoned. Hence the vomiting and feeling so much better! |
Why do starving children have their stomach swell to extremely large sizes? (e.g. Ethiopian children) | insufficient protein in their diet while still taking in sufficient calories. Its a distension caused by extreme fluid retention. The protein is required to keep your lymphatic system from freaking out, and that's the system directly responsible for fluid _URL_0_ when it freaks out, that's one of the things that can ha... |
Why are razors so expensive? | Because people still buy them. If no one bought them at that price then they wouldn't be expensive, but people need to shave so they charge more. |
How steroids make your muscles grow | Steroids increase the production of proteins in one's body which leads to increased muscle mass. They also help the user recover faster from exercise so the user can train more often without suffering from the negative effects of overtraining . |
Why do scissors only work if used with a specific hand? | For right-handed scissors, when you close your right hand your thumb naturally pushes away from your palm to the left: this presses the blades together. When you use your left hand your thumb pushes to the right, which ends up separating the blades, making it easier for the stuff you're cutting to slip between them. If... |
How do massive trends suddenly blow up overnight? | Trends typically start small/local and build, then make the leap to a new cluster, and it snowballs something like a fidget spinner might have been discovered by some kid a year ago and started a craze at his school. Then some kid introduces his cabin of kids at camp to them and it spreads to some other schools in the ... |
Why is physician-assisted suicide, and suicide in general, illegal? | There's a grey area that I know of, where the dose of pain-killers is increased according to the patients pain. Sometimes that level reaches lethal dose. Not really talked about and Dr's probably won't admit it to you. |
The differences between Wii, PS, Xbox, etc., and which is considered the best system. I'm 40, out of the loop, and have to buy one for Christmas. | I'll try my best here. Wii is the Nintendo console from last generation. The latest one is called the Wii U. It comes with a touchscreen controller in the box, and several games use it as part of their gameplay. Games include Mario Bros., Mario Kart, Smash Bros. and other Nintendo titles. It's the least expensive new c... |
Why dont we just execute prisoners by gunshot to the back of the head | I maybe be alone in this, but I do not want to die quietly or softly or slowly. I don't want my brain to slowly become duller and duller until I fall asleep to never wake up. I want to be awake, when it is my time. I want to experience that thing that we have always wondered about, which we can never know. What it feel... |
How can businesses and organizations get away with making an intern work full-time without pay? | They can't employ them more than 6 months unpaid and they are required to be learning their trade them can't be doing errands they need to be doing work however it's a popular loophole companies like to exploit they'll hire a set of interns every 6 months so they don't have to pay labour costs", 'It depends entirely on... |
Why is 'airplane mode' not good enough when an airplane is taking off? | It is fine, but turning off electronic devices has absolutely nothing to do with the items transmitting/receiving signals. The only reason you are told to stow/turn off electronics during takeoff and landing is because the airlines don't want our stupid asses messing with our fancy electronics in case they have an emer... |
why are certain types of businesses labeled high-risk by credit card processors? | > If I pay the fee You don't pay the costs of their time to investigate and recover the money. There are multiple parties involved in a chargeback dispute - the customer's bank, your bank, the payment processor, and possibly the credit card brands. There's time and effort involved in the chargeback process beyond the c... |
Why do your fingers go wrinkly after a long bath? | Your skin has an layer of oil, sebum, which makes the water roll off & not cling on. Much like a non-stick frying pan. When we are exposed to water for long periods of time, the sebum washes off & our skin begins to absorb the water & becomes wrinkly. Why this only happens on our hands & feet I'm not sure of. Although ... |
How does rubbing two slices of cucumber together remove its starch? | can someone make a video of doing this? I don't quite understand from the description, but sweeter cucumbers sound quite pleasant.Pretty sure this doesn't remove the "bitter" from anything more than the stem end of the cucumber .which doesn't matter anyway cause that's the only place it's concentrated enough you can de... |
Why does drinking water provide us with instant energy even though it contains no calories? | Think of water like the body's oil for simplicity. Water is a key molecule in a lot of biological exchanges, and also it provides a field or pool if you will for nutrients and such to move through |
With B-52 bombers reaching 60+ years of service, would they still be effective against a technologically advanced opponent, like Russia or China? | If we otherwise have air superiority, yes. Once we've gained control of the skies and eliminates any anti-aircraft capability, we could be dropping bombs from blimps without a problem. A big part of the US military success is the fact that we can bring in air support almost anywhere at will.They have been constantly up... |
