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If you went to prison, but then fell into a coma and miraculously woke up when your sentence ended. Would you have served your time? | Been in a coma. I'd take the good ol' regular prison sentence over a long coma. |
Why is tobacco so much more enticing when I'm drunk? | It's very difficult to ELI5 matters of the brain, but in a nutshell: The part of your brain that makes associations has a powerful relay with the reward centers of your brain. This relay forms powerful memories in your brain that are different from the kind of memories that store facts and events. In other words, when ... |
Why do I easily remember useless facts that I read, see and hear, but easily forget events, phone numbers, math and important conversations? | I'm also interested because I remember Facts or information from TV or from someone with a charismatic personality. But ask me remember info I've read in my own voice or handwriting it's never remembered as well:( |
Why is it that Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life when other clearnet sites like craigslist and backpage also provide a marketplace for illegal activity? | Ross Ulbricht was guilty of MUCH more than just running an illegal drug trafficking website. He personally ordered and paid for hits to be carried out against various people who had wronged him, amongst other things. I haven't seen the official charges he's been sent to life in prison on, but it's probably better for t... |
Why do companies like Google let us store files on their servers for free (Drive, Dropbox)? What do they gain from it? | Because now they have your files. They can now look in your files. One of your files reveals you play games pretty heavily. Next time you use google, you'll find an advertisement. For graphics cards. |
What do lobbyists do? | It's like this. Imagine that there was someone in your class, we'll call him Tommy, that some of the other students liked but some the them didn't. Now, tommy always had money and sometimes he would give Jimmy, one of Tommy's best friends, money to go out and buy things to give to the all the other kids so that they wo... |
How do they get the piece of paper inside fortune cookies? | How It's Made - Fortune Cookies: _URL_0_ they make them like pancakes then when they are fresh out of the oven they add the paper and fold |
Why is Apple buying back its own shares? | There's lots of different reasons for this, and I'm sure a lot of people can chime in on this topic It's mainly to the benefit of existing shareholders, since the share prices rise. But it can also benefit the company in at least two ways. 1) Less shares available to the public means trading volume drops . This leads t... |
Why hasn't China started phasing out symbolic writing and started standardizing phonetic (pinyin 拼音) writing? | There's quite a lot of writing in the old format--several millenia of classic literature, history, and philosophy. As long as that writing system is still in common use, all of those books are relatively accessible to the population at large. If you change writing systems, suddenly you have a cultural divide between th... |
In "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," how would Ferris have hacked into his school's computer network to reduce his number of recorded absences, given the technology available in 1985? | Of course it was possible.. Since I graduated high school in 1983 and deleted another schools entire inventory system while I was in school, it's remotely possible that a grade database could have existed in that era and that Ferris could have been smart enough to get into it. VT100 terminal, mainframe computer, easy. ... |
How can AMC theaters and AMC the television channel have the same name when they are unrelated? | There was also AMC cars for a while - if the fields of commerce don't overlap and they have different registered names ) then they don't overlap enough to be considered so similar that a trademark wouldn't be granted. |
What is the purpose of tears/crying? | I'm not to sure about why we cry for emotions, but a biological purpose for tears is to prevent infection. When you get something in your eyes, they start watering. This is because your body is producing Antimicrobial enzymes, proteases , and antibodies. The purpose of this is to prevent the colonization of pathogens i... |
How can we know the size of the observable universe of we only just escaped the solar system? | You can observe something without going there. For instance, I can observe the city across a busy ship channel. It's clearly observable. However, I would not want to swim across the ship channel to go walk around in the city. I would need my own vessel capable of safely crossing the intervening waters to allow me to ge... |
How is it that ISIS can "get away" with killing journalists? | They aren't really getting away with it, not anymore. The USA and UK are leading a coalition of nations that are bombing the shit out of them. Most of the territory they gained has been retaken by the Iraqi and Kurd militaries. I'd argue that if they hadn't committed atrocities against aid workers and journalists we wo... |
