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Why mobile devices need to be rooted/jailbroken to have access to sensitive files but computers don't | On your computer, you are the likely and Administrator . For the sake of simplicity, on a windows computer Administrator is the almighty. It can do anything. In linux, "root" is almighty. It can do anything. Phones run an operating system just like a computer. The operations you perform are run as a specific user with ... |
The Ellen Show keeps showing "psychics." What makes it all bullshit? | The fact that psychics can't do what they say they can do is what makes it all bullshit.There are no decent scientific studies that have shown that anybody that claims to have psychic abilities can actually provide specific information gained through "psychic" means. |
How can games like The Last of Us and BioShock Infinite be constantly cited as better games than GTA V, yet GTA keeps winning awards over them? | Fanboys. Complaints are always louder than praise. I found The Last of Us to be miles ahead of GTA V story-wise, but gameplay wise it was pretty .. okay. That's usually how it goes for all Naughty Dog games. I think both had characters that were great. I was more gripped by The Last of Us but I had more fun playing GTA... |
Are planes in flight affected by the the earth rotation? | From what I am learning in Science class, The Coriolis Effect, or the Earths rotation and its effect on winds, affects the flight paths of planes if they are flying just straight to the south. Sometimes just the rotation can affect flight paths. An example that I read in a Earth Science book: Imagine a rocket being lau... |
What are the value of a "horsepower" | Basically it is a measurement of a predetermined amount of energy over a predetermined set of time. For the specifics: horse·pow·er noun a unit of power equal to 550 foot-pounds per second . |
why are blowjobs called "blowjobs" when there is no blowing involved? | Because after the job it's gonna blow? Just a wild guess, I honestly have no clue as well |
How does James Bond change | It's never brought up. There is a good fan theory that suggests that James Bond and 007 are merely code names given to a particular agent, but that's about the extent of it. |
Why are cell phone carriers allowed to advertise "unlimited" plans that aren't actually unlimited? | They lay it all out in the details, its fine. They literally tell you exactly what the plan is. It will be something like this: Our new Unlimited^1 data plan! Get it today ^1 Unlimited means up to 10 GBs of data at full speed, then speed may be reduced to 128 kbps. This is normal legal disclosures and such, and is tota... |
Could a spacecraft fly through a gas planet like Saturn? | Yes, it is gas, but it not all gases are equal. For example, the density of Earth's atmosphere is about 0.001225 g/cm^3 . By contrast, the average density of Saturn is 0.69 g/cm^3 . So while Saturn has the distinction of being the only planet less dense than water it is still about 6,000 times more dense than our atmos... |
How is a film converted into 3D? | Multiple processes are combined throughout the film to create a 3-dimensional representation of the scene, similar to a shoebox diorama. Artists are assigned to cut up the picture into multiple layers , and special computer programs can analyze the image for depth cues. More artists "paint" the missing parts of each la... |
Why are there Plus Sized models? Is it purely out of political correctness? Could anybody ever want to look like that? | As opposed to political correctness, "plus sized" models are simply businesses stepping forward in their advertising game by using demonstrations of their products by models much closer in size to their target demographic. Their are FAR more people that match those models\' sizes than there are size zero consumers. |
the differences between Singles, EP's, and Albums. | Singles were created before the Internet, to get popular songs out quickly. The artist wouldn't have enough material or time to release something longer at the time. Traditionally, just an A-side and the B-side. 2 songs. Nowadays, a few remixes. Somewhere around 6-15 minutes. EP stands for extended play, and is a hybri... |
What information is on the X Chromosome that isn't in the Y Chromosome? | Pretty much all sex-linked diseases are coded for on the X chromosome; since men don't have a "backup" copy on the Y chromosome these diseases are more common in men than in women. Wikipedia gives a partial list of conditions: * ALD* Duchenne muscular dystrophy* Hunter syndrome* Menkes disease * Glucose-6-phosphate deh... |
When walking into a room and smelling something, why do we get used to that smell and not smell it anymore? | It's called [olfactory fatigue] and to be brief, it's a mechanism to filter out the insignificant from the significant. If there's a constant smell, and it's not offensive or repulsive or otherwise important, your brain will want to filter it out, so you can more easily notice more important smells. |
Why did medieval people write in such ridiculous scripts? Did gothic or other letters have any advantages I don't know about? | It was considered an art, the monks would primarily write what you've seen, and that was their only job, they were well aware that they would become historic texts so wanted to Present their culture in a certain way, so they made their writing art |