What does it mean when people say certain types of cars have oversteer or understeer? | It's easiest to understand oversteer and understeer by thinking about how a car car steers through a corner. So cars steer with their front two wheels, and basically have the rest of the car follow into the arc of the turn. Understeer and oversteer is what happens when one side of the car loses grip in a turn. When a c... |
What would happen if the US adopted a compulsory voting policy? (i.e. fine/community service for people who don't vote) | Wikipedia says research shows it has a significant effect: _URL_0_ Poor people have more barriers to voting than others. Also looking at the voter turnout for college kids is depressingly low - they tend to have some education on the issues and candidates but can't seem, on average, to organize themselves into actually... |
Why is hand washing only effective with warm water? | Warmer water is better at helping break up lipids which can help release the contaminates on your hands. It's the same reason dishes are washed in warm water. |
Why don't humans have memories from infancy? | They have discovered that the memories you gain during your first year can still be recalled when you are two, but not much longer than that. It's because during early childhood, your brain is still developing and rewiring itself, so pretty much any memory you get gets deleted as neurons furiously developing and changi... |
Why is my dominant hand different depending on the activity? For example I eat and write left handed yet my right hand is dominant for everything else. | Welcome to the mutant club. I'm lefty for all micro tasks, righty for macro tasks, and ambi for anything involving feet or medium tasks. |
Why does the shower curtain bellow inwards when I'm taking a shower? | The only thing that I'm noticing is being overlooked here is the drainage. Plumbing is made to allow more water to drain than can be delivered in any given plumbing fixture. Water is not the only thing going down the drain when you shower, loads of air is taken down the drain along with the water. I believe this aids t... |
With everything going on in Sydney right now, I'm curious as to how hostage negotiations work. When the perpetrators get what they want, do they leave? Are they eventually tracked/caught? | Generally, if criminals end up with hostages it is because they fucked up. A real life, successful crime needs to be over within seconds, and certainly before the police arrive. You watch any CCTV footage of a ban robbery or jewellery heist, its usually a case of smash and grab before riding down an alleyway on a motor... |
Why do birds dive bomb in front of fast moving vehicles on the road? | I'm no expert, but I hit an owl with my car. I was driving during the middle of the night and saw something flash right in front of my grill. It was one of those times when something happens and you don't realize it until it's over. I stopped at a gas station and found a mouse stuck in my grill. Next to where the mouse... |
How does someone who knows absolutely nothing about cars go about choosing a secondhand car? | Because you're looking at potentially putting a lot of money into something that's going to need to be reliable for you, I would seriously recommend finding a friend who does know about cars, and take them with you.Have someone who knows how come along with you. Your biggest trouble spots are the engine itself and the ... |
How do hackers remain anonymous when they are directly connected to an ISP? | The traffic is encrypted. That means the data appears to be a bunch of gibberish to anyone who looks at it without the proper key to decode it. When the ISP looks at it, they can't tell what it is. It's not just hackers who use encryption. Banking and other secure online transactions are encrypted, the military uses en... |
How come some downloads don't provide an estimated time for completion. | You are right - some servers don't send an Content-Length header, which specifies the length of the resource in an HTTP protocol. See [RFC2616] for more info. |
What advantage do whales have being mammals as opposed to evolving to be completely aquatic? | This is a flawed way of thinking about evolution. Evolution isn't about what's best, it's about what's good enough. The ancestors of whales evolved over time and became more and more aquatic, because those that adapted better for water seemed to survive better than those that didn't. Now they're how they are today. Yea... |
Historically, why have kings/queens allowed the church to also have so much power over the people? Do they gain something from each other, or are kings/queens just scared of going to hell? | Well, for much of history, the church was the state and the state was the church, for the dominant religion in the area. Each propped the other up. What happens when the king and the church disagree? Well, look no further than Henry VIII, who wanted to get a divorce, but the Roman Catholic church wouldn't permit it. Th... |
What is the difference between making friends and Networking( in a business capacity)? | Humans are very social animals. We trust people we know and like and we trust the friends of people we know and like. So if you have a good network of contacts, that's a kind of currency. You're in hospitality. Say you're looking for a job in your local Hilton. You can turn up on the doorstep and ask if they're hiring.... |
Why do Tesla veichles get 265 miles in range while other electric cars are substantially lower. | It's all about that base which can accommodate bigger batteries without compromising stability or performance. Most electric cars and hybrids are built using established platforms , which were originally designed for gas engines and the drivetrains to match. Tesla are purpose-built platforms with a low center of gravit... |
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