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Why is having a steak well done generally frowned upon? | The difference in quality between steaks is easier to detect at medium or lower. Well done steaks are largely the same, regardless of initial quality. It's like if you buy a pair of $300 shoes and wear them to mow the lawn. If you just need shoes for muddy grass-stained work, then get a $30 pair. If you want a well don... |
Why have herd animals not learnt to fight off predators with their superior strength and numbers? | Because there are no doctors in the animal kingdom. Pack hunters usually fear the buffalo's and so they won't go head to head with an adult one. Instead, they cause a panic and gang up on the weakest one that falls behind from the herd. From the perspective of the buffalo and wildebeest, even if you kill the lions you ... |
How are knockoff brand of cereal and Oreos legal when they clearly rip off a specific brand | You can't patent or copyright a recipe. Feeding yourself is a basic human right. Can you imagine Nabisco getting a patent on grilled cheese sandwiches and suing every college student for infringement? Of course you can imagine it, but thankfully the gov't hasn't got that crazy yet.Patents last only 20 years, after whic... |
Why do I randomly get angry/sad for no "good" reason, no matter how awesome my current environment is? | There was talk about this quite some time ago. I don't remember why but your body is dehydrated and it doesn't know how to tell you that. Now every time that I get that feeling, I will drink a pint of water and it goes away pretty quickly.Sounds like depression, I would talk to your GP and go from there. EDIT: I suffer... |
Why do bugs flying in cars, buses, or trains don't "get left behind?" Is there physics behind it? | The air in the plane isn't moving, it's trapped in place, so the fly stays still. The air has the same relative velocity as the vehicle, so the fly can move around freely in it.A nice addition to this answer/question might be this video from Smarter Every Day: _URL_0_ Not entirely the question, but it touches the basic... |
Why does food that tasted awesome as a kid (sugary cereal, Chef Boyardee) taste awful as an adult? | I admittedly don't know a lot about the science of taste, but I believe it is also partly psychological and/or conditioning. For example, when you go on a diet or begin to eat healthier and phase out something like soda, later on if you try it again it can taste as bad as it really is. This happened to me, and now I ha... |
why can't you run in your nightmares? | I'm pretty sure there is no scientific law that prevents running in dreams, as far as I know there are no rules at all for what can and cannot happen in dreams. So you are going to have to handle this on an individual basis |
Lawns, yards, grass out front | It originated as a sign of wealth. It showed that you owned so much land that you could afford to maintain a chunk of it just for show. Slowly that has grown into our modern idea of picket fences and green lawns. In many areas of the country, especially out west, you won't find much grass, but you'll find plenty of dir... |
- Exit numbers and mile markers | Historically, exits weren't always numbered but while the Interstate Highway System was built, it was encouraged in 1961 and then required in 1970 to number exits. California got a waiver since many exits were already built unnumbered. Some states built mile-based exit numbers while many states built sequential exit nu... |
why does tequila seem to make people more hostile/aggressive than other liquors? | *Seem* is the right word. Ethanol is ethanol. The other things in various liquors have no effect on behavior. It's entirely based on social interactions and common perceptions. If you gave 100 people tequila who had never heard of it before and never heard that it's supposed to make them belligerent, the percentages of... |
If our bodies slowly begin to ignore constant external stimuli (Nueral Adaptation), then why does tinnitus exist? | I can actually turn it on and off. I'm 23, I can just sit and focus on the noise, even change it's pitch and volume just through concentration. It got me wondering if I was hearing the sound or making it myself ? Weird huh. |
If someone really did have multiple personalities and each personality had no idea what the others do, what would happen if one of the personalities murdered someone or committed another terrible crime? | This has been answered fairly well by others, but for interest sake: This condition is extremely rare. While dissociative experiences are common, experienced by more than half of the population at some point, the symptoms are vaguely experienced and poorly recalled . Many or most dissociative episodes are fleeting or d... |
Why do we have to swallow pills? What would happen if we just chewed them? | Some tablets have a covering that is designed to disintegrate in certain points of your body. Therefore chewing them doesn't get them to where they are supposed to be before they activate.Have you ever chewed on a pill? Most of them taste horrible |
Why does it feel different/better when you get a bj/hj from a different person than when you masterbate? | Try sitting on your left hand until it's numb and having a go. It's just like having someone there! |