Will we eventually reach a point where we have "cured" most causes of death, or will they just be replaced with new causes? | That already happened, you know. Most people used to die of either childhood disease, starvation, violence, or infection. We have reduced the first three to negligible levels, so now it's cancer and heart disease that finish the job.At a certain point they will just be replaced by a famineMore likely that we will repla... |
Why are we not allowed to smile on our passport photos? | If you're getting a US passport you don't have to take your glasses off unless they make it hard to get a clear photo of your eyes . You also are allowed to smile as long as it's natural and not a big ol' cheesy fake smile. I realize the place you got your photo probably told you no glasses and not to smile but that's ... |
Why doesn't the US like nuclear energy (even with safe reactants like Thorium)? | Because everything nuclear is spooooooooooky. It will make you glow in the dark and give you three headed babies. That's what it really comes down to. Environmentalists use scare tactics while new CO2 belching coal plants get build, and big business is too busy counting their fossil fuel money to fight very hard.Becaus... |
Could there be any business/financial-related reasons it is taking Valve so long to develop/announce Half-life 3? | On top of the reasons bobdole said, they're waiting to finish the Source 2 engine and were waiting for now current gen consoles.Well, there was also a new engine with HL2, so maybe we see a new engine together with HL3. |
How does it feel when u got shot in the leg? and in the arm for example? | Is there any way to describe a physical sensation without actually experiencing it firsthand? I mean they can say it burned or throbbed but you only vaguely know what they're talking about. Even with more description you'll never really know!", 'My section commander was shot at about 15m by a pk machine gun. Said it w... |
What exactly is happening to them when evangelicals are shaking and speaking in tongues? | There are lots of religious rituals where, even though no drugs are involved, people work themselves up into a trance and do all kinds of bizarre things. I doubt that most people who speak in tongues are total fakers, but I also doubt that anything supernatural is happening, it's just psychology. The brain is a powerfu... |
Why are drivers required to obey traffic laws concerning driving too slowly and impeding traffic, but cyclists are not? | Really I think bicycles need their own set of rules Especially since they can't go on sidewalks Also question Why have I seen, on multiple occasions, a cyclist impeding traffic on a dangerous road when there's a paved bicycle path right beside the sidewalk I get that sometimes bicycle lanes are blocked but a path shoul... |
If the total number of people that ever lived is only 108 billion, how can I have over a trillion ancestors? | Not only are you related to everyone, you're related to every organism on Earth. If you trace back enough great, great, great grandparents back, you'll eventually get to an organism which produced asexually, and continuing further, was the last common ancestor of all current life on the planet. So you're actually a ver... |
What is wrong with Globalization | Because their are a LOT of cultures, and a lot of them don't even want a government. Take Afghanistan. It's a very tribal culture, the government before we invaded basically only controlled a few cities. Those people don't want any form of government controlling them, because that government wouldn't understand their c... |
- Do the extra minutes we "snooze" have an effect similar to that of taking a "power nap" during the day? | No, it doesn't. It confuses your body by bringing you out of deep sleep, resulting in some shitty extra 5 minutes and causing you to feel more groggy for longer when you do finally get out of bed. It would be much better for you to just set your alarm 5 or 10 minutes back. Either Vsauce or ASAPscience did a really info... |
What is up with this "kids table" stuff? My family always sat all together and its to this day some of my fondest memories of them. Why do people do this? | Usually tables are bought to acomodate the home's family.When they invited another family over they don't have nowhere to sit, and usually they set up a crappy makeshift table to the side and guess who gets to sit there? The kids who won't really mind :)", 'As a kid, we always had two tables at my grandparents\' house.... |
why the Japanese Empire invaded small islands during WW2 and didn't have a larger mainland campaign | The goal was to secure petroleum from Indonesia with outlying naval bases. The land war in Manchuria didn't meet much resistance and Indochina fell pretty easily. As always, Thailand cleverly sided with the victors …", 'They did have a large mainland campaign. It was called ChinaAs others have pointed out Japan had hug... |
Does water need to be at 100 degrees to steam and therefore kill bacteria? | Domestic dishwashers do not get hot enough to sterilise baby bottles. Note that when cooking, say, chicken, it is recommended to bring the internal temperature of the meat up to 75°C - few dishwashers will get even that warm. Steam is an invisible gas: observe how a boiling kettle has a small gap between the spout and ... |
