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Why is it necessary for a programmer to manually find an error instead of the computer being able to find the mistake? | Computers actually do fix SOME kinds of bugs automatically. Syntax errors, similar to spelling or grammar errors in a spoken language, can often be easily be fixed by computers. The big problem with having a computer try to fix a bug for you is that it doesn't know what you want. Most of these bugs are called logic bug... |
Why VGA connectors need to be screwed in when HDMI and others don't need to? | Because of the pins. The screws prevent the connector from accidentally twisting and bending the pins inside. HDMI connectors don't use pins that can bend, so that's not an issue. |
why was greek culture chosen for fraternities/sororities? | As a person from the UK I'd be interested in finding out about what fraternities are and what goes on in them |
Why don't online dating sites try to pair up people with similar IQs? | Similar IQs don't automatically lead to suitable personality matching, high IQ societies like mensa are notorious for infighting.And what do you think colleges are for? |
How do companies like PayPal and other money transaction sites take off? | PayPal started without credit card transactions. It was all bank transfer your money into PayPal's bank account to be able to pay it easily on the web. They were acting as a checking account. It wasn't until much later when they partnered with eBay and became the defacto online payment system. |
What causes the urge to overshare personal issues with strangers rather than talking to someone close to you? | Many reasons, I guess. Situational/not intentional - if a stranger or situation stirred some very strong emotions, it's hard to not express them in some way, which can lead to oversharing. Intentional - fear of rejection and exclusion by a significant figure in life. |
How close is science to developing a way to teleport? | We would need a breakthrough, or five, in data storage. Another 2 or 3 breakthroughs in imaging. Then 3 to 4 breakthroughs in molecular assembly. That is assuming the teleportation method involves capturing an image of someone at the molecular scale, storing that information, sending that information, then using the in... |
Does cannibalism cause you to get really sick? (Walking Dead question) | I know of at least one interesting disease attributed to cannibalism. My favorite is kuru disease _URL_0_ tl;dr: This funky folded protein in the brain would cause people in tribes from Papua New Guinea to go in to laughing fits and have tremors and die after eating the brains of their deceased tribe members. After the... |
If there's a full moon on Christmas 2015 and there hasn't been one since 1977, how can there be one again so soon in 2034? | For the record, here's the full moons which fall on Christmas Day , over the 250 years beginning 1900 * 1901-12-25T12:15:49 * 1920-12-25T12:38:12 * 1977-12-25T12:49:02 * 2015-12-25T11:11:28 * 2034-12-25T08:54:13 * 2053-12-25T09:22:32 * 2072-12-25T07:14:33 * 2091-12-25T21:58:48 * 2129-12-25T14:46:35 * 2148-12-25T07:05:3... |
Why does everyone hate nickelback (the band) so much? | Why do people [keep asking this]? Even though it's been dozens of times over and is completely against the rules.Be honest Are you a member of nickelback? |
What would happen if the world stopped spinning? | I'm somewhat surprised nobody has brought up conservation of energy yet. The first and by far biggest problem that would occur if the earth stopped spinning would be the law of conservation of energy. Earth has a literally astronomical amount of kinetic energy stored in its spin, like a flywheel. If earth were to stop ... |
If Valve went bankrupt, what would happen to all of my games on Steam? | You'd lose them all. It happened many times in the past with various DRM systems. People who count on games still working are ignoring this history. |
Who at the airline is actually empowered to give you compensation to be bumped from a flight and how do they determine how high they will go to get you off the flight? | The airline will make an offer, and no one will take it. Then they'll make a higher offer, and no one will take it. Then they'll make a higher offer, and *still* no one will take it. First person who bites gets the money and is bumped off; you then get to haggle out the specifics. The trick, though, is that to get the ... |
How is it economical for the USA to get so much produce from Mexico and South America when so much is grown in California, Florida, etc.? | In and around the Bay Area counties there is a staggering amount of production, but the cost of quality farmland is ridonkulous. The zones closer to urban areas tend to grow high dollar crops, like wine grapes, because the land is more expensive there. Not many useful food crops though, like grains, because you need lo... |
If I put vodka into my coffee machine instead of water, what would change in the brewing process and what would come out on the other side? | It won't work. Most of the alcohol will boil off, and whats left of the vodka will not go very well with coffee . Mixing already made coffee and vodka is still a winner though. I'd also recommend trying rum or whisky too. There are plenty of drinks that are made particularly for coffee, such as Kaluah or Baileys. |
What exactly makes Derek Jeter such a legend? | New York is the center of sports media, and Jeter has been the center of the Yankees for years. Ipso facto, Jeter is fellated. If he played in StL or KC he'd be another Barry Larkin - a HoF but not able to walk on water. Since he plays for the NYY, he is able to have his socks sold for $411/sock. |
How are internet ads still profitable, considering there're so many of them and no one pays attention to them? | ALMOST no one pays attention to them. Some people do. If it weren't making money for the people who buy the ads, there would be no ads. If you wish ads would go away, never, ever click them, not even if it's for something you actually want. |
Why do adults puke less when sick when compared to kids? | One of my children is 3 yrs old, we've all got the stomach flu right now and she is puking at the same rate as the rest of us. However, unlike a year ago she can now puke into a bucket. This may be the happiest sick day of my life. |
The Victorian prevalence of fainting, such that they needed fainting couches and fainting rooms. | Victorian styles involved tight corsets to greatly reduce the size of the waist. When you cinch the waist [this much], or [this much] it also reduces lung capacity. When lung capacity is so restricted it's much easier to shift to insufficient oxygen supply to the brain with what would otherwise be only a minor change. |
Why are spiders so terrifying compared to similarly sized and similarly dangerous animals? | It's just propaganda, mixed with some level of instinctive aversion to all small crawly things. But I doubt that instinct distinguishes between spiders and similar insects. The creepiness of spiders in particular is a result of lots of people telling you they are scary your whole life. |
What exactly did John Oliver do in the latest episode of Last Week Tonight by forgiving $15 million in medical debt? | He bought distressed debt. The people with these debts were viewed as unlikely to ever repay them. In a lot of cases this debt would've been dismissed in bankruptcy. The financial institution from which the debt was bought thought that they could expect something over 60k in repayment on the amount over an extended tim... |
What would it feel like if the Earth stopped spinning, but continued to circle the sun? | We won't be around to feel it. The momentum will toss every last one of us to an almost instantaneous death. |
Why do so many people still visit Dubai if the general consensus is that the country is violating human rights on a daily basis? | Because they don't violate the human rights of rich tourists. They cater to their every need and usher them to most flashy restaurants, activities, hotels, etc. Despite the government's policies, Dubai is still a really interesting place to go see, with crazy architecture, huge shows of wealth, etc. This attracts peopl... |
What would happen if one the worlds super powers (China) just randomly decided to invade a country like New Zealand. | To me, the Chinese build like I build my Civ V empire. I build all settlers and get a mass populous with a rocking economy. Then when its time for war I switch over all the production to military units. Sure they don't have the naval war power now.. but I bet they could pretty fast if they switched over all production ... |
Why don't we use the concept of licenses more to prevent irresponsible/untrained people from doing things that require responsibility/training, like voting or parenting? | You're comparing basic human rights with privilege. Just as innocents are put to death because of a flawed legal system, good parents would fall through the cracks and be denied children and vice versa. And of course, rich people would have a stark advantage. My girlfriend's parents would have failed any test by the wa... |
How does tap water remain safe to drink after traveling miles and miles in old pipes underground? | It doesn't always remain clean. For example [In Winnipeg sediment in water pipes caused higher iron and manganese levels] If the water is clean the pipes should stay clean unless there is a break somewhere. If the pipes get dirty the high pressure water will clean it out. |
How does "buying"/"naming" a star work? | Anyone can make a list of stars. Star naming/buying companies just ~~make their own~~ take an existing list and charge you to name a star on it. Astronomers already have plenty of lists of star names that they use that are accepted by the International Astronomical Union . These tend to be a simple naming format, usual... |
Can someone explain the idea of splitting shares in regard to the stock market? | Your company is owned by the public in 5,000 shares at $10 a share. You split each share in half, making 10,000 shares at $5 a share. Now, you can have more people owning a bit of your company. But since you couldn't just double the value of your company arbitrarily, each share is worth less . The benefits are that you... |
How does European holiday work? | It wouldn't be feasible on a national level, but it used to be quite common when a town was dominated by one industry. It made sense for a factory to close entirely for two weeks rather than work around different people taking holiday throughout the summer. Local suppliers would then also shut down for those two weeks ... |