What is happening on a molecular level when water puts out fire? | Two things, first it separates the reactants: fire is a reaction between some material and oxygen in the air. By covering the material with water, the fire no longer has oxygen and it dies. Second, and more importantly, water is a superb conductor of heat, if there's something even slightly warmer than water, the water... |
When a car/truck is driving at high speeds, why does it look like their rims are going in reverse not forward? | It shouldn't, to your eye. This is a result of how cameras work, called the [Wagon-wheel effect]. Basically, suppose we took pictures of a clock 59 minutes apart, starting at noon. The minute hand would start pointing up, but the second picture would be at 12:59, then 1:58, 2:57, and so on. If we put these together int... |
Why Resistance heaters have a first law thermal efficiency of 100% but a 2nd law thermal efficiency of of less than 10% | The reason the space heater is considered so inefficient in the second law sense, is because it is being compared agains a heat *pump*, rather than a heat *generator*. A heat pump is able to *transfer* heat, which allows it to use outside heat energy to warm up the inside. While the resistance heater can use one unit o... |
Why/how do accents develop? | The evolution of language is just like the evolution of animals - put the same language in different places and it will slowly change over a long period of time in different ways depending on the environment. Different habits will appear in different groups of people. For instance in the southern US, people get hot and... |
Why do people think Obama is a socialist? | During any election, the Democrats try to demonize the Republican candidates while the Republicans try to demonize the Democrat candidates. Since the Republicans wanted to win the presidential election, they spent time and money promoting the idea that Obama was bad. Specifically, since Obama made statements about help... |
Why does senior-itis occur? | If you're going to college, your entire academic career up until that point has been to get accepted. You're now accepted. Your grades and efforts after this point are irrelevant outside of an extremely steep and sudden decline. You're no longer working for a purpose, so it all just seems meaningless. |
Why do current gen consoles have amazing graphics and VR games still look like they're from 10 years ago? | VR Games have to keep the total latency *extremely* low in order to avoid VR sickness. If it takes too long for your head movement to have a visible effect, your brain gets confused and you can start feeling really sick. Most games have a total input latency of 100-150 milliseconds, but in order for VR to fool the eye ... |
Why is the scroll lock key still included on modern keyboards? | Habit mostly. They have asked the manufacturers, and they just said that it's a legacy function that doesn't cost any more to leave in, so why not |
How is keeping a dog or cat as a pet not the same as keeping animals in captivity? | Some animals have been domesticated. They have been bred for years and years to live in harmony with humans. If I let this dog out to run through the streets of Chicago, he is going to die within hours. I am not keeping him here to punish him or to entertain myself, I am keeping him here so he does not die.I honestly d... |
How did they lift off the moon with such a small rocket? | Another factor that hasn't been mentioned so far, is atmosphere. The earth has an atmosphere, the moon doesn't. To get into low earth orbit, a rocket has to reach approximately 17,000 mph . The presence of air means that the rocket has to overcome massive air drag to reach that speed. A lot of fuel goes into overcoming... |
HTTP/2 – What is it, why is it needed, who needs to implement it to work, will I as an end-user notice any changes? | _URL_1_ > HTTP is the protocol which browsers use to communicate with websites. HTTP/2 is the next planned revision of this protocol . > HTTP/2 mostly improves on HTTP/1.1 in terms of speed and latency. It does this by: > 1. Compressing to the HTTP headers. > 2. Receiving multiple request and sending multiple responses... |
Why is our age based on the day we are born instead of our date of conception? | We cannot precisely pin down the day you were conceived in a legal sense, but we can for birthEastern countries start you at 1 upon birth, but who wants to be older than they have to? _URL_0_ |
What's the point of the laugh track in TV shows? | How else would you know when Big Bang Theory was [supposed to be funny]? I'm joking to an extent, but think about how much more you laugh in company than alone. It's easy to get used to it and stop noticing it, and then it gets subconsciously easier to laugh along.In a sitcom, they wish to replicate the feeling of bein... |
What happens when the lungs collapse? | Ok, so in the chest cavity between the ribs and lungs there is space, which normally has lower than the atmospheric pressure. This allows the lungs to expand and fill with air when we open our airways and use our breathing muscles. If there is communication between this space and the outside the pressure equalizes and ... |