Why is Obama visiting Saudi Arabia to give condolences when it is widely known Saudi Arabia is barbaric in its practices of torture, arbitrary judicial murders, street beheadings and flogging? | Mainly because Saudi Arabia is the US' most important ally in the region. SA controls one of the - if not the most - important oil reserves in the world. The kingdom is also an enemy of Iran and Syria and has been historically a staunch supporter of US policies in the area.There are two sides to every coin. One way to ... |
Why do septic tanks leak/get backed up and flood lawns. | septic tanks are used in rural areas where there is no city sewage treatment. wastewater goes into the septic tank and is broken down. it's then distributed to the flood lawn, under the front or back yards. there is no transfer to city cause there is no city sewers. you just dump it in under your yard.They normally dra... |
why more celebrities than in the general population follow the teachings of scientology? | It's basically a networking tool with a huge membership fee. Scientology has been injected into the entertainment industry since it's creation, and if you're a part of it, it's easier to get things done since you have access to people with deep ppockets. The entertainment industry also has a history of being ignorant t... |
How would Greek exit from eurozone lead to euro collapse, what exactly would happen after Greek exit, step-by-step? | I'm not 100% sure but I know in Ireland most of the debt owed by Irish banks was to German and French banks that basically threw money at us during the good times. If we had left before repaying these debts or simply defaulted, I think it would have a catastrophic affect on the EU economy. Or the ECB would have to admi... |
How can we see a full moon during the daytime if we can also see the sun? (Given that the full moon is due to the reflection of the sun on the moons surface) | When it's a full moon, the moon is always *directly opposite* the sun. So you'll see it at dusk and dawn. You should be able to see that the sun is illuminating it's surface. Due to the Earth's tilt and moon's orbit, you can see both at once.The orbit of the Moon is tilted slightly. We see a full moon when the Moon is ... |
If George Orwell's 1984 was so influential, why do we still give so much credence to concepts such as "hate speech" despite such ideas being so clearly warned against in the book. | The book doesn't warn against hate speech per se, IMO. It warns against manipulation by various means, amongst which manipulation of language, a.k.a. framing. So if the government says hate speech is forbidden, then it is time to take notice of what they include in that concept. But that holds for many more concepts. N... |
How does the world keep track of all of its digital money? | Felt I had to post here since top post is mostly gibberish and fails to point out the important facts. Banking sub-ledgers are a accounting systems that always have to reconcile, if you created money on an account in a sub-ledger the accounts wouldn't reconcile, i.e. the input and the output of money to the system does... |
Why are crumbs/small particles or liquids dangerous in a space station/shuttle? shouldn't they be airtight and waterproofed? | every extra pound you take onboard costs $1000 in fuel. if you can save a few ounces and only allow the best and brightest staff not to be a slob, it's cheaper.The entire station is already a waterproof, airtight enclosure. The environment on the ISS is about as "indoor" as it gets with almost no fluctuation in tempera... |
How do casinos prevent counterfeit chips. Why can't someone duplicate some chips and cash them in? It appear far simpler than cash. | I have won over $10000 in one night in Vegas. The $1000 chips are RFID'd in the MGM group. They also flouresce under UV light. When you cash out they scan them, check your play stats and want ID to prove you are the player. |
One of the first concepts in my economics textbook is about the negative effects of price floors. If it's such a basic concept, why is raising minimum wage such an issue right now? | I'm not going to pretend I know what I'm talking about, but I do want to share [this video] that discusses the arguments for and against raising the minimum wage. _URL_0_ |
Was watching Drugs Inc. on National Geographic. How do they get the chance to follow around some of the top drug dealers and criminals? | That's funny I'm watching it right now. I feel like your post was one of those location based ads from natgeo |
Why don't we have robotic tattoo machines? | Tattooing is an art, and artists like control over there work that a machine like that just couldn't give them.Read title as robot taco machine, only a little disappointedFunny you mention it, we now do. _URL_0_Because a tattoo should be made with love and skill, not nuts and bolts.Why do we need chefs to make food at ... |
