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Why is BIOS updating so dangerous to the computer? | So flashing a BIOS is basically overwriting everything that tells a computer how to compute. If something goes wrong, in all likelihood it won't boot again. Data on your hard drive should be fine, but unless you can get an exact replacement motherboard you're looking at reinstalling your OS. That being said, the most c... |
Why do the days go by faster the older that you get? | It's all about perception. When your a child, you spend more time doing what you want to do. You play, eat, etc. No worries, no bills to pay. Your concept of time is not the same simply because your not aware of it. Beyond school and bedtime, kids don't plan every detail of their day. They don't watch the clock or set ... |
Why is it a "social faux pas" to talk about who you vote for? | I know that at work, I avoid talking about politics at all - there are too many possible ways to offend or to get into arguments. It's a shame, but people often become very heated and angry when discussing politics with someone who doesn't share their political leanings - it just isn't appropriate in certain circumstan... |
Why are students fresh out of highschool allowed to take out huge student loans without ever working or having credit? | The loan is considered an investment by the person taking it out - but isn't it also an investment for the lender? How much in interest does the lender get? |
Why do many people feel depressed or lonely at night rather than during the day? | Less things to distract you. The problems kinda creep onto you in the quiet darkness and suddenly you can't stop thinking about all the shit. Also for me its the problem that a new day is starting when I wake up with the same shit etc. so my smart brain decides to stay awake and think about stuff I dont want to think a... |
My boss sends me PDF through company email about a vendor he's considering. Next day, said vendor's ads are showing up in my FB newsfeed. How did they know? | Would love to know a legit answer to this. I have noticed a lot of instances where I had a CONVERSATION with someone and then noticed a Facebook ad based on that. I'm talking obscure things like joking about my husband's prostate with him, and then get ads for urologists. Another time I was discussing a company I was b... |
With bee populations being decimated why haven't we seen major shortages of any produce? | Because honey bees aren't the only [polinators] out there! I wonder how well posting a Film Theory video will go |
why does checking your credit lower your score? | It doesn't hurt your credit score when you check it. That's a different type of check. What hurts your credit score is when the banks and credit companies check your credit score to see if you qualify for something. This is because applying to lots of places to get loans and credit cards all at once is seen as risky be... |
Why don't wealthy countries buy and stockpile as much oil as possible during this artificial price depression? | the cost of infrastructure to build the facilities capable of storing these large amounts would exceed the savings not to mention the time involved to erect the structures. Then when the need for these structures no longer exist, it creates another problem of abandonment. Gold is sold as a piece of paper on trading, de... |
Why do people still have to pay child support if the kid isn't theirs? | Because once you agree to pay for a kid, you don't get to just stop paying for that kid.How laws are written also is a complicating factor. In Tennessee, regardless of the DNA actual parentage, any child born during a marriage is considered to be the child of the couple. If they divorce, the husband can be made to pay ... |
How and why did caskets get their hexagonal shape? | This is an awesome question. I've never thought about this, but I'm going to suggest that it's important for many people to be burried the correct way, it might be that this shape is used to show which way to bury the body. It is a very odly specific shape. Edit- just asked an engineer friend who thinks - the shape is ... |
How can the CEO be married to the CFO/Head of HR and not have a conflict of interest? | ELI5 is for requests for easy-to-follow explanations of complex concepts and subjects. That means no questions that are just looking for straightforward answers, that are subjective, a request for a guide/walkthrough, or that are objective but not asking for an explanation of an answer. ELI5 is absolutely not a reposit... |
How is it that babies have more bones then adults? | A couple of bones, primarily in the skull, fuse together to form one bone. They're in multiple pieces because it makes the head a little easier to push the baby out, but they eventually fuse together to form one skull.Babies have portions of their skeleton that fuse together as they mature. Two bones can fuse into a si... |
Recent theories suggest that life is only a simulation. What are they basing this on? | The universe is inherently blurry. At an atomic, things can no longer be described exactly, only in terms of probability. This isn't a limitation of our instruments, it is a fundamental property of the universe. Some people find this unsettling and hope it is just a limitation of our understanding, that some new theory... |