Why are meats like bratwurst and Italian sausages curved, and why isn't it the same case for hot dogs? | natural sausages are made of ground meat and spices stuffed into an animal's intestine as the casing. the intestine is naturally curvy. hot dogs are ground meat and spices and extruded into shape. or sometimes put into a collagen casing", 'Hot dogs are not put in a "natural casing," that is, a piece of intestine materi... |
How does marijuana help people that are sick? | I can start with a couple of things: It increases appetite. This will help someone who is chronically ill and needs to eat but has no desire to eat. It reduces anxiety. This will help psychologically where worrying less will generally lead to a stronger immune system and generally better outlook on life, despite the ch... |
Why do cats constantly push things off of high places? | Damn good question. The only thing I can theorize is that, because cats are much more dexterous with their paws than dogs, pushing things off ot high places is kind of like training for them |
Is this North Korea nuclear test scenario really that serious? | Its always a bad thing when a country gets nukes. however, the real threat would not be to the countries that come to mind, like the US. They would be detected and intercepted. What would be in danger is closer countries, like China, and S. KoreaIf I could pose an additional question, why have they specifically talked ... |
the differences between sociopath, psychopath and narcissist to me? | A sociopath is a wolf in sheep's clothing. A psychopath is a rabid wolf in sheep's clothing -- or maybe only just a wool sweater. A narcissist is a sheep who thinks he's the shepherd -- and you can go to hell if you don't indulge him in his delusion. |
How come I can do two hours of cardio non-stop in a fitness class type situation but I can't run outside for more than ten minutes without stopping? | It is definitely harder to run outside than it is to run inside, because when you're outside you are not on flat ground and your muscles makes up for the different impacts you'll feel. Try running on sand and you'll see what I mean. Also, in a class you have other people around that you are doing the exercise with whic... |
Why do candidates like O'Malley and Kasich stay in the race when polls consistently show them at around 2%? | Before the Iowa Caucus and subsequently the New Hampshire primary, several candidates who went on to win those contests were in the single digits a short time before. I often hear it quoted that Santorum, for example, was in single digits before the 2012 Iowa Caucus before going on to ultimately win it with 25% IIRC . ... |
what is a VPN and why should (or shouldn't) I use one? | From a deleted user from this exact same thread 5 years ago. Please learn to use google. ELI5: "You have your house and your friend's house. Both your and your friend's parents always keep the doors locked and don't let anyone else in without an appointment. The secret tunnel you always dreamed about that connects your... |
Why do people have wisdom teeth, and why do some people have all of them, some have a few, and some people have none at all? | So, there are many reasons why some people have or don't have wisdom teeth. These reasons include genetics, some type of trauma during the development of the teeth, environmental causes, and some others I sure. To explain this a little bit better, genetics could mean the the individual has a mutation in there genome th... |
How come the Falcons have won NFC East when Giants could potentially still tie with them? | They didn't, because they're in the NFC south and are 7 games behind the Panthers. The Redskins clinched the NFCE and the Giants could theoretically tie, but in the case of a tie you go by conference record and the Redskins have them beat there.The Falcons are in the NFC south. The redskins have already won the NFC Eas... |
Why is milk made from nuts low in calories and the raw nuts themselves are high in calories? | Because it's not actually milk. It's more of a tea or coffee. They pour hot water over ground up nuts. It's the same as saying that coffee is low calorie, but if you were to eat the bean, it would be substantially higher in calories. |
How do bacteria that use metals for respiration work? | Cell respiration requires moving electrons through something called the electron transport chain. After you are done using them, you need to get rid of those electrons. Since oxygen is easily available in the environment and good at accepting electrons, we use oxygen. Those bacteria need something that is good at accep... |
Why is Lobbying is seen as normal and , thus , accepted? | You can lobby the government too. Call up your senator, that's lobbying. Professional lobbyists just happen to have more resources at their disposal then you. But if the majority of the population lobby their government then they'll usually give in.Lobbying is cornerstone to a functioning democracy - it is the process ... |
Left Hand < > Right Hand | No because it isn't your hand that makes you right handed it's your brain/heart/blood vessels that make you right handed. The left hemisphere of the brain while developing is larger and heavier than the right side. The left hemisphere is responsible for the right side of everyone's bodies and vis versa. This side of th... |
Why don't moons have moons? | So many incorrect answers here. A sub moon has never been observed in our solar system or anywhere else. While there's nothing preventing one from existing for a short time, the system is not likely to be stable other than for some theoretical models. Saturn's moon Iapetus may be able to support a moon of its own but t... |