Aren't home water filters like Brita filters, built in refrigerator filters much better than buying bottled water environmentally and economically? Why are people still buying a bunch of bottled water? | My grandparents on my dad's side buy ridiculous amounts of bottled water. Like, they have a wall of flats of bottled water awaiting consumption in their garage. This is because, though they do care about the environment, they don't *really* care all that much. Why change when you've been doing the same thing for decade... |
Why do I feel refreshed after 5 hours of sleep but not after 8? | Unfortunately, I can't give you a direct answer, but I read an [article] about how sleeping 4 hours twice is better than 8 hours straight. It may be related to this.Any smartphone apps to help with those circadian rhythms? Anyone? |
Why Netflix and Hulu Plus cost the same, but Hulu also throws in advertisements. If we are paying for the service, shouldn't it be ad free? | To me it's justified by recent episodes. HULU has new episodes usually the day after they air. Unlike Netflix were it will probably be a year before you can watch that same episode. Pay for the service and then the ads pay for the speedy delivery. |
Why are there so many scams from Nigeria | Thanks for the responses. I guess I have conflicted feelings: I feel bad that people must be so terribly off that they have to resort to trying to scam people on the internet, but then I'm angry that people would be so scummy to try and steal from people. |
Why couldn't the japanese crack the navajo code? | Navajo is a weird language, the meaning of a sentence depends less on what is said and more on how it's said. Mush much more so than any other language, it's so hard to learn, the only way to really learn it is by spending year and years in a society where people speak it. And no one in Japan knew it because it's so ra... |
what are the "brain zaps" people experience during SSRI withdrawal? | SSRI discontinuation* syndrome is no joke. I took myself off of a high-dose SSRI a decade ago, and had these shuddering flashes of disorientation for two weeks straight, multiple times a day. My best shot at explaining it is like this. Neurons communicate electrically and chemically. When the chemicals get out of balan... |
why New Zealand is changing the design of its national flag? | They are not definitely changing it. They are going to vote for a new design then have *another* vote to see if they actually want to replace their current flag with the winning design. So depending on the result of that second vote, they may keep their existing flag. As I understand it there are two main reasons why t... |
What would happen to your body during a prolonged use of an NSAID? | Correct me if I am wrong. Your stomach is full of acid, it helps break food down into smaller bits. That acid is not good at breaking down mucus. Your stomach creates mucus to act as a buffer between the acid and your stomach lining. NSAIDs affect that mucus production. If you no longer have that mucus your acid can br... |
How does NOS make cars go faster? | 1. Nitrous oxide at high enough temperature decomposes into oxygen and nitrogen. Decomposed it has an oxygen saturation level of ~33%, whereas atmospheric air only has ~20%. 2. When injected, it immediately begins vaporizing, but it's far from finished expanding, so it has a very high associated density. The charge den... |
Why is McDonalds still a popular brand even though everybody talks about how terrible the food is? | 1) Food Quality. You know what you are getting at McDonald's. From here to anywhere McDonald's is always basically the same quality. Its a safe pick for someone who isn't sure about the area. 2) Price. McDonald's is cheaper than sin. You can get a huge meal for $5 and feed a family of 4 for $10. 3) Convenience. The dam... |
What would happen if I ate nothing but nuts? | You wouldn't live very well. The body needs a balanced diet. You'd have very little to no calcium, protein, iron or some required vitamins. You wouldn't die in a week or anything but your health would get worse over time. |
What is the point of a zip code's four digit extension? | I mean, it's the same as the point of having zip codes in the first place. It helps the post office narrow their search to an even smaller region. |
Why is it easier to stay up late than to get up early? | Your circadian rhythm is what controls when you get sleepy. If it aligns with your schedule, you will get tired at around the same time at night and wake up around the same time in the morning. Studies have shown, however, that if you're isolated from day/night cycles, your circadian rhythm naturally aligns with a 25 h... |
What is the "basic income" movement? | Basically, to off set technological unemployment. Here's the logic: * In the age of robotics, mechanization will invariably marginalize human labor. * This leads to high levels of unemployment. * With high levels of unemployment, the general population has less purchasing power to buy things. * Less people buying thing... |
In America, why do workers need to give two-weeks' notice before quitting but employers can fire instantly? | Definitely just a courtesy. Happiest day in my recent memory was when I walked out mid-day in the middle of a building evacuation after sending out an office-wide email explaining my reasons for quitting. It's been nearly a year, and I still can't help but smile when thinking about it. Edit: grammar", 'There is no law ... |
