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How did Unidan (and other people) get caught manipulating votes? | Pretty sad really. Reddit really went to his head. Some ppl just can't enjoy a good thing for what it is without fucking it up for themselves. |
Is there a reason why you can work 5 weeks in month but only get paid for 4 ? | This is simply for accounting purposes. Salary is typically agreed upon on an annual basis; you sign a contract for $x/year. Let's say your annual salary is $48,000 a year and you get paid on the first of each month. You and the company both know that you get a check for $4,000 on the 1st of every month. This makes it ... |
Why do I have to wear a seatbelt in a car but not on a bus? | It is a law in the EU to use seatbelts on coach tours, because it is dangerous to not use them. Just urban busses doesn't need them. In the city the tempo is much slower and the risk to get into a fatal crash is very low. When a bus crashes at Tempo above 40mph and there are no seatbelts, it is very dangerous for the p... |
Why is it said that some people lived even 900 years? | We have modern medicine. We're lucky to make it to 100 years. There's no way someone 6000 years ago was living to 900. |
why dont distribution companies make deals with amazon prime or netflix to show all their movies and tv shows and at least make some profit when the alternative of pirating is readily available? | Amazon and Netflix pay for the shows they want to host. Therefore, they will only buy the shows they think people will want to watch. If the service doesn't think a show will be popular enough to offset the cost of hosting it, they won't pay for it. Also, many networks are willing to bet that their show will be popular... |
Why do some peoples pinkie fingers automatically raise up when doing things? | The fingers share a common muscle connection that goes up into the forearm. This makes them generally move together. The pinkie is connected to both the shared muscles as well as its own set of muscles. The pinkie's movements are a balance between the shared muscles and the dedicated muscles. The relative strength & fl... |
How does a "muse" work? | It is possible that the term was used commonly back in the day when many works were about love and romantic themes. If musicians, writers, and visual artists are using these topics, it would follow that having person as a catalyst for these emotions could be instant inspiration. I don't know how the concept would work ... |
If an average human can hold their breath for around 2 minutes, why do MMA fighters tap out after like 5 seconds when they get in a choke hold. | The overall in this thread is accurate, let me summarize: There are two kinds of chokes: air chokes, which keep air from getting into your lungs by closing off your windpipe, and blood chokes, which keep oxygenated blood from getting to your brain by pinching off the arteries on both sides of your windpipe. You can go ... |
Why are we against human engineering? | Not everybody is. The law has traditionally been very conservative regarding this issue because of the many unknown societal effects of human genetic engineering, as well as ignorance on the part of the public and lawmakers. However there are many people that believe varying degrees of engineering are not only right bu... |
Why do electric cars look so weird? | Confirmation bias from seeing electric vehicle that *are* different. Most electric & hybrid versions of cars are essentially indistinguishable from the non-electric version. The electric & hybrid versions of the Honda Fit, Honda Civic, Ford Focus, Fiat 500, Toyota RAV4, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Hyundai Sonata, ... |
How the Universe is ever expanding. | I think the important thing to address, which hasn't been addressed yet, is the 'what is it expanding into'. Believe me, this is not something people can really imagine or visualize, but hear me out. When people say the universe is expanding, we mean space is expanding. It is universally agreed that there was a time wh... |
What is the difference between edging and fapping? And are there benefits to either? | What Mudokiir said, but adding that usually you don't just edge forever. You do it a couple times and then you let yourself finish and it feels better. |
How do banks create money? | Can I ask which country's banks you are specifically referring to please? Your answer will result in wildly different responses. In the UK for example, banks can effectively make as much money as they want. Almost unlimited. The bank of England argues that this isn't money but is instead credit but it operates exactly ... |
Why don't we like Comcast? | they're thieves and liars.a year ago when i wanted to upgrade to their extreme 105 plan for internet, there was a mandatory $250 installation fee for a tech to come out and check the nodes, the lines, the modem. regardless of the fact that i already had service with them and had a modem that was compatible. i refused t... |