Can I die of laughing? | Death from laughter\xa0is a rare form of\xa0death, usually resulting from\xa0cardiac arrest\xa0or\xa0asphyxiation, caused by a fit of\xa0laughter. Instances of death by laughter have been recorded from the times of\xa0ancient Greece\xa0to the modern day. As for what makes us laught for it to happen would depend on the ... |
Why do so many things in nature follow the Golden Ratio? | The best you can do is to watch [**the three part series**] Vi Hart made about the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio Note: each part is about six minutes. The videos explain some places in nature where the golden ratio turns up and gives a reasonable explanation as to why we would expect the Golden Ratio to appea... |
Why do animals not respond to "bad" smells the same way we do? | You're talking about instincts, millions of years of environmental conditioning that's different for every species. Humans are repulsed by the smells of human feces because contact with feces can cause disease. The difference is that dogs are a scavenger species, and have much stronger immune defenses for those kinds o... |
BAC gets hit with a $17B fine...and shares rise 4%? Is this a good thing? | The 17 billion was actually a settlement with the u.s. government, so Bank of America agreed to it to cease the civil litigation. The bank would not have paid MORE money to settle the case than it would stand to lose at trial, so the bank must have had a higher risk of loss while the litigation was ongoing. With the en... |
What is are the Geneva Conventions and what do they do? | They were a series of negotiations amongst states that establish a common standard for treatment of people in wars who aren't fighting. Such as prisoners, priests, doctors, injured soldiers and so on. It also established the International Committee of the Red Cross. The first one was in 1864 and the last major revision... |
the difference between a singer and a vocalist. | A singer is someone who sings. A vocalist is an umbrella term. It could be a singer, a rapper, or a screamer. You only say "vocalist" when you're referring to someone in a band or ensemble that involves other musicians. For example, it would be weird, but not incorrect, to say that Lady Gaga is a vocalist. She is, but ... |
Why can't we start a farm in America where we breed a bunch of Rhinos or other endangered animals. | I'm going to point out the Giant Panda as an example. In zoos, they have a perfectly safe environment with some roam to roam, plenty of food and a few choices of potential mates. And they don't want to breed. Getting animals to breed in captivity is a hard task. |
What is the law of sine? How do you use it? How does it apply to the real world. | The law of sines is an equation that you can use if you either: A) Know 2 angles of a triangle and 1 side length of the triangle and want to learn 1 more side length B) Know 2 side lengths of a triangle and 1 angle of the triangle and want to learn 1 more angle. The equation is just a*sin = b*sin where a is the length ... |
why are car companies allowed to manufacture cars that can exceed the speed limit? | Engines are most efficient when they aren't being pushed to their limit. So making them capable of going faster means better, more efficient vehicles. And in an emergency, they can utilize that power if needed. |
What is the differences between the geographic pole, magnetic pole, and the geomagnetic pole? | Geographic poles are defined by the axis of rotation of the Earth, with the axis passing through both poles. The magnetic poles are defined by the Earth's magnetic field. If you took a compass and kept following it north until you reached the magnetic pole, it would lead you to the magnetic north pole which is slightly... |
How does CPR work when the rescuer is breathing out CO2 but the victim needs oxygen? | You're not exhaling pure CO2. In fact, you actually exhale a fair amount of oxygen when you breathe. It doesn't all go directly into your bloodstream with every breath. That being said, there are two important things to consider: 1. The chest compressions are BY FAR the most important component of CPR.2. Professional r... |
Why do we eat only certain types of fish? | Simply because it's inefficient to do so. They are relatively small and dispersed compared to say, Tuna or Cod. The amount of work involved with catching smaller / less common fish would increase the price of the fish, and have less to show for it. |
Could a very large number of solar panels installed in the poor Sahel countries' desert (Chad, Mali, Niger) help their economies and people significantly? | Not really. 1. There is just no other infrastructure for these to integrate into. It would just sit there not doing much. 2. This does not address the *human capital* problem. You cannot just *give* a schoolkid a nuclear power plant - they would have absolutely no idea what to do with it. Similarly, these countries hav... |
How can a chemical agent be traced back to a specific country and how hard would it be to fake the traces of said chemical compound? | I'm going to assume you're referring to the attempted poisoning of a Russian who spied for the British intelligence that happened in the UK some time ago. The nerve agent used in that case was identified to be a highly advanced neurotoxin that was developed in the Soviet Union. That, plus the assumption that the only c... |