Why do we feel the urge to sneeze when looking at something bright? | I've done this all my life and seen it from a lot of other people too, I always just assumed it was to make you look away from bright shit so you don't damage your eyes. |
Why is there alot more hype and excitement for Star Wars Episode VII than there was for Episode I? | I don't think you're remembering the hype as it was. Disney owning Lucas films and their marking style isn't any different from when Lucas owned it. I remember, especially for episode 2 but for all the prequels that if it was sold in a store it the star wars label was slapped on it. Nothing really had changed imo. |
As an American, Why could I visit North Korea, but not visit Cuba? | I think a better question is: As an American, why can't I go wherever the hell I want to?", 'US citizens can go to Cuba but on a sort of educational "people-to-people" visa. You have to spend time doing educational things and talking with locals and stuff like that. A friend of mine did it last year with a company call... |
How does the treatment of a viral infection with an antibiotic contribute to bacterial antibiotic resistance? | Because typically there *are* some pathogenic bacteria present, just not enough to cause symptoms. Then, the antibiotic will kill most of *these* bacteria, but not all of them - and the ones that it doesn't kill are the ones that will continue to multiply or spread. |
The TV seasons in the US | It used to be so easy to understand. The new season would start in the fall, with a new episode each week for about 24 to 30 weeks, with the season ending in the spring. Over the summer, networks would just show reruns since most people were not watching a lot of TV. Now, they show a few new episodes in the fall, then ... |
Car breathalyzers. Why not inflate a balloon before drinking and then use that to start the car? | There are several things you have to do when breathing into a breathalyzer to make it work. One includes humming. The device will want you to hum. Here's a full list. _URL_0_ |
What does it mean to an everyday person that we found water on Mars? | It means there is the potential for life there, both before we get there and after we arrive. It's the same kind of excitement generated in Europe when they found the Americas. |
How did the government of Cyprus legally take citizens money from their bank accounts over 100K in 2013? | For a long time, Cypriot banks have been used as a tax haven, particularly for Russian money of questionable origin. When Cyprus economy tanked, they asked for a bailout, but the EU wasn't enthusiastic about rescuing the savings of Russian criminals. Cyprus was faced with a choice of making their depositors take a hit ... |
Why can't we dump our garbage in a volcano to reduce landfil? | A ) Expensive as all hell. Not all places have open volcanoes. B ) Where are you expecting the junk we throw into the fire to go? It burns up, let's out a huge toxic cloud which will pollute the nearby area and a large part of the atmosphere. It's effective the same reason we don't burn all of our trash. Landfills may ... |
Is it possible to create a second internet and if yes, why haven't we done that? | [Maoskau50] answers the question, but lets look at an analogy see why, while possible, would be inefficient. Imagine driving on the road to your grocery store from your home. Lets call it Road A. Now imagine if there was another road to the grocery store that had no relation to Road A called Road B. A and B don't share... |
How do we know where to search for precious metals? How do we know that 100 ft underneath my yard isn't the largest gold deposit in the world? | In answer to the part about minerals under your house. In the 1970's there was an article in a local paper about a guy who lived in Placerville, Ca. He was going to build a basement on his property. When they dug the hole he ran all the dirt from the excavation through a sluice box. The article said he was able to get ... |
Why does the US send billions in aid to other countries when people in the own country do not have enough to eat? | The short answer is there is only so much you can do to fight poverty. Unless we agree on universal living income , putting all the foreign aid $ into social programs won't move the needle. If moving people out of poverty is your ultimate goal, you should be asking how wealth is transferred, not by how much.We spend or... |
Schrodinger's cat why both dead and alive | It is an analogy to quantum superstate: it's suggesting that you may treat the cat as both until a specific reality can be observed . |
Why do people need to exercise to get strong muscles? | Survival is conservative. Extra muscle is energy being put into developing muscle. That's energy not put into keeping you alive for another day if you can't find food. If you aren't using the muscle, then it doesn't serve any purpose. So reducing your available energy without purpose is counter-productive to survival.T... |