How do shops during the week still attract so many customers. | Not everyone works normal schedules with weekends off. It's simple as that. I work away from home for 4 weeks at a time and then I get 4 weeks off at home. I do all my errands during the week in the middle of the workday. It makes it really easy to get everything done. |
Why are freckles or 'beauty marks' next to eye and on upper lip so common compared to others? | They aren't. They are just much more noticeable there because that's where you're always looking.Purely a guess - but facial structure that dictates the areas on your face that receive repeated sun exposure. |
What causes an spinning image to look like it is rotating one direction, stop, then appear to rotate the other direction? | This is an effect called [aliasing] and is an artifact of the video camera. It samples at a specific rate . If the wheel is moving at that same rate it looks like it's not moving at all, because it makes one full rotation each time and is right in the same place every frame. If it's moving 59 Hz, it's almost making a f... |
How does one understand how fast a computer will be simply by reading the specifications, like a clock speed of 3.3GHz? | When your looking at computers the 3 basics things to look at are: 1. RAMIf you think of RAm like a table the more RAM your have the bigger the table so the more you can do at one time. 2. Hard drive sizeThe bigger the hard drive the more you can store on the computer. 3. ProcessorThe higher the clock speed generally t... |
Is it better to run 10 minutes every day, or 70 minutes once a week? | Definitely 10 minutes a day - because if you get in the habit of running every day, then soon enough 10 minutes won't feel long enough, and it will be 20 or 30 and all of a sudden you find you've made time every day for a long run. Creating a daily habit is the hardest part - but if you can do that, you'll be fit in no... |
The main points on why the NSA "spying" on citizens is bad | This is good material for beginners. If you don't understand the insidiousness of this and many other things going on here these days, you'll just be like one of the commenters on this thread that thinks it's about porn, etc. This involved your basic freedoms, bla bla boiling frogs, bla bla slippery slope.. Take the ti... |
please! Why is the Brazilian World Cup being protested? | > I'm under the impression that such an event brings in tons of revenue and creates tons of jobs . [Well your impression is false.]", 'This is in English, and answered A LOT of my questions. _URL_1_ |
Can I make a homemade solar panel which will supply one lightbulb with electricity 24/7? | Go to the store and buy a solar yard light, they're about 3 dollars. take it apart and find a way to attach it to a battery that is capable of a recharge then remove the mechanism that prevents it from turning on unless it's dark out.The only bad english in your post occurred when you apologised for what was in fact pe... |
Why does better quality music( 320 Kbps, and so on) occupy more digital memory? | Short answer is lower quality music has been compressed by removing certain sound information that we can't hear , usually the quality depreciation isn't too bad using earphones but with a high-end hi-fi with a fat bass the 'clipping' will become more apparent so the higher bitrate will be more appropriate. |
How is it that a video game can render frames 60 times per second, but it takes hours for extremely powerful computers to render one frame of a Pixar film? | The difference in quality of the output is what has an impact. If you watched an animated film alongside even the best PC games the difference in quality would be pretty apparent - the lighting, resolution, smoothness of the animations etc. are leaps ahead. As an example - Toy Story came out in 1995, that's come up to ... |
How come most of the cars in the USA are automatics while most in Europe are manuals? | To drive a standard in most of Europe, you need a standard level license. If you only learn automatic, you have to take a whole separate test to be able to drive standard. Because most people already own standards, it doesn't make much sense to get a license that doesn't allow you to drive standard. So most people just... |
Why do some job sites ask for your gender/age/race/sexual orientation? | For some places it's because of affirmative action. They want to have diversity. It's the same thing for college applications. |
What was the human species role in the Eco-System before becoming the top of the food-chain? | very much comparable to wolves. as a species or a tribe, we've been apex predators. one big difference is that in africa, an individual human isn't a feared thing. in most of the world, even a single person is at worst an alien presence. in the middle of nowhere canada, the local wildlife doesnt know what you are. in a... |
How can 100 million people browse porn videos at the same time but I'm still in queue to start up Overwatch | simple. there's alot more money in IT operations porn than there is for overwatch. most people don't know this but alot of IT innovation is driven by the porn industry. about 30% of the entire internet is porn. for every overwatch players, there's at least 1000x that in porn visitors. |
