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If policemen have to wear body cams they can't turn off, what do they do when they have to go to the bathroom? | Carmea's are also front facing and pointing in front, its not a 180degree fisheye camera. Its a standard camera in all remarks. So even if its recording, you see a wall |
Is drinking 3 3% alcohol beers in 3 hours the same as drinking 2 4.5% alcohol beers in the same time span? | No. The 3% beers have more water and will be taken in a bit more slowly. Acidity and the miscellanous other chemicals in the booze will matter too though, you'd need damn near identical beers to do a real apples/apples test . |
With college tuitions increasing by such an incredible about, where exactly is all this extra money going to in the Universities? | I think it highly depends on the school. However, at the university I attend they are constantly adding new buildings due to increasing enrollment. Because of this, much of the money goes toward hiring outside construction crews for entire semesters at a time. Our football coach also makes a fuckton of money because he... |
How can a mother be charged with child abuse for harming her unborn child (e.g. drug usage, alcohol consumption), but abortion does not fall under this category? | Because drug usage and alcohol consumption while pregnant is harmful to a child, so long as that child eventually GETS BORN. I don't think in-utero alcohol use would make a difference if the embryo was aborted as well. |
Why is dental health so important for humans but seemingly unimportant for wild animals. | Wild animals: * typically don't eat refined grains and sugar* tend to gnaw on raw foods, which helps keep their teeth clean* have short lifespans, and don't live long enough for it to be a problem* often do develop dental problems, and die of starvation soon after |
What is identity theft? How can someone become someone else? | When you do major things like apply for jobs, pay taxes, open bank accounts, or take out loans, you have to present certain information about yourself to prove you are who you say you are. This information is usually a full name, date of birth, driver's license number, and a social security number. Social Security numb... |
The science behind déjà vu. | I'm not a neurologist, but I also believe it's a brain glitch that is related to the vision-delayed hypothesis. When I was in college, I had a friend who had epilepsy. Before she had a seizure, she would get a feeling of déja vu which would build and build and culminate in a seizure. I think for most people, including ... |
The argument against free will. | In case you want to dig deeper, here's what I studied as a Philosophy major with a focus on Free Will: [The Non-Reality of Free Will - Richard Double] [Free Will and Illusion - Saul Smilansky] [Living Without Free Will - Derk Pereboom] I'd start with the first one. It lays out all the major arguments about Free Will, t... |
Why does medicine, when in pill form, require me to take more than one at a time? Why not just make more concentrated pills so each one is one dose? | It's way cheaper to make a billion pills of the same size than to make 250 million each of 4 different sizes. You only need to have one type of equipment to make your tablets/capsules/whatever, one label for all of them, and those smaller increments of doses are always going to be useful.* to allow for different dosage... |
Why do successful British TV shows end after 2 seasons, with around 6 episodes per season? | Came for Fawlty Towers; leaving satisfied. John Cleese's finest work. I read somewhere they spent upwards of 3 months to produce a single episode. The day he shuffles off this mortal coil and joins the bleeding choir invisible will make the world a poorer place. |
How were cartoons in the early 2000's animated? | In the early 2000's, it was pretty normal to have pencil drawings imported to a computer and colored digitally in a preferred program chosen by the studio. Usually the poses of the characters would be chosen by the studio over here and then that would be sent overseas and then all the in between drawings would be sent ... |
why does it cost less to keep your house cooler? Wouldn't it take the same amount of energy to maintain temperature | Say you keep your house at 70 degrees all year. In the summer, most of the country won't experience temperatures above 100 degrees. Therefore, at most your A/C only needs to cool the air by 30 degrees at most. On the other hand, most of the country gets below 32 degrees for most of winter, a difference of 38 degrees. T... |
Why do you hate internet explorer? | Internet explorer speaks and understands the language of the internet in a wierd way. Think of it this way; when i ask you to draw me a smileyface, then you make me a drawing with a happy face.When i ask internet explorer to draw me a smileyface it gives me a picture 0f a car and tells its a smileyface. Internet explor... |
Why does it matter if a country is in debt? It seems like nothing happens anyways seeing the US is $17 trillion in debt. | How much debt will affect a nations' prosperity depends on a lot of factors. - Nations which control their currency can devalue it anytime, resulting in a smaller payout for lenders. But this may increase inflations as import become expensive. That's what Russia did when it faced bankruptcy - Countries like Greece and ... |
Why aren't claw machines and other similar arcade games considered gambling? | It's the 'game' aspect. It's the same reason that giveaways on TV tend to be represented as 'competitions' where you have to answer a ridiculously simple question to enter. Because the call or text is usually a premium rate line, if there's no question, then I'm paying for a chance to win a prize and that's gambling. I... |
How can we flex our bicep while our arm is extended? | You are right. One is just contracting more than the other. If you couldn't do that you wouldn't be able to hold you're arm at an angle. You would only be able to fold or straighten it completely. |
Why are fines for breaking the law set fee's instead of a percentage of a persons income? | I got a parking fine the other week. I can challenge it and I reckon I'd win , but it's frankly more time and cost to challenge it than to just pay the $114. If it scaled with my income then I'd probably challenge it, but for that much, hardly worth it. |
Why does water not spill out of a glass that is full of water and ice cubes when the ice melts? | Water expands when it freezes. Fill a cup up with snow and let it melt to water, you'll have less volume of water than you did snow. Your glass won't overflow because of this same effect. |
Why isn't time in base 10? | In ancient days people used a duodecimal number system. Why 12? Because there are 12 lunar cycles in a year. So they divided the time from sunrise to sunset into 12 parts or the whole day into 24 parts. . Then they divided each hour into 60. Why 60? Because 60 happens to be a multiple of 12 and neither it doesn't divid... |
Why does PayPal instantly withdraw from my bank account, but take 3-4 days to deposit money? | PayPal's most used for of payment is what they call 'Instant Bank Transfer' If you have both a bank account and a card linked to your account you will be offered this type of payment by default The name is something of a misnomer in that the funds do not leave your bank instantly. What happens instead is that PayPal pa... |
Explain like I'm 5 why the states with the highest average income, health metrics, and education levels are also the most liberal and nobody ever talks about it. | You'll also notice that these same states have lots of big cities. So how do these three things - wealth, cities, and liberals - all end up in the same place? Could it be: cities create wealth and produce smog - > smog turns people to environmentalist liberals Or could it be: cities have culture and money - > culture i... |
Why do we have to install RES to get extra features for reddit? Why can't the basic website provide them without the add-on? | Reddit can't just take credit for RES, some prefer the site without it.Too much Javascript and too many fancy features will slow the site down. |
Why is it called the World Series when only US teams play? Shouldn't it be the US Series? | I've heard it rationalized that the best players in the world play in that series, but I don't know why it was originally called that. Edit: I don't believe it's a good reason. Geez. What's with the downvotes?", 'Apparently Toronto is in America now. In years past Montreal was in America, but then they hired Michele Th... |
What does the f/stop in a camera do? | Always remember that the number in the f stop is the *denominator* in a fraction that describes the size of the hole letting light in. When i learned this, i totally got it after a long struggle with understanding it. 1/1 would be a fully open aperture with nothing impeding the intake of light. 1/22 is a very tiny numb... |
Why transportation hubs do not invest in better speaker? | Low bidders for a sub-contracted project selected by folks who don't care or even consider real-time usage or optimal placement; they just need the job done to get paid. Also, age. They most likely passed the test on day one. |
Why are there so many molestations going on in the Roman Catholic Church involving priests? | The rate among priests is actually [not significantly higher] than among any other group, and is in fact much lower than some other similar positions - [one Department of Education study] put school teachers at a signficantly higher risk for this than priests. As for why the common perception is that it's high there's ... |
What makes gold so valuable? | Could be wrong, but I believe it's value is not necessarily inherent but applied. It's used in a commodity system of currency where all legal tender represents a certain portion of some tangible resource that holds value. This comes from a time after bartering systems where coins were used for transactions. Rare metals... |
If OJ Simpson admits guilt, he cannot be retried because of double jeopardy, but Robert Durst is on trial after admitting to murder on HBO's "The Jinx" | From the little bit of looking into it I did, it seems like he's being retried because it's essentially a different case against him . The initial trial where he was acquitted on a self defense claim was later found to possibly be in connection to his wife's disappearance. So, it's not really the *same* case so double ... |
Why can people live on an all or almost all junk food diet without getting really sick? | Weight isn't health. How do you mean not get sick? Heart disease and cancer do not occur over night. Although I cannot attest to the generalizations you are speaking of concerning malnourishment, there are infinite variables here. I can say that the processed foods have very negative effects on the body on their own, o... |
Aside from being able to perform harder music, what makes someone a good percussionist? And what differentiates the absolute best from the "just good"? | I used to be in a youth symphony . Off the top of my head, here are qualities that would make a great percussionist: - ability to play many percussion instruments to a high degree of competency- ability to listen carefully to the other instruments so that you can make sure your sound is well balanced with theirs, you a... |
When losing weight, what is the difference between exercising to burn 300 calories, and eating 300 calories less? | In terms of the weight loss, there is no difference. You will find losing weight by working out difficult though, because of a couple of factors. First, working out builds muscle , which adds weight. This will offset what you are losing in fat somewhat, but it's not a bad thing. Second, out of the ~2000 calories an ave... |
Loud music in both ears is comfortable and fine, remove an earphone, and now the music is damagingly loud, why? | The nerves in your inner ears that pick up different frequencies can be turned 'up' and 'down' based on the ambient level of sound - basically your nervous system tries to adjust the 'gain' so that the signals coming from your cochlea are strong enough to make sense of, but not so strong as to be distorted . Since for ... |
How does life insurance work if you can almost guarantee 100% of policy holders will make a claim? | Very few policy holders make claims. Most life insurance is **term** life. You buy it for a certain amount of time, usually 10 years, then can renew it after. If you don't die, the insurance company makes money. Also, a lot of people choose not to renew their insurance as they get older. The purpose of life insurance i... |
Why does there seem to be such a social stigma against banking with credit unions? | I suppose I'll chime in I've also never heard of any stigma against credit unions. Maybe you should ask her mom where she got that from.I dont. I bank with a credit union for over 15 years now ever since college oh my god I am old ', "As someone who belongs to a CU and doesn't use it much -- it's simply because the ATM... |
What exactly is a "consultant" in a company and what do they do exactly? | They are an expert in a specific area. They're brought in to examine things from an unbiased view and make recommendations to improve profits or a process. Big companies have internal consultants and smaller ones hire outside ones. The idea is that they're outsiders and see the flaws of something and see where things c... |
California legalizing marijuana, what can and can't i do? Where? When? | You must be at least 21 to smoke marijuana. Violators under the age of 18 face community service and rehab, rather than a fine. Persons serving sentences for prior marijuana-related charges are eligible for re-sentencing. You may possess up to 8g of concentrate and 28.5g of non-concentrated marijuana on your person. Yo... |
Why don't hospitals have security guards? | I would wager all hospitals have security guards, there are to many times they would be needed not to have them. For example drunk patients, patients with mental issues, they deal with restricted access areas, fire alarm systems, even have seen them help get drs/nurses to and from the hospital in state of emergencies l... |
Why do many young kids prefer bland foods? | My guess is that a big part of it is cultural. Because we see so much in advertising and media that kids only eat plain mashed potatoes and pureed stuff from a jar, that's what we think is normal to give them, so that becomes normal to them and they don't want anything else. My nephew eats anything and everything, and ... |
How and why do certain movies look very clean and clear, to the point where you can even see the subtle textures on skin? | There are several reasons but the simplest answer is that Directors of Photography have a large variety of tools at their disposal to modify the look. Lighting, characteristics of the lenses they pick, filters in front and behind the lens, the film stock or sensor they pick, color correction and processing, etc. The lo... |
How do singers from bands like Shinedown not ruin their voices, while singers from other bands like Metallica go on to lose theirs. What makes the difference? | James Hetfield and Jon Bon Jovi are good examples of singers who have adjusted and 'cleaned up' their technique to allow them to keep singing their songs. Brian Johnson from AC/DC is an excellent example of one who has a solid technique behind his rasp but is getting tired as a 68 year old hard rock singer so struggles... |
If hard liquor like gin, vodka and whiskey are said to have no sugar or carbs, how does it impact your insulin levels and weight? Is the former just incorrect? | Sorry, didn't see this mentioned but didn't read it too far. The liver sees alcohol as a poison. As a result, it process the alcohol out of the blood as a high priority. What this means is that it lets the insulin take a back seat. The insulin continues to lower your blood sugar rapidly while the liver is too busy to r... |
What exactly is going on in Greece? | 1. Greece owe a lot of money2. Greece need more money3. The EU are prepared to give it to them if they meet certain conditions4. The Greek government doesn't want to meet the conditions.5. Greece will default and abandon the Euro as currency. |
Why whenever i eat fruits i still feel hungry, but eat fatty foods and feel full. | Fruits are almost entirely water. Leave an tomato slice on your table for a few days and it'll shrivel up into almost nothing. |
Why are 'Lets Play' series so popular? | I primarily watch let's play type videos because you can't really rent videogames or download playable demos anymore. I want to see what the game is about by someone who likes similar games that I enjoy or whose opinion I trust. Plus it lets me to get a peek at different stages of the game without wasting time and mone... |
Why is gas in the US still so high? | Tagging this to see who's willing to explain a complex global commodities market with speculation to a five year old |
Why are we not putting more resources towards converting salt water to drinking water? | The facilities are still expensive to build and to power and maintain. Plus, once you have clean fresh water you still have to transport it enormous distances. Industrial use outpaces people's average drinking needs. So while you'd have to make the freshwater at the coast, you'd have to transport it inland over huge di... |
what causes random itches? | I heard that itching is more contagious than seeing other people yawning and then yawning yourself. I think this is a ploy to make reddit start scratching themselves! |
Why does Venus always seem neglected in terms of research and exploration? | [There's been a few landings] It's just less interesting because it has no potential for supporting life in any form we know of and has minimal potential to ever be settled. |
Why are single-person bathrooms still sex-segregated in many businesses? | Korea has multi-person-unisex bathrooms. The urnials and stall dividers go down to the ground and you just share the sink. Girls walking to and from the stall can see the guy's backside while peeing but that is about it. People are used to it, so no one freaks out.We started segregating because the women insisted on "H... |
Is it possible to walk in a wind with a speed that is higher than our terminal velocity? | Terminal Velocity is reached when the force acting against a falling object equals the gravitational force on that object, so the object is no longer accelerating towards the ground. In order to walk into a 250 mph wind, you have to produce a force greater than the wind in the opposite direction of the wind force. The ... |
Does a vibrating toothbrush actually clean teeth any better than a standard one? | I have tried both electric and manual toothbrushes and 100% my teeth feel way cleaner with the **manual** toothbrush. This may just be my teeth but have used a manual brush for 24 years and have never had a cavity or issues with my teeth. I think most people just don't brush properly with a manual toothbrush and the el... |
- Can anyone please explain how a person can be asexual? | > What is the difference between abstinence and asexuality. Abstinence is a choice, asexuality is an identity. People who abstain still have the drive to engage in whatever it is they're abstaining from, they simply decline to do so. Whereas people who are asexual, in general, don't have the drive to engage in sexual a... |
Why do some people stop liking something when it becomes popular/mainstream? | While there are bandwagon haters, there are few people who jump ship *just because* something's popular now. Popularity can bring with it things that make people turn, or make it seem like people turned on the popular thing: -Over-saturation. It's a good test of just how much a dose people can take of something, assumi... |
Why computers can't generate random numbers | Because you have to tell it what to generate. Creating an algorithim wouldn't be random because in the end, its going to use a sequence of numbers to give you a value. |
Why is it that we can eat a steak rare, but ground beef has to be thoroughly browned? | Germs and stuff are on the outside of pieces of meat, and the insides are relatively clean. When you cook a steak, the outside gets cooked very fast and well, eliminating the risk from any germs there - and since there weren't any on the inside to begin with, no problem. Ground meats get all mixed up, though, so the ou... |
Why are alcoholics so frequently underweight and when alcohol is so high in calories? | Why do you think it's been so long?". They'll either say they don't know but their stomach has been killing them or they'll say it's because they haven't eaten anything for just as long, so we need to figure out it they have a GI problem on top of the alcohol consumption or if they just need lunch.I was recently diagno... |
How does a war neutrality work? For example, why didn't Germany just invade Switzerland and ignore its neutrality? | Taking a neutral stance is really just about convincing a potential aggressor that you won't eventually side with their enemy. Norway claimed neutrality in WW2, but was still invaded because of, i assume, strategic reasons. Long coastline, proximity to the UK. Sweden was also neutral, but did not get invaded. Any count... |