Why do we love someone? | This is probably a question that can't be answered with absolute certainty. That being said, I guess I'll weigh in. The natural purpose of life is to reproduce. I don't think that the natural purpose factors feelings of love into the equation. People typically settle down with another person that they believe suits the... |
If the circumstances of the plane in the movie Flight were duplicated in real life, would the same outcome be possible? | I'd be skeptical of the structural integrity of the plane. If it landed upside down there would be much less plane material between the ground and the passenger cabin. |
What is the "cringe" feeling caused by? | Empathy. People generally cringe when listening to painful stories/ imagining painful situations. It's in our nature to place ourselves in the narrator's shoes and feel what they are feeling at that moment in time. |
Why are drones never been used by any Countries for search and rescue operations? | Googling, I found this site: _URL_0_ > S.W.A.R.M. currently has over 1,100 UAV Drone Pilots located in 38 U.S. States and 31 countries in it's worldwide search and rescue volunteer roster. So they actually are in use already.Drones have, indeed, been used for search and rescue. Whomever told you that no countries have ... |
How do American blind people tell the difference between different bank notes when they are all the same size? | When I was in the service industry, every blind person I had come in asked for their change in 1's. Obviously this isn't practical with big purchases, but with day to day stuff, it is the easiest way for them to be sure they are not getting ripped off. |
if you can’t lie under oath, what’s stopping someone from asking you if you committed the crime? | Nothing. But people do still lie under oath. And you still have to prove they lied under oath, which in your hypothetical, means proving they committed the crime. If someone is at risk of going to prison for murder, I don't think lying under oath is going to bother them too much.> Eli5: if you can’t lie under oath, wha... |
Why are some sounds only audible through headphones ? | It's easier/cheaper to get decent frequency response and detail out of headphones than speakers. $30 headphones will sound much better than $30 speakers. In short, some sound are not audible through *your* speakers- higher quality speakers can be just as transparent as higher quality headphones. |
how are DVDs mass produced. | _URL_0_ After watchign this i am wondering why they could nto have made dvds that would not get scratched by simply putting a layer of corning glass or similar onto the disc. Surely it would not have increased the cost by much as it would be a very small amount that was used per disc, and the ability to keep dvd's or c... |
How are lottery tickets and scratch off's legal? | The lottery is *supposed* to bring in more money than it pays out. Once you accept that the odds are highly stacked against you, however, the game is 'fair'. In most states the lottery is run by the state. The company printing the tickets is not involved in prizes or payouts - they simply get paid a flat fee to print a... |
Why did human toddlers evolve the need to put everything they can in their mouths? Wouldn't this risky and deadly trait be weeded out through evolution? | Our ancestors weren't littering their homes with all kinds of shit from legos and toy soldiers to iPhone chargers random screws from Ikea furniture. They lived on dirt floors. I'm pretty sure it only takes a baby one or two mouthfuls of dirt to decide not to do that again. |
why are house keys one-sided, while car keys are two-sided? | Contrary to conventional wisdom, it's not a design issue for convenience. Every time you insert a key into a lock, the teeth on the key wear down a bit. House keys have the teeth on one side, but realistically you only use a house key in a front door a few times a day, and you probably have multiple keys for spouse, ki... |
why is human vision limited to 400 - 700 nm wavelengths? | Natural selection tends to select for beneficial traits. Since we humans are pretty dependent on vision, this light range has some advantages. Its around the peak of what we receive on Earth . It also tends to penetrate the atmosphere fairly well , but not generally objects . But we're not shaped by that alone. Our env... |
If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into / what was there before it was created ? | Most of the answers here are pretty coherent and as far as my knowledge go broadly correct. There is a huge unknown factor in everything especially if begin to delve into the ''edge'' of the universe. Consider this: The universe is apprx 13.4 billion years old. Light takes time to travel from point A to point B. So the... |
why did western nations bail out their banks? What were the consequences if they had not? | Because for many countries the banking system is literally the lifeblood of economies, and allowing even one to collapse would, like comments above have said, cause a knock on effect on not just other banks closing down but sharheolders, people saving money in the banks, companies domestically abroad, you name it they'... |