What makes anniversaries in general something we celebrate? | Most things are yearly b/c of the seasons. Things like the coming of spring, the fall harvest, winter solstice. All these were huge things b/c it brought the community together back when you really didn't see anyone but the people on your land/farm/ranch. It was also much harder to get together since going a couple mil... |
Eclipse's, and how the other side of the earth still receives light | The other side of the earth during an eclipse IS completely dark. Due to the earth's rotation, at any one time half the planet is in daylight, half in darkness. By definition a solar eclipse can only happen during daylight hours, and therefore the other side of the world would currently be experiencing night time. |
How does water have 0 calories? | Calories are the amount of energy your body can extract from an item of food. Water does not provide energy.Calories are a measure of energy released when the food is burned. I'll let you figure out the rest.Calories refer to the amount of chemical energy stored in a substance that can be used by humans. The release of... |
Why has public breastfeeding suddenly become this huge issue in the past few years? | It's not really particularly huge now. It's always been a small controversy for the last sixty years or so. It flares up occasionally when something egregious happens like a mother gets thrown out of somewhere or threatened with arrest. We are in something of a feminist resurgence at the moment as well, which might be ... |
is Kim Jong-Un really that bad? | North Korea under the Kim dynasty is a totalitarian and Stalinist type of government in which everything is under government control. There is no freedom of speech of any kind - all education, books, radio broadcasts, etc., are under complete political control by the regime. Nobody is allowed to express any opinion wit... |
How does my dog immediately know if whatever I throw at her is edible? Why can't I do that? | Not an expert, just grew up with dogs. It seems like its all about texture and smell. If you notice they sometimes eat shit that is definitely not food , so I think ArtIII is also correct. They don't always get it right lol. |
Why is an aluminum sheet more likely to tear in a straight line than a sheet of paper? | Paper is full of fibers or tiny "strings", which give it the combination of strength and flexibility we associate with paper. Any specific location in a sheet of paper is connected by this structure to other locations. The distance and direction of each fiber is somewhat random, giving it uneven strength. Tearing will ... |
If humans just ignored global warming what exactly would happen to the Earth? Is it really that bad? Could we adapt? | Studying Climate Science at a Master's Level. The Earth has and will always be changing. Global warming is the wrong term to use because the temperatures will vary across the continents. For example, Canada will be in a far better position that most Equatorial countries due to a rise in temperature. If we ignored clima... |
Why is Hitler considered the most evil person ever when there are other leaders who have killed more people? | The difference between Hitler and other genocidal tyrants is that he didn't just kill people; He BUILT A FACTORY to kill people. He had bureaucrats with clipboards coming down to make sure that people were being killed fast enough. |
What happens when you stop drinking water? What happens to a dehydrated body? | It also causes a massive drop in blood pressure which causes confusion and delirium as the brain begins to become starved of blood, which reduces oxgenation. Your kidneys begin to fail, due to the lack of perfusion, and this kidneys failure then causes toxins to build up within the body, once they reach a critical amou... |
How come we can smell over people's houses and jackets and things, but we can never smell our own houses? | Your gradually become acclimated to your environment and develop sensory bias. In ELI5 terms: Consider the following - you grew up in New York City and your friend in Death Valley. If you guys were to switch places, immediately your friend would complain about the snow and you would complain about the 120F weather. But... |
With so many intelligent people in the U.S., why are the runners up for president not very smart? | Doesn't matter, decision making and ability to convey policy and diplomacy is what matters. That's why there are cabinet positions and functional areas of the government that cover those areas, with people who are experts in the field to advise the President on these matters when a decision has to be made. |
Do any good chefs/restaurants freeze or microwave food? | disclaimer: professional cook for 5+ years, worked at some of the best restaurants in my country. in short, Absolutely! it will vary from each establishment but I've never worked in restaurant that doesn't have a freezer, and a full one at that. At the higher end restaurant, the freezer will usually hold a lot of pastr... |