Why is menstruation historically unclean/impure in many religions | Just my opinion/guess on the matter so take it with a grain of whatever seasoning you choose. Blood is commonly the thing of life. If our body is discharging the thing of life for a pretty unknown reason, as menstruation was in the days before we had reasonable science, it must be tainted or inherently bad. It must be ... |
Why (as an American) shouldn't I buy a bunch of Euros, wait for the Euro to go back up, then re-exchange them for dollars? | > assuming the Euro:USD goes back to 1.40:1. Here's the flaw in your plan. What evidence do you have that a return to that sort of level is likely in the short or even medium term?", '> assuming the Euro:USD goes back to 1.40:1 If you assume this is going to happen, then yes. But how do you know it will? The Euro might... |
Is the meaning of life to increase entropy? | I don't think so. From a physical/biological perspective, you can indeed view life as an effective and efficient process of maximising entropy. That is the reason why life is so ubiquitous on the surface of the earth. But to use this to argue that the *meaning* of life is to maximise entropy is a bit weird. You might a... |
Why are western nations criticised if they don't take in refugees, but others aren't? | 1. The migrants aren't traveling to Japan, they're coming to Europe. 2. Western nations have played important roles in destablizing of most of the migrants homelands |
How did people with terrible eyesight survive before glasses? | Well, they really didn't survive. They would be in a fuzz for their life and just get used to it and sometimes it would get so bad that they would just be considered blind. As for evolutionary, eyesight generally doesn't go bad for a while and it is usually more than enough time to reproduce and pass down their traits. |
Why do all of the east Asian ethnicities seem to hate each other? | Oh the Catholics hate the Protestants, and the Protestants hate the Catholics, and the Hindus hate the Moslems, and everybody hates the Jews. In general, everybody hates, to an extent, his neighbors. They have a thousand years of history -- invasion and counter-invasion, war and atrocity -- that they can whip out whene... |
How does Nasa know the exact course to chart with their space probes to get them on different planets? | The simplest way I can think of explaining it is like this - Imagine playing air-hockey with a metal puck and with magnets fixed on the table. If you hit the puck at the right speed in the right direction so that it passes at the right distance from a magnet, it will get pulled by the magnet and so the direction in whi... |
When it's hot outside, why do some sections of the road in the distance look reflective? | It's a mirage. Something about the heat rising off the pavement distorts the air and makes it look shimmery.When it gets REALLY hot, a lake forms on the horizon. By the time you reach that lake, the hot weather evaporates it and moves it future down the road. |
Why did Reddit shut down r/TheFappening but leaves some truly disgusting subs up? | Because A) While you might find those subs disgusting, they arent breaking the law. The pictures are posted by either the owners of the pictures or from news sources so there is no DMCA violation. The pictures posted were intentionally hacked off of personal and private accounts. B) One of the actresses had pictures fr... |
Why do some days seem faster/slower than others? | basically your brain learns what to remember and what to ignore. The days that seem to go faster are due to your brain filtering out more 'unimportant' details. |
Why do we have to sleep? | We aren't really sure. It might be a cycle allowing brain cells to clear away waste products, but it is still an area of much study. |
what is string theory? please explain in a simplified way | Hey OP, Might be worth checking out the [searchbar] for this one as well. There's not been a string theory thread for a few months so I'll let this one stay up, but there's certainly a lot out there already! Happy redditing! |
Is it better to rent (and invest) or purchase? Cars, houses, etc. | Never buy a NEW car, as soon as you drive off the lot it's dropped in price by 10-20%. A good car that is a few years old should have all its books and service records and someone else has taken the 'drive off the lot' slug for you. With renting/buying a house here are some things to consider. Firstly in your life time... |
What is a simple analogy for major depression? | The definitive analogy: **Depression is like having a bunch of dead fish, but no one around you will acknowledge that the fish are dead. Instead, they offer to help you look for the fish or try to help you figure out why they disappeared.** -- Courtesy of the epic [Hyperbole and a Half: Depression Part Two] ). OK, it m... |
how companies like net zero used to provide free internet, and why it is no longer possible. | Netzero used dialup over normal phone lines. The customers got phone lines through the phone company who was responsible for installing & maintaining those lines. These days, broadband involves a hardwired connection to the home. You can't get free broadband because it costs quite a bit more money to run lines to every... |