Why was bombing Hiroshima not considered an act of terrorism? | Terrorism. noun. The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. By the dictionary, all war is terrorism. There is a connotation of political illegitimacy / being a nonstate actor, use of guerrilla tactics, and that the media does not approve of your tactics and goals. What happened at Hiroshima ... |
If I have a dashcam in my car and I crash and I'm at fault, do I have to turn over the video that will prove I'm at fault? | If you are at fault for an accident, just admit your fault and let your insurance deal with it. There is no point in playing these games of semantics . All this does is make the whole investigation much longer, more intrusive and much more expensive. It's always easier to accept responsibility for your accidents, your ... |
When I'm sick, why does it smell and taste like there's a handful of dirty pennies in the back of my throat? | When I'm sick I can smell iron over everything. You can put a scented candle right in front of me and it smells like metal |
why many Asian folks have such a hard time saying "r" sounds | While some food are very yummy and can be found everywhere in the US, there are a lot of places in the world where you can't find hamburgers. This is because these locations don't have cows or cows are very very rare. In the same way that hamburgers are rare in India, there are foods that are popular in Asia but not he... |
When filling out an address form online, why do websites ask for City and State, before Zip Code, when the Zip Code could be used to autofill the other information? | > when the Zip Code could be used to autofill the other information? Actually it can't. A zipcode can cover multiple cities, so that is important information to have. |
How does Aspirin work to stop a headache? | Aspirin reduce inflammation. Most headaches are the result of inflammation in the lining of your skull. There are other types of headaches which don't involve inflammation, so Aspirin doesn't work on those. |
Why do words sometimes begin to "sound weird" or not like words at all, after we repeat them over and over in our heads or out loud? | The human brain is such an unreliable piece of shit. Deciding to not recognise words just because it's seen or heard them a few times in a row? If you had an employee that unreliable you'd take them outside and whip them with a hose. I think I might open a bottle of Bourbon and teach my brain who is boss.primarily "sem... |
How to people decipher and translate dead or long lost languages? | I'm sure there are different methods. They all probably revolve around already knowing different ways in which languages are created and function and the ability to break codes as well as excellent pattern recognition as well. You attempt to find commonalities, especially to already known languages. Maybe a person from... |
If a brain, right before death, was extracted and then constantly stimulated with nutrients, oxygen and glucose, would consciousness continue? | I remember reading something a while back that may be related. It was an article on sensory depravation. In this article the researchers had apparently IV'd all the correct nutrients into an animal and then put it in a neutral sensory state , and then measured brain function. The result was a parabolic decrease in brai... |
Why would I donate over $1,000 to a political campaign? | Political donations are basically buying influence. The more you spend, the more influence you gain over that politician. Need a favor? Need a concession? Need a contract? Need a referral? Need a law voted for or against? The more you spend, the more likely you are to get what you ask for. Take [Waste Management] for i... |
How does the new Captcha check box next to "I'm not a robot" work? Can't someone program a bot to easily check that box? | It doesn't just check if you check it. It checks how you check it. You have to move the mouse in a way that a human does. And I assume they make sure it's not being checked in exactly the same way multiple times, so you can't just record a human checking it. |
I need an atheist explanation for why the Second Law of Thermodynamics doesn't contradict the Theory of Evolution. | Argument is that evolution couldn't be true because according to 2nd law Earth should stay the same and it would be a rather boring place with uniform temperature, and pressures. Indeed it would be the case if there was no Sun shining at us, making stuff all jiggly and warm and energetic, making day side significantly ... |
Why does everything that requires AA Batteries want you to alternate the direction of + and -? Why not just keep them both the same direction for simplicity? | Easier to wire. You need a continuous line going in to each + end and out of the corresponding - end. It's a lot easier to just wire across the ends than to run loads of lines up and down the battery compartment. |