Why did people in the revolutionary war just stand in lines and shoot each other? | Back then that battle tactic is leftover from old world tactics with bows and arrows. Since guns did not have accuracy, at 50 yards, you'd be lucky to hit the target person 50% o the time. Standing in the face of death was also seen as the honorable way to wage war, rather than sneaking around guerilla tactics |
If the sun were to 'go out' somehow, how long would we survive? | ~A week. The earth has some residual heat that would last a while but you'd be faced with pitch blackness and total crop failure. Some people might last years if they have enough fuel and food to keep themselves warm and fed but the VAST majority of humanity would be dead inside a week. |
Why do we find Elisa Lam's elevator video unsettling? | Human beings find the unknown to be unsettling. As long as we don't know what caused her weird behaviour, the video will make us uncomfortable. That's not really all there is to it though, as even some explained creepy videos on the internet can still scare you. I think the state of agitation that Elisa Lam expresses i... |
What would have happened if the banks were not bailed out? | If more banks failed, credit would continue to lock up. Lower credit would cause more bank failures. The whole world's financial system has grown dependent on one another and when they start to fail it's like pulling a loose thread on a sweater. Without government intervention the freefall would have continued and more... |
A circle is 360°. Is that arbitrary? Could we divide a circle by 100? | On one hand, count the lines of your fingers with your thumb. 3 on each finger, 4 fingers 3x4=12 Each time you count all the lines, put up one finger on your other hand. 5 fingers, 12 lines, 5x12=60. This is the 60 base counting system, and it was used by the babylonians/sumerian civilizations, and was adopted by a lot... |
Why do most elderly women eventually seem to have the same short, curly hair style? | Long hair doesn't look as pretty when you're older. it's thin and lifeless and can make you look like a tired old hag. Also, when you have kids and a job, long hair is just too much of a pain to work with. I have really long hair, and even I get pretty sick and tired of it. it's always in the way, I find stray hairs ev... |
ELIM5: Why do Random Limbs Fall Asleep? | I think the bigger problem here is that you've developed random limbs. We're all fairly standardized as far as limbs are concerned. |
Why are the oceans salty, when salt deposits don’t seem abundant on dry land? | It's the other way around. The reason there aren't large salt deposits on land is because when they get rained on, trace amounts get picked up by the water, which eventually reaches the ocean. Then that salt stays there, forever, because the water cycle only involves evaporation which leaves salts behind. |
How does information in computers (bytes) know what it is used for? (explained in the text) | The computer doesn't need to know that a given chunk of memory has any meaning - be it a number, text or pixels from an image. It's up to the program that uses it to decide what instructions to use on it. The program knows that the 3 bytes at XYZ are signed integers because it put them there and wants to work on them.I... |
How are birds immune to getting zapped when they land on power lines ? | A copper power line is a far better conductor of electricity than a bird. Unless that bird is giving the electricity a path to ground, there's not really going to be any electrocution. Wires are placed far enough apart that birds are in no danger by simply perching on one wire. If you touched a live wire and the neutra... |
How did the Romans successfully cut and paste the Greek gods into their own society? | Romans seem to have had an idea that everyone's gods were just different versions of the same thing. When they found some tribe's war god, they would often say that tribe just had some weird ideas about their own war god Mars. So it's likely they just did the same thing with Greek gods; the Greeks just told good storie... |
I've been waking up at 7 AM everyday of my life for several years. Why is every morning so cruddy and why hasn't my body adapted to it? | What time are you going to bed? Do you drink caffeine after the early morning? Do you eat late in the evening? Are you drinking too much before bed? Do you get exercise? If you're staying up too late, you're probably not getting enough sleep. Different people need different amounts of sleep. I've known people who got b... |
Law. I want to know the basics, and all things you should know if you are considering being a lawyer | There is a ton of reading involved. Non-stop reading of dense legal mumbo-jumbo. Also law schools have for a while been churning out far more lawyers than the world needs right now. It's not impossible to get a decent job right out of school, but it's tough. |
How do you perform CPR and give compressions to a person who has fractured his chest bones? | First time I did CPR the snap of the rib scared the shit out of me. Didn't matter as the person didn't make it. Had they, it would be better to be alive with a broken rib than dead with your ribs intact. |
