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What Christmas cards are for, who you send them to, and why. | Remember that you don't have to go back very far to a time when there was no Facebook, no email, no cell phones, and no internet. You either called people on the phone or you wrote. People wrote paper mail to each other much more. I remember my parents getting letters from friends I. the mail really frequently. So with... |
why when you look directly at the sun, does it appear darker in the center? | Maybe because you're going blind? Do NOT look at the sun directly! Get proper equipment for it! _URL_2_ |
How does the technology that sees if tennis balls are in or out work, and how come it hasn't completely replaced linesmen? | To add on p7r's magnificient response, the availability is really dependant on the costs and the situation. Currently in tennis, not every big tournament has the system implemented on each and every court. The system is used as a way to contest referees and linesmen calls and not systematically call every single ball i... |
Why does Outlook which has 1 function crash so much/is so unstable when Thunderbird has never crashed? | You probably don't have it configured correctly is why. Which version are you using? Which add-ons are you using?", 'Outlook is an integral part of the MS Office Suite. It has hooks and connections into Word, Excel, PPT, etc. It a very robust piece of software that is pretty complex compared to Thunderbird. As others h... |
If the CIA admitted to using waterboarding why is no one in trouble? | Why would the powerful get in trouble for using their power? The only thing that's changed is that now you're aware of your serfdom. |
Why can 32-bit operating systems/software only see 3GB of RAM? | Thanks everyone, I knew it had something to do with the size of the memory register, but didn't think that 32 x binary = 3-4GB of RAM. Got it. thanks! |
Can a box in a box, in a box, in a box, break the speed of light from a relative view of being outside the box? | This kind of speeds can be calculated with [Lorentz transformations]. I'm using a bit lower speeds because with 99.999% my calculator just rounds the result to 1c If we have 3 objects. Object 1 sees object 2 going away with velocity v2=0.6c Object 2 sees object 3 going away with velocity v3'=0.6c How fast does object 1... |
Why are humans the only species on Earth that have gained higher thought? | Well look at it this way. Anytime someone or something has threatened what we have now we do what humans do best. Destroy that shit and extinct it's species. |
Why do Catholic people put so much money into churches? | Leviticus 27:32 And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord. So basically the bible says give 10% to church. |
Why don't we have famous philosophers and thinkers today like we did during the Renaissance or the Enlightenment? | We forget that the past had so many years in it. The philosophers we learn about lived during the last 2,000 years. So while there may seem like a lot they lived over hundreds of years and it wasn't like they all lived at the same time. Modern philosophy alone covers 400 years! Even people in the same century seem like... |
If Spotify pays so little, why do artists still let them use their music? | It's not up to the artists. They have no control over the distribution of their music if they are signed to label. The record label cuts all the deals for their catalogs and make a good profit in doing so. Artists get paid a fraction of pennies per click from most of these services. |
Do the multi-million dollar damages awarded to plaintiffs ever get paid out in full? How long does it take? | Yes, and No. For instance, the Fen-Phen class action settlement, when finally judge-approved in 2001 against American Home Products was $3.75B and was paid out to approximately 266k class members. The amount of the payout varied: reportedly, people with full blown PPH received $8.5 million each; others with lesser degr... |
Why does turning it off and back on solve the problem in a lot of cases? | Because the software on things doesn't want to work with other software and sometimes one completely overrides sections of the other causing errors to appear. When you restart you bring the software back to the cold-war like state that it existed in before breaking your pc.Because it restarts the circuit. If this happe... |
Where does the wealth "lost" in market crashes go? | It's all a confidence game. some of that confidence is based on sound economic information about a particular company or asset, some of it literally is about convincing enough people that something is worth more or less than it was the day before. Wealth lost in market crashes goes back to the same place it came from i... |
How does humble bundle manage to get profit? | It's important to note that the humble bundle is a charity event, not a regular store. The game companies donate their games in exchange for the publicity, fundraising, and a small profit. I know there's a couple games that I got from humble bundle that I never would have purchased otherwise, then paid full price for t... |
- Why does alcohol, without fail, make me cry so much? | Alcohol is like the juice stuff from Captain America. It exaggerates emotions, so you're probably always a little sad when you drink. |
What's with America and guns? Are gun statistics exaggerated/twisted? Is it as bad as what foreigners think? | Guns are thought of as a last line of defense against tyranny in the US. The second amendment, in extremely simplified terms, states that that the US citizen has an individual right to own a firearm and to use that in the defense against tyranny. Now the US clearly isn't in a position of worrying about foreign invaders... |
Why aren't there more "Network" TV stations? | It used to be that ABC, CBS, and NBC were the only networks because they had contracts with local stations and didn't poach each other's stations. Most local stations were a part of someone's network. Fox got started because Rupert Murdoch knows how to make a deal. He used content that was considered very edgy at the t... |
if i mix two acids together, do i get the sum or the average of the pH levels? | Neither. You *are* finding an average, but what you're averaging isn't the pH values because pH is a logarithmic scale. Acids are solutions in which a proportion of the water is present as positive hydronium ions, H3O+. This happens when molecules such as HCl are added to water: the molecule dissociates, or breaks apar... |
If humans were erased from the Earth and Earth was later discovered by aliens, would they be able to access our internet to learn about us? | Even if we assume powering everything up is not a problem, only if they arrived quickly. Most digital storage degrades to unreadable in less than 10 years. Some stuff would survive up to 100 years, but by then the computers would not work. Without the computers to let you see how the data is encoded, any data you recov... |
What the heck does the municipal bond information I have here mean? 25k was invested but how much will they earn a year? | Trade date: the date at which the transaction took placeTrade time: idemMaturity date: the date at which the bond matures, meaning you will receive the final coupon + the face value back.Coupon: the interest Price: the price at which you bought the bond Yield: probably the yield to maturity (the annual yield you make o... |
All pandas belong to China. | Pandas are native to China. The Chinese government **loans** pandas to zoos and such with the condition that any babies are still the property of China. The reason they can do this is because they've made it illegal to export pandas, so the only pandas that get out are the ones that they loan with the aforementioned co... |
If you're enlisted in a military service, can you just walk out of boot camp? If not, what are the consequences? | That's called desertion, and it's a crime. You can be tried, imprisoned, and then dishonorably discharged under the UCMJ for being AWOL or desertion. |
What are mosquitos' role in nature besides spreading disease and causing unnecessary bites and itches? | they are like the plankton of the swamplands. just a shortlist of the animals that they feed around my house in arkansas: dragonflies, mosquito hawks, bats, and spiders. There must be at least 10 more, i'm just not much of an ecologist, so i can't give you a full list. Where I live there are more mosquitos than you eve... |
My mom always told me that if you boil veggies until they are mushy they are no longer nutritious. Is this true? If so, why? | Boiling vegetables makes the nutrients leak into the water. **Steaming** is the best method to cook your vegetables if you wish to preserve the nutritious freshness, and it's quite easy, 1 pot with water, put a strainer on top of the pot and make sure it does not touch the water, and tada. Yummy veggies. |
[META] Can we make a tab or force OP's to write "This is the answer" when a question has been answered? | > I'm sick and tired of seeing two or three really good answers and not knowing which one is the actual answer In that case, all three are the answer. It is possible to have different ways of saying the same thing. |
What would happen if I never shut down my laptop? | I'd like to know the same thing about my 3DS.About the programs in memory: While the computer is on, it has information and instructions in "RAM memory". This is more or less like the mental notes from the computer about what is it doing in a specific moment. After a while some errors occur during the normal functionin... |
How do I do my taxes? (Canadian resident) | If you don't mind doing your own taxes and filing on paper: _URL_1_ EDIT: It's worth knowing the basics of how the Canadian tax system operates - what a T4 slip is, what a T4A is for, and so on, as well as what a marginal tax rate is and an average tax rate. The distinction between a nonrefundable tax credit and refund... |
Why is hoarding cash bad for companies? | Hoarding cash isn't bad per se, its just sub optimal. its like having an big empty room in your office you don't use for anything. Its not costing you anything. Its just not generating anything either. Now having some wasted space isn't bad, means you have some available when something goes wrong. like a lot of extra h... |
What exactly is 'Obamacare'? What is it supposed to do? And why is it so controversial? | For a 5 year old: Obamacare is the oppositions nickname for the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act. Basically, the idea behind the law is to make it cheaper for many people, mostly poorer people, to be able to go to the doctor when they get sick. Right now, more than one out of every eight people in America, m... |
What are arguments against sustainable energy? | Energy companies and governments have spent trillions of dollars to implement the fossil fuel infrastructure. from extraction , thru power-plants to Energy distribution highways . Their investment is very large and any competition will reduce their Return on Investment . The whole infrastructure is based on a On-Demand... |
How does time dilation work? Why should you age slower if you're moving faster? | [Al's Relativistic Adventures] Fits perfectly with the theme of this subreddit. How I finally came to understand compression of space and time. Also, it's interactive. Don't forget to print your Diploma at the end of it. |
How did the US "accidentally" bomb a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan? I know that mistakes can be made, but that seems like a pretty big mistake to me. | The last info I read about it said that the Taliban were firing weapons at American troops and using the hospital for cover. But Doctors Without Borders says that's definitely not true, so who knows. |
How are recyclables recycled if they are picked up by the garbage truck and placed in the same bin | Worked fixing conveyors as a college job and replaced a few at a recycling facility. Like others said, there are conveyors and machines that do most of the heavy lifting, supplemented by people standing towards the end, picking out what the sorters missed. The easiest is metal, as everything goes on a conveyor with a g... |
What happens to a rod fixed on one end and spinning at the speed of light? | When you spin the rod, it bends before the end of it starts moving. If you take a long indestructible rod it will likely bend into a spiral before the end starts moving, that's why some thought experiments mention that the rod is *unbendable*. But then you can't spin it at all. |
How does our body learn how to hold our pee while we are sleeping? | Why can I hold 12 gallons of pee while I'm sleeping but in my waking day I am struggling with the tiniest amounts? The way my bladder acts while sleeping and while awake is completely opposite. I can drink a half gallon of water before bed, and hold it until I feel like getting out of bed the next morning. But, If I dr... |
How do people with only one eye percieve depth? | My Mother can only see out of one eye due to an accident she was in as a child. 3D glasses never work for her and it startles her if things move too fast because she tells me she doesn't have the best sense of depth. She's learned to cope with it and has just learned from trial and error how much depth generally is. |
What is so difficult about growing food in space? | > air, water and light, which is all plants need to grow, right? Nope. Life is unsurprisingly extremely fragile existance. IIRC a few experiments on creating closed ecosystem on Earth failed because scientists couldn't predict what's required to keep plants alive. You can read more about it [here]", 'You are missing on... |
What is so bad about polygamy that made it illegal in the United States? | Aside from the historical reasons and social conservative backlash against anything that doesn't resemble Protestant Christian values, polygamy can also be seen as discriminatory against women in that typical societies which practice polygamy, the relationships tend to be of one man and multiple women.Historically, pol... |
How Is a chicken made from liquid? | Think about the egg liquids as a smoothie so plentiful and nutritious that it lets one cell grow in to a whole baby chicken. It's exactly like how eating and drinking makes every animal grow. Alternately, if he wants to know about embryonic development, to my knowledge it isn't super well understood *how* exactly every... |
Does wearing black clothes in the desert somehow help someone cope with the heat? | When I was young, we had a burlap bag full of water at baseball practice. Didn't matter where it was, the evaporation kept it cool. These days, I notice that all school buses have white roofs. So, there is something there. But I guess with all of the airflow and evaporation maybe it doesn't make a difference if you wea... |
Why is it that Chinese translations are often hilariously bad? | A huge number of languages are descended from P.I.E, Proto Indo-European. English is among them, along with all Germanic and Romance languages and many others. While there are varying degrees of relation between them , the general rules of the languages are fairly similar. Chinese is not descended from the same path, s... |
Answer an ELI5 FAQ- Why does exhaling slowly feel warm and blowing quickly feel cold? | It's called the Venturi effect. In simple ELI5 terms, the reason your puckered lips blow cooler than the breath of your open mouth is the result of the faster moving air being able to pull a larger volume of the surrounding air towards the object you're blowing at. The actual air coming out of your puckered lips is no ... |
Why is it that we don't remember falling asleep or the short amount of time leading up to us falling asleep? | One aspect is that the information isn't that important and you're not receiving much information into the brain, so what is there to remember? What colour was the 3rd car you saw yesterday? You have no idea because your brain doesn't store information unless it thinks it's important. It's also important to realise tha... |
Why do we have open enrollment for insurance in the US? Why are we not able to change medical insurance coverage like we change any other kind of insurance? | one reason not mentioned here is that your insurance premiums come out of your pay check before taxes are figured, same thing if you have flex spending or an HSA; having an open enrollment at the end of the year helps set your tax rates for the upcoming year. Also from the insurance companies perspective: they rely a l... |
Why is penis size not necessarily proportional to height (unlike most other body parts) | Our height is almost entirely dependent on our bones. They're the structural integrity of the human body and have evolved to be rigid and stalwart until they aren't or else you die. Our penis size is dependent on the storage capacity of sponge-like cells that line the urethra and the pressure capacity of the valves at ... |
Why by do we use exchange rates to represent value of currency (eg: strong vs weak dollar)? | You are correct that how much a currency is worth is much more complicated than the exchange rate. You would be interested in the metric of [purchasing power parity]. However the exchange rate is a very simple number, and is highly relevant to anyone doing international trade. How many candy bars you can buy with $1.31... |
Why does Windows 32-bit still exist? Why doesn't Microsoft just make everything 64-bit in the first place? | Because Windows 10 has exactly the same system requirements as Windows Vista Home Premium. By keeping the 32-bit version, they make it so that you don't need to think about anything- every computer that came with Windows Vista, 7, or 8 can upgrade.A better question is why Microsoft sells it to individuals. Having a 32-... |
How does Reddit organize the content on my front page? | Ok well i'll give it my best shot but judging from what i have observed is that it's what is trending, like if post A has 20 upvotes and post B has 10 upvotes which one gets shown on the top depends on how quickly its is getting upvotes. So the 5 upvotes a minute will be higher than 3 a minute and it does it by the his... |
Most people agree that Congress, in general, has done a horrible job. However, ninety percent of the members of Congress will get reelected. Why is this? | My opinion may not be too valuable but I believe it's because of exposure. The first time I went to vote I saw ~12 candidates from 12 different parties and I had NO idea who they were,so I obviously voted with the only one I knew which is the one who got the most exposure. |
Why the main holidays of many religions mostly focused around the end of the year(I.E. Christmas on Dec. 25)? | Easter is arguably a much more signicant holiday than Christmas. Ramadan takes place mid-year. And I don't think that Hannakuh is really considered a major spiritual holiday. |
Why is "bloody" a swear word to the English, and how severe is it really (preferably using an American English counterpart swear to explain)? | Gosh" for "God" and "darn" and "dang" for "damn". So I ran a little off topic there, but hopefully you found that bloody interesting and damn enlightening.Why is any word a swear word? Polite society says so, and thus it becomes so. Non-polite society couldn't bloody well care less, so they use it to add impact to conv... |
Why does most of Europe hate handguns? | There are a few different issues. First you have to remember that basically all European countries are smaller and more densely populated than the U.S. Quite apart from the fact that there is no constitutional right to bear arms in any European country you simply are never as far away from help/police intervention as y... |
Why do celebrities who are known to smoke weed never get in trouble with the law | They're probably smart about it, or have cards in California & enjoy it legally. Plus oils are really popular now, & those look just like vapes. Most people getting popped for pot are doing something else to attract police attention, and making cop's jobs easy by driving around passing a blunt. At 2 in the morning. Wit... |
Anxiety and panic attacks, everything I need to know. | Breathing has a lot to do with this. When we are in our normal calm state, we don't think about breathing - it's something done naturally. But when something gives you anxiety, your heartbeat goes up and sometimes subconsciously start breathing in more air. The more you do this, the more oxygen you take in - causing th... |
what is the white stuff in a pimple and why is it good/bad to pop them? | FYI. Tea tree oil is really great for pimples as it reduces the infection and has antimicrobial properties. Placing some on the pimple with a Qtip makes it go away in hours/days or at least the redness. It's an oil so it won't dry out the area. Best of all, an ounce goes for about $8 on Amazon. It's great for fungal in... |
What is queer theory? | straight" and "gay". They are all social constructions that need to be studied, deconstructed, and subverted. These traditional views of gender and sexuality are artificial and ought to be replaced with more open, fluid ideas about sex/gender/identity. Hope this helps! |
What evidence suggests that 9/11 was an inside job? | One way people think is by thr way it demolished. The towers were built with impact in mind and the way they broke down didn't follow logic. The logic being that the internal beams should have all been still mostly intact and the floors should have been the only things to fall. No matter what you believe just remember ... |
Why does one shoot to kill instead of shoot to maim? | Shooting to maim requires a high degree of accuracy and skill, and has a low degree of certainty of stopping a target but not killing it. If you're going to pull the trigger, the chance of killing the target is very high regardless, so your goal should be to kill. Trying to simply wound is likely to either not have a g... |
What happened to Tebow, why do NFL teams dislike him exactly? | He just wasn't good enough. The NFL and college require different skill sets from their QBs. There is a lot of talent at QB in the NFL, and he just didn't make it up to their minimum standards. He had a poor sense of reading the play , his passing was inaccurate , and he has a non-traditional style . He was offered to ... |
Why men and women have different chess tournaments? | the women's tournaments exist to entice women to enter the community. no one 100% knows why, but there almost no women that can compete at the highest level. one proposed answer has to do with IQ. while men and women are on average the same, the male IQ distribution has a higher variance. stated simply, this means ther... |
How are gears in electronics timed for clocks? | [Here's a video on how a mechanical watch works], a quartz watch works by running a small current through some quartz, which vibrates at a very precise frequency, and that allows the timing for the rest of the watch. |
I play guitar, I'm right handed. Please explain why you play the more complex part of guitar with your (generally) less dextrous, precise hand. | It's much much easier to keep a beat with your dominant hand. It's the same reason why drummers use their dominant hand on the hi-hat. |
Why don't gas pumps themselves accept cash? | Gas station manager here. We actually tried something like this, with a carwash terminal that could accept cash as well as cards. It didn't go so well. You're probably never going to see gas pumps that can accept cash, and here's why: Reason one is practical, as automatic cash handling machines are inaccurate and somew... |
Why are accents not regarded as mispronunciations or errors? | Language isn't some artificial thing like a sport or something where there are fixed, universal rules or 'right and wrong'. Languages are fluid, naturally evolving systems of communication, which vary over time and place. A certain linguistic community have a set of norms about things like pronounciation, and even gram... |
How does extended release medicine work? | It is usually coated or mixed with something that doesn't get broken down by stomach acids very quickly. So when you swallow it, it starts to break down - but just slower. Edit: it's for this same reason that two medicines can have the exact same active ingredients but one may work faster than the other. I believe that... |
Why english shows like the Office, Skins and Being Human are remade for the US. | Because it's another market. They hedged their bets that if something worked well in one market, it stands a fair chance of succeeding in another market. Also, it's easier dealing with existing content. If anything didn't work in the original run, you can change it to work better in the second market. It goes both ways... |
Why do people tap the top of their soda cans before opening them? | Try tapping the top of a clear bottle and you'll see it does nothing other than agitate the contents. Total myth. |
How does NASA transmit messages from the Earth to spaceships in other planets yet we can't establish mobile networks in rural areas easily? | Sending video messages over interplanetary distances isn't actually very realistic, IMO Space probes more commonly send still pictures. Nasa operates the Deep Space Network, a system of huge antenna dishes and some space probes that double as radio repeaters. Several points: 1. Nasa has way more budget. 2. T-mobile has... |
Why haven't holograms, similar in design to that of the tupac one, been used in more everyday scenarios such as advertising or display cases etc? | I'll add that the conditions for viewing holograms must be just right for it to work. It won't work out in the open in daylight, so a dark room, a stable platform that does not vibrate, and you need to control the vibration in the air as well. Check out this [How Stuff Works article] for more info |
If socialized healthcare would benefit all (?) Americans, why are so many people against it? | * Because Americans believe you are responsible for your own life and if you are poor and can't pay medical insurance it is your fault. * Because they think public healthcare means less choice, but a lot of people are misinformed. * Because it is a change, and people do not like change. |
How do printers make all the colours without all the primary colours? | It is astounding how many colors can be produced through very few starting tones. In nature, for instance, there are actually very few naturally occurring colors. However, the combination of our perceptions, light, and mixtures of existing pigments make it the beautiful place that it can be. The example that always co... |
Why referring a pakistani 'paki' is a racial abuse? | You'll find that in the UK it is often used in a derogatory way to people of South Asian descent, not just pakistani's alone. I got called 'Paki' plenty growing up in the UK, but now i detest it. I do tell my friends to stop, because it's equivalent to what henry82 was saying. |
Why is integral of velocity equal to displacement? | Just to clarify, you're talking about integrating with respect to *time.* The respective differential matters just as much as the nature of *integrand* does. If you integrate with respect to *distance* you end up with the total travel time an object takes to get from location A to location B. This is useful in a wide r... |
Why doesn't Snowden release all of his spied documents at once? | 1. It keeps the NSA abuses in the news longer.2. It keeps the US gov't guessing about what else he might have, possibly giving him leverage if they move against him.Because he needs leverage through out his "mission". Leaking it all at once would put him in a worse spot when it comes to negotiating asylum, etc.He said ... |
why do adults perceive time being faster than children do? | Adults have more 'patterned' behavior than children. The so-called conscious mind doesn't have to focus full-heartedly on brushing your teeth for the 10,000th day in the row. Some adults do nothing but go through repetitious patterns every day, and so time flies because they don't have to be 'in the moment.' |
If theirs a burglar in you're home and you're forced to hide in closet, why can't you text 911 for help? | Some places in the world have a system that allows you to text 911. Also, you could always call 911 and either just not talk but stay on the line, or hang up. Usually 911 hangups will result in a call back, and if you don't answer, an officer might be sent to wherever the call is being made from. My information is base... |
What actually kills you when exposed to the vacuum of space (and is it total rubbish when some movies show people 'holding their breath' to survive short periods)? | Asphyxiation . And yes, holding your breath is pointless because your own body's internal pressures will force all the air out of your lungs . You have about 15 seconds before you pass out . You will die shortly thereafter. In the meantime, you will feel your body bloating up and all your tears/spit/mucous boiling from... |
Why would the curvature of the earth have anything to do with a sniper shot. | > What I don't get is if the sniper sees the target in a straight line of sight, why would the curvature of the earth affect the shot. The sniper sees the target in a mostly straight line, but the bullet doesn't travel in a straight line. It travels in an arc, and a rather high one for very long shots. You may remember... |
Why have we (humans) advanced so much in the last 150 years or so compared to the thousands of years before? | It's actually more like the last 250 years or so. The reason is that 250 years ago is when the Industrial Revolution happened. |
Why Anarchy is portrayed as a violent philosophy when Violence is used to assert dominance and Authoritarianism, the very thing Anarchy is against. | Because it's a philosophy for 12 year olds. Common sense plus real world examples make it fairly obvious that in the absence of government you just wind up factions aspiring to fill the void, most of which being straight up extortionists. |
How does splitting an atom result in such a massive explosion? | It doesn't. One hydrogen atom weighs about 1.6x10^-27 kg. We can stick that into E=MC^2 and we get about ~1.5x10^-10 Joules, which is a ridiculously small amount of energy. You wouldn't even come close to noticing that. The trick is to split billions of them all at once. |
Why is piracy so common in the Somali region? | Seriously, general lawlessness and the war torn nature of the region leads to it. When there's no more to be pillaged inland, then you start looking towards those that come too close.In an area with no functioning government, Chinese factory fishing fleets completely wiped out the local fisheries. Indigenous substance ... |
What Determines the Picture you see next to a Post that is linked to a Website? | There are also some pages that have meta tags in the html for the page the say use this image. That's a fairly recent addition though and not every page uses that if at all", 'Not all websites use the same process for determining which image to show. But they all basically work like this: the server inspects the Link ,... |
Why is there so few natural blue colored foods? | Chlorophyll, the pigment most commonly found in leaves, preferentially absorbs blue light due to the higher energy of that wavelength. It also absorbs a large amount of red light , and practically no green light, which is why most leaves are green. Since a huge proportion of the blue light hitting a leaf is absorbed, i... |
Without relying on buzzwords and sloganism, why is Communism bad or regarded as such? | Short answer? Because of rampant corruption. But even if it worked as intended and everyone shared equally without issue, it goes against other ideologies such as capitalism. If you want a big slice of the pie all to yourself, communism is literally Hitler and must be opposed at all costs. Similar to communism is socia... |
What's the deal with the "student loan bubble" and what exactly will happen when it pops? | The problem with the student loan bubble is that so many graduates are not finding employment. There are billions in loans going into default and there is nothing like bankruptcy protection for student loans. This basically means banks are holding bad debt that there is no likelihood of being resolved. It also puts peo... |
How is E-ZPass not considered a monopoly? | Because there are many companies that provide electronic tolling capabilities. There are even multiple companies that make transponders compatible with the E-ZPass system. You don't have a choice because their customer is the government and not you individually, but that doesn't mean there's no competition for the cont... |
EIL5: Why does the US protect/spend funds on Israel | One reason?Look at the technology coming out of Israel that you use on a daily basis and the U.S. companies based there.. Now look at all the technology coming out of the Arab world Just to name an example, the newer intel chips are all based on technology that came out of Israel. I'm not blaming the Arab people, but t... |
how do courier services make profit | What you're tracking is a huge truck full of packages, each cost 5-7 pounds or more. Amazon takes economy of scale very seriously. |
Why is it acceptable to form something like a women's only coding competition or club, but to do that with men would be considered sexist and backwards? | Making a women's-only coding competition or club does not prevent men from learning to code, develop professional contacts, accessing educational opportunities, get recognition for their talents, volunteer on projects, and parlay their skills into a market. It helps women accomplish those things. When software coding i... |
Why is it, that in a country as hazard averse and litigious as the USA, can ski lifts be operated with such limited safety equipment? | I take it you didn't read the form you signed? You waive liability from injury when using the hill and lift. Also, most ski lifts do have a restraining bar. There's no requirement to use it, though. |
how is salt water separated from fresh water in rivers? They eventually lead to the ocean so where does the salt end and the fresh begin? | The amazon river discharges so much freshwater, that the Atlantic Ocean is fresh for 250 miles past the mouth of the river. There is a 1million square miles surface of freshwater there. It's basically freshwater gradually turning Ito saltier and saltier water below the surface freshwater for 250 miles.Rivers get water ... |
How is "a strong smell of marijuana" a valid excuse to search a vehicle? | Smell is just as valid a sense as sight. If they see something illegal in your backseat, that's just as valid a reason for probable cause as smelling marijuana. |
How can it be cheaper for NASA to contract SpaceX instead of running their own missions? | The reason it costs so much to go into space is because the rockets are destroyed when coming back into earth. SpaceX can do what was believed to be impossible. It's able to land the rocket in 1 piece. The fact that SpaceX can reuse the rockets makes space travel much cheaper for NASA to contract SpaceX. |
How do our bodies generate heat and maintain warmth internally? | Ahoy, matey! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Where does our body heat come from? What actually generates the physical heat that our body needs to maintain itself? ] ^1. [ELI5:How does our body generate heat during fever? ] ^1. [ELI5: How do our bodies generate heat? ] ^1. [ELI5: Ho... |
If I drink 1 litre of water; where does it all end up? | I believe it's hard to pinpoint exactly because it depends on so many variables. Is it hot outside? Then you'll surely lose more water due to sweating. Are you incredibly thirsty? Any water you drink will be distributed among many of your tissues, because you probably are dehydrated. Did you just drank the 1 litre at o... |
Can you create propulsion in space with magnetism or a non-burning chemical reaction? | > a non-burning chemical reaction? You can certainly build a rocket that doesn't rely on combustion. All you need is some mass and and a means to throw it out the back of the rocket as fast as possible. Electrically powered ion drives are used in some satellites, for example - they use xenon ions as the propellant and ... |
If most of the Marvel Characters reside in New York City, how come they never fight other hero's villains on a regular basis? | Because it doesn't make for as good of storytelling. If you are a fan of Daredevil or Hawkeye or Captain America, you want the story to be about them. But they are lower tier so far as powers go, so it isn't much fun if they are always dropping a dime to Iron Man or Thor or Silver Surfer to bail them out. So for the pu... |
Do everyday Radio stations need to pay royalties? How/where do they get rights to play their songs music? | > Do everyday Radio stations need to pay royalties? Yes. > How/where do they get rights to play their songs music? They pay royalties to a company like [ASCAP], [SESAC], or [BMI], which handles bulk licensing, so the radio station doesn't have to fill out paperwork on a per-song basis. |
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