What do Amish people do in a medical emergency? | My understanding is that most Amish are not opposed to modern medicine when they cannot solve the problem on their own. Just yesterday I read an article on an Amish community getting vaccinations due to a measles outbreak . Amish are not absolute when it comes to the 'no technology thing.' Most villages will have a tel... |
Why do Storm Troopers have masks and armour when they're obviously useless? | It does have purpose but even without purpose intrinsically it serves the goal of uniformity. As with any soldiers uniformity is key to troop morale, battle standards, and the hierarchy within units. It also provides camp in some cases and badass scariness in others. Imagine you'd never seen star wars and a handful of ... |
Why do people "bounce" or "shake" their legs when sitting down? | It's a disorder that is pretty widespread. I was actually shaking my legs when I came across your post. [Here's the wikipedia link for Restless Legs Syndrome]. |
Whats the taboo behind walking around bare feet? | It's a cultural thing. To me being barefoot is completely normal, even if it's outside. Just before I go inside I wash my feet, or wash them when I get back in. But if someone walks with their shoes inside the house, I find it really gross. Especially when they wear their shoes and lay on their bed.Your neighbors have ... |
What is the difference between Node.js and Java? | Node.js is a framework, written in Javascript. Javascript is a primarily browser based language, and is quite powerful, able to do dynamic stuff without load to a server. Java on the other hand is a mostly standalone language. It's very flexible as almost all platforms support it. Java can be said to be a more encompas... |
Why are Americans not allowed to go to Cuba but are allowed to go to Russia or China. | It was primarily a political response to the communist overthrow of the Bautista regime. Part of it was in response to the Castro government seizing property owned by US individuals and corporations. The other main part was due to their sudden close ties with the USSR, which was worrisome due to their proximity to the ... |
How are the US still allowed to use drone strikes when the civilian casualty rate is so high? | Because drone strike civilian casualty rates are lower than casualty rates when we put men on the ground. We just don't report when out soldiers accidentally blow up a truck full of civilians because we protect our soldiers identity.It comes down to International Humanitarian Law, or "the laws of war", which state that... |
Difference between a regular hammer, a Sledgehammer, and a mallet. | A hammer is, well, a hammer. A stick with a heavy bit on one end that you hit stuff with. A mallet is a hammer with an oversized head, which is usually made out of wood, rubber, or plastic. A sledgehammer is a mallet with a metal head. There really aren't any hard definitions, mallet and sledgehammer can refer to the s... |
Why do we implant microchips in pets to find them if they're missing, but not humans? | The chips in animals aren't GPS trackers, you can't use them to find your pet. They only help identify your pet if your pet is found and brought to a vet to get scanned. |
Why is the Dalai Lama so highly revered by many outside of his religion? | He's seen by many to be the leader of the Buddhist religion. Buddhism is a very accessible religion , and many people have an interest in learning more about it. Reading about Buddhism generally leads to learning about the Dalai Lama, and the current Dalai Lama's life has been a fascinating one. You also have to realiz... |
Why are places like Japan experiencing extreme heatwaves of 40-45 degrees celcius while equatorial areas such as Malaysia and Indonesia are not experiencing such high temperatures even though they are closer to the equator? | I was reading an article. Can't find link currently. About how ocean currents in Atlantic and Pacific has slowed right down part of a 10 year known cycle not attributed to climate change. |
Why can't we just eat pills for all the necessary nutrients daily and bare minimum carbs? Will we survive if we do just that? | It's not healthy, but yes it is possible. There was actually a very overweight man who lost a lot weight in a year by doing exactly this with doctor's supervision. And that's essentially how Matt Damon survived in The Martian. |
Why do we see colours and 'stars' when we close our eyes? | New to reddit, and I hope this is the right place/way to do this, but I was doing some research on this the other day, and found something called the Ganzfeld Effect, in which without outside stimulation, your body will actually make some in the form of illusions and hallucinations. Thought the little stars and dots yo... |
Why is the Queens husband a Duke, not a King? | Because he's only royal by marriage. Queen Elizabeth is royal by blood and is thus the monarch.King is a higher ranked position than Queen. So if the sitting monarch is female her husband is called a "Prince Consort". Prince Philip also holds the title of Duke of Edinburgh, but both his born titles of Prince of Greece ... |
If length contraction is observed then how can light be observed in the first place? | The contraction is from the reference frame of the moving object. Light, at c, doesn't have a reference frame, but regardless of that fact, to an outside observer it appears to move normally. |
Why is is that many people are pushing to get mankind to colonize other planets, when are own uninhabited oceans are such a huge percentage of our own planet and so accessible | Say you're running a datacenter. Your servers aren't empty, but they aren't full either, they still have decent amounts of room. Your client however, considers their data to be extrodinarily important, they will sue you personally into oblivion if it's ever lost. Space isn't the issue, you got a spare closet, you could... |
How are baths considered hygienic | Because people were bathing for millennia before the shower was ever invented. It's considered hygienic because it works just fine. |
Is a persons strength (generally) automatically proportional to their size? Why or why not. | I always imagine a child doing monkey bars and how easy it is for them. If you've ever tried to do monkey bars recently, you'll find it's much more difficult. Meaning smaller people are proportionally stronger to their body weight.Just to add on the number guys theres a reason we have a word like country-strong. No sho... |
How is Dubai (economically) sustainable? | Dubai's plan is to use what's left of its oil money to build a huge city and become *the place where people go to do business in the Gulf region;* maybe even to become the commercial hub for the entire Indian ocean. The way Chicago is for the American midwest. Then they can use business taxes and real estate fees to re... |
How does Humira work for plaque psoriasis AND Crohn's Disease AND arthritis? | Psoriasis, Arthritis, and Crohn's Disease are all autoimmune disorders where your body is attacking various regions of itself. This means they they have similar triggers and causes and that some medications that treat autoimmune diseases can be used for all of them. |
How can my computer run Fallout NV, Portal 2, and TF2 on nearly max settings, while barely being able to handle Minecraft? | There is an issue where java doesn't use your dedicated video card. You need to check your java settings to make sure it's actually using the correct card. Sometimes it defaults to the on die video cards if some chipsets.Minecraft uses your CPU more, whilst the other games utilise your GPU to produce fancier graphics. ... |
Does the president even have the power to gag employees of federal agencies and the agencies themselves? Don't we pay for their research, expertise, and information? | The president can give gag orders to any executive department, see Bush regarding abortion information in federal clinics, and then Clinton rescinding that. So if the head of EPA wants to say something, they can as a citizen, but as acting head of the EPA they are legally required to follow the direction given by the p... |
How do we know wireless internet is harmless? | Because we've had radio since 1896, and microwaves since the 1930s. This is the part of the EM spectrum that is used for WiFi. If there was a problem we would have noticed long before now. It is non-ionizing radiation, which means it does not affect cells. |
Why won't China let Tibet be an independent country? | China has spent a lot of time and money building infrastructure in Tibet, so it's not about to give away their investment by letting Tibet go free. Besides, having Tibet separate would totally ruin China's geographical figure, with that big chunk cut out of it. |
How does a womans body create a human? | An egg is not just blood. Neither is sperm. Both are specialized cells that when combined, form a unique cell called a zygote. This cell splits over and over, with DNA guiding the cells to differentiate into specific roles which eventually become organs. The developing fetus draws from the mother's womb for additional ... |
Why do vein patterns differ from left arm to right? | Veins grow unpredictably due to micro variations in the local tissue. They're different in every arm of every person. |
Why is it that wild animals can still live normally in Chernobyl but humans can't? | The animals don't *know* that there's dangerous radiation all over that area. They're probably suffering from cancers and other health problems the same as a human would - they just don't know to avoid it, like we do.The animals have no way of understanding the danger of radiation. We do so we stay away. Radiation is n... |
Why aren't gay people allowed to give blood? | Slightly higher risk for HIV and a certain rate of false negatives when testing donated blood for diseases. It isn't fair, but that's the logic behind it. I don't see this restriction surviving much longer though. |
