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Why do you see strange colored lights when your eyes are closed? | In your eyes, there are several millions little cameras called rods and cones. They register and see where the light is. Now, the cameras called cones record mainly color but there are very few of them in your eye, only 6-7 millions. On the other hand, the cameras called rods record black and white, but there are over ... |
Why do we have knee caps?/Why don't we have elbow caps? | The outward bend of your knee is in the direction of travel if you're walking / running. It's much more likely you will hit your knee on something because humans don't often run backwards. |
Why do old TV shows look great in HD, while old games look worse? | Many old TV shows and movies were shot on celluloid film. It has a great picture but the networks broadcast the shows digitally. Digital tech wasn't what it is today 15+ years ago thus greatly decreasing the quality of the picture. Now that digital HD has caught up to Celluloid more or less, the broadcasts can look nea... |
How come some people smoke their entire life and live to be 90-95..while some people never smoke and can get lung cancer and die? | It's is worth mentioning that some lung cancers are not smoking sensitive ie anyone can get them. Also, some lung cancers may be secondaries from elsewhere. |
Why do giant corporations like Bank of America get billions of dollars in US tax refunds while smaller companies OWE 30-40% of their profits? | even just 5-10% of a major corporation such as Bank of America will **far outweigh** the revenue produced by 30-40% of small companies. At this point, when you're this big, governments are also incentivized to perform measures to keep you around because you contribute significantly to the local economy with not just ta... |
Why Russian Space Programs Declined? | I always understood that they ran out of money. Same thing that happened to the US to a lesser degree. Money, as it turns out, is the most important and powerful rocket fuel there is. Notice they still have a program . Lot's of older but proven technology. The demise of Buran - while sad - was the best thing to ever ha... |
How vulnerable are TOR users. | Let me start with this I'M NOT A LAWYER OR AN IT PROFESSIONAL Now that we got that out of the way. I'll explain to you my understanding There have been rumors that the FBI,DEA,and NSA have some part in TOR, and as such it is compromised, and is no safer then the regular web. I haven't seen evidence to confirm that howe... |
Why doesn't reddit have its own image sharing option? Why are most images posted from _URL_0_? | Why do they need it? Less work for Reddit. Plus, some guy from Reddit made imgur and it's kind of a Reddit thing already. |
Why does some cheese cost so much more than others when they all seem be made of milk & bacteria and are made the same way? | Many time and resource consuming factors can go into making a cheese, and ultimately the price of a cheese. For example, some cheeses are aged, meaning they must be stored and preserved and therefore cannot be produced as quickly, meaning a more expensive cheese in the supermarket. Some cheaper cheeses aren't even 100%... |
What is the evidence against Lance Armstrong and why did he fight it for so long? | A lot of riders have been able to come clean and then earn some respect back by campaigning against doping. That option wasn't really available to Armstrong because of how much he has to lose. Titles, prize money, his charity work. He was able to fight for so long because there isn't a great deal of concrete evidence. ... |
Why do allied countries spy on each other? And what kind of information are they looking for? | There's a saying in intelligence: *Only your friends can betray you.* Intelligence agents are paid to be paranoid. They are trying to find out what their friends are going to do before they do it, just like they do with enemy or neutral countries.In addition to what /u/phage0070 said, the "five eyes" spy on each other ... |
why does the earth have a finite number of ready-to-mine fossil fuels. Life has been around for 3.5 billion years, should there be a continuum of developing fuel deposits? | To put it into context the world has oil reserves of about 1,500,000 million barrels of oil, that is oil which we know about but not yet extracted from the ground. The world uses approximately 100 million barrels of oil per day, so at current rates we will use up the oil in the ground in 15,000 days or about 40 years. ... |
How come we know what color dinosaurs are and their characteristics if all we have are bones? | We don't know. The reason dinosaurs are shown as grey or green with scaley skin is at first dinosaurs were thought to be giant lizards. So people just assumed they looked like lizards these days. |
Why do we need sunscreen when our ancestors didn't? Did all our ancestors die of skin cancer? | Our ancestors only lived in areas they were genetically suited to live. Fair skinned people did not live in areas where the sun was problematic enough to cause a significant amount of people to succumb to skin cancer. Either that or the fair skin that allowed for more vitamin D absorption was worth the cost of a few pe... |