Why isnt CGI just used in video games to make them look extremely real? | CGI is used in video games. Everything in video games is done in CGI. The difference between video games and movies is that the CGI in video games has to finish in real time , while movies can spend hours building the CGI for each second of video. You can't pre-render the CGI in a video game because so much about the s... |
Why do mannequins have hard nipples? | To show consumers how the clothes on the mannequins will look. The nipples allow the purchaser to better judge the thickness of the materialThe primary purpose is to get your attention, and it worked. They also help people see how the clothing handles a situation that may be a little embarrassing. |
How does racial identity work in Brazil? | There are three categories for Brazilians of European and/or African descent: *Branco* , *Pardo* , and *Negro* . These categories are based on a person's physical appearance, not their heritage, which means that a child of two *pardos* who has typically "white" features might identify themselves as *branco*. The same t... |
What is going on in Buffalo that is causing them to get so much snow?? | Air currents traveling across the Great Lakes pick up moisture, which condenses, freezes, and becomes snow. It happens with all bodies of water, but a breeze passing over a small pond isn't there long enough to get as much moisture so the effects aren't as noticeable.Buffalo NY is in the worst place to build a city. It... |
Why is the U.S. infant mortality rate so much higher compared to Japan? | One aspect is premature births. In many countries, a child born like at 21 weeks would be considered a stillbirth, due to the poor odds of survival. In the US, it’d be counted as a birth if it was alive upon exiting the womb, even if it died a few days, weeks, etc later. SIDS is another reason. An article/study I read ... |
what is the reason for those few extra blank white pages in the back of a book? | Large books are often printed using sheets of paper arranged into "signatures" of a few sheets, and folding those in half, and binding those signatures together and a cover. Not every book's text can be arranged into a perfect multiple of 4/6/8whatever pages, so some pages will be left blankBook pages are made by foldi... |
Even if TSA has implemented higher security policy, What is stopped terrorist from buying 'Private jets' and doing something evil like 9/11? | Nothing really. However, an aircraft must file a flight plan, and if an unknown craft heads toward US airspace it will be detected and tracked. It will be contacted, if possible, and ordered to land for inspection. Failure to do so will result in the plane being shot down, likely before it reaches a city. 9/11 was succ... |
Why is the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck so famous? | It's FAMOUS because many teachers use it, which means that many people have read it. They do that because it's superbly well written, has depth that makes it interesting to discuss, and uses themes that are important to a very broad audience. Also, because it's relatively short and easy, which makes it readable by high... |
If King Jong Un was educated in Switzerland, how comes noone explained him that terrorising a nation is inhumane and that he didn't pick up any humanity? | He spent most of his life in North Korea, learning that his grandfather and father were practically living gods with unlimited power over peasants. He was richly rewarded and reinforced for believing the same things. Any enlightenment and democratic ideals he learned in Switzerland he didn't find as appealing as the lu... |
Why are American Christians against allowing refugees into the country, even though it is in direct opposition of what the Bible teaches? | It's not just Christians though, it's a lot of different people of all religions too. A lot of Christians want to welcome them as do other people of other religions too. It seems like your saying a few people speak for everyone.I believe that the American Evangelical Christians have been turned into a political entity ... |
Why do websites always tell me they're using cookies? | A law was passed in Europe a couple of years back stating that any website that stores your information in cookies has to tell you it's doing so. This means any website accessible in Europe has to have this disclaimer or silly legal issues could possibly ensue. It was one of those cases of well-meaning laws not being t... |
why aren't snow storms and earthquakes assigned names the way tropical storms are? | Winter storms are named now. The names for the 2016-2017 winter are available [here] . As for earthquakes, they don't develop over a long period of time so they don't need a common name to track them over the course of several days. |
How does Mazda new HCCI gasoline engine work ? | It's a gasoline engine, but it uses a supercharger to attain very high pressures in the cylinder, causing spontaneous ignition without the use of a spark plug. Together with a uniform blend of fuel and air, the result is more efficient combustion than the hot, explosive combustion caused by a spark. Detailed video on [... |
How can MVNO's offer a cheaper price for mobile service than the carrier who's network they use. | Mvnos have lower priority on the network, lower speeds, and no roaming agreements with other networks. Mvnos buy airtime and data in bulk and just resell it |