Why can yelp remove reviews for chain restaurants/businesses? Shouldn't they be subject to scrutiny just like small businesses? | I worked in a small non chain restaurant and had an ex co worker get fired for being dumb. Well she went online and basically tried to badmouth the managers and say that they only give out promotions to the waitresses that sleep with them and those chicks that do sleep with them get special treatment. While i agree wit... |
what make our voices sound different and what do "good" singers/voices have that "bad" singers/voices don't, assuming they aren't tone-deaf? | I think the misconception is that people are stuck with the singing voice they've got. When I first started, I sounded awful, like cut your ears off and burn em- but after a couple years of practicing I have greatly improved to the point where I am singing in a band and considering making a career in music. It's all ab... |
What does Ebay and Paypal splitting up actually mean to me as a consumer? | I didn't know they were splitting up, but it could be possible that PayPal will be an option in more shops. |
if basic income means giving the entire population a sum of money. Wouldn’t that just depreciate the dollar and result in overall loss? | The idea is that it would actually save money because most of the government programs that distribute money would no longer be needed. The system wouldn't create new dollars, it would just distribute it differently.The answer depends on how the ubi is funded. If taxes are raised to pay for it, then it will largely cons... |
Why does the radio only go from 88.1-107.9? | That's the range that the government said that radio stations can use. There's lots of services that want to use radio waves; pretty much any wireless device uses them, except maybe your TV remote. So, the government allots certain ranges to different companies and services so that things don't overlap.The FCC only all... |
Even when they don't support you, why must a college student use parents tax returns on the FAFSA until 24 years of age? | Yeah, my mother's credit card debt created a serious problem for me when securing funding, even though I paid my own bills, etc.Too bad this will be buried, but there is a tremendous non-profit organization that will help you identify the best schools and scholarship programs for free. [_URL_2_] Because of this wonderf... |
Why do people sound like their respective gender even if they have a high/low voice? | Having worked in a call center for a year I'm here to tell you: people don't ALWAYS sound like their gender!", 'All of these explanations are of course, probably correct, but I think it comes down to more than that. I think that what you see overrides your hearing. For instance, the voice of Tina in the show "Bob's Bur... |
Why aren't the United States and Russia allies? What are the disagreements/reasons? | I'm in the Army and I can't figure it out really. It used to be because of communism and stuff. Now, not even kidding, it seems like we hate them and them us just defacto, because we both need a mutual enemy equivalent to each other militarily. It's almost Orwellian. I mean Russia's in Syria taking out ISIS now and my ... |
Who decides what rate of fire a fully-automatic gun will have? What are the main concerns there? Are there noteworthy differences between various firearms? | While I can't speak for the gun manufacturing industry, I do know that faster firing weapons tend to jam more easily. This is because you need to fire the round, eject it, and load a new one all in a very short period of time to function as a fully automatic weapon. If the gun shoots too fast, the extractor may not be ... |
What happened to 'Google Glass'? | It's refocusing on non-consumer needs. Like business and medicine. There's a dental implant company that uses google glass so a dentist can check the handpiece speed and other info without taking their eyes off the patient. _URL_0_ I think it has the capacity to be used in this way in medicine. Looking at the patients ... |
What exactly are "phantom vibrates"? | My kitchen is directly beneath my bedroom and sometimes when i'm at dinner i actually hear the vibration of a text/call. I'll run upstairs and sometimes i actually do have one, but other times it's nothing yet i swear i heard it. Also i wear a lot of skirts/pants without pockets so i usually hold my phone in place unde... |
Why is it considered racist for voting booths to require photo IDs in the US? | I wouldn't really say that it's a racist policy as much as a classist policy; people who don't have ID's generally are poorer. Some would say though that because a great proportion of the poor are minorities, it's an attack against them. Either way, it's often seen as a political maneuver of some conservatives, because... |
Why are magnetic stripes still on credit/debit cards in the UK? | Essentially because it costs nothing to have them still on there just in case. Also , ATMs use them as another method of card verification. |