Why is it more acceptable to reject someone because of their height than it is to reject because of weight? | No one cares if a woman rejects a guy if he's fat either. It's more of a man rejecting woman thing than rejecting fat. It's just that with the fat acceptance thing going on they can shame you in response to your rejection. Imagine getting slapped in response to saying a girl isn't attractive enough for you. It's the sa... |
why I can download files at 2.4 mb/s but HD youtube videos take forever to load | Because it would be a waste of bandwidth for YouTube to load videos much faster than you can watch them. When they take absolutely forever to load, that's just their servers being slow. |
Why is that some electrical devices like computers need big "blocks" in their power cords, while other devices like a my lamp has a straight cord? | They are AC/DC converters. They switch it over to a DC voltage to use. You'll notice that most devices that have these are electronics. TVs and such have them internally. |
How, in American movies, they always know where 'North' is? | It's incredibly easy to find North. During the day you look for the sun. It rises in the East and sets in the West. If you know what time it is, you know which way is North. At night you can do the same with the Moon, or simply spot Polaris in the sky. |
Is learning English by a chinese person as hard as an english person learning Chinese language? | I lucked out because I was exposed to Cantonese when I was young. I was also exposed to English when I was studying. The earlier the age that you are exposed to a language, the easier it would be to learn it. People who speak Chinese who learn English formally in school are at a disadvantage. Chinese only relies on tim... |
What exactly is sooo special about walking upright, and the whole Homo Erectus thing | The main thing, as it was explained to me some years ago, is the vertical spinal structure's ability to support the head, more specifically the brain. The neck of a quadruped is strained far more by the weight of a larger brain, and larger skull to house it in. It's just not a particularly viable evolutionary path, at ... |
what, at its core, is "energy?" | I'll give it a shot. It's the ability to do something. So kinetic energy has the ability to knock a thing over. A ball high up in the air as the ability to raise another lighter thing by attaching them with a rope and running the rope over a pulley. A hot object has energy that can heat another thing . So the more ener... |
So I remember in the movie Zodiac someone mentions that handwriting is like a finger print and that even if you try to change it there's always a giveaway. Is this true? | To a degree computer imaging has made a better system then traditional graphology. Certain ticks are discernable in things like linkages between letters. The problem is while it is viable to identify who's handwriting it looks like, there isn't enough reliability to discern a forged signature from authnetic. Advances a... |
How does a can of diet Coca Cola have zero calories compared to a regular can of Coca Cola, which has 150 calories? | Because the calories in the regular coke come all from the sugar in it , which your body craves and stores same as Gollum does with the Ring. Diet coke or coke zero have sweeteners that provide zero calories. They taste sweet but aren't absorbed by the body . |
Is it possible to sell electricity in bulk to other countries? If so, why doesnt it happen? | Electricity is better sent through tubes than carried in jugs. Just like water. It's also easier to make it close to where you need it because tubes are expensive. |
Why do you get bad cramps with diarrhea? | Cramps don't always accompany diarrhea - it depends on what is causing it and the severity. Diarrhea is a good response by your body when it detects something wrong in your bowels. Your body sucks more water than usual into your bowels in hopes that the bad thing can be flushed out. But this also dehydrates you which c... |
Why is the media so biased against Ron Paul? | They're not. His coverage has probably been on par with his chance of eventually winning. His followers are definitely zealous, but it would be a grave error to assume that means his platform would be embraced by the public at large. |
After a week of this subreddit's existence, I have a few thoughts I'd like to hash out with other users. | No, yeah. I'd like to see your definition of Existentialism. I've read quite a bit of existential literature and I honestly can't see how Semiel's post would be misleading to anyone that's not an overly pedantic wanker .ELI a layman and speak slowly was too long, I think. ELI4 is the facetious board, this is like those... |
How could the House of Representatives just change the H.R.644 bill? (video in description) | It's just a bill, not a law. The thing that Congress does with bills is change them, the same way a writer edits his manuscript or a programmer debugs his code. This is a particularly dramatic example of that process, but that's all it is. The question of why they scooped out the original text of HR 644 and replaced it... |