why do alcoholic drinks not have a nutritional value chart like other beverages and food? (US) | The Food and Drug Administration governs the laws and regulations on food and has no authority over alcohol. Instead the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is the agency that governs the regulations on Alcoholic beverages and they so far have not seen the need for nutritional labels. The reason for this different g... |
What is the purpose behind a restaurant selling a dish "for a limited time only"? | Common reasons: 1) Some dishes are seasonal - e.g., the McRib is available when pork prices are low. 2) Market testing a new item - the restaurant genuinely doesn't know how well it will be received so doesn't want to add it to a permanent menu yet 3) Adding variety to keep regular customers from getting bored with a f... |
What causes us to forget what we were just about to say? | probably the biological version of temporary data corruption in the information stream bouncing around in our somewhat hodgepodge spaghetti monster designed brains. |
Time Crystals (yeah, they are apparently now an actual thing) | If you have a quartz clock, it tells the time because when you push electricity through a quartz crystal, it vibrates. Count 32,768 vibrations and one second has gone past. The important thing is that this vibration requires energy . These scientists found a way to make a specific material vibrate *without adding any e... |
How do hackers get caught? | Well i would say the most common reason for getting caught is a combination of laziness and human errors. There are a plenty of ways to be anonymous online and make it very difficult to be tracked. Using a vpn, the tor network, burner laptops and live bootable linux usb's are some things that you might use to protect y... |
Is eating stuff off the floor good for your immune system? | Think of you immune system as your body's soldiers. In order to get better at combat, they have to train. The way they do that is overwhelming germs. So, if you get a small amount of germs in your system, your body attacks it - at first it loses a lot. But then it gets stronger. For instance; when you get a flu shot, t... |
Why can't we have living heads in jars? | We actually already have this technology; it's how heart transplants are done. The blood flow is rerouted through a machine that pumps blood in the same fashion as a heart, the defective organ is cut out, the new one put in, and then the blood flow returned to normal. There's two factors stopping Futurama-style head-in... |
Why do the words knee and knuckle start with K? | The K used to be pronounced in old english. [See this wiki article].What, you don't even know this? Is your brain knackered? What kind of a knave are you?", 'A throwback to the surprisingly popular Mortal Kombat Diktionary. |
How come we have not found dino dna in a mosquito that was trapped in amber. As per Jurassic Park. | It's like finding a needle in a haystack. More specifically, a mosquito in some random place on earth. Also, DNA degrades over time. We 've had problems with wooly mammoth DNA and that's far "younger" than dinosaur DNA. |
How do Plagerism tools for college work ? Is it complex code? | It's mostly a hashing problem. They look at little chunks of your work, 2-5 words each, and look into a database of previous work that they have hashed to see if that pattern appears. Then for the hits, they scan the next few dozen words of the hit and your work to see if the match continues. If enough words match, it ... |
Is the finger a thumb and why? | What? Are you sure you didn't mean "Is the thumb a finger"? In which case, yes. But specifically it's a digit, because fingers tend to refer to your other non-thumb digits.Fingers have three knuckles. Your thumb only has 2. Your thumb is much more dexterous than your fingers. It's a digit, but not a finger. |
Why do we wake up a minute or two before our alarm clock? Do humans have some sort of internal clock that makes us wake up at that time? | Speak for yourself. Alarm clock goes off. I hear it for a few seconds, then am out like a light again for hours. I've been late many times to work. Can't seem to break the cycle of extreme blissful, tranquil sleep right about the time I'm supposed to get up. Edit: removed minor rant |
If laws over marijuana use is such a concern-how can people (Willie Nelson, Woody Harrelson, Seth Rogen, etc) flaunt such a lifestyle seemingly without consequence? | They have enough money that any punishment the court could possibly levy against them can be bargained away. With money, either given directly to the court system or donated to law enforcementPossession is what is illegal. Snoop was arrested here in Texas after they pulled over his tour bus.Being caught with marijuana ... |
Newton's 3rd law. | When you push on the table, it pushes back at you. However, your feet are on the ground, which is pushing you forward by friction. The table is also on the ground,but it's friction with the ground is lower, so the ground doesn't push on it as hard. therefore it slides |
Why do people push non-voters so hard to vote? | There are tons of people out there who vote with little information and/or tons of misinformation already. I feel like the people who claim they don't vote because they don't really know enough about politics are at least self aware enough to realize that the very act of going out to vote means they should be doing res... |
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