why is the rosetta Mission such a big deal, we have landed on other surfaces before. | Simply put, location, location, location. We've landed on the moon before, we've landed on mars before, this is the first time we've ever landed on a comet before. Imagine we discovered a new island in the pacific, the novelty of landing on it isn't less simply because we discovered Hawaii, right? Comets are ice and ro... |
Why does America have a privatized military? | America doesn't have a privatized military. The mercenaries you are referring to are hired for security purposes not to conduct military operations. The actual military trains for and conduct military operations ie. killing the enemy, seizing territory, destroying an enemy army and infrastructure. They aren't setup to ... |
Why is the Confederate flag in SC often discussed, but the State Flag of Mississippi not? | I'm a student at Mississippi State University and there is a peaceful protest going on right now about removing the flag. Mississippi State is leading the fight in removing and changing the flag. |
The physical effects of PTSD | Not much really. They may have a Traumatic brain injury from the incident but ultimately PTSD is just very vivid memories and reactions. There's no real physical effect on the brain other than the neural links that create the memory. |
Why do Baptists and Methodists hate each other? | I grew up Southern Baptist and, to be honest, I always felt we were taught to hate most other religions. I have no idea why, just thought you should know that they don't hate Methodists especially. |
Why do we have a Midlife Crisis? | It is the acknowledgement that death is inevitable, but also you aren't quite 'old' yet. You are past your prime, sure, but still young enough to do something wild and maybe stupid.Actually studies show that people in their 40s are at their happiest moments in life and the "mid life crisis" is a myth. Kids are grown up... |
How did mars change from having so much potential for intelligent life to to the barren wasteland it is today? | Mars is smaller than the Earth and because of that the core stopped spinning a lot earlier in the life of the planet. Without a spinning core there is no magnetic field protecting the planet from the sun, thus burning away any atmosphere it might have had. I don't have any sources because this is how my geology profess... |
What do CEO's of Forbes 500 companies do exactly and why they are so generously compensated? | The CEO is responsible for the strategy and direction of the company. They oversee all the different departments and ensure things are running smoothly. They also serve as the liaison between the company and the board of directors, who represent the shareholders. The process information produced by all the different de... |
There is a rooster somewhere in my neighborhood that starts crowing at 3AM, way before the sun is up - why? | Check your local municipal code. Roosters usually aren't allowed. There are a lot of fights where I live. |
How is a person able to sing 2 notes at the same time? | I never thought overtone singing had a place in western music, so I never cared for it. That is, until I discovered Lalah Hathaway . She uses it regularly on her jazz vocal runs. _URL_6_ |
Why does my cellphone charge at different speeds, depending on where I plug it in??? | It's recommended to condition your battery. Charging it every time through the wall at max charging speeds will wear out your battery quicker than letting it charge through a computer port. |
The heat of our body...what is producing the ''warm'' side of our body? And why are some animals cold blooded like frogs? | When I stopped to think about it - I couldn't pinpoint this answer either, and I'm not getting it from these answers, so maybe I need it ExplainedlikeimThree: & nbsp; **Please follow this format:** 'X' causes humans to have 98.6 internal temp. 'X' is different in cold-blooded animals. 'Y' allows/causes their blood temp... |
How do food recalls protect consumers who purchase contaminated goods prior to their removal from shelves? | It really doesn't, but outside of going the Big Brother route and tracking grocery metadata , what other method do we have? By announcing a recall manufacturers are at least giving consumers an opportunity to hear about the problem via the news, the Internet, word of mouth, etc. before consuming the product. EDIT: I ju... |
Is gravity really 9.8 metres per second squared? | Is it dependent on your height? Yes, but going up or down tens of thousands of feet doesn't change it by that much. You don't feel significantly lighter on a jet, do you? Most intercontinental jet flights have a cruising altitude ~30,000 ft., so if you didn't feel a big change in weight there, then normal height variat... |
Why haven't we landed a man on the moon ever since the 60's? | No need, plus too expensive and dangerous. This may be nitpicking, but four of the six landings were in the early 1970's. The last was in December of '72. |
To topple IS, how come they don't just assassinate Al-Baghdadi? | Because, as you noted, IS is a movement. It's a movement which touches and draws on many social trends worldwide and gives expression to them. Baghdadi simple isn't that important in terