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Why do we have the power to send a rocket very far into space, yet we can't send a remote controlled submarine to the deepest parts of the ocean? | _URL_0_ Ok, it's not remote controlled, but he did it. And yes, it's *that* James Cameron. |
Why should i brush my teeth with cold water instead of warm water? | Use no water until you rinse. You should have enough saliva to turn the toothpaste into a thick foam. Plus the fluoride and sensitivity reduction ingredients won't be diluted as much. |
What's happening in my mouth when I eat really spicy food? What's the deal when it stops hurting? | There is a chemical called capsaicin which is produced by many types of pepper plants. It tends to be concentrated around the seeds and pith of peppers. This chemical reacts with the nerve endings of mammals to produce a sensation of heat. There is no actual heat. Capsaicin is physically harmless. It causes no permanen... |
If Dr. Who is a time-lord, fully capable of time travel, then why does he not simply travel back in time once trouble starts to avoid it/fix it before it even happened? | Because that would make a bad tv show. In universe the answer is that once you are involved in events you can't interact with it previously. This has about a billion exceptions on the show and makes little sense but again, it's a tv show, not a documentary. |
At what point do architects and engineers have to factor for the curvature of the earth ? | Lighthouses consider the earth's curvature. They need to know how far the light must be cast to determine how tall they need to be. |
Why children watch the same movie hundreds of time? | Children aren't paying as much attention as adults, so they see/understand new things upon multiple viewings. I still watch good movies multiple times, granted not 30+. Movies I have seen the most would probably have to be Forrest Gump, because they show it in school and other setting a lot. I've seen Good Will Hunting... |
Why is tobacco the default smoking herb? | Other plants have been banned, for the most part. Go back to the 19th century, and you've got plenty of people smoking opium or cannabis, which can be grown and consumed on a mass scale like tobacco. The acute social problem of people getting addicted and impaired led to these products being banned. The acute effects o... |
Why do some people believe vitamins/supplements don't do anything-- wouldn't that be easy to test? | From what I understand the average American diet would leave someone highly unlikely to be deficient in anything. All the cereals nutritional labels look like supplements labels. And also the research on supplements doesn't say anything bad about them while some say good and others so they don't matter so your doc may ... |
How is it that populations of people all across the planet in different countries all developed at relatively the same rate, when there was no means of communication between them? | Some did. Compare the Europeans of Columbus' time to the Native Americans. They were much further advanced by hundreds of years.A lot of the world communicated across the silk roads others had similar problems and made similar solutions everything was a matter of taste.We definitely aren't all developing at the same ra... |
Why do you need to pay for TV subscription but not to listen to radio? | In the US, the airways that radio and antenna television are broadcast over are considered to be public property. Anyone is allowed to freely tune in to broadcasts over the air. The Federal Communications Commission enforces the rules about how over the air broadcasts are done. You can watch television with an antenna,... |
Why do some UPS/USPS workers go far enough to leave a missed package slip on a door, but refuse to ring the bell so that someone might actually pick the package up? | I get a lot of mail- and I also have a really small box so I need packages delivered by having them thrown over my back porch My solution was to wait until I saw a carrier- explain the situation and them I also leave a note explaining that. But I also leave small gift cards with thank you notes every so often and also ... |
What's the relation of video resolution to screen resolution? | Lets say you have a 10x10 pixel screen. Ten pixels across and ten pixels down. You pull up an image that is displayed at 10x10 resolution. Each pixel in the image is represented by 1 pixel on the screen. Now let's say you pull up a 5x5 resolution image. You can either use a 5x5 block of the 10x10 screen to display it a... |
How and why do we talk in our sleep? | I have never been a sleep talker, I do however laugh in my sleep. I have done this ever since I was a child. I suppose it's the same reason as Azarl said. |
Why most Americans drive automatic transmissions when every other country drives manual gear shifts? | People in America typically drive more than people in any other country. America is huge, there are tourists who think they can easily fully experience New York and California in a few days. Our public transportation systems don't transport as many people as in other countries. Since we spend so much time in our cars, ... |
How does Mosquito repellent work? | There is a new type of mosquito repellent that is a speaker. The speaker produces a noise that is at the same frequency of the noise that a dragonfly's wings make. Mosquitos are scared away because they think that a natural predator is nearby. **Do not buy this product. It is a scam.** Dragonflies do not have a fixed s... |
If our brains are the most powerful supercomputers, why can't we solve simple math equations in our head? | A computer is actually quite dumb, but it's fast.You'd find it easier to add two binary numbers than doing it by hand. Lets just take 216 + 37. I'm sure everyone here can do this after a few seconds and using some tricks. But here's how a computer does it by the speed of flying electrons in a wire: 1101 1000 0010 0101 ... |
Why, in statistics, would you ever want to represent data with the median as opposed to the average? | Median is more representative of the typical case when the data is skewed in one direction. For example, with life expectancy, especially in the past, is skewed low due to infant and child mortality. If out of three siblings, one died at birth, and the other two lived to their 70 and 80, that's a mean of 50, even thoug... |
what is it about eggs that make them so useful in baking? | You know how when you crack an egg it's all gushy but when you cook it, it gets hard? Eggs work the same way in cakes, so when you mix them into batter & bake it, the eggs turn solid & give your cake structure. There's also fat in eggs, which adds flavor/richness the same way butter & cream do in food. Now I want cake.... |
Why in dreams do I have no physical strength? | I read somewhere that it is because your brain doesn't register a response, so you can't tell how hard you are hitting or whatnot. That is why you feel weak. |
why don't cars have a dedicated battery just for starting? | It's common for boats to have a separate battery for the starter motor and another to run lights and whatever else you need. They go to the extra effort and cost because they tend to be bigger and have more space to store another battery, and the consequences of being in the middle of the sea and unable to start the en... |
what is Déjà vu,and why does it happen? also, does it play any known role in mental illness? | It is a small glitch in your brain that allows something you experience to be saved in your long term memory just before it is saved in short term memory. Your brain believes it has experienced it before, because it finds the memory in the long term memory as its being processed to be stored in short term memory.Nothin... |
Why is it impossible to achieve immortality according to science? | I'm not really sure what your question is, but there is such a thing as biological immortality: _URL_0_ Some animals don't appear to die from old age, like humans do. The reasons for this difference are complex and not fully understood, but in rough terms, our cells get damaged during cell division, so there's some lim... |
Why did Edward Snowden take asylum in Russia? | > Why be protected by US's enemy while you try to convince us that you're trying to help us? Whoa whoa whoa, this isn't 1967. Relations with Russia actually have been pretty good as of late, before the whole Ukraine conflict of course. There were quite a few military cooperations with Russia prior to it. The idea when ... |
Why has men's formalwear in The West remained relatively unchanged for the last 150 years or so compared to women and eras prior? | [Beau Brummell] basically invented the modern style of formalwear -- great fabrics, well-tailored, but sombre, understated colors. We've just never really gone back to flashier styles -- but perhaps some subcultures are beginning to have an influence in that direction. |
Is mouth to mouth kissing or "French kissing" a universal action for desire/lust across all human cultures? | Kissing is actually a way for the male to give the female antibodies she doesn't have that will protect a possible offspring should coitus occur.The Wikipedia article [Kiss] is quite complete, and under [Biology and Evolution] explains that a kissing-like behaviour occurs in many animals, and appears to be related to f... |
If America is now the largest producer of petroleum and natural gas, then why are gas prices still 300% more than they were less than a decade ago? | In addition to the points mentioned below, a major reason is inflation. If you adjust for inflation we're close to the other peaks in 1918 and the 1980s. _URL_0_ |
How much do we have to go back in the time in order to be able to say that we are studying history? | There is no set amount of time, but typically you want it far enough in the past to look at it objectively and also to see how it played out. 9/11 can clearly be seen as part of history. I would say it is too soon to treat the Paris bombing in the same way, because we don't know enough about it yet. |
Multi-level Marketing and Amway. | You make money not by selling things .but convincing other people to sign up under you ..and then have them convince more people to sign up under them .etc. The money then flows up like a pyramid. Unless you are really high up, you probably won't make much. If you want to alienate most your friends and spend your time ... |
Why is Satellite Television a viable alternative to Cable Television but Satellite Internet is not a viable alternative to Cable Internet? | It's all about the latencies. Think of latencies as how long it takes to drive a package from whoever the satellite is talking to on Earth, up to the satellite, and from the satellite to your house. Satellite Television does one thing. It broadcasts a signal one way. You're not going to overall care about the time it t... |
the controversy surrounding Betsy DeVos' nomination as Education Secretary | She has said some pretty negative things about teachers unions. Since teachers are a big part of implementation for any education program, that's not going to be an easy relationship for Ms. DeVos to manage. |
How does fake snow work? | Snow machines work by blasting water and air through super chillers that turn to water into tiny droplets and freeze it before it's shot out and sprayed onto ski slopes. Because it's actually frozen water, it can only be used when the temps are low enough for snow, but there hasn't been enough snowfall for skiing. |
Why do we get a chill when we bite metal like a fork or a spoon? | From what I have read in an old article it's because your teeth don't have nerves around the edges and, since your teeth are natures barometer when it comes to how long you'll live , 'chills' are your body's reaction to something that may damage your tooth enamel. |
What determines if a subreddit comes up when you hit Random? | It could be a case of certain subs not being registered on the 'list' of subs that come up when you hit Random. If I HAD to guess, I'd say it filters on the following things: 1. Subreddits with a number of users over a certain value. Don't know what it is. 2. Subreddits with posts that have been commented on in the las... |
Why did the picture of Dukakis in the tank hurt his campaign so badly? | The year is 1988. Reagan is finished out a popular presidency, based largely on his perception as a strong leader who returned America to greatness. Reagan had no clear successor, and his support for Bush Sr. was lukewarm. Gary Hart, the Democratic front runner, melted down in a sex scandal. That left the race wide ope... |
Why do some people think it's bad to drink bottled water after it has been opened and sitting out for a few hours? | One possible explication is that as the temperature of a solvent increases so does its ability to dissolve a solute. Plastic how ever have very low solubility. It is likely that as the temperature increase in the bottle the polymers begins to degrade through the breakage of hydrogen, disulfide or maybe even covalent bo... |
Why is it "rude/classless" to fart in public? | Honestly, anyone who gets angry at you is being silly. It's awkward but if you excuse yourself it shouldn't be a big deal at all. You can't help it.Because no one wants to smell your farts? |
Why can we not see our eyes move in mirrors? | > they used the example that this is why you cannot see your eyes move in a mirror. That is dumb. You can't see your eyes move in a mirror because if you change where you are looking you won't be looking at your eyes, and if you don't change where you are looking then obviously your eyes aren't moving. |
What happens to someone when they down a bottle of bleach? | Basically bleach interacts with the lipid membrane of animal cells and pops them. This results in tissue death and damage to critical body systems. I'm not sure what exactly would kill the person but it would be bad news. |
Why do people buy insurance, instead of just saving in a bank account? | When you save in a bank account, the only money you have available is what you have saved. When you buy insurance, the money available is all of the money all customers have paid to that insurance company. That's a much larger pool. The economic magic of insurance is in managing catastrophic risk - something expensive ... |
How are bouncers allowed to assault the customers they are 'throwing-out'? | If you refuse to leave private property, you are committing trespass. In most jurisdictions in the United States, you may use force if it is necessary to terminate a trespass. It's illegal to use more force than necessary, or in most cases to apply it without first asking the person to leave voluntarily. |
why does the first few notes of the second guitar solo in Pink Floyd's "Comfortably numb" make me tear up every single time? | Watch the film, The Wall, if you haven't.The scene in which this song plays is rough, and brings lots of plot points to a head, all culminating around the beginning of that fantastic solo. It almost gives the song life. |
How do ransom payments work? | I don't think you understood OP's question. Question wasn't how kidnapping works. Question was, If I kidnapped someone how could I make exchange of money without getting caught. Assuming police is involved already, they will most likely follow person bringing money and / or put some tracking device. |
Why are female butts bigger than male butts? | No one's mentioned breastfeeding yet. The butt is the primary fat source the mothers body pulls from to make breast milk. Women with bigger butts provide more omega 3s to their children and possibly have smarter kids.Women have wider hips than men, because the baby passes through the pelvic bone during birth. Because i... |
Why is it some people have face and back dimples and other don't? | Factors, Diet, heredity, environment. Everyone has ha different diet. No two persons eat the same food even in prison, or the army. The army has a variety of MRE's, for variety.One diet versus another will probably influence. Wait a minute. ou said dimples. I thought you meant pimples. Go to Heredity: Almost all of our... |
How is it that commercial airline crashes are so rare? | There's an engineering system process called six sigma. _URL_0_ The idea of it is that we design to the highest standards possible, so the failures are as low as possible. Six sigma is ~99.9999998027% success. And in specific regards to airplanes, when a plane does go down, there are a bunch of very bad problems happen... |
What's the difference between a supercomputer and a regular one? | For a start, the hardware involved is usually far higher end. Typical computer now a days, 2-4 cores on the CPU, 2-8GB of RAM with maybe some low end GPU thrown in. Servers would be using multiple CPU's with probably 8-12 cores a piece and quantities of RAM closer to around 200-300GB. Whether they have GPU's or not wou... |
Why does asthma still exist when before medication asthmatics should have died out of the gene pool? | [Serious] Wouldn't a lack of exposure to dirt and germs also be a cause of some forms of asthma? It may just be anecdotal but I've noticed that friends who are complete germ freaks also manage to have kids with asthma and allergies. I may be thinking asthma is an immune response when it isn't - but not sure. |
Passenger jet thrust reversers. If the air coming in is equal to the air being pushed out, wouldn't they both cancel eachother out? | It's also worth noting that the main thrust generating fan* on a jet engine usually spins at ~30% of it's max speed at idle. Simply re-directing the thrust generated by the fan in a direction other than backwards helps the aircraft slow down. *Most airliner engines have what is basically a giant fan attached the front ... |
Why would viruses and bacteria ever try to harm their host? | That same beneficial bacteria can kill you if things go wrong . Also, just because some bacteria are in a symbiotic relationship with you doesn't mean others are. Bacteria is a HUGE classification. It's like asking why snakes would hurt us because dogs are our friends. They're both in the kingdom Animalia, but that doe... |
Why do some people prefer sleeping on their stomach than on their back? | I rotate like a pig on a spit during sleep. And I've only known 1 girl to lie down, then 8 hours later wake up in exactly the same position. And I've known a few. So it's a crazy world, the world of slumber.People get in the habit of sleeping a certain way and it gets more difficult to sleep in any other way. You basic... |
How did Jurrasic Park have such good cgi in 1993? | There really isn't much CGI in Jurassic Park, mostly post-processing applied on top of filming with animatronic dinosaurs. Peak CGI of early 90 was Terminator 2, and despite CGI sequences totaling like 5 minutes they took 25 man-years of work, 5 million dollars and renting a supercomputer of that time for ten months to... |
Why does a square monitor not look square? | 1) The bezel at the bottom is ever so slightly thicker than the rest of the sides. The human brain is very very good at telling when something isn't lined up or equal. 2) The stand gives visual weight to the height of the monitor, and draws your eye down vertically, giving an illusion of increased height. |
the difference between ground chuck, ground beef, and ground sirloin. | [chuck and sirloin] are specific cuts of beef. ground beef is going to be a mixture of various cuts, usually scraps or ground chuck. In other words it's a generic term. |
What's the advantage of different pupils in the eyes of different creatures? I.e. Cats having slit pupil, where as ours are circular. | Recent studies suggests that the difference of pupil structure in animals may be related to that certain animal's survival methods. *Slit pupils* aid cats and similar predatory animals to have more focus in hunting their prey, as well enhancing their vision in darkness. Goats on the other hand have *horizontal pupils* ... |
Why can't television shows display real iPhone UI? (Example in post) | In that particular image, I'm actually seeing the exact opposite. I'm seeing a prop that's doing it's best to hide any relationship to a particular manufacturer or advertiser. What makes you say that Apple has paid for advertising rights? |
Why are we more okay with eating old pizza that hasn't been refrigerated when it has cheese and meat products? | Food safety risk is more about populations than individuals. If you dipped your food in the toilet odds are still that you'd NOT get sick. But if everyone dipped their food in the toilet a 5% chance to get sick would be millions of people. Most things you do to your food have very small individual risk, but if everyone... |
Why can I not delete unnecessary things from my brain? | You are not in control of you . Decisions to act are made before becoming aware of them. Unconscious parts of your brain makes decisions. Your consciousness subsequently takes ownership. Unnecessary information is removed from your brain all the time. You cannot do that consciously however. Just like you can't turn off... |
Why is there a huge debate over how to orientate your toilet paper? Why is it such a big deal and why are there huge fights over how to position your TP? | If you have it facing the wrong way, it is more difficult to grab and properly portion. Don't be one of those assholes who have the roll coming out against the wall! |
Why do people think there was a second gunman on the grassy knoll? | Because people do not understand ballistics, and can't figure out how the bullet made some amazing turns. So there obviously had to be someone shooting from the back and another shooting from the front. This turns out to be completely wrong, and the one bullet scenario is correct. There was a recreation, as detailed as... |
If you were to look at a mirage through binoculars or telescope, what would you see? | You're seeing the souls of those damned by heaven and rejected by hell. Stare too long and you'll join them. |
Why is the Tea Party Republican? Why aren't they their own party? | In the American system a third party isn't viable. If the Tea Party were to split off from the Republicans, they would either end up dying out or kill off the Republican party, in which case the moderate Republicans would probably not follow them, and if they did, the party would basically look like it does now. |
Why a video game developer wouldn't make a game that consumers want (i.e. Half Life 3, Final Fantasy VII 2) | A remake of FF7 would require a vast amount of money. SE has shifted it's focus from the vast worlds and pre rendered backgrounds of their old games to higher quality graphics at the expense of scope. Remaking FF7 to their current standards would require animating all the interactions, recording all the dialogue, and r... |
What's a "hipster"? | A group of people who are the incubators of popular culture. As soon as something become widespread among hipsters it quickly moves to mainstream 'cool' people and cast aside by hipsters. Note that no hipsters will self identify themselves as such. |
States with no income tax vs. states with income tax | Income taxes aren't the only kind of taxes. For instance, Washington doesn't have an income tax, but it *does* have a sales tax.In new Hampshire there is no income tax or sales tax. They do have enormous property taxes tho. For my family to move to NH from Mass we would do worse. Especially to try to get into a town wi... |
If amphetamines are considered harmful and a Scheduled II drug in the united states, why is it ok to put it in adderal and give to children? | Many people have made the point that stimulant medications can be abused, so I'm not going to labor over it. I just wanted to point out that a lot of people are heading towards non-stimulant ADHD medications like atomoxetine to get around some of the issues of giving kids stimulants. There have been many cases of peopl... |
Regarding protests around the world, why do the police or military take orders from a dictatorial regime that's bent on curbing freedoms, including their own? | Would you rather get paid, and be able to afford food and shelter for your children, or lose your job and livelihood over your principles? Young people and those without dependents don't understand the hard choices that parents have to make some times.Suggesting that every government that isn't American "democracy" is ... |
Why do some children's disappearances spark nationwide news coverage while some only get talked about locally? | There's a lot of cynicism here, even though a lot of what people are saying is true. Yes, little white, blond girls are more likely to get national attention to some degree, but one thing people are missing is just simply what else is going on. News stories don't exist in a vacuum. How much attention a story gets heavi... |
During a supernova, at what point does the implosion of a star change to an explosion, and what causes this shift? | AskScience will give you the detailed explanation, so i'll just give you the simplistic concept so it's easier to wrap your head around. So the star collapses making all that mass / energy move towards the core of the star . This is essentially a massive shockwave of energy. So your star could be 10 times the diameter ... |
Why do humans bare their teeth (smile) to show positive emotions when baring teeth is an almost universal signal of aggression or fear among other mammals? | Humans also show our teeth in aggression. It's called snarling. It's also worth noting that, while it's certainly not the rule, some laughter is cruel—like laughing at pain and misfortune. In general, I think the most obvious distinction to be noted is that laughter is an extremely different muscle motion than snarling... |
why is the sound of rain calming to so many people? | Aahhhh. Yarr, twas asked by those what sailed in before ye!] Enjoy yon older explanations, and remember [rule 7] says search to avoid repostin'. |
Why do we tend to yell or scream when exerting a lot of force? | Not sure about the yelling, but if your exerting lots of force and you're yelling, that means your breathing out which is good. If you're not yelling of breathing out, your intestines might start to bulge out just above your penis |
How does leasing a car work? I’m not sure if it’s important but I live in Texas. | Leasing is basically renting a car long term. The lease rate is the expected depreciation over the lease length plus a fee that's comparable to the interest you'd pay on a car to finance a purchase -- basically a charge to use somebody else's money. So let's say you want to lease a $40k car for 3 years that will be wor... |
What actual, non-pseudo-science benefits are there for chiropractic manipulation? | From I understand. Good chiropractors tell you that adjustments are the starting point of healing and it is your job to continue stretching or other body maintenance to keep you from coming back. Let's say you just happen to overwork your body and your hip is starting to lock. The chiropractor releases it and then you ... |
Why does it take up to 30 seconds to process and authenticate a credit card transaction using a chip but under a second with the mag swipe? | For the same reason it's more difficult to open a locked safe than an unlocked one. Same reason it takes more effort to have to unlock a car with a key to get inside than if it were unlocked. The point of a chip is to make the transaction safer and in doing so, takes a bit more time. 30 seconds seems like a lot though.... |
how can Germany just dissolve the government and put in new people with no election? | When governments are dissolved in Europe it means it's the executive government that is dissolved. The legislative government is still in power and cannot be dissolved like that. Edit: The legislative government is elected by election, the executive is appointed by the prime minister/president |
No matter how fast I shake my hips back and forth, my penis always seems to waggle at the same frequency. Why? | I have noticed that ladies' breasts seem to have a certain bounce resonance during missionary intercourse same principle?", 'Basically start shaking it side to side with your hips, then start matching the rate at which it hits side to side, like a hula hoop. Then you can shake it as fast as you can, you just have to ge... |
How do those infomercials/commercials selling products know when you "call within the next 10 minutes" for whatever they addon for free? | They don't actually know, and they don't actually care. That deal is the same price you can always get, regardless of when you call. They simply put a countdown in the advertisement to encourage impulse purchases. |
How do firearms flow from manufacturers to groups like the Mexican cartels, the Taliban and rebel groups? | Most firearms in Mexico come from the US. There's next to no regulations covering their purchase so riding over the border with a pickup full of weapons in the back isn't that difficult to do given how poor security is down there. In war zones weapons are usually just raided and get sold around from existing stocks in ... |
Why do people say that bitcoin mining isn't profitable? | > Also, I don't pay for my electric bill Whenever you start forcing your costs onto a third party, profitability becomes easy. The catch is that if a majority of residents else started doing it, the landlord will just raise your rent. In general, this is [the tragedy of the commons] - the idea is to take advantage of a... |
How can HDR make an image on a screen look brighter than if the screen was just all white? | Your brain has been trained that images like this are usually accompanied by intense brightness. So even though it's not *actually* extra bright, your brace yourself for that feeling that seems likely. |
Why haven't the rest of the world gone into North Korea and put a stop to what is quite obviously a brutal dictatorship? | One reason why it would be a bad idea is that Seoul is right next to the Korean border, even a few NK missiles / mortar rounds getting through would cause a lot of damage and civilian deaths. Basically it's a small scale mutually assured destruction. |
How can only allowing a certain group of people into a store be a reasonable business strategy? | Not sure what exact store your talking about, but my guess is it's not a retailer but a wholesaler who makes their margins based on volume sales and not on one off purchases.What you're describing sounds like a wholesaler in the traditional sense . They are supplying businesses only with the supplies they need to run t... |
Why do magnets repel water? | Here's the link to the video that I mentioned, first he uses a statically charged metal pole to show the water being attracted to it and then he uses a magnet. You have to look closely but it looks like the water is repelled a couple of millimeters. _URL_2_ The guy who posted the video said it has to do with water bein... |
When strangers appear in our dreams are they people we've seen before or are we completely making them up in our heads? | I've heard that the people in your dreams have to be someone you've seen before. Whether it be some random dude you saw on the street or someone on TV. I think it's because your mind isn't capable of creating a random face, it can only remember one. |
Why do humans primary only have 3 eye colors? | brown", or "black" despite there being a continuous range of skin color from very pale to very dark. They're just easy categories. |
How does our body stop us from sneezing while sleeping and would it ever be possible to sneeze while sleeping? | > How does our body stop us from sneezing while sleeping It doesn't. > and would it ever be possible to sneeze while sleeping? It's possible, since it happens to people.Wife gets summer colds and frequently sneezes in the night. The cooling effect of her mucus mist splashing playfully across my back is a welcome relief... |
Calories, Carbs, Gluten, and all the other fitness freak nightmares | Losing weight is simply a matter of consuming less calories than you burn per day. Most people burn around 1600-2000 cal a day, or more with a lot of exercise. You can eat whatever you want and still lose weight as long as you aren't eating too much of it. The reason carbs are an issue is because people tend not to get... |
What are unions and why are they hated by virtually all employers? | Simplest way to put it, unions are all of the employees of a company or groups of companies saying they stand together as one group and they expect certain things from their employer. Employers hate them because it takes power away from them. The risk is, they will lose their work force if a middle ground isn't reached... |
In an area of gas for $2.09+, why doesn't/can't one gas station just destroy the competition by selling gas for $1.99 and advertising it heavily? | Profit margins are tiny, about 4 cents. When the gas crisis hit volume became so low thousands of gas stations closed down. The same is true for most companies. If a neighbor could sell it for less, they already would. That's why small businesses have such high prices, the 5% margin or so Olive Garden makes would bring... |
What act/quality changes someone from being funny and crosses the line into obnoxious and annoying behavior? | /u/Jylyfysh is mostly correct. It also has to do with each individual's standards for humor, and their tolerance for certain behaviors. For example, some people find whistling absolutely **the worst thing ever.** Whereas, others will whistle along. TL;DR it depends on who you are, or who you're talking to. There is no ... |
Why does the legal system allow corporations to pay fines without admitting or denying wrongdoing? | It's not unique to corporations. Anyone can settle a claim out of court. Settlements are often desirable to all parties because they are faster, keep details private, and reduce the burden on the court system. Going to trial is extremely expensive and time-consuming, so most try to avoid it. |
I never wake up at 9am but if I set my alarm for 9am I will wake up a couple of minutes before. how does this happen? | I believe this has more to do with consciousness and memory than it does internal timers. An example, you only remember the dreams that you gain consciousness during. And, you wake up without gaining full consciouness multiple times in the morning and normally wouldn't remember. So combining that slight consciousness w... |
Does the government indirectly fund abortions by funding Planned Parenthood? | No, tax payer money is not used for abortion services. Only three percent of what planned parenthood does as an organization is abortion services and not every planned parenthood facility performs abortions. What the government is paying for is for affordable and typically free women's health care. With conservative ov... |
how do emf detectors on the ghost investigation shows work and why does the human body not set it off? | They don't work because ghosts aren't real. At best they're detecting random EM signals, but they're probably detecting nothing at all. |
Why do female eggs need to be fertilized? | Because you need a male as well. If females could just have fertile eggs by themselves, we'd basically all be clones. At some stage way back when evolution had determined that requiring 2 members of the same species to reproduce, instead of just cell division, increases the rate of beneficial mutations whilst simultane... |
What is in the new Iran Nuclear deal and why are countries (like Israel) still opposed to it? | _URL_0_ This article explains it well. Beyond the nuclear aspects of the deal, some key points include sanctions relief so that Iran can expand its economy. Some also believe that Iran can exert a stabilizing influence on the Middle East since they're already fighting against ISIS with the United States . On the other ... |
Why are there so many tire shops in poorer neighborhoods? | You don't need a skilled mechanic to replace tires, and you don't need a huge amount of expensive equipment or a special building. It's probably a reasonable 1 or 2 man business that doesn't require a lot of investment but makes a decent income. Poor neighborhoods probably have more customers that need cheap retreads o... |
Why do most businesses use Ups or FedEx instead of the US Postal service. | On another note ups and fedex also ship stuff usps won't. Lots of hazardous things can not go through usps |
The purpose of the statute of limitations law on rape and sexual assault. | Because time erases evidence. At this point, there's little more than their word against his and either you believe them or you don't- there isn't much that can be done to prove or dispute the claims.All states are different too. In New York, there is no time limit for legal proceedings against the perpetrator of rape. |
What's the differences between solar cells today and ones that would operate at higher percentages of efficiency? What would it take to have a solar cell operating at 100% efficiency? | > What would it take to have a solar cell operating at 100% efficiency? Perpetual motion. 100% efficiency would mean converting solar energy to electricity with 0% loss. Since you're always going to radiate some energy away as motion/heat of the molecules involved, 100% efficiency is impossible. IIRC, the theoretical m... |
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