Why do some people have middle names? | I have a middle name, it's the name of my grandfather on my mothers side of family. It is kind of a tradition in our family and it should honor him and his name. It's Günter by the way. |
Why do boxers hug each other in the middle of a fight? | Defense. It is hard to punch someone when they are hugging you, called clinching in boxing. And once in the clinch, boxers are hesitant to leave, because they are exposed to the other boxer's punches as they separate. That's why they will often wait for the referee to separate them. |
Why do domesticated cats hate water, when dogs love it. | Cats are pretty much self-domesticated and most of them didn't like water. But there's one breed that loves water more than most, the Turkish Van. [Turkish Van kittens purring in the pool] [Turkish Van just wading poolside] |
Why sometimes if I haven't had enough sleep and I go to do something or talk to a family member, do I get the feeling like nothing is real? | I've had the feeling that things are physically way farther away than they really are The TV will look tiny etc.. But if I get up and move, it goes away. No real pattern that I can see of when it happens and it might occur once per year. Sort of the same? |
Why are death row inmates allowed to choose their final meal? | Also to add, many states are doing away with last meals. Texas abolished it after an inmate ordered 4-5 fancy dishes and did not eat any of it. It's an idea that persists in popular culture.I read an article once that compiled some famous serial killers last meal requests. Pie is a big one, they always wanted pie. |
Why hasn't AIDS spread through the country, through mosquito bites? | The HIV virus isn't able to survive the mosquito's digestive system and get into its saliva.Mosquitoes usually only bite a single person, so in order to spread a disease, the disease has to survive in the mosquito all the way until it lays eggs and then the new generation of mosquitoes bite someone. Very few diseases l... |
Why can extreme stress cause a psychotic episode? | Neuropsychologist here! Generally speaking, extreme stress may result in a dissociative episode, which may have some psychotic features, but actual brief psychotic episodes caused by stress alone are pretty rare. You'd usually need some contributing factors, like drug use, or family history, or perhaps dehydration or m... |
Why can't cancer be cured by removing the infected organ then replacing it with a donor's organ? | In addition to all the other good reasons mentioned, there are already massive waiting lists for organs. People die regularly while waiting for a transplant. There simply aren't enough to go around. |
Why don't they just piece by piece pick up the parts of Titanic and then reconstruct it on the land for viewing? | It would be a hugely expensive operation with little real benefit. Sure, we could do it, but a salvage operation of that scale would take some funding. Then would be the question of where to put it. Do you take it to New York, where it was supposed to be going, or take it back to the UK? Once you've decided where in th... |
Ok, what does that pedestrian crossing button really do ? | It tells the traffic light controller that a pedestrian wants to cross, of course. Depending on the intersection, it may initiate a pedestrian crossing phase in the very next part of the light cycle, in a *particular* part of the *next* light cycle, or nothing at all. It's entirely up to the whim of whoever decides on ... |
What makes plastic surgery look so obviously overdone? | You notice 100% of the flaws, and 0% of the successes. Obviously you'll think that most surgeries look bad. |
Steps to Take Before Getting Rid of An Old Desktop Computer | You only need to destroy the hard drive completely. Disassemble the hard drive ; take out the disks and just melt them at a metal workshop . Check if there are any removable drives inside and remove them . There isn't much else.Boot into a Linux Distro like Ubuntu using a burned CD or a USB-stick using Unetbootin. Now ... |
what's happening to China's stock market and what's the implication? | Like all bubbles it popped. From all accounts the market was very inflated. When that happens corrections eventually occur, and that's what we're seeing here. The good news is that China's relative financial isolation means that it's not *directly* impacting many outside China. We'll have to wait to see what the indire... |
Why is it okay for musicians to perform the works of other musicians (cover songs) but not okay for stand-up comedians to use the jokes of other comedians? | Spain here. From time to time some comedians do 'covers' of deceased comedians' shows, specially those who were very popular after Franco's death |
Who is buying smart phones on eBay for $10k to $35k? There are hundreds of SOLD auctions. | I've never sold on eBay so I'm not entirely sure how it works/if this is true. But I've read that some sellers will re-list items with an insane markup after selling them for a reasonable price to get ratings. So like you have 50 copies of some book, you sell several for $5 then mark up the rest to $100. Some people wi... |
why can't there be cars that look as cool as lambos, but with cheap components to make them as cheap as a regular Honda | There are plenty. It's just people go by price in rating them cool. a Honda S2000 is every bit as sleek as a Jaguar, but since it's way cheaper, people see it as cheaper. |
What makes Poker more than a game of luck? | There's a lot of reasoning and strategy behind betting. Not only your own strats, you also have to try and read the other player's moves . In the latter one, bluffing and deception can influence the outcome. On top of all that there's the luck of the draw and random chance Makes for a great game |
Ghettos and how lawlessness goes unpunished | I typed out a pretty long reply to this, but having grown up in the ghetto, I realized I couldn't give an unbiased response. So I'll try and keep this as simple and objective as possible. The reason for the lawlessness is that people do not trust the police. There is a dichotomy in the ghetto where the police are seen ... |
When did female breasts become a body part of sexual nature and why? | There's a theory that suggests breasts were evolved to attract male mates since they're jiggly and eye catching. Females with breasts could have just as easily had large flat male-like nipples for milk production since the fat in the breast does nothing but add mass. Some women with small breast sizes already do, and i... |
Since Poppy seed false positives in drug tests come from morphine/codeine levels in urine, is any of that morphine or codeine actually entering the bloodstream in a way that affects the brain? | Eating not so much, you'll likely get sick before you get high. And anyone saying you need pounds is either using bunk seeds or has an astronomical tolerance. I'm citing years of experience. Anything you find in supermarkets are going to be a waste. This habit has been gaining momentum in the past decade and shopliftin... |
Why do the wrinkles in our body disappear right when we're about to die? | I've been in health care for 12 years. Almost 10 of which was spent in nursing homes. I now work in the ER and have been for close to a year now. I have seen all ages, races, and genders pass on from many different causes. As I'm righting this it has been less than 13hrs from the last time I've seen a body. That all be... |
Why do employers require prior experience for positions that require prior experience to obtain in the first place? | Requirements are inflated to both limit the number of applicants, and it also has the side-effect of being an implicit test of the applicant's self-confidence. |
How do time zones work? Did we just pick grids and get other countries to agree? | Countries set their own local times however they want, but their choices usually take the form of time zones, which are simply large portions of earth coordinated to be at the same time for the use of society, commerce, etc. Today, time zones are specified as offsets to a single extremely accurate reference time, calle... |
Why are fiber-optic connections faster? Don't electrical signals move at the speed of light anyway, or close to it? | Imagine a stretch of road, for sake of argument it is 1km long, the road represents our fibre or copper link. People travelling along the road are the bits of data. Lets say there are 1000 people we want to get from one end to the other. The problem is the road has only a single lane and each person must go in a separa... |
How has the food situation in Venezuela become to be as bad as it is? | Things, including food, exist if they get produced. They get produced if people produce them. People produce them if they have a reason to do it ─ generally speaking, people do it because they want reasonable monetary compensation for the goods and services they provide others. The Venezuelan government, because of its... |
when people snort drugs where do they go? | We have a lot of mucus in our nasal cavities, so basically anything that is water soluble will dissolve and be absorbed into the surface vessels. The rest will be swallowed or blown out with our mucus, the same way environmental dust is. Some probably ends up in the lungs, but as far as I'm aware it's not significant e... |
Do blind people see black, or just nothing? | Also interesting enough to note they don't think or dream with colors or images. According to [this] AMA they dream and think in smells and sounds. Also, a blind friend I have told me he thinks almost exclusively in sound, like his thoughts are a book being read aloud in his mind.I think it really depends on HOW they b... |
Why do clouds fly? | The water isn't connected in a single body like you see in lake for example. Each droplet or ice crystal is small enough that the forces that act upon it allow it move against the force of gravity. The movement of the air in the atmosphere pulls the water up and up which causes it to spread out. And boom, cloud. Also t... |
Why is Wikipedia so bad to use as a source but a random website isn't | A teacher isn't going to accept a random website as a legitimate source of information either. It needs to be credible |
Human freedoms in America. What are some daily life examples of differences between the freedoms of Joe from London to Joey from New York? | As far as personal liberties go, the US and Western Europe are very similar on a day to day basis. There may be some extreme situations where they differ, but I doubt it would be much to think about. If you really want to see a stark contrast in personal liberties, you would have to go elsewhere in the world. Most of A... |
How do we know the concepts of mind and thoughts are "located" in our brains? | All the wiring for our sensory inputs lead to the brain. Not to mention brainsurgeons have cause many mental traumas due to brain pieces removal. And the number one reason, if you remove the brain, we can't think anymore |
If you're not supposed to ever button up the lowest button of a suit, why do they exist? | Do you wear polo shirts? Do you ever button up the top button? If you do, then don't. It just looks good to have the button there and not use it. It's like being really buff and being able to beat up anyone but always being cool and getting along with everyone. Bottom line, it would look weird if the button wasn't ther... |
Why can't movies/TVs use proper/real search engines? | Pc's are one of the the most common tools of the worker. Not showing real OS/browsers would be like movies in the 1940's making fictional toolsets to work on things, or having fake phones in offices.I often ask this question when I see someone on TV using bing |
Why does being warm make us drowsy, whereas being cold makes us alert ? | Because we don't wanna die. You want your body temperature to stay regulated. If you are too hot, your body wants to sleep to stop using its muscles and generating heat. If you are cold, your body wants to stay awake and move around so you can keep your body warm.Is it weird that I have the opposite effect, I feel dras... |
Why do some countries find tipping offensive? | Imagine that you came from a culture in which it was customary for guys to give some money to women they had a one night stand with so that the woman could get home safely, and so you just do it as a matter of course. Now imagine going to a country which doesn't have this and how the woman would feel if you threw a cou... |
Why haven't humans evolved to have a higher
pain threshold? | When we think we're in danger, our pain thresholds increase anyways. If you're in a remote place and you've broken your leg, the most important thing to do is to FIX YOUR LEG. Your body tells you about pain because it doesn't want you to hurt yourself even more than you already have.Just rephrasing what's been said alr... |
Why is it so hard to start a work out, but after I'm finished I feel so good? | When you start to work out your muscles send a lot of pain signals to your brain. This is why it sucks so much when you start. But section of your midbrain that kicks in and releases endorphins a neuro-transmitter to dull the pain sensation from your body. That's why after you've been working out for a bit it isn't so ... |
How are computer or phone components increasing their processing power so much almost every two three years? How close are we to reaching the peak or seeing a massive improvement? | It depends on what you mean by peak or improvement. There are improvements all around. Faster modems, faster connections between parts of the computer, faster graphics processing, faster general chips. For instance, your phone's CPU is pretty fast, but the modem is not that fast. 5G modems are going to make your phone ... |
Why would a machine, given all the information of a single instance in time, not be able to predict the past or the future? | [This video] by Derek from Veritassium and Michael from VSauce is exactly what you're looking for. |
LI5 how/why Rome switched to Christianity? | The official story of Constantine's dreams of angelic visits is just a cute misdirectlion. To be honest, the persecution of Christians and the change to persecution of pagans was all politics and power and money and had very little to do with general acceptance of religious beliefs. Christianity became beneficial to th... |
Why is Dubai so rich? | Largely because of natural resources. The UAE, the country Dubai is a part of made $101 billion from the export of oil in 2011 according to OPEC. Dubai is also trying to diversify into financial services and tourism. Basically, what has made other countries in the region successful or not is whether they're sitting on ... |
How does someone discover a new mathematic? | I just saw a documentary on Einstein. Issac Newton defined gravity. But Einstein set out to prove gravity doesn't exist. He did this by imagining what happens to gravity in an elevator. We “feel” the force of gravity only because we are on a surface that is accelerating, and gives us more weight. Remove that surface, o... |
Wouldn't increasing the minimum wage just cause shops and manufactures to raise their prices? | Increasing the minimum wage only increases prices and so on to the extent that the prices were paying *minimum-wage* workers' wages. If you buy something from SwankyCorp who employs 100 people at $1million/year and a single janitor at minimum wage, bumping that janitor's wage up is going to have basically no effect on ... |
If I picked up a young child, who weighs 50 pounds, why does it feel lighter than picking up a dumbbell of the same weight? | Are you truly concerned with picking up the weight as much as holding the weight because there is a difference? And the method of picking up the weight will make a big difference. * If you pick the up either the child or dumbbell with extended arms and hands it will seem to weight more than if you picked it up by huggi... |
why does the GOP hate President Barrack Obama more than any other Democratic leader in recent history? | You can view [Gallup's] historic poll numbers. If you compare Obama and Clinton's approval rating amongst Republicans you can see that Obama is generally lower, but Clinton's numbers were never very good either. Add in Bush's approval rating amongst Democrats and you'll see that near the end of his term Bush was just a... |
Why do people get angry over undocumented immigrants "taking jobs" rather than the people/companies that hire them? | Because some people are incredibly stupid. Honestly, I have never in my life EVER competed for a job against an illegal immigrant, and for any American who have been here for generations, to lose getting a job to an illegal immigrant who most likely has a very low level education, little to no comprehension of the Engl... |
To what extent do judges need to "act surprised" in cases such as the review of the travel ban? | I think, I'm not sure, your wondering how an appellate courts work. So, the 9th circuit is heard oral arguments last night on the ban. Before they heard arguments each side submitted briefs to the court. So before they ever get to oral arguments the court gets to see each sides theory. The briefs are considerably more ... |
When you are constantly sleeping short hours, you feel alright in the morning. However, then when you have proper sleep you feel more tired instead of refreshed. | I have a terrible time with insomnia. Sometimes I get up after only sleeping a couple of hours. Then a week later I have a good nights sleep and I'm exhausted all day you would think it would be the opposite. Frustrating as hell. |
Why is there no pleasure response towards protein like there is towards fat or sugar? | Not sure if that's true. Yes, I do have plenty of cravings for sweets, but when I'm too hungry sweets is not something my body desires, I actually often crave meat , it's just a completely different type of craving", 'Not true at all. The tongue has taste receptors for the amino acid glutamatic acid which is found in a... |
Is there any way a soldier can disobey orders on moral grounds? | In the military this generally only works in immediate terms. If some E7 tells you to do some shady, bullshit task, as long as it isn't some shit like MURDER , most of the time it's just easier to do it knowing that he'll catch shit if things go wrong. It sounds messed up, but when this happens numerous times over year... |
If the US was attacked with a long-ranged ballistic nuke by a foreign nation, would we be equipped to disarm it before landfall and how does this technology work? | Mutually Assured Destruction takes care of it honestly Even the craziest places with Nuclear potential that would be most likely to dumb enough to do it could be completely stone aged with 10 or 15 nukes. Whereas you'd have to launch a LOT at America to really take it out of commission. The countries that have larger a... |
When people sing in a tonal language (like Chinese), how do they keep the tones in their voice? | I'm not entirely sure, since I speak basic Cantonese but I don't know the full lyrics of most Cantonese songs, but from what I know a good song will take the tones of the words into account and reflect that in the melody. Eg. ascending lines/leaps match rising tones and descending lines match ending of sentences. I've ... |
How are online credit card transactions considered safe when the merchants solicit information that they can use to make purchases elsewhere? | You want to give Billy 4 baseball cards in exchange for the 20 new Pokemon cards he has. Now Billy is a few years older than you, and you don't exactly trust Billy to not just punch you when you show up and take all your cards, not to mention you don't have time to run and get the cards before school's over. Likewise B... |
Why does it cost $12 to send ACT scores and under $3 for websites like Parchment to send a transcript- the entire 4 years of high school? | A big part of the reason is because they can. College Board has a near monopoly on standardized testing, so they can set the fees to be as low or as high as they want Since people are willing to pay those $12 to get the results, College Board will charge that -- it doesn't often make good business sense to be altruisti... |
Why does homosexuality exist? | One theory I remember being brought up is that it's a natural population control mechanism. When a species' population swells, this trait gets more prevalent. I'll try to find a citation. EDIT: [Here's] something. Nothing concrete, but then it's all hypothetical right now.Because genetics don't work like that. A single... |
How are there places where the desert meets the ocean, like in Saudi Arabia? | You'll find that deserts hug cold water currents. These cold water currents do not evaporate nearly as much and therefore do not precipitate as much, which forces deserts. |
Why if I drink salt water will I become dehydrated, but if im dehydrated they will give me an IV of a Sodium Chloride mixture? | Surprised I haven't seen a fully correct answer yet. In the hospital the standard approach is to give isotonic saline which means the salt water has roughly the same osmolarity as your body fluid . The main idea is that it's important to first restore blood volume. Isotonic saline won't cause your cells to swell or shr... |
What the fuck is happening to my brain in this gif. | Holy crap, that was horrible. But I watched for a long time, until I started seeing yellow and purple squares. My eyes still feel like they're crossed. |
Why is it so rare to sneeze while we're asleep? | You can't smell in your sleep, therefore it's much more difficult for something to irritate your nose and trigger a sneeze.This is such an awesome question. I figured people with allergies do sneeze or react the same while sleeping. What is it! |
how does the sun's heat reach us if there's so little matter to transfer it in space? | Light! Or more specifically and accurately, radiation. These things don't require a medium like convection or conduction, and aren't material dependent like transmission of sound. |
Why do countries like Russia make foreigners register at hotel so they can "track their movements"? | I'm a native born U.S. citizen and if I want to check into any motel or hotel room I need a valid form of I.D. Most developed countries do this to prevent criminals from being able to evade authorities using usual accommodations.Pretty common in all countries. A visitor coming into the US is also required to register a... |
If a king of one country marries the queen of another, how does this affect inheritance of their kingdoms? | It depends on a lot of things, most importantly succession laws. It's also worth noting that just because you're a count/duke/king/emperor it doesn't mean that you're the ruler. For example, if you marry to the King, you become a Queen but not the ruler. If the King dies, you're still a Queen, yet you're still not the ... |
With a sample size of over 7.125 billion people, how is it possible we all have unique fingerprints? | They don't have to be globally unique. Everyone has ten fingers*. * *Nearly* everyone, OK. |
How are new laws always being passed, are we supposed to know about every new law being passed? | The reality is there is no way for any reasonable person to be able to keep up with all new laws. Some states will pass over 1000 laws in one year. How is someone supposed to keep track of that? That's just on the state level, not to mention the federal level. New laws are passed to address specific issues, or to give ... |
Why do some species (e.g. salmon) die after mating once? | You know how I finally managed to swim farther than my brother? I held nothing in for the way back. It wouldn't make sense if every salmon only had one baby before dying. That would be a huge risk for very little profit. But salmon make a long journey away from the ocean to lay thousands of eggs in the best possible pl... |
why the Oregon Trail game was so prevalent in schools in the 1980s. | In order to play games in school labs, they had to be educational. Oregon Trail was a rare educational game that didn't completely suck. |
Why have we not build a space station on the moon to explore further? | Not sure but unless they have a fully fledged stockpile of resources to build with on the moon you still have to launch all those materials up to the moon and then build the base and then launch the constructed rocket again from the moon to wherever. You also have to send a bunch of people up there and pay them mucho $... |
IF Adam Sandler movies are so bad and people hate them, how does he get money to make new ones? | I genuinely enjoy Adam Sandler's movies usually They're pretty easy to watch- funny in a juvenile way- often have some sort of heart warming message. And the consistent casts are comforting, like an old pair of pants. |
How do the GPS-satellites handle all the traffic from GPS-enabled device? | GPS Satellites are constantly transmitting down 'time-data' Your device doesn't send GPS data, only receives it. Your GPS enabled device finds 3 or more satellites.Because you are a different distance from each satellite, there will be a delay in the 'time-data' received from each satellite. This information is used to... |
Why do the colors on an LED laptop screen go negative when viewed at a certain angle? | The way an LCD Screen works is: 1. Light goes through a polarizer. 2. Polarized light goes through the liquid crystal witch changes the polarization depending on the voltage applied and the distance traveled through the crystal. 3. The light goes through a 2nd polarizer witch filters out light depending on it's polariz... |
What makes computer monitors better than HDTVs for use as desktop displays? | I don't know about Macs, but Windows by default will actually scale the size of the image down over HDMI , adding black borders to the image and making it look blurred. This is because some TVs supposedly by default will overscan even though the input is 1080 and the native resolution of the TV is also 1080. I know, it... |
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