How did the very first sets of global traders and explorers sailing into a foreign land learn to communicate with its people? | As a corollary to r/craic_d, I'd actually say the real answer is **children**. Children are born with an uncanny ability to learn any language they're exposed to. Which means that if you're a foreigner in a strange country, and you have a child, the child is almost certainly going to be able to speak both your language... |
How do mass evacuations work logistically? | Very poorly! Seriously when I lived on the outer banks I always left after the evacuation but we'll before the storm. |
Why do Americans not trust their police? | It really really depends. I've personally never feared the police. My experiences have been nothing but positive. I live in a rural area. Many of the complaints come from urban areas. Sometimes it's corrupt officers, sometimes corrupt departments. Sometimes it's the public emotion running away with a situation and perh... |
Why do people with fevers feel like they're cold? | Their body is reacting to something e.g. a throat infection, and in order to make certain cells, white blood cells, b & t cells, the human body heats up to get rid of said thing. Also I'm pretty sure most infections not outside of the body are rather sensitive to heat and increasing your core body temp would kill a lar... |
What happens to clothing that isn't sold? | It depends there are a few companies that will dependent on the manufacturer's wishes will either: - destroy them- remove all identifing features and sell them in some country where the manufacturer is not present in the market.- simply sell them in some far away country- or simply sell them off to clearence stores / d... |
why does a phone without a battery break when dropped in water? | If it does, it's because either 1. The device still has water in it when it's powered back on, creating unintended electrical pathways damaging various sensitive components when the device powers on 2. Conductive residue from the evaporation of the water remained on the board, creating unintended electrical pathways da... |
Why don't computers with 2 graphics cards get twice the graphical performance compared to 1 card? | Because nine women can't make a baby in one month. Some tasks are be worked in parallel you can split them up and have a lot of people work on them at once. Others are serial tasks, only one person can work on them at a time. What's more, whenever you split tasks up, you are going to have to spend some effort managing ... |
Why this man cut himself open? | I didn't watch the video because I'm on data and am a bitch when it comes to gore like that. Hematomas are dangerous because the blood is clotting and if left untreated could go into the heart or the brain or just block a blood vessel and cause harm or even death. Most treatments are done over a prolonged period to bre... |
Why does viruses and bacterias kill their host if they need it to survive? | They're doing alright, are they not? It's not like they made a choice between being fatal and not being fatal. If they kill their host and manage to infect the next one there's little evolutionary pressure for them to change. |
why is HIV still so common? | Because for one, the drugs are quite expensive and you have to take them for the rest of your life. They don't cure you. Two, the other vector is dirty needles and people aren't as cautious as they should be. And having sex with infected people is way, way easier to do than you think. People won't always tell every sex... |
Why hasn't lava stopped being hot? How is it still doing its thing? | One of Jupiter's moons, [lo], is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. The heat is almost entirely caused by the tidal friction. It is the same way that rubbing your hands together makes them warm, but on a huge scale. The massive tides are caused by the immense gravity of Jupiter. |
Why if a man and woman are both drunk and have sex can it be considered rape? Isn't he equally unable to give informed consent? | At least in the US, most state laws require the state to prove that the victim was so drunk that they were incapable of resisting. Basically passed out. In fact I'm not aware of a single state that has a different standard. Not saying they don't exist, just that no one has ever shown me one. It's important to distingui... |
Why do women cross their arms in an X when taking off their shirts? | I'm a man, and I started doing it this way because taking it off vertically was stretching out all my collars. |
When humans use water in any way, how efficient is the process? Does all the water we use eventually find its way back into the water cycle? | A lot get's wasted by the way we water crops which is basically flood irrigation. It's doesn't diappear of course it just becomes water vapor in the atmosphere. But that water vapor may not return as rain in the place you want it to. Maybe it rains over the ocean. Not helpful. It would be much more efficient to use dri... |
Why did so many stand up to SOPA and PIPA but recent Net Neutrality concerns seem to be ignored on Reddit? | The same reason we don't talk much about Snowden and the NSA anymore even though all the programs brought to light are as intrusive as ever and still going strong. It's an issue we know is wrong, but it has a nebulous effect on normal people. The average person is a little fatigued by all the news news that doesn't rea... |