Does the hubble actually take "pictures" or does it take in data and we computer generate the images? | A little of both. It takes pictures much the way your digital camera does . Those pictures aren't in color, however -- they're taken with a filter over the lens which blocks certain wavelengths of light. So any picture you see from the Hubble is artificially colorized. The artificial coloring can be as simple as taking... |
Explain LI5 Internet Neutrality issues. | Basically the problem goes like this. Think of data like water and the internet as a series of tubes. When you open your tap water comes out. You pay for the water you use but it's all the same water. But on the internet some companies make different water. Youtube for example makes Video Water which is free and Netfli... |
Apple airport express shows Xbox one speed 270Mb, Xbox network stats says 30Mb. | You're confusing M**b**ps with M**B**ps . There are 8 bits to a byte, so 270Mbps = 33.75 MBps. |
Why do asylum seekers spend all their savings, risking their lives to board a dangerous sea vessel to flee the country instead of just travelling by a conventional means? | Well, obviously it must be the only option left, for someone to risk their life savings as well as their lives for freedom. Wouldn't you do the same? |
Why is flipping the bird considered an insult? | What I've been told was during the Hundred Years War, the English had a serious upper hand. The longbow. The French being the lovely people that they are, had a humane way of dealing with English archer that were captured, cutting off their middle finger, making them unable to use a bow. The English started flipping of... |
What is going on with my body while I stand near a working microwave and why do I feel weird? | Haven't experienced anything like that. Microwaves don't really do significant damage to your body, nor should you 'feel' it. |
Why are there days when I am able to more clearly articulate myself and other days I can barely form a coherent sentence? | I see a lot of the usual stuff, depression, sleep, diet. However, there is also a chance that you're an [HSP] and you need to be aware of the environment around you otherwise your brain waves will run out of control. A good 15/20% of the population is like this but have no idea and just go around in a stressed out daze... |
Why do bilingual people switch languages in the middle of a conversation with another bilingual person? | Just to add my experience, I'm learning Japanese and when I speak to my friend in Japan, who speaks English very well, we often switch between the two. There are some things that I understand better in English, and some things she understands better in Japanese. Also, there are terms/concepts that don't exist in either... |
Why is flossing so healthy for our teeth? | > Did people just struggle with teeth problems before flossing was invented? Yes. Even as recently as your parents' or grandparents' generation, losing at least some teeth through your adult life was pretty normal, to be replaced by full or partial dentures. Our oral care is leaps and bounds better than theirs was, and... |
EILI5: Why would the UK leave the EU and what would be the consequences? | Hi, thanks for asking this question! I'm worried about the referendum, as I am not sure the people of Britain will know what is best for the country.In my honest opinion, if you look after the economy, the rest comes with it because you have the wealth and power to concentrate on whatever you need. I'm pretty sure that... |
Why do spiders not get caught in their own webs? | Not all the web fibers are sticky. They don't step on the sticky ones. When they occasionally get stuck, they cut themselves out and wait for the glue to wear out. |
Why does the bank want to cash a check if I only send a picture? | If you're able to deposit a check by phone, it means that the bank already has all your information on file. If later on, it turns out that the check was bad, the bank just takes the money back out of your account and then demands any remaining balance from you. If you do this too many times, you wind up with a crimina... |
Why is it that Plasma TVs are regarded as having the best picture quality (excluding OLED), yet manufacturers have either stopped or are stopping production? | One of the reasons is because they're energy inefficient compared to LED TV's. They also cost a lot more to manufacture which means higher overheads and lower profit margins. |
What makes music sound good/bad? | I can't explain it too well but there are different ways depending on whether is based around a tonal pattern or if it seems random. When it is based around a tonal pattern and returns to the 'home note' it is satisfying to listen to, for example, listen to ride of the Valkyries, or better yet [Beethoven] and pause it ... |
How do Gravitational 'Slingshots" work? | You're basically stealing energy from the orbit of massive bodies. You go past Jupiter, for example, in the same direction that Jupiter goes around the sun. Jupiter pulls you along and speeds you up and Jupiter actually slows down a little because it imparted that energy to you. It's a little bit like grabbing onto a c... |
What causes kids to go hyperactive and manic at bedtime, just before they crash and fall fast asleep? | Kids only do this if they are overly tired and should have been in bed earlier. It is actually a sign that they are exhausted and adrenaline is kicking in to keep them awake. They fear missing out, so their bodies start to go into overdrive, which is why the adrenaline kicks in. This is why it only starts happening in ... |