Why do many Americans care so much about their lawn and why it is seen as a symbol of social status? | It shows respect for yourself and your property, and it is the first impression people have of you when driving past/walking into your home. Keeping a neat lawn shows people that you have your life together and are a contributing member of society. I view taking care of my lawn the same way as cleaning the house. Do it... |
Why does a shuttle get super hot while going through our atmosphere, yet skydivers feel nothing more than cold air as they fall? | Relevant fun fact regarding heat resulting from friction: The SR-71 Blackbird's fuel tank seals were intentionally made smaller to the point where they'd actually leak on the runway . This was done because the heat created from friction during supersonic flight would cause the metal to expand and blow out the seals if ... |
If the average household income in China is only $10,220 then how do Chinese people afford luxury items like iPhones? | Most people in China can't afford an iPhone. But, they have a huge population so even their top 10% is 130 million people. In China the iPhone is not nearly as popular. And even then they largely pick local manufacturers or Samsung devices over Apple devices. The Chinese don't really fall victim to the same American-st... |
Why is it controversial to suggest England should have a say in Scottish independence? | its Scotlands decision, if I could vote I'd like them to stay, but I'm not the one being affected so much by the decision as a scottish guy would be. I think its less about the history and such now, sure we fucked each other up but it was a long time ago. I think its more the simple fact that its Scottish independence ... |
What's the difference between emotional cheating and having close friendships? | There isn't an existing standard for relationships, as far as I could gather. Some say it's cheating if you think someone other than your partner is attractive, others say it's only cheating if you flirt/kiss/have sex with someone other than your partner. I think couples should settle this among themselves. |
How come celebrities like Roman Polanski and Woody Allen are completely forgiven for their rapes and sexual crimes? | Relevant reading re: Woody Allen: _URL_0_ That said, he was never found guilty in a court of law and may well be innocent, so who are you upset about forgiving him? For Roman Polanski, various people in the film industry applauded for him at some event or other recently, but the film industry can be looked at in some w... |
How have we not run out of space for graves in cemeteries by now? | There are a couple of reasons. Firstly, cremation is becoming a much more popular method of getting rid of bodies than it used to be. Cremated ashes need less burial space than whole bodies, and many people who are cremated even choose to have their ashes spread out somewhere they used to enjoy. Since cremation is beco... |
How and why does a word like 'bi-monthly' exist as it does? It simultaneously means twice a month and once every two months, which is an incredibly important distinction. | There seems to be a lot of guess work going on in these comments. I, unfortunately, am going to add another guess, but hopefully my preface will help you view all the other comments with some healthy scepticism. In English English the prefix 'Bi' almost always means '2 in 1'. You will find that the terms bimonthly, bia... |
Why are credit cards used so much these days and what are the benefits of it over a debit card? | * It's easier than carrying cash* It's _way_ easier than paying with a check* It's an easy way to track how much you're spending and where* As long as you pay off your balance in full each month, there's no additional cost* Having available credit in the form of a credit card boosts your credit score . Paying it off co... |
Why is the Michelin tyre company so revered by Chefs across the word? | Because the general public takes them so seriously. Trying to get a reservation at a 3-star restaurant is like trying to win one of those radio contests where you have to be the 10th caller. They sell out a month or more in advance, pretty much immediately after they open up a new date. Michelin is basically the only o... |
What are horse shoes, and why are they necessary? | Because domestic horses do more intense work on harder surfaces than wild ones, their hooves wear down faster. The shoes are a painless and simple way to prevent excess wear on the horses hooves. Now there are fewer true working horses, many can live happily barefoot. Those that do harder work or compete often need sho... |
Why is the United States allies with Saudi Arabia? | That's what I keep asking when I see the US updating the State Sponsors of Terrorism list and not adding the Saudis to that black list. |
why are we typically less attracted to fat people? | I would second the idea that it's partly related to fertility. Females are supposed to be most fertile with a body fat % between 20-25. Fertility decreases with extreme obesity or weight loss. I don't have a scientific source for you right now; I'm just digging up some numbers from the back of my head. And yes, Interne... |
Why is it difficult for someone to produce perfect counterfeit money, as in, make their bills the exact same way so they're indistinguishable? | [GQ story on Frank Bourassa] > Years of running drugs and boosting cars left FRANK BOURASSA thinking: There's got to be an easier way to earn a dishonest living. That's when he nerved up the idea to make his fortune. Which is how Frank became the most prolific counterfeiter in American history—a guy with more than $200... |