How, when, and why did it seem everyone decided white was the go to color for toilets? | Most waste is easy to spot against white. If your toilet was some odd color it'd be slightly more difficult to tell if it was dirty. It's probably the reason they aren't ever patterned too.There is actually a podcast about this topic: _URL_0_ |
Why does it take a printer so much longer than a copier to do pretty much the same thing | You're probably comparing a $100 home inkjet printer to a $2,000 commercial copier you'd find in an office. Commercial printers - or commercial all-in-one copiers/printers are quite fast, typically at least 20 pages per minute and they can be quite a bit faster than that - with no warm-up time. Compact home printers ar... |
The US is known as the "No Vacation Nation", the only developed nation without mandatory PTO. | For 40 years, the U.S. and the Soviet Union fought a cold war, as the world's two superpowers. The Soviet Union stood for communism, and this caused the U.S. to take the polar opposite position, to stand for unbridled capitalism. The cold war is over, but the culture that came from this is still there. So even today, t... |
Why can I pour oil into boiling water, but water poured into hot oil explodes into the air? | Easy version. Water can't boil oil. Oil instantly vaporized water because its hotter. Taking oil with it into the air |
Why is that in the same room, same temperature, my boyfriend can be sweating while I am shivering? | Does he have a higher body fat than you? Fat is very insulating and would explain for it. Also is he active and take part in a lot of sports? A faster metabolism will keep you warmer, you've probably noticed after intense exercise you feel warm for hours after. |
Why Microsoft is being fined more than half a billion euros for not giving a choice of browser in windows 7 installation and Apple is not. | I imagine you must be a younger person and wasn't aware of how Microsoft abused their popularity among users and bordering on shady business practices to stifle competition and hold back progress for years in the 90's. _URL_2_ edit: just wondering why there are downvotes ? Is it that people don't think that my comment ... |
why do dental companies never advertise dental floss? | I can only assume it's because people just don't like to floss. ads seem to go for toothbrushes that make flossing less necessary or easier, since people will do anything to avoid it. |
Is there potentially an unlimited number of elements that can be discovered? | It gets harder because higher and higher elements are progressively more unstable. It is possible, but not certain, that they'll be so unstable as to not be able to bind together at all past a certain point. |
since https is secure why don't all sites use it? Why isn't it the default? Why even have http? | Http started as a very primitive protocol to transfer mainly research papers and journals etc, no one really considered security at that point. As time went on, everyone started using http and it became the standard, since everyone wanted to be able to talk to each other. The reason not everyone uses it now is that: 1)... |
Why are rising house prices considered 'good'? If anything else rose in price, it's usually not considered good. | I can't speak for the US, but housing in the UK is currently significantly overvalued. But people still think that a 'strong' housing market is necessarily a good thing. I suspect that the reason is twofold. 1. People happily think about how much their current house is worth, assuming that they can trade up because the... |
. Why do I go from being obsessed with a song to hating it after multiple listenings? | If you think that's bad, try being a musician. By the time a band is ready to play a song in front of other people, they hate it. |
Why politicians never grow facial hair? | Great question!! The answer illustrates exactly what's wrong with them: They do what they believe is politically safe. It's politically safer not to grow facial hair. Growing facial hair may have a negative impact on some people. Not growing it is accepting mundanity over risk. |
Why are people so angry about bank bailouts after the GFC, wouldn't they lose all their savings if the banks had been allowed to fold? | The banks messed up and government had to pay for it out of taxpayer's money. It's a moral hazard. They are not having to pay for their own mistakes which means that they might continue to make them in future. It's unjust. |
Will we ever lose signal from Voyager 1 once it eventually gets too far out in space? | Is it the voyager that's getting too far out in space or is it us that gets too far out from the voyager? Check your gravitational privilege bro", 'We will, but before that happens, its nuclear battery will run down the point it is no longer able to transmit a signalWhat if our technology of space travel allowed us to ... |
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