why do dogs naturally like fetching stuff that you throw? | It makes them happy to play with you. I train cats to fetch. At first, I make them *want* to bring the toy back because it's more fun when the toy is near me. Then, eventually, the cat in question kind of enjoys the hunting and pacifying of the toy, and brings it back so it can repeat the process. With dogs, it's a lot... |
How can we be 100% sure that our physical laws are universal? | We can't, and yes. Newton's Laws reigned supreme in physics for about 300 years until Einstein sort of blew everything up with Special Relativity. |
Why are things such as Black History Month, the NAACP and Bet Awards, or any other minority specific groups/events exist, but ones exclusively for whites are considered racist? | Minority-specific events and groups exist in the recognition that the contributions of those minorities are underrepresented in society. We have Black History Month because the other eleven months of the year are *white history months*. Modern-day America was built on the backs of black slaves and their children who ke... |
Why do treads on a tire increase traction? Without treads, isn't the same around of pressure applied by the vehicle to the road? | Traction is the result of friction between two materials. The greater the friction, the greater the traction. What increases friction? Having a larger contact patch between the tire and the road. For instance wider tires, or larger tires, which curve less, produce more contact with the road. You can produce even more c... |
Since glasses fix blurry vision, can a picture blurred with Photoshop be unblurred by looking at it through the right kind of lense? | No. In order for a lens to focus an image the focused image would have to exist. Once the image is blurred by Photoshop the focused image doesn't exist anymore. If you had an image that was distorted just right so that all of the original image was still there it *might* be possible. |
why the two presidential term limit for americans? | To limit demagogues. Just because someone is popular doesn't mean they are good for the country, and even if they are, that much power invested in one person for so long can be damaging to the very concept of democracy. There are a ton of rules that limit the power of good leaders in order to prevent abuse from bad one... |
why does the grading system skip the letter E? | I teach at a university--I'm allowed to establish any numbers system for my grades that I want so long as I'm fair in its execution. For example, I'm allowed to set F at 50% or 20% if I so chose, and I'm allowed to forgo all the + and - grades if I wanted to. In the end, it is more a matter of ease of use. If I evaluat... |
Why can't turtles move quickly? | I think you may be mistaking turtles with tortoises. [Turtles] are actually capable of significant bursts of speed when it comes to survival. [Tortoises] are the slow moving ones, and they move slowly because there is literally no reason for them to move quickly. Fast movement requires a species have a highly efficient... |
How come National Football League stadiums are considered private property when a majority of the funding is provided by the tax payers? | The major reason boils down to Wealthy people being very good at convincing middle class and other people to do things that aren't in the middle class person's benefit, but are in the wealthy person's benefit. There really is no good reason for most locality to be involved in stadium funding. The economics are pretty c... |
How older cartoons went from simple drawings to television. | The original process involved animators drawing each frame onto a clear sheet of celluloid . Usually the background would be on one sheet and then each character would be on a different one. Then, when they're all drawn, you overlay each sheet underneath a camera and take a single picture. Congratulations! You've just ... |
What is it that is so hard to duplicate about salt, that we haven't found a healthy substitute for it yet? | Salt isn't bad for you. It's quite necessary for bodily functions. Without it you die. Now at what point is it bad for you? Who knows. Health experts still can't agree. Keep in mind though that everything is bad for you with the right amount. Even water. |
Why is it that I get sleepy after eating a lot of food (i.e Food Coma) if Food is supposed to give me energy to function? | When you eat, your body uses a lot of energy to digest. That's my best guess. |
What is Sacred Geometry? | Sacred geometry is the idea that certain geometric shapes have a symbolic, sacred or spiritual meaning behind them. These sacred shapes have been used throughout history in the construction of religious buildings, temples, and architecture. Going back to ancient times, certain numbers were also thought to have a symbol... |