Why does a computer number pad go down from 7-4-1 while a phone goes down 1-4-7? | I discovered this last year when I kept dialing a wrong phone number. I am super used to a number pad on a keyboard and i couldn't handle that a phone was different. Growing up digital phone problems |
What's so bad about Qatar hosting the world cup. | So this tiny country won the lottery to host the cup, even though they probably aren't qualified. There are bigger, better countries out there who could put on the event a lot better. Plus, it's over 100 degrees F in the summer in Qatar- no one wants to play soccer in that kind of heat. Also- to build the stadiums for ... |
Why does being alone feel bad? What chemical in our brain stops flowing when we don't socialize sufficiently? | I was wondering the same thing this morning. I have multiple friends who seem to go crazy if they aren't in a relationship . They then end up with douch bag guys. Since I don't really feel the need to be with anyone and enjoy my singleness. I was curious as to what attributes to people feeling the need to have contact ... |
Why do countries need so many nukes, isn't ten enough? | If for example, you only have 10 large [strategic nukes], capable of wiping out a major population center, you are forced to use that large weapon against a small target such as a hardened bunker. Instead maybe a smaller [tactical nuke] might be the right tool for a battlefield level weapon. Additionally what if you us... |
What are Lagrange points and how do they work? | So first of all, all objects have a gravitational pull. This just means that all objects are constantly pulling on everything around them. The larger the objects, the stronger the pull. Using the Earth and the Sun for an example, both the earth and the sun are pulling on each other at all times. They're actually pullin... |
Why do I look so ugly when I take a picture of myself, but look good on the mirror? | Photos don't show what we see in real life. They only show a representation of reality, kind of like a person making a painting, except more accurate. For one thing, photos are one-dimensional and real life is 3-D. So some people can look uglier in photos than they do in real life, and others can look more attractive i... |
Why is it when you download something, it generally downloads at a constant rate, until 99% where it seems to stop and take a lot longer to reach 100%? | Just as a further question then, if it is because the file is checking that it is really complete and checking for viruses and whatnot, why don't they include that time in the overall percentage? So the last 1% is not longer than the rest? Hope that makes sense.._URL_0_as you can see here, a file is downloaded from sev... |
Why do Netflix and Amazon Prime/Instant Video have almost identical movie libraries? | I think that the people who own the content only give out rights to streaming certain movies. I guess Netflix gets exclusive rights to a couple of movies that Amazon doesn't and vice versa. The rest can be streamed by anyone. Same goes for Vimeo, Crackle, Yahoo, Hulu, etc. |
How close can a speakers sound same as the hearing the instrument naturally? | There is no theoretical limit. A common way to describe the speaker's accuracy is a *frequency response curve,* a graph that shows how close the speaker's output is to the recorded signal. _URL_0_ |
Why do firetrucks show up to almost every accident even when tempered is no fire | Because firefighters are also trained as EMT's so whichever is closest usually shows up. They can even take you on a stretcher in there trucks I'm pretty positive.I agree with all the answers I read be low, but just wanted to add that it is part of the continual training and practice. Even when their skills are not nee... |
why are no-knock raids considered so bad? What's the alternative? | For starters they're inherently dangerous to all parties involved. There have been numerous cases of people killing police officers in no knock raids, when it wasn't entirely clear if they even knew whether the invader was a police officer or a criminal. Some have gotten off on self defense claims. Others have been con... |
economic growth under a gold standard. | If we assume that all gold that can be mined already has been, the economy would grow through deflation. The government *could* change the ratio of gold to money, but if that becomes a common occurrence, you're not really on the gold standard at all. |
What role do former Presidents/Prime Ministers play in society? | In the UK, many former Prime Ministers were appointed to the House of Lords after leaving office/the House of Commons. This is the second chamber of Parliament made up of unelected members such as former politicians and people who've made a major contribution to their field which is supposed to act as a check on bills ... |
What is muscle cramp and why do I get it in the middle of the night? | Have you been loosing weight? Have you been need to drink lots of water? Have you been peeing excessively ? Has your pee been burning a bit? This happened to me, and apparently it is a sign of extended high bloodsugar. I don't meant to be an alarmist, but that was what happened with me, it was because I had undiagnosed... |
