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Why does a big social network like Twitter let me change my username, but virtually no other websites don't? | > Why does a big social network like Twitter let me change my username, but virtually all other websites do Double negative. But you're 5, so I'll let it slide.My bank let me change my username. Boy did that come in handy after the divorce. |
why does the the brain not register the second 'the' after the first 'the'? | Brains are really good at predicting things and registering what they expect to see. Brains learn to read 'the' before a noun, but a second 'the' is out of place and not what the brain is expecting. So, it compensates by only registering one 'the' the first time you read because that makes more sense to our brains. Onc... |
What's going on when I stand up and my vision gets blurry for a few seconds? | This happens to me. I'm no expert, but I think it's just a change in blood pressure. Same with any dizziness you might feel also when standing up. It's normal, as long as you don't pass out xD", 'While I agree with the others, for me it happens when my blood sugar is low. |
How are famous actors/actresses able to stay "closeted" as gay and not outed by TMZ or other paparazzi? | TMZ and related groups don't necessarily want to out everything private. That can open them up to a lot of problems if they get it wrong. . Also, to be on a film crew and out someone could easily be a career destroying move and you'd be black listed everywhere and no one would hire you. Privacy is sacrosanct in many wa... |
What happens when a founder of a company dies? Who do the shares / voting rights go to? | I'm assuming you're talking about the corporation, in which case the founder's shares would pass to his heirs like any other property. Maybe he willed them to someone, or maybe he holds them indirectly in some trust in which someone has a right of survivorship. Shares are like any other property; there's a thousand way... |
How was the Holocaust able to happen? Didn't other countries realize that it was a horrific thing and all try to stop it? | A lot of the world was focused on their own development. They didn't have an idea of a being part of something larger than themselves. The world felt like a much bigger place back then. And the prevailing ideology was that whatever each country wanted to do within their own borders was none of anyone else's business. E... |
Why do we still vote for a representative when technology could allow everyone to vote themselves? | Because the system is rigged to the benefit of those who currently run it. For example, how often have those in power voted to pay more taxes or to be more accountable. Not where I live. Allowing direct voting would mean that governments would have to hoard less information, share more power out and educate people more... |
What is the difference between Advil, Tylenol, and ibuprofen and how exactly do they alleviate pain in the body? | I know you're supposed to take Tylenol instead of Motrin/ibuprofen when you have a concussion, but I forget why. Source: I've had about 5 concussions I think ", 'How about explaining the differences between ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin, and naproxen sodium, which are the four most common OTC pain relievers? For pe... |
Why are most circuitboards green? Does it make a difference if its any other color? | Green is just classic solder mask, any other colours are usually a premium and don't add anything.The colored part you see is the "soldermask" and no, it usually does not matter what color it is. Sometimes you might want it to be a certain color to easily distinguish it from other boards. A company I worked at made boa... |
How Grocery Stores Benefit From "Super Saver" Cards. | At least at the store I work at, the prices of the items are slightly higher than any other store, and having the store card brings this price down to a normal level. Most people don't realize this/don't care and believe that it's some sort of savings.* Addresses and contact information for direct marketing * Behavior ... |
ELIG: What exactly is the illuminati? | Putting aside fiction and conspiracy theories, there have been lots of groups through out history that use the name so it's not really meaningful to talk about 'the illuminati' as if it's one thing, it's just a name that lots of secret societies thought was cool and mysterious. In modern conspiracy theory parlance 'ill... |
Since the bodies blood cells can repair the body, how comes missing body parts cannot be restored and built back? | The short answer is that you'd need stem cells, which can become many different kinds of cells. Normal cells can't just change to be some other kind, they're stuck being whatever their parent cell was. When you get injured, your ability to heal depends on how much structural damage you've sustained. A cut on your skin,... |
The coming of the internet allowed software engineers to collaborate from any location. So why do they still congregate in physical proximity, as in Silicon Valley and other tech hubs? | Proxemity to your customers and the businesses you need to operate, as well it's easier to manage and maintain both employees *and* the relationships of the people you work with when you operate face to face. You maintain a constant line of connection through the work day and don't have to rely on scheduling around tim... |
why do the tips of some airplane wings angle vertically while others do not? | They're called winglets and they're there to reduce drag. Less drag means less fuel consumed at a given speed and altitude which saves on operating costs for the airline There are wingtip vortices at the ends of the wings as the higher pressure air from below loops around the end to the lower pressure air on the top. T... |
Why does western society seem to hold drunk people as responsible for everything that they do while intoxicated, except for having sex? | They don't hold people responsible for everything but sex; consent in general isn't considered valid if it happens under the influence of drugs or alcohol. |
Why do we blackout our cars licence plates on pictures online, yet we drive around everywhere in public where anyone can see it? | Because people online aren't going to use it for good, but if you see a man driving dangerously on the road or if a police needs to find him, they can tell who he is by looking at the licence plate. Nobody can use you licence plate itself for anything bad. |
What is the logic behind multiple life sentences? | It's symbolic. If a guy gets 10 life sentences for 10 murders it's like every murder was punished. If het gets only 1 than it's like 10 murders for the price of 1. And that would make people sad/mad. |
How are some people "born leaders," while others can spend so much time and energy studying leadership and still be unsuccessful? | It's been my experience that, in order to be a good leader, *one must begin as a good follower*. If you learn and understand how people can inspire you, you have a better chance of inspiring others. Source: Top of my class at leadership school, if that means anything. |
When phones run out of battery, how are they still able to display that you are actually out of battery. | The battery isn't completely dead, it just doesn't have enough juice in it to run the device. The designers decided it was safer to not allow your phone to power up if the battery is too low so they don't have to worry about data corruption when the device spontaneously stops running because the battery dies on you. Th... |
why are governments always in debt? | Governments are not businesses. They exist to improve the public well being. If they were turning a profit, they would be taking more money than necessary, and not providing people with any benefit from that excess. Ideally, a government would break even. This is a hard target to hit. The next best thing is to have a d... |
How can birth control methods still cause weight gain even if your healthy diet and exercise remains consistent? | If you keep your diet and exercise the same they won't. They usually cause weight gain because of the hormonal change which leads to more cravings along side the fact that they might make you feel sick, tired etc which leads to not being as active.You would be amazed about how you think you are eating healthy, but you’... |
Many muslims drink a lot and have premarital sex a lot but still avoid pork explaining that it is against their religion. Can someone explain this kind of reasoning? | Easier to avoid pork than drinking and fucking, plus it's harder to be stigmatized socially for not eating pork, whereas fucking and drinking are pretty important for a 'normal' western social life |
Why is the play button a sideways triangle, the pause button parallel lines, fast forward button (and so on).. how did this come about and why is internationally recognized? | I think I'm old enough to actually answer this. You see, way back when technology ran on tubes and ribbons there was a thing called Serpentine Tapes. A serpentine tape was used in electronics, most of which you might remember today as a VCR. I'm skipping a lot of history but only because it will make sense using VCR as... |
How do cops give tickets to pedestrians and people without an ID? | Good question. This will vary from place to place depending on a lot of factors but I can give a general answer. If you can't provide proof of your ID, the officer can ask your name and/or address and query the appropriate law enforcement database. Most times there will be a record which has that information, as well a... |
Why did humans start using base-10? Is it because we have ten fingers? Are there other cultures on Earth that use different counting systems? | It's not always that simple, sometimes other forms get mixed in too. Think of a score for example. Three score and ten used to be how we'd say seventy. It's still base ten but it's also base twenty kinda.I'm a Welsh speaker and a lot of our numbering is hugain , deugain and hanner cant . While that seems straight forwa... |
PDF is an open standard - Why there are plenty of free PDF readers, but no free PDF editors? | There are plenty of free and/or opensource PDF editors, they just aren't well known. And most of them aren't really good because editing PDFs is a complex task. For most uses a document-to-pdf printer service will suffice. Examples of free PDF editors: PDFedit, PDFSaM, LibreOffice to some extent. |
why is the chain of command important in the military? | The unfortunate reality of war is that sometimes people are going to die. If you want to win a war, people have to do things that put their lives in danger. Sometimes people even need to march into certain death to achieve an objective that will win the battle . Following orders makes this shit happen. As for a well-de... |