How do 2.5d shooters like Wolfenstein and Doom work? | > How do they manage to create a 3d looking environment with 2d sprites, that can be viewed from all 8 directions? They don't. Sprites are only for separate objects: monsters, items, barrels and the likes. Rooms, walls, doors, are projected surfaces much alike how modern 3D games work. The difference is the number of s... |
why don’t you hear about the history of Africa before colonialism? | I did. But I went to school in Southern Africa and did African history as part of my O levels as well as modern European history which included Russian history and the second world war. When I moved back to the UK I realised I knew nothing about UK history from the middle ages etc. I think countries tend to focus more ... |
how do we know what animals see? | Humans have 3 different kinds of cones in their eyes. Cones detect color and ours detect red, green and blue . Dogs only have 2 kinds of cones, so they have more difficulty differentiating colors, like a colorblind person would. And then there's the mantis shrimp, which has 16 kinds of cones, imagine the shit they can ... |
If someone goes to jail for something that later becomes legal, are they then released? | Depends on the country but I believe that you would be able to apply to the courts to be released however realistically anything that is insignificant enough to have the law changed you wouldn't be sent to jail and anything large enough to send somebody to jail they punish you for multiple charges so you can't get out ... |
What makes anyone feel confident that there is life elsewhere? | 1) assume life happens without divide intervention. 2) learn conditions required for life to exist. 3) look for other planets that match our known requirements for life We have found a lot of plants so far that have the possibility to contain liquid water. And seeing as we only found the first exoplanet 20 years ago it... |
Why are the new army uniforms pixelated? What's the logic behind that? | Maybe it's just me, but when I was deployed not one situation arose that I had to rely on my camouflage to keep me from being seen. Seriously, what's the point in trying to hide while doing PMCS on my humvee or walking to the dining facility? |
How do people chug entire bottles of alcohol (750ml) without overdosing or getting alcohol poisoning? | shoenice checks into the hospital and gets his stomach pumped after serious chugging videos so he doesn't die. i just have a feeling that's who this question is about. |
Meta: Why does it seem like the same questions get asked every hour? | This is a default sub. Defaults attract the masses, and the masses tend to be rather impulsive and daft. If there's a Bitcoin story on the front page, expect half a dozen questions about Bitcoin because - user sees Front, sees story about it - user comes here to see if there's an explanation - no thread, user assumes i... |
What happens inside of our body when we take medicine that is not necessarily needed? | Just get some melatonin from any pharmacy, that's what your body already naturally makes to make you fall asleep |
Why don't websites use Java or HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash for videos and other interactive content? | Workflow and tools. Hate it or loathe it, Flash has been around for a long while, and was the basic standard for introducing any kind of rich media or interactive content in your sites. Adobe produced a solid, mostly practical tool chain for it, and a lot of people learned how to use it, both to build full Flash sites,... |
How can Russia 'kick' US astronauts out of the ISS, if its an international project? | Short-sighted government stopped man space flight in our country so we have to hitch rides with the Russians. But, now they aren't our friends and we have no way into space.Russians own the car and control the road trip. |
How are advances in computers and technology made so consistently? | Actually there are. Back in the 60's A guy named Moore came up with this theory and was able to prove it that every two years, the number of transistors that can be placed on a circuit doubles. Transistors being the core component of computing we've been able to create better, faster computers by putting more chips on ... |
What exactly is happening when someone comes in from outside and smells like "cold" | I'm gonna GUESS partly due to ozone due to static electricity due to less humidity in the winter that produces part of the smell. Maybe part of it just a little? |
What exactly are taxi cab medallions and why are they so expensive? | In NYC, you do get an actual medallion that you're required to screw onto the hood of your cab. _URL_0_ |
how are there fat cops. | Work at a police dept . In most places you never have to re-qualify. I'd say about 25% of the officers I've seen are overweight. Of them, probably 50% of them COULD still pass the requirements, 25% are women and the other 25% couldn't pass. So, by my estimation, at any given dept of a decent size there about 6.25% of o... |
Why does it seem like there are more single men than single women? | Because everybody wants shit they can't have. There are plenty of single girls you will never see even when they are right in front of your face. What you really mean is why don't all the hot girls u see want you.\r\rThe jealousy answers a lot of that question I'm no great looker but I've done well on the gf front many... |
What parts of human society use the most oil? Are there some things that will never be replaced? (Like fertilizer production) | Just about everything can be replaced, the question is price. Fertilizer production doesn't require oil. It requires a way to make ammonia, and natural gas is currently a cheap way to do that. Most things that actually require liquid hydrocarbons can run on artificial inputs created using Fischer–Tropsch or similar pro... |
if every person's genome is unique, where along the umbilical cord does the mother's genome end and the child's begin? | > The cells in the placenta, like all nucleated cells, contain DNA. The placenta is derived from fetal cells, with a contribution from the lining of the mother’s uterus. These maternal cells are called decidual cells, because like leaves falling in autumn from deciduous trees, these cells fall away with the placenta wh... |
Why are natural sugars such as fruits not unhealthy to eat, but sugars from juice, soda, or candy are? | it's less about what and more about how much. 1 can of soda contains 39grams of sugar. 1 medium orange contains 12 grams of sugar. 1 medium apple contains 19 grams sugar. so for a single can of soda, you're eating about 3 apples or oranges. |
How did we just run out of IPv4 addresses | It's a finite number. There is a set range from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255. Some ranges are off limits for public usage as they're reserved for LAN use or defaults handed out when an IP cannot be obtained . Once they're all assigned, we're out. |
Why didn't Germany or their allied nations have much insurgency after the world wars? | Most people in Europe just wanted to go back to living 'normal' lives again, and thanks to the Marshal plan, reciprocations expected from Germany and Italy were far less harsh. The economy in western controlled regions rebounded fast. As you can imagine, a population that just saw their society get leveled to the groun... |
Why do I need to take Acidophilus on a regular basis? | I'm not expert, but I've been informed by a pharmacist friend that the bacteria in your gut can get out of balance . There are probably many ways this can happen but for me it's usually if I eat some questionable food. The acidophilus is made up of the good type of bacteria your body expects to have, and helps to rebal... |
why isn't the calendar system remade to have months of equal length? | There have been several attempts to make this happen. [Here] is a wikipedia page about it. In short it boils down to superstition and it doesn't divide properly into quarters, shitting up the financial industry/businesses/etc.Mostly because the current calendar is mathematically close enough to being perfect, and chang... |
How can someone have both near-sightedness and far-sightedness? | That is kind of like saying if it hasn't rained for weeks, you are safe from a flood, because they should cancel out. Your eye focuses by using tiny muscles to make the lens flatter or rounder. When it is flattened, you can focus on distant object, when it is round, near things. The issues that prevent the lens from fl... |
Shanghai's air pollution. | I'm not sure if this is what's causing their problem, but a temperature inversion can trap a city's pollution in a valley when it usually blows away. |
After intestinal surgery, does the doctor need to put your intestines back exactly how they were before? Why/why not? | 13 Yr. Veterinarian Technician checking in ~ We do intestinal surgery quite often, along with internal surgeries in general. The intestines do just go right back in and they will go back in place wherever they want to go. It may sound strange, but that's it. |
Is human breast milk better for us then cow milk and goat milk? | Babies can not break down cows milk like we can. Formula is mostly milk, correct, but some babies, like mine, are highly sensitive to milk protein and therefore it makes them extremely sick. Also, the chemical composition of breastmilk changes depending on the baby's needs. When the baby feeds more, more hindmilk is be... |
what is the reasoning behind repealing the nutritional standards for school lunches? | It's cheaper? That seems to be a valid reason in some people's mind", 'High School student hereThe healthy food is disgusting and not filling. No one wants to pay for that. |
Why are trains still not fully automatic but the world talks about fully autonom cars? | There are a multitude of reasons why trains aren't fully automated yet. One being economies of scale: You need one train driver for hundreds of people or tons of goods. So per person or per ton the salary for a train driver isn't really that high opposed to a fully automated system that needs to be maintained . Now loo... |
Why were people angry at people who voted for Ralph Nader for diluting the votes for Al Gore in the 2000 Presidential elections? | Well Nader and Gore were both considered left-leaning politicians, so the two of them are sharing the same general voting populace. People who tend to vote for Bush would rarely consider voting for Nader. What these accusations are referring to is something known as the [Spoiler Effect], where votes for one part of the... |
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