How did the modern version of the globe come to be, with what we call North on the top and Souyh on the bottom? | left of the direction the sun rises", and "right of the direction the sun sets". The cardinal directions mostly stem from these directions and definitions. As for why North is up, well once you understand the earth, it's clear that North/south are the points that don't move, they are the directions you can look and see... |
If I went to a horse race and bet the same amount of money on every horse, would I break even? | jsyk, in parimutuel betting the race track takes a cut off the top of all monies wagered and distributes the rest to the winners. The odds are set by how the people place their bets. So the odds are constantly changing until the windows are closed right before the start of the race. The track doesn't care who wins or l... |
Why do hatches and SUVs have rear windscreen wipers when Sedans rarely if ever do | I thought the obvious answer was it would be too difficult to put rear windscreen wipers on sedans because sedans have rear windscreen that are at an angle, while hatches and suv's had straight vertical windscreens so it was easy to add wipers to them. I guess my common sense was wrong. I am not a smart man. |
How can a cook be a janitor at the same time? Doesn't that break some kind of health code? | Gloves and washing. What's the problem here? Unless the guy is rolling around in the schlitz, should be fine. |
- If the body's internal temperature is roughly 37 degrees Celsius, why does it feel really hot when the outside temperature is 37 degrees Celsius? | Because heat transfer isn't perfect and air is a bad conductor of heat. The small layer of air around you wouldn't conduct all the heat away and heat up past 98.6 F and make you overheat. That's why on a windy day it can be pretty hot and not feel too bad. It's like how we can get in a hot tub at 90 F and it actually f... |
Why is Africa so fucked up | I'm a bit late on this, but here are 5 reasons. 1) Africa consists of mainly small, landlocked countries bordering other small countries with bad economies which limits their trading possibilities. Being a landlocked country in the middle of a huge continent such as Africa limits a countries trading possibilities thus ... |
How is so much internet data sent through undersea cables simultaneously? | two reasons, basically: 1: there is more than one cable 2: within an individual cable, it is not simultaneous. It's just so fast that you can stack hundreds of different things end to end and they all get their turn in less than a second. Your email message, for instance, probably takes up a single fiber line in a sing... |
Why do scrambled eggs and fried eggs smell so different when they are cooking? | I'm not a scientist or nutritionist, but the most immediate, likely answer that comes to mind is the egg yolk, which is the smelly part of the egg. With fried eggs, you leave the yolk in tact, and remember, the yolk has a thin membrane covering it. As such, the smell is kept in and you mostly smell the cooking whites. ... |
What does the Super Bowl have to do with Sex Trafficking? | Big events like the super bowl/world cup/Olympics, etc attract a lot of people to an area. Some of those people are willing to pay for sex, so their is sex trafficking to move people to those areas to meet the temporary demand. Every time their is a big event, someone makes an article about it. I'm not sure how accurat... |
Why is √4 = -2 false? | The √ is defined as the positive square root of a number. > But aren't x^2 = y and x = √y pretty much the same? No, they are not. They are similar, but √y refers to only the positive square root. > Why does it work one way but not the other? Convention. The math works easier if √y only has one answer. Consider this. z ... |
Why do we cover our mouths when we're shocked? | Because we gasp a breath of air and don't want something dust or a insect going in. Instinctual reflex |
Why do parents of adult children get to file wrongful death lawsuits and get awarded money? | Our legal system recognizes that there is value in having your relationships with your loved ones. When someone negligently or otherwise causes the death to a child or spouse, the surviving spouse/parents are deprived of the enjoyment of that relationship. It is hard to put that into monetary terms, but there is no que... |
Why do people who suffer from Tourrettes use curse words for their "tic" more than normal words? | Actually only about 10% of those with Tourettes Syndrome have a swearing tic. It's referred to as corpralalia. I think it just gets noticed more often than the more regular vocal tics. Some of which can be as simple as clearing a throat. From what I understand, as u/RaeLynnCow said, tics feel almost like a cough or sne... |
How come cats can face off with animals way bigger and deadlier than them (like bears or crocodiles) and still manage to scare them off and assert dominance? | Cat mouths are full of bacteria. A simple cat bite can cause a life-threatening infection. Animals who backed away from cats were statistically more likely to reproduce and spread their genes and therefore their instincts. It's natural selection.There is no hospital in the wild. So the animals do more to avoid conflict... |
This is kinda a fucked up question, but why was there no blood in the video of the shooting? | Hollywood and video games haven't been honest to you. People are not, in fact, blood filled balloons ready to start squirting everywhere. |
What is the difference between Android and iOS regarding how both operating systems work? | All operating systems have a lot going on beneath the surface; the bit you see on the screen is only the tip of the iceberg. You could 'skin' and Android to look like an iOS device, for example, but the underlying architecture would still be different. Operating systems are built on top of a base called a kernel, the f... |
Why do they let the Juno probe crash on jupiter after the mission? | There are reasons to believe that at least one of Jupiters moons might have life on it, specifically Europa. In order to not contaminate it with Earths microbes Juno has to leave Jupiters orbit as over time we cannot guarantee that it won't eventually crash into the moon under complicated gravitational influence of a h... |
Why are precious metals, uh, precious, within the context of a world economic collapse? What good would having gold and silver without rule of law? | Precious metals are a commodity. They are a highly portable one and they can be shaped into coins/bars for transfer. This has made them useful as a medium of exchange. They are also aesthetically pleasing, which is almost entirely where they derive their value outside of electronics and fine dining. In a lawless societ... |
Why is it okay for IV drips to have air bubbles running through the lines? | 1) you need a lot of air to cause any big issues. 2) if you're using a pump it'll alarm like a banshee at the slightest bubble, often when a bag has run empty you'll see a bunch of air in it cause it's above the pump and no longer flowing. This is the same with gravity fed, there is no pressure so the air doesn't get p... |
Why does a higher fps mean slower footage on a Slow Motion Camera, when in Videogames, it means faster? | Because it's the difference between *taking* 300 frames a second and *displaying* 300 frames a second. If I *take* 3 seconds of footage I have 900 frames. Now I can display those frames any way I choose. If I throw them onto a 60 inch TV and choose to display my frames at 60 frames per second. I get 15 seconds of video... |
How do engineers build CPUs with around two billion transistors in them? | Engineer here. We're really fucking careful. Source: I'm a quality engineer at an automotive manufacturing plant. I don't know shit about other engineering disciplines, I just hate getting grouped in with every other engineer because we are vastly different. |
How are illegal immigrants able to afford to come to the U.S., support themselves and send money back home while so many citizens are dependent on government assistance? | I work as a Chef and have seen many illegal workers over the years across multiple states. I have seen first hand these guys simply only focused on work. Take one of my employees and although he is not illegal he is pretty good example of what I'm describing. This guy works for me M-F from 7am-3pm then literally leaves... |
How did early people give birth to children without proper tools and sanitation? | As other's have said, for a lot of births, tools aren't necessary. For an uncomplicated birth, it pretty much just happens. The mother will get the urge to push, and the baby will be born. However in a more complicated birth , it wasn't uncommon that mother, baby or both may die. There was also puerperal fever, also ca... |
If the entire world uses either 110V or 220V, why there are so many kinds of power plugs? | Amperage. It's to keep people from plugging something into a power source that can't provide the necessary current. |
What makes the ejaculation of seminal fluid feel so good during orgasm and why does this sensation differ from urinating? | As an aside perhaps interesting to some, men who have had their prostate removed due to prostate cancer still have orgasms but no longer ejaculate. It's different. Takes some getting used to. |
How fast do you regain blood lost and what are the downside of having less blood in the body? | Having less blood in your body is actually quite simple to understand. Your body goes through stages of shock when it has a loss of blood. These stages are called shock. . . Quoting _URL_0_ : > There are three stages of shock: Stage I , Stage II , and Stage III . > > In Stage I of shock, when low blood flow is first de... |
Why do humans generally avoid eating other predators? | First off, they're inefficient sources of energy, given that they're tertiary consumers at best. Secondly they can fight back. Would you rather hunt a deer or a bear? Exactly. |
Non-HD TV looks worse than it did years ago. Have I just adjusted to HD or is the quality actually worse? | Are you talking about watching older shows or are you watching non-HD counterpart channels? Most every show today is shot in HD. When you watch a non-HD channel, the video is just a heavily down-sampled version of the original. [Here is a compilation video of some The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air scenes.], the quality isn't... |
Why did the Iraqi Army and the ARVN in the 70s failed so miserably, despite after having the US invest billions of dollars in them? | Having spent 2 1/2 years In Iraq I can honestly say it's because those people are fucking retarded and lazy. |
Why isn't the Flint water crisis fixed yet? | Because it isn't one big problem: it is thousands of small problems. The lead pipes that were damaged by the corrosive river water aren't the water mains; they are the individual service lines that connect each house to the water line in the street. So all of those thousands of pipes have to be replaced one at a time, ... |