How does a director have any impact on the story itself, since he doesn't write the screenplay? | These other two comments do a pretty solid job of explaining the logistics in all of it, so I'm going to leave that be. But I figured I might as well chime in with the best example I can think of, just so you can get a simple and clear idea. Imagine the movie *Jaws*. All of the tension and build up comes from this sens... |
Why do we still have to watch commercials when we pay for the cable service? | A large majority of the ads you see on TV are from the broadcasters not the cable companies. The cable companies pay the broadcasters for transmission rights. This is why there were DVR services from different companies that allowed skipping commercials, the cable companies aren't making money off the commercials. |
Why does food that's been heated in a conventional oven or stove pan almost always taste better than when it's heated in a microwave? | Microwaving basically steams your food with it's own moisture. Ovens use dry heat to bake your food at higher temps that helps caramelize sugars and toast carbs. |
How do huge stores enforce a customer ban? | Through the threat of criminal prosecution. There is no effective way a store like Walmart can prevent a banned person from returning to one of their stores. However, getting kicked out of a store means you got *caught* doing something to get you kicked out of a store. If you get caught again, you are looking at a crim... |
how can a program stay closed-source if a copy exists on the users computer? | The source code is like the recipe, and the compiled program that runs on your machine is like the soup. If you don't have the source, it's very difficult to find out how exactly the compiled program works. You would have to use tricks like disassembling it, which is not trivial-- it's like trying to figure out a soup'... |
why don’t iPhone chargers electrocute me when the power is on and I’m holding the metal part? | Your charger only outputs 5 volts, not mains voltage. As such, while there probably *would* be a current, it'll be far too small for you to feel or be threatened by. |
When heating water at 50 degrees Celsius, why is there water evaporating when the boiling point is 100 degrees Celsius? | Because of evaporation. You don't even need to get to 50C, you can just leave a glass of water out at room temperature and it would all eventually evaporate. So in other words, you have vaporization due to evaporation and vaporization due to boiling. |
What would happen if two parents decide to never legally name their child? | I didn't have a name until I was about 17. The only name the hospital gave me at birth was a last name. So until I was 17 I only had a last name, no first, no middle. I was able to get a drivers license with a single name, but My highschool wouldn't allow me to have a diploma with only a last name. The military wouldn'... |
How do we just "develop" a mental illness? | We don't totally know. It is probably a combination of factors, but a lot of it seems to be genetic. It would depend a lot on the illness, too. |
Why is Spotted Cow beer illegal outside of Wisconsin? | The bar that got busted bought kegs in Wisconsin labeled for retail sale and tapped them, which isn't allowed - those aren't for resale, they need to get them from a distributor. Unfortunately, New Glarus isn't licensed to sell outside of Wisconsin, so no Minnesota distributor sells Spotted Cow. |
Why are some sodas almost always caffeine free, e.g. lemon-lime, root beer, orange, and some almost exclusively sold caffeinated (coke, dr pepper, etc)? | Caffeine occurred naturally in the first colas so it became a tradition for darker sodas. However, some root beers like Barq's have caffeine. |
If I were to jump down a hole which goes through the planet, what would happen once I get halfway? Would I keep going or would I be forever stuck in the middle? | If the tunnel was a vacuum, you'd accelerate until you hit the middle and then decelerate until you reached the other end. You'd bounce exactly as high as you jumped from, since theoretically there are no forces sapping energy from you. If the tunnel had air, GenXCub's answer is the correct one.> But once I get to the ... |
"Live within your means" as the saying goes. But why is austerity not a good thing when you are a debt stricken country in a deep recession? | The analogy I can come up with is imagine you're a taxi driver, and you're in debt. Austerity is akin to your debtors asking you to cut back on gas expenses by getting rid of your cab. Austerity is strangling the economy of countries already in a recession, making it more difficult for them to rebuild their economy, an... |
Why does road construction take so long to complete? Why do they not have crews working 24/7 since this is important infrastructure? | They don't mess around in Southern California. Three shifts, an army of workers, and lots of lights. The rest of the country is like *whatever.* |
Will war between nations still be the same if another WW breakout? | very hard to tell. if the force is disproportionate like usa vs irak or russia vs ukraine or the coalition versus isis it isn't smth very complicated it will be more like an exercise with a death toll. But imagine a war between advanced countries like USA vs CHINA or USA vs Russia, if we take into consideration only th... |
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