How do credit card reward systems work and why do some people get more points/cashback than others? | **How Reward Systems Work.** Reward cards offer a variety of rewards in different ways. Some give cash back on all purchases, some give bonuses if you meet a spending threshold , and some give other perks. **Why Some People Get More/Better Rewards.** Some people get more points or rewards because they qualify for rewar... |
Why do the suns rays appear hexagonal in photos and videos? | [It depends on the geometry of the camera. Basically, as many sides as the camera's aperture has, a light will have that many rays. A more complicated version of this effect causes the star-shape you see when you look at a bright light.] |
Why doesn't the bank put the vacant house on the market, when it has been rotting away for three years? | If a bank has an asset to cash ratio that's too low, they often can't sell it at a loss legally. |
with all the breakthroughs in tech that enable workers to do more faster, why are we working longer and harder? | I don't know if that's really true. Consider sweatshop workers of the early 1900's. Or slavery before that. |
Why don't we put prisoners to work, instead of keeping them in prison? | * We don't want to give the state economic incentives to keep prisoners in jail.* It is hard to imagine any job that wouldn't somehow compete with with non-prisoners.* Forced labor camps are considered a violation of international human rights. |
Why is there so much fighting in Northern Ireland? | A long time ago England was fighting with Spain and because Spain and Ireland were Catholic and England was protestant. So england sent some settlers to convert people to be protestant Irish didn't like this and fighting happened then in 1921 Northern Ireland was created but the Irish hated this so they keep fight the ... |
If the heart is a muscle, does it need rest and protein to grow back stronger like skeletal muscles? How can it rest when it beats 24/7? | The heart is a special kind of muscle that tires much less, and can work pretty much constantly. Obviously, it's still subject to stresses, so rest is necessary - it slows down during sleep and during relaxation, so that it can recover and work itself hard when we're chasing down prey or running from danger. So why isn... |
How did Facebook become so popular? Especially since Myspace used to be so huge. | Well, like anything of this nature, these fads come and go. Facebook originally started as a college exclusive site , and it quickly caught on with people of my age group as a way to communicate with new college friends and old friends at other colleges - and at the same time, Myspace was making its move towards hostin... |
Why are braces so expensive? I saw a car being sold for $4‚800‚ and my braces are $5‚500. How? | You're not just paying for the equipment. You're paying for the regular adjustment and maintenance of that equipment by a highly trained specialist over the course of at least a couple of years. Add to that the fact that this equipment is custom fit to your mouth and has to provide a very specific outcome to suit your ... |
Am I wasting energy if the phone charger is connected to the socket but the phone is not connected? | Maybe. Feel the charger. If it's warm you are wasting enough power to worry about. Otherwise don't worry about it |
What is about AIDS that actually kills you? | Think of your body as a fortress. Your immune system is the security staff that guards the fortress. AIDS is the result of HIV taking out your security team like a spy in a movie. Except, the spy in a movie just wants to get in. HIV would be a bloodthirsty psychopath spy that seeks out every member of the security team... |
if taking LSD once makes people feel better forever, why shouldn't everyone take some. | Definitely not that simple. Psychedelics can SOMETIMES help you gain an alternate perspective on an issue or help your overall view. There is no way to insure this will be the case. Often times it can bring out underlying anxieties or problems for those who are a little less self aware. Also, as mentioned by others, yo... |
How does transparent TV work? | That TV is apparently using OLED technology. This is similar to an LCD screen, except it doesn't require a backlight, and therefore it doesn't require an opaque material to reflect and defuse the light from behind the screen. While LCDs work by filtering light passing through them, OLEDs generate their own light intern... |
Why is it legal to copy CD's, but not to copy DVD's? | It's not legal to copy CDs. It's just easier to do so. The same laws that make it illegal to copy commercially purchased media on DVDs apply to commercially purchased media on CDs. |
Why is female ejaculation banned in porn in the UK? (maybe NSFW) | There are two possible theories: 1. Conservatives don't like signs of female pleasure 2. Conservatives really like signs of female pleasure My suggestion would be to find an angry old shitbag and ask them.Because women are there to serve and protect, not have a good time wait that might be cops, so I could be wrong.Tha... |
what did Locke mean by 'property' in Life, Liberty, Property? | It really just means property, the pursuit of happiness also means acquiring property but it's a more broad statement, also meaning the right to do what you like to be happy. |
If fat is one of the best insulators, why do obese people generally wear the same amount of clothes as average people? | My experience is they don't. I see heavier people in shorts and short sleeves when skinny people have sweaters and jackets. When it gets very warm, like at the beach, heavy people tend to keep more clothing, but that is out of insecurity about their appearance, not temperature regulation. |
If monopolies are illegal, why are ISP's allowed regional control over huge areas so there is no competition? | Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Why don't anti-trust laws prevent ISP's from having monopolies in certain areas? ]1. [ELI5:Why are ISPs not considered monopolies? ]1. [ELI5:Why do ISPs have monopolies in North america but in europe you have 4 or 5 to chose from. ]1. [ELI5: How Do A... |
Why are there limited edition soda cans. Who actually collects these and why? | They have to print something on the can. The cost of printing something different is minimal. Printing limited edition things gives you something to mention in advertising that might make people who wouldn't normally buy your product take notice and buy an extra can. Their collectability isn't really a major concern.I ... |
Why are dull knives more dangerous than sharp knives? | A sharp blade will cut cleanly through material in a very consistent movement. A dull blade won't cut properly “jumping“ between cutting-sections making for a much harder to control the movement which makes it more likely to slip and cut yourself. Also- a clean cut will heal much faster and bleed less intensively than ... |
What's the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes? Please and thank you! | The analogy that usually gets the idea across is that diabetes is like your body not catching insulin. Type 1 is where the pancreas doesn't throw a ball, so your body can't catch it. Type 2 is that your body can't catch the ball . The effects are similar, but the causes and treatments are different. |
Why do we touch and hold an area on our body that is undergoing pain? | Let's say you whack your knee. The pain signal has to get from your knee to your brain. If you're also rubbing your knee, the sensation of you rubbing also has to get from your knee to your brain. The two signals, pain and regular touch, compete and only part of each signal can travel up the same nerve path at one time... |
The relative lack of startups in banking/financial services. | Likely it's because of the massive cash flow of the big Banks. Either a) they undercut you until you have no money; or b) they will simply write you a check to close down your firm and to not start another. |
What are the consequences of using cracked software | Fines and jail time are the consequences. Professionals worth their salt *pay* for their tools; they don't *steal* them. |
Why does forcing pornstars to wear condoms kill the porn industry? | I wouldn't say that it kills it. But everyone has the right idea. Its a fantasy and does not reflect real life. Though, a lot of real amateur stuff does have condoms and I find those to be the most arousing as it's not fake. |
How do the SpaceX Rockets land upright? | Actual 5 y.o. explanation, in case anyone but OP needs one: 1. Take an empty can of Pringles2. Glue something reasonably heavy to it's bottom from the inside.3. Glue a plastic disc on around the top part.4. Throw the whole thing into the air, see it come down bottom down every time. You just made an aerodynamic model o... |
Why has there been a push to end Flash on the internet and how does Adobe feel about it? | Flash is a very old technology by internet standards now. There are core parts of it that are archaic and would be hard to fix unless you put in a very significant amount of effort, more effort than it's worth. It's like if you bough a car in the 90s and have been driving it up to today. While you can repair your car a... |
Is it safe to email your password to someone by attaching a photo of the handwritten password? Why/why not? | Maybe. It depends on the e-mail service you use and your security needs. E-mail does not have any requirement for authentication or encryption. It was designed with an assumed trust of the network. The major e-mail services now encrypt all of their e-mail while it's in transit , but not all of them do. So the first ste... |
How can we "focus" on a specific sound (i.e voice) just by looking at the object (i.e person)? | You don't, actually. The sound being received by your ears doesn't change at all.That impression is given to you via psychoacoustics. The visual information is coherent with the auditory one, and reinforces it.This can do many things, for example some odd illusions: _URL_1_ The fact you can see someone's facial feature... |
Why does a service like snapchat use central servers to transfer photos? can't the central server establish a connection and the photos be transported directly p2p? | Because if you're trying to send the pic to 10 people, it would take ten times as long and use 10 times as much data if they didn't have the central server send it out. Yes, it's possible to use the central server to connect all the devices p2p, but it's not always very efficient. |
Why were single shot rifles used in European Armies despite multiple shot rifles being readily available by 1875? | Armies have been notoriously slow to adopt rapid fire technology across all their infantry because officers don't trust the cannon fodder to use fire discipline. There's an expectation that if a soldier _can_ shoot rapidly they _will_ shoot rapidly, increasing the cost and complications of supply without useful tactica... |
Is honey really lethal for newborns and what is in it that is so dangerous? | If you want more information, there's a bacteria called Clostridium butyricum. Its toxins cause botulism. So, why isn't it harmful to adults? It's a really interesting answer. Basically, your gut already has so much bacteria in it that colstridium can't get enough resources to grow extensively. Babies, on the other han... |
How is the Netflix business model successful when they charge so little per month? | they make it up with the # of subscribers. that's the only way.Well just about everyone I know has a Netflix account, and it seems even though you can share with three other people not a lot of people do that. |
Why does a lot of software tend to get bloated over time? | If you work somewhere, developing software, you need to write code in order to justify your job. You can write code to fix bugs or you can add new features. At some point, there's nothing left to write but new features or you have to find a new job. Similarly, it's hard for a company to keep selling a product if they'r... |
Why is high-caliber ammunition (such as .45 and up) more common and accessible in handguns and pistols than in rifles? | One of the more common metrics of measuring a bullet's power is by it's ft/lbs of energy. Handguns in general use lower powered cartridges so a wider bullet allows for more mass, to increase that energy at lower velocities. Rifle cartridges have larger case sizes for bigger powder charges so you can have smaller diamet... |
What is it about Johnson & Johnson's baby powder that could cause ovarian cancer? | Unrefined talc contains asbestos which is carcinogenic. They allegedly removed the asbestos decades ago, but a number of studies found various different results concluding that it probably was still carcinogenic. There were some studies done a few years ago about Aluminium in deodorant causing breast cancer, so it's po... |
How do passwords work? | Let's say I have a painting in a locked room. The door is locked so you can not go there. For HDD this door means connecting it to your PC or another tool to read it.So the first door is quite easy to get in.But when the HDD in crypted , it means that the inside is scrambled and only unlocks when you know the password.... |
Why was there no evidence of Osama Bin Ladens death? | > How is that any different than them just telling us they killed him and dumped his body in the ocean? It isn't. If you believe he's dead, then you're mainly believing it on trust, rather than hard evidence. Of course, if you believe he's still alive, then you're believing that mainly on distrust, rather than hard evi... |
Why do cell phones slow down with age? There are no moving parts, yet they get slower anyways... | On the short term it's software. Either your caches get full or your storage or whatever. Also as applications and OSs get updates, they take up more space and processing power. A fresh install will always run a bit faster. On the long term, it's hardware degradation. |
Why that, even if I just peed, getting in the shower makes me pee more, no matter how much or what I try to do to empty my bladder before I got in? | I think if you peed in the shower often enough, the act of stepping into one could become a conditioned stimulus to pee . You add in the cooling effect that idontremembernames talked about and you've got a real possibility of conditioning . But that's just my guess.I experience the same thing. I can add that pouring wa... |
What would happen if you were arrested and after you were read your rights, when they ask if you understand, you say no? | This is exactly what a Lawyer friend of mine tells everyone to do if they are ever arrested. As he explains it, if you are not a lawyer you really do not understands your rights and should not say a thing. When you say 'No' the police will not try to talk to you until you've either talked to your lawyer or talked to a ... |
While reading, I lose focus, yet my eyes keep reading text. | Could be a couple of different things. When it happens to me, I've either become mentally distracted, so my short-term memory is focused on whatever I was thinking about and dumps everything I read, or I'm exhausted and the link between short and mid-term memory fails because of a micro-nap. You have to be awake for me... |
Why aren't there more eye colors and what makes common eye colors common? | Genes are pieces of DNA that can be passed down to children. Most DNA is found in chromosomes. Very early on in schools, students learn Mendelian Genetics where one gene has two alleles. Alleles are variations of the genes. Think of it as if genes are like M & Ms and alleles are the different colors of M & Ms. When hum... |
Why do they cotton swab the guy's arm with rubbing alcohol before a lethal injection? | The arm of the condemned is swabbed with alcohol before the needle is inserted. along with its antiseptic use, the alcohol also causes the blood vessels to rise to the skin's surface, making it easier to insert the needle. the needles and equipment used are also sterilized. one reason for this is because the needles ar... |