Why American films/tv shows look so different to others... | There's a few things: Better technique and camera usage. Compare low budget American films to high budget American films, you'll probably see a similar contrast; big budget American films have licensed cinematographers filming things, they have dollies and cranes to control motion, different advanced techniques and sty... |
if we're conscious of our own addictions why do we still act on them? | I DEFINITELY first started smoking cigarettes socially. It then became a full blown nicotine addiction. Alcohol was more of a right of passage type thing for me and I've never had an addiction to it. |
Why can't the brain and spine heal like other body parts? | It's like putting in fiber optic wire to your house *years after* they built your house. It can be done by careful surgery and spending lots of money but it doesn't happen on it's own naturally. In the case of your nerves it's so difficult that your species during evolution lost the ability to do it because it was impr... |
If it's illegal to deface US currency, what's with those penny squashers? | My dad tried to bring those penny squashers to Canada in the 80's only to find that it is illegal,to deface the Queen who is on all our pennies. . Today I do see those machines around but you can't use your own penny. They are loaded with US pennies, you just out a dollar or two,in it and crank out one of the preloaded... |
What would happen if Prince William ran for Prime Minister of England? | There's actually no such thing as the Prime Minister of England, and there never has been. The Prime Minister is the PM of the entire UK. |
The Arguments Against Nuclear Power | _I have a friend who's into this and we had a conversation once where I tried to learn as much as I could about his position. Here's the best summary I could do. Pure hearsay - take it or leave it:_ Waste seems like a large, yet manageable problem, but it's harder than you think. First there's the time frame. Some of t... |
How does Netflix profit off of exclusive shows like House of cards and Orange is the New black? | There's also a lot of income from product placement. Subconsciously selling you all Ford explorers!", '**"Is that a PS Vita & trade;? Which games does it have? I oughta get one of these for the car!"** |
How can countries like Germany afford to make a college education free while some universities in the US charge $50k+ a year for tuition? | One thing I would like to clear up, while yes in America there are a lot of Private Universities of $50k+, there are also many college educations that can be obtained for much less. State schools, while getting up in price as well, are cheaper. There are usually cheaper options within. From my experience as a recent co... |
cutting off a cat's balls is humane but taking off their claws isn't? | The testes are for reproduction, and are not vital to the health of the individual cat. The claws have a variety of functions such as: climbing, hunting, and defense. Removing the claws removes the cat's ability to do the things listed. I'm sure someone else can provide a more detailed answer. |
Why is it fair for companies to flash illegible, quickly disappearing fine print at the end of commercials as their "full disclosure"? | In some cases it's sufficient for the advertiser to let you know only that there is small print . The specifics will vary by where you are and the advertising law in your area. For more detail it is probably worth contacting your local advertising regulator. |
Why does coke in a glass bottle, or in a can, taste noticeably different from coke from plastic bottles? | And by 'noticeably different', you mean 'noticeably fucking amazing'. I basically live for glass bottle coke.. yeah, I should probably get some help. |
why aren't eye glasses made out of gorilla glass, or other scratch resistant glass that electronics have | optical glass need to have very little refraction and diffusion at all distances. hardened glass and its substitutes often have relatively poor optics. not a big deal when it's a cover that's fractions of a milometer from the screen and 2 feet from your face, but it becomes a noticeable problem if you were to use it to... |
After watching GoT last night, I was wondering how in historical times horses behaved in battle. How come they were willing to run into each other during charges instead of disobeying their riders? | [Spoilers] The cavalry in the battle weren't behaving realistically. Horses weren't tanks that would smash into dense masses of men and knock them aside; they were best at chasing down retreating troops and at smashing through less densely-packed forces . In fact, infantry that were trained to form up densely and were ... |
Could a brain transplant actually be possible and would memories transfer over to the new body like a hard drive? | Right now, we do not have the technology to connect that many nerves. Nerves can heal a bit, but entire spinal cord breaks are beyond our healing capability and our scientific understanding. One day, it might be possible. The memories would transfer with the brain. Memories aren't stored anywhere else besides the brain... |
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