How come the government was able to ban marijuana with a simple federal law, but banning alcohol required a constitutional amendment? | DEA scheduling. Nixon couldn't get congress to ban weed so he made it where drugs can be put on a list at a moments notice. |
Why does dropping a 15 lbs. weight from 3 feet break the tiles on the floor, but a 150 lbs. person can fall on it from a greater distance with no issues? | The impact is directly proportional to the acceleration the body crashing down experiences. A 15 lb weight is made out of iron, and is extremely rigid. The tile attempts to stop that weight instantly . The resulting impact force would be an astonishing 15,000 lbs. When a person falls, they have a padded foot, joints be... |
How does a completely free service like Go Butler make money? | In general free services make their money through advertising. The idea behind is, if the service is free, many people will use it. Therefore its more attractive for other companies to advertise their products through said service. In the case of gobutler: I thought that the service of them isn't always completely free... |
how don't white, middle class Americans know black people are harassed by the state and law enforcement? | Because people either underestimate the issue or think they deserve it. I recently heard a story where a black highschool student lightly assaulted a fellow student and got charged with aggravated assault and sat in prison with a bail he could never afford. I've seen fights in school that ended with hospitalization and... |
Can we fill the moons atmosphere with oxygen? And if we can how long would it take? | The moon doesn't have enough gravity to hold on to the oxygen. Eventually, it would dissipate into space .You cannot really "fill" an atmosphere with gas, it would be the same as filling a beach with sand. But it wouldn't be very effective. The moon has a pretty low gravity, so the atmosphere would be very thin. It is ... |
Why was the Louisiana Puschase so cheap, and why do some consider it to have been 'stolen'? | Three reasons. First, Napoleon was rapidly reevaluating France's prospects for a New World empire. The plan had been for French colonists to settle in Louisiana and supply the food etc that Haiti needed so it could continue to be a lean, mean, sugar-and-coffee-growing machine. But then the Haitian revolution happened, ... |
Why do we feel the call of the void? | I've heard the idea that since being close to the edge of a cliff is very dangerous, but there's no immediate threat for your brain to label, it labels itself. It's basically a trick to scare you into moving away from the edge to keep yourself from jumping, when really it's the inherent danger of the position that you'... |
why is the holocaust considered to be an atrocity solely against the jews? | It's not. The Jews made up a plurality of victims though, and Europeans still have lots of prejudices against Roma . |
How does rabies induce hydrophobia? | Thank god for *Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race For The Cure*", 'I always thought micheal was speaking nonsense when he said that during the run when jan offered him waterMichael Scott’s Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celeb... |
How can US car insurance companies legally discriminate their rates based on gender demographics? | I'd have to look, but I believe the difference goes away after a certain age. It used to be 25, but I know mine dropped immediately when I got married at 22. I guess that made me statistically safer. |
Do we really have our finger on the nuclear trigger? | We have what is known as the [nuclear triad]. The three parts of the triad are land-based missiles , bombs/missiles from strategic bombers , and sea-based missiles . Our land-based ICBMs are [Minuteman IIIs]. These are solid-fuel rockets, which means that they are always fueled and ready to go - they don't need to be g... |
why can we go all summer without getting sick, but once school starts, we get a cold or something | During the summer, you're generally outside and active. Most pathogens are not capable of living in the air for very long, so you don't get sick very much. When autumn and winter hit, you're crowded into small rooms with large capacities, and so you're much closer together and therefore more likely to get sick. |
Why did Germany respect neutral status in WWII? | Neither side respected neutrality. Iceland and Iran were both invaded by the allies, for strategic purposes. The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Greece and Belgium were invaded by the Germans.Had the Germans left the Netherlands free, there would be a chance the Dutch would later side with the allies and open up access t... |
What's the difference between screws and nails in terms of strength and in which situations does one work better than the other? | Nails retain a constant shear pressure if the joint is together or slightly loose. Nails work well when combined with wood glue. Nails don't work under tension. Screws are designed to pull two components together, forming a friction joint which holds its shear load, however if the joint becomes loose, the shear load ma... |
In music, when is it okay to change keys or add notes from another key | Composer here. The easy answer is: whenever you want. If it sounds good and is written in a way that can be played, it's fine. |
4 continuous hours in the sun results in a sunburn, but 4 hours broken up into 15 minutes chunks does not. | Imagine having to drink 5 gallons of water in one hour. Now imagine have to drink 5 gallons of water over the course of a week. Same amount of water, different amount of time. You're giving your body more time to process the 5 gallons of water.This seems like a good time to remind everyone that May is Skin Cancer Aware... |
How does IP rerouter software make it look like you are in another country? | If you have a router at home it's the same basic idea. Your router is what gets an internet IP . You can have any number of computers connected to your router - each with it's own *internal* IP - and they can all access the internet. As far as the internet is concerned, all connections come from the single IP of the ro... |
What happens to the part of the steering wheel that covers the air bag when you crash and why won't it hit me in the face? | It rips open across the middle typically, and won't hit you. On the other hand, even if it did fly off and hit you, it's funny how soft something can seem when everything else hurts so bad. |
Why is modern mathematics all based on multiples of 10? Is it because we have 10 fingers? If it had been based on multiples of 8 would math have been easier? | Mathematics isn't based on any numeral base. We use base-10 numbers to represent numbers because of historical reasons. 10 is pretty good number, it's small enough that you don't have to learn that many symbols, and on the other hand it's high enough that with just a couple of digits you can represent most of the usefu... |
How do shows like Drugs Inc. Work, where they follow illegal activity, how is it legal for them not to turn in the criminals? | It's not against the law to film and document somebody breaking the law. It's also not illegal to not report a crime |
why is the imperial system still used by some countries? | Change is hard. American here, we get by just fine on the Imperial system but as soon as you throw metric into the works, we gotta google every conversion and it turns into a real hassle. We still use imperial because it works and we know how to use it. I can't think of a single thing I'd need to do as a flooring insta... |
Why don't I find my mom and sisters sexually attractive? | You spent your early childhood frequently being around your mom and sisters when they were naked and doing non-sexual things. Also you were not old enough to know anything about sex. By the time you knew what was going on, you had seen them naked so many times doing things that were not turn-ons in any way that you had... |
how does running/cardio result in building abs, shouldn't it just burn fat? | When running the abdominals are critical for maintaining balanced and so are getting worked as well. In addition, running does burn fat, and this is what makes abs appear. Even a 40stone whale has abs They're just hidden.Interesting that all the comments about how running does actually engage the core muscles are getti... |
how computers are able to read programing languages | what is boolean logic", and "how does a transistor work". The program you enter is converted to a different form by yet another program, typically called a compiler. This compiler will convert the program into binary form which, when the processor loads the program into memory, loads the beginning of the program into a... |
why is science budget always being cut? | So believe it or not, overall science funding really isn't a major target for cuts. Science funding as a percentage of discretionary spending in the U.S. Federal government has been pretty stable since the mid 1970s. It's fluctuated a little bit, but has [consistently stayed between about 9 and 13 percent of the federa... |
Why does the voice in my head refer to me in the second person? | I guess it depends on the person and situation? I sometimes think in 'us/we' and other times it'll be 'I'. |
Why do questions like "if I'm travelling 80 mph, how long does it take to go 80 miles?" catch a lot of people out? | Because their minds shut off when they hear numbers. It sounds like a math problem and they know they aren't any good at math. |
Why does Donald Trump appeal to so many Republican voters? | As a conservative I find trump very interesting. He seems to be in this for real and is taking a beating on his business side with Macy's and other partners dropping his brands. That being said the reason he is appealing to some is because he seems to be speaking his mind a that's refreshing right or wrong to voters I ... |
Why do humans have to brush their teeth to stop them from rotting, but we don't have to brush our pets' teeth such as cats and dogs? | Actually, you are supposed to brush your dogs and cats teeth. My vet told me I should brush my cat's teeth everyday. I do it once a month. Better than never. |
Why does Israel have good relations with Jordan while it has such bitter relations with Lebanon? | Jordan is ruled by a relatively moderate monarch. Israel and Jordan don't claim any of each otger's land so once the Jordanian government accepted Israel's existence, there was not much for them to fight about. Lebanon is in Syria's sphere of influence and the biggest power brokers there are Syria and Hezbollah. Israel... |
Do obese people have more blood than the average person? | Yes they do, but for every extra kg or pound of body fat you're not going to have your blood volume increase as much as for leaner tissue, as fatty tissue isn't terribly well irrigated . In other words the difference in blood volume between a 60 kg lean man and an 80 kg lean min is bigger that that between and 80 kg le... |
Why do conservatives in the US typically deny climate change? In other words, is there something inherently conservative about climate change denial? | I don't know about the masses, but the Conservatives I know do not deny climate change. They deny humans had much to do with it. |
Why is the secret service investigating the credit card breach at Target instead of the FBI? | That's their main job: protecting the financial and payment systems of the US , and investigating crimes relating to those. Protecting the president is sort of an extra responsibility they were later given. Until recently, they were even officially part of the Treasury department. |
How can a seemingly simple app, like Pandora Radio for example, employ thousands of people and keep them busy for 40+ hours per week? | Well ongoing development is always a thing. Then there is the marketing people who continue to develop new campaigns to encourage consumption. The the managerial and exec levels to coordinate these people on a regional, national and global scale. Don't forget the people who handle existing and future relationships with... |
When you are on a airplane, why does occasionally it feel like the engine drops out? | It's just power reduction. It's most noticeable just after takeoff because of various noise abatement procedures, and the fact that full throttle isn't required for climb-out. Descent is generally done at a very low power setting as well. It's more efficient to use gravity to get us where we want to go rather than thru... |
Why do different types of liquor give me different types of drunkenness? | It's in your head. Someone tells you that X makes you act violent so you'll drink it and act violent. Someone else tells you that Y makes you sad so you'll drink it and burst into tears. In the end it's just alcohol and you're making you act the different ways. Also who you're drinking it with. Maybe you're in a bikie ... |
If you cut your finger would it be best to reattach it while waiting for the ambulance or leave it as it is? and why | Assuming you mean you cut your finger off You can't just push a severed finger in place and hope it somehow heals itself there. It may be possible to reattach it surgically, but it involves painstaking work. Whether or not surgical reattachment is attempted will be down to individual cases but it's best to give the fin... |
How does fire produce light? | _URL_2_ You should watch this video from Alan Alda's Flame Challenge. The idea was the explain complex topics to a child so it's perfect. |
most people walk slowly, so why do they run on stairs? | Running up the stairs keeps the body momentum. When walking up stairs you accelerate and decelerate for each step = more energy That's how it feels, at least Ps. And yeah, that's what the other guy said as well, I see now |
If someone can speak multiple languages what language do they think in? | I don't really think in any language usually, when it's just idle thoughts but when I'm actually thinking about something deeply or about conversations/writing that actually involves language I would usually think English, obviously as it's the only language I know much of. However I do know a small amount of German an... |
Why do some cities still have cops patrol around on horse? | I read a news story about my local police department's discussion on whether or not to retain their mounted patrol units. One of this discussion points they mentioned that I did not see here is the Mounted Patrol Units are great for PR. Most citizens are much more willing to approach and speak with a Police Officer who... |
Why is it rude to have your elbows on the table while eating? | Answered already. Sidenote, in France, it is both rude to have your elbows on the table and to hide your hands under the table. Always have your forearms resting on the table when you're not eating. |
If you're not supposed to eat before surgery, what happens when emergency surgeries are performed on people who have recently eaten? | Im an anaesthetist - throwaway for privacy. Any general anaesthetic depresses the reflexes you have in your throat that protect your airway/ lungs from foreign material. If nasty stuff gets in it can cause a serious chest infection. We like people to fast before surgery to decrease the volume and acidity of their stoma... |
In response to the reddit gif post of a spider chasing a red laser dot, how and why did the spider pursue the laser like a cat would? | They do have pretty decent vision, so it's possible. I have not seen this gif though. One possibility is that it's a gif of a moving spider that had a red dot added to it later on |
Why are banks only open Monday through Friday from 8-5, which is literally the only time that most people can't go to the bank due to work? | Something not mentioned yet: the classic 'bankers hours' are to a certain extent a holdover from the not-so-long-ago days when most of their record keeping and such was done manually on paper. Updating ledgers at the end up the day to ensure all the balances are correct takes a fair bit of time, and is necessary to pre... |
Why do buses stop at railroads? | The school buses in my district also had to open the door while stopped at the railroad tracks. After like 3 seconds they'd close the door and drive off. |
Why can't browsers load pages from their cache when offline? | They can. Firefox can definitely do this, on my machine it's at Options- > Developer- > Work Offline. Internet explorer certainly used to have it, though I'm not sure if the latest version still does. Google Chrome doesn't have an offline mode, but there is apparently an [option to load pages from cache] if it fails to... |
Why do apple products need charging time between no battery - > 4%? | The reason for this is that phones draw their power from the battery, always. If the battery doesn't have enough of a charge to boot and function normally then it can't boot. |
What would happen if I touched absolute zero? | What do you think would happen? You'd absolutely freeze. The part of you that came in contact would be lost. Look up some videos of what happens to things in liquid nitrogen. At -196C/-321F, that's considerably *warmer* than absolute zero, which is -273C/-460F. |
Why do men with extreme baldness grow really full beards? | I'm a bald guy with a full beard and it's because when I shave my face and have a fully bald head I look like I'm ill. In photos I look like I'm undergoing chemotherapy if my glasses hide my eyebrows.Men grow beards because they can or bcause its cold and beards help to keep the face warm. Also most men who are partial... |
Why is the battle for Aleppo so important? | It *used* to be the economic hub of Syria and is still a pretty large city. However, a small eastern section of the town has been taken over by Islamist cutthroats under the overall leadership of former Jabhat al-Nusra, the resident Al-Qaida branch. The government army has spent several years trying to eradicate them. ... |
Why do streetlights sometimes turn off after I've walked near/under them? | Sometimes the lights get too hot and they switch off until they cool down. It doesn't happen because you are near, that's just when you notice it happening. You don't take note of a light that stays on like it's supposed to, and you probably don't see one that switches off with no one around. |
if my TDI isn't currently meeting emission standards is it legal for me to be driving around? | As long as it's licensed it's legal. I am curious what people who drive VWs that plates expire this month are doing.It is fine to drive, but the manufacturer has obligations for their fleet to meet certain regulations. any individual car must also meet a requirement, which they all still do. |
Why some 60fps gifs run smoothly but 'classic' ones take ages to load? | That's not a gif, it's a video. I think the stats under that video explain it pretty clearly: > Gif Size: 33M > Gfy Size: 5M You can also click the GIF button, it loads slower, but it also seems to drop to lower quality: _URL_0_ |
why insurance is not a scam. | Think of it this way, paying for insurance is betting that an accident will happen before you pay out more in premiums than the accident would cost. For auto insurance there is liability and comprehensive. Liability is to protect you from having to pay for other people's property you may damage in an accident, and comp... |
why does the brightness on a Laptop, Phone etc, need to be higher, to see it better in the sun? | Although it may seem like a book, your laptop/phone/device actually doesn't work like a book. Unless your using a Kindle-style e-reader, your devices works by sending light through some medium that uses some trick to change the color of that light in certain places and make an image. Books, on the other hand, reflect t... |
Why do we have dog breeds that vary greatly in size but cats tend to be about the same size? | Clarification: This is for house cats. I understand why I don't want a 90lb fluffy, what about miniature? Short tails? Big ears, wildly different face . |
If we can't control where fat is lost/gained from, how are we so symmetrical? Why isn't one hand or one arm fatter than the other? | The mechanism that distributes fat to one arm is the same that does on the other arm. Normally there's no reason to be different. However, the way fat goes to your hip isn't the same for the fat that goes to your chest. Those are supposed to be different. |
What exactly is a Home Owner’s Association? Why is the membership mandatory? What do the fees do for me? | An HOA is a common agreement/funds to maintain overall neighborhood features with the idea that if everyone is pitching in then you don't run the risk of letting blighted homes into the property. The HOA might also come with other amenities like a pool or tennis court. In the winter they might pay for private snow plow... |
Explain Like I'm 5: How to buy and make money off stocks | The best time to buy stocks is after you have thoroughly researched money management and investing, and have done the other things that make more sense for your personal situation . The worst time to buy stocks is when you don't really know what you are doing. The good news is that if you do invest in the stock market ... |
What happens when something gets pulled into a black hole? | Well the matter doesn't really cease to exist but it gets condensed into an extremely small point in the centre of the black hole. |
If AdBlock takes away revenue from internet based media, then why do search engines allow it to continue to exist? | I actively chose not to buy products with annoying ads, so I'm not sure it's always a loss. |
Why is the speed of light limited to c? Why can't it go infinitely fast through a vacuum? | A way I like to think of it is the following: Everything moves at the same speed, it's just that the motion of most things is almost entirely motion through time. Super, super fast things move almost entirely through the three spacial dimensions and hardly at all through time . In this way, nothing changes speed, only ... |
Why does huge amount of alcohol consumption cause nausea and vomiting? | Your body recognizes the alcohol as a toxic drug - it causes various signals to be sent to your brain which in turn triggers the vomit reflex to get rid of the alcohol from your body. It's like a survival mechanism. |
Why are 4K computer monitors more than twice the price of same-size 4K smart TVs that can also be computer monitors? | **Chroma sub sampling**, colour accuracy across the panel, colour gamut, input latency all contribute to differences as well. There are 4:4:4 chroma sampling TVs that make excellent computer monitors. It seems to be mostly due to the fact that it's just a different market. |
Why are Unix like operating systems so appreciated? What are the day to day advantages over other operating systems? | Unix-like operating systems are easier to tweak to get specific settings for a particular situation. Also, When you have problems with Windows the typical resolution is to reboot, in unix it's clear that you can restart certain services. And if you need to make a change to a service you can typically change a config fi... |
Why is the triangle the 'strongest shape'? | Technically a perfect circle is, because there are zero weak spots, because there are no corners. It's because there are three corners, so therefore less build up of pressure than there would be in another shape, so each point can handle more pressure.Because the lengths of the sides of a triangle are enough to define ... |
Does electricity flow somewhat like water? | You can get more current if you use thicker wires, and wire can burn if you try to use too much electricity with thin wire. But it's the only similarity with water flow. AC current doesn't flow in one direction but changes it to opposite several times per second. For example, if you have 50Hz then it changes direction ... |
Would present day music sound "futuristic" if it was played in the 70s or 80s? | No. Still most of the same genres just slightly different in some areas. They would only think it's futuristic if, of coarse if they new it was from the future and thought of it that way, or it abides to what they thought futuristic music would sound like.Go to an abstract, Dadaist modern art gallery. Is that "futurist... |
Why is the US college tuition so high? | Off the top of my head I would say there are a couple of reasons why college tuition is so high. One is that more people are attending college compared to the past. Also, with the US national debt climbing, one of the easier places to slash spending on is education. I know that in California, this is especially a probl... |
Why is it so easy to become dehydrated through just forgetting to drink enough, but not with food? | Most if not all the food a prehistoric human would eat already contained water. Fruits and veggies have lots of water in them. The prevalence of dry food, like bread for example, is a product of civilization and fairly recent on evolutionary time scale. Long story short: we have evolved the hunger response, but histori... |
Why are companies like Comcast signing their death warrent with 0 net neutrality, when they know Google fiber is on the rise? | Google fiber is not in the competition, it is a small scale experimentation.It is sad competition seems to don't exist even for mobile phone in the usa. Hell now i am paying 15 euro for unlimited voice, text, data 4G everywhere in europe, i don't even want to know what would be the price for this in the usa. |
We're always told that we're warm blooded creatures but what actually warms our bodies and our blood? | Humans produce a lot of heat from their digestive process, along with just moving around. This is also why we sweat when conditions are right, like on a hot day or after exercise, though sweating in and of itself is somewhat rare among mammals. Mammals and birds are warm-blooded , while insects, arachnids, most fish, a... |
How can the american government keep spending so much money when they are in such high debt? | It's the same way I owe six digits worth of money on a house, but still buy groceries. Even though I have debt, I also still have income. Now, the question is with all the debt the US has, how much of that income should be spent, and how much should go towards paying off the debt? And that's the overarching argument th... |
Why do two similar movies come out at the same time? | When a movie gets greenlit, the other studios usually find out the general premise and that's enough info to hammer out a knockoff movie in time. I read an article somewhere about it, I think it was this: _URL_0_", 'It sort of depends on what's "in" at the moment. Movies also go in phases, to a certain degree. In the h... |
Why are some apps $1.99 on the Apple store, but free in the Google Play store? Its the same app, by the same manufacturer. | Android users tend to spend less on apps than iPhone users do. It's just the nature of which demographic is attracted to which phone. iOS users will buy an app for $1.99 without thinking too much about it. Android users won't, so the developers just give it away free and make up the money through other means like adver... |
Why is China angry at South Korea for wanting to develop a missile defense system? | Imagine you have a gun. You got it to protect yourself or shoot squirrels or whatever. Now imagine a neighbor you don't like wants to build an anti-your-gun system. You feel you have guns for a valid and important reason and Now someone you don't trust is going to have the ability to decide when your gun actually works... |
Why can I not take a good photo of the night sky? | You need a tripod, a camera with a very long exposure or bulb setting, and a lack of light pollution. The shutter needs to stay open a bout 30 seconds . Light pollution in urban areas is what will make things the most difficult in getting good night shots. However, if you're wanting to just take a shot of the moon, you... |
How does the derivatives market work? | I don't mean any disrespect with this comment but if you are posting these types of questions on Reddit then you absolutely should not invest in derivatives of any kind. Derivatives are highly leveraged instruments where one tick in price typically means a $10.00 swing in profit/loss. To give some context, the crude ma... |
What do singers have in their ears when singing live performances? Music? Back up music? Why are they always ripping the ear pieces out of their ears? | I believe it's their vocals so they can hear themselves and if they are on pitch through all the loud noises at a live performance.Former sound tech. It's their monitor feed. Monitors used to be speakers set on the stage facing the artist, not the audience. These were needed because the way sound moves, hearing the mus... |
Why do my wife and I keep having dreams in which we are horrible to each other despite having a great relationship? | OK, here's a freaky one. About a week ago, I woke up at around 3am after a really horrible, very vivid dream where I had caught my wife having an affair. I was lying there feeling cranky with her and considering smothering her with a pillow when she suddenly woke up, very upset. She'd just had a dream in which she'd ca... |
Why does one player having bad ping bring down everybody in the match in online games? | Like stated elsewhere in this thread, lag is handled differently in each game. One of the problems players may experience, when an opponent is is lagging is that on the lagging player's computer he will appear to run smoothly, but everybody else see the player as moving around in ways that are not otherwise possible. I... |
In what way would not adhering to international drug treaties in regards to marijuana legalization would negitively affect Canada? | I think the main concern revolves around trade. While your trade partners have the same legality towards classified substances, everyone can work together to a degree. If your country is getting an influx of illegal goods imported from a country, you can tip them off and get them working on fixing the issue. Canada leg... |
Why are prisoners who go on hunger strikes force fed and not left to die? | It is generally accepted that the state has a duty of care towards inmates. That means not allowing them to hurt themselves or be hurt by others while in confinement. This is the general principle which gives the state the legal authority to force feed a prisoner. As to why it's done. People on hunger strike are trying... |
How is anyone physically and mentally able to run a marathon? | People train for them for most of their life. They don't start out by running 26 miles in a day. They start out with running around the block, then they run for a mile or two, and then 3, and then 5, then 10, then they do 3 miles a day with a 15 mile run on weekends, and then gradually work their way up to 26 miles. Th... |
Why is Nickelback the butt of so many jokes? | It's because people like to jump on the band wagon. Having a go at something which is popular to dislike often carries people until they actually think it's their opinion. So instead of not listening to it which is what you do to music you don't like, people actually feel the need to attack it. Just look at the comment... |
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