Why do people spend over $150 to buy "Professional Mechanical Keyboard"? What is the difference between the regular keyboard and mechanical keyboard? | I didn't know what a mechanical keyboard was or why I needed one but it was in my price point and looked fine. I would never go back. It feels so much harder to type on a normal keyboard now that I have a mechanical one. |
Why does the search for extraterrestrial life revolve around water? | Life as we know it needs water, so when looking for life, it is logical to start by looking for water. Life may well exist in many strange forms, but we have to assume that we are a common sort of life, and not an aberration. To apply an analogy, if you're looking for your lost keys, you look in the places that you nor... |
Why do many laptops still come with a VGA port in 2015? | Because people like me get angry why their gtx 980 doesn't have a vga port for their now 12 years old monitor |
Why is it that I can by a 2" thick novel for ~$6, but a 20 page children's book will cost me $15-20? | In order for a book to be printed, the potential return has to outweigh the investment.Listing the things that cost in the production of the book we have: 1) Author's salary 2) Cost to publish a) set costs - building a publishing factory the first time b) marginal costs - cost per book. On the other hand you have the p... |
- why do we put salt in our water pre boil? | To those people who are saying that Salt changes the boiling point, while you're not technically incorrect, the amount of salt you'd need to actually influence it more than 0.000000000001 degrees you'd need more salt than water basically.[/u/Dodgeballrocks] is correct in that it is used for seasoning. |
Why do you grind coffee coarsely for a french press and finely for filtered? | The comments here about it clogging or going through the mesh are correct. You also are steeping a press, so all of your coffee is in contact with all your water for the entire brew time: this means you don't need a finer grind to slow the flow of water like you do with a household drip machine. By the time you get to ... |
How did whaling work in the age of sail? Why couldn't the whales easily escape? | Well the short of it is that boats are hard to sink, if undamaged and displace enough water. If you harpoon a whale, get it bleeding and your ropes, anchoring, and buoyancy devices are strong and purpose built for whaling, then the whale is unable to break free or drive. The Whale will attempt dive, escape and begin sw... |
Why don't they use lie detectors for the every case ? | Lie detectors don't actually work. And it's not a matter of being a little bit unreliable, they're barely better than just guessing randomly. That's okay on Jerry Springer, where everybody already hates each other, so not even people's personal relationships are at stake. But not so for criminal investigations, where p... |
Why Tim and Eric are considered funny. | I don't even know who Tim and Eric are, but I know that they are considered funny because they make some people laugh. That is generally how it works. |
How has the UK National Deficit been decreasing in recent years while the National Debt has been increasing so much? | I'd recommend looking at ONS' monthly statistical bulletin on the UK national debt and deficit: [ONS Public sector finances: Mar 2017]. It includes descriptions of what the jargon means as well as a good summary of how things have changed since last month and since this time last year. Let's consider your issue: the ov... |
Is super strength possible? What would be required for it to work? | Some are born naturally strong, its mostly due to your genes ! Search Stan Lee's Super Humans,online, he did a series some time back and researched many people, with different natural talents, one of those episodes included strength. |
What do terrorists want? | 'Terrorists' is a broad group with a variety of motivations. Some of them have political goals as many of the replies have mentioned- create fear, alter public opinion and so on. Some are religiously motivated . Some of them are just mentally ill. Some of them are lonely, angry people desperately trying to feel like th... |
How can NASA claim that Pluto (or it's mountains) are less than 100 million years old? | The age of Pluto is still expected to be about the same as everything else in the solar system, roughly 4.5 billion years. The news you're talking about though, is that portions of Pluto's surface have many fewer impact craters than the rest of it. Since meteorites don't discriminate on where they hit and generally hit... |
Why is a bad idea to double up on rubber bands for braces? | More pressure = more pain & possibly moving the teeth too quickly. You might also run the chance of popping off your braces - that kinda sucks. Your orthodontist doesn't want the process to take longer than needed - he's not making money on how long you stay in braces, the price is pretty much a flat fee. If you think ... |
Magic the Gathering's competitive scene | Kind of. Although luck is somewhat of a factor, your deck should be well made enough that you can play and win even with less ideal draws. There isn't just one right deck either, thats largely the fun of it, that you make a deck that is both comptititive in the current scene, and that you enjoy playing it. The game is ... |
What would happen if you just unplugged the RAM or Hard Drive (MAIN HD) while the computer is running? | In the HDD, I think it only will be affected if you are using it, like saving a document, moving files or something, it will be corrupted but you can format and using like a new one. About the ram thing, you have to keep in mind that is always working, but have less possibilities to get damage because is designed to wo... |
The California Deficit, why is the state in such a deep hole??? | During the 1990's and 2000's, California experienced a huge boom, particularly in technology and real estate. Tax revenues went up, and they had tons of money. Unfortunately, they spent that money like the boom would never end. They spent a lot of it on state employees, hiring new ones, higher salaries and better pensi... |
Windows 10 data collection. Why should I care. | Imagine you're going to the bathroom. You're doing nothing wrong, but you don't want anyone else to see you because that's private. Now imagine that someone wants to film you going to the bathroom and keep that video for however long and give it to whoever they want. Not only that, but you hate the person's family and ... |
If the World is improving in almost all aspects of daily life in general, then why is Mental Illness, or specifically Depression on rise and higher than ever? | There was a freakonomics episode on this, but one of the theories about this is that people who live in terrible situations know why their situation is terrible. People in places where their situation is 'good' don't know why they're necessarily unhappy so they assume that THEY are the problem. This is one of the reaso... |
Why isn't working in a very physically demanding job considered "enough" exercise? | It depends on what kind of exercise he wants you to get. Being on your feet and walking around a lot isn't exactly strenuous in the same way that running on a treadmill or riding a bike is. Your job is pretty okay for muscle exercise, especially your legs, back, and core if you're doing a lot of walking around and lift... |
With so much technology moving to GEO orbit, how do they prevent collisions? | There are about 21,000 objects up in space: _URL_1_ Most of them are small pieces of junk that float around until they de-orbit and burn up . Think about how big the earth is, and imagine that the entire earth's surface was a parking lot. Even with 21,000 cars roaming around, you would hardly ever see another car. Now ... |
Why you would want an LLC for your business. (sole proprietorship) | Say you own a business worth $1M and personal stuff like a house, car and all sorts of nice things in your house that total up to $500,000. If you are involved in some types of businesses--which confer their own benefits and reasons why you might prefer the increased liability--and things go south and you find your bus... |
What has changed in the last 4 decades so that it now takes two incomes to maintain a household? | Wages have been depressedJUst read a story about a couple who are both accountants working full time for a company. Together they make a little over $80k. The womans dad was an iron miner in Minnesota. In he 60's his union job paid with over time earned him the inflation adjusted income of almost $80k. Thats very commo... |
Why is manual transmission considered superior to automatic transmission in automobiles | It's not really superior, on the contrary, it's generally impossible to shift faster than an automatic gearbox. And with the new dual-clutch automatics, there is almost zero delay from one gear to the next However, it benefits from the following advantages: * more fun to use, as you're more involved in the drive* you c... |
If phones can get access to the Internet everywhere via cellular, why can't computers? | They can. Computers are not typically designed to be nearly as mobile as a phone, so it's more common to use wifi to get internet access. But there's nothing stopping you from adding cellular connectivity to one.They can. Cellular internet is just slower and much more expensive than stationary internet infrastructure. |
The difference between .rar and .zip | Different algorithms to try and compress data. In general, RAR is slower than ZIP, but it will compress the data more, giving you a smaller file. RAR is especially good at compressing multimedia files. Another feature of RAR is that you can split it into many smaller chunks, so you can have, for instance, five 20MB fil... |
If carbon dioxide is bad for you to inhale, and people provide it when you breath out, Wouldn't the carbon dioxide do any damage to the person getting mouth to mouth? | It's not enough to cause harm. Your exhaled air is still quite high in oxygen, and is *much* better for the other person than no breathing. |
Why are Greek and Roman (and other) stories about gods considered fiction but the bible isn't? | Because the Bible still has so many people who believe in it and get offended if it's considered fiction. There are still people who worship older gods, but they're such a minority we don't hear much about them, especially in America, which is overwhelmingly Christian. |
How is that scientists haven't been able to replicate the organ in fish that allows them to breathe underwater? | The gills essentially have oxygen flow right into the bloodstream. this would be incredibly difficult to reproduce technologically as it would require direct access to the bloodstream while underwater as well and the chance that if a single leak appeared, you could very quickly die. However, what is more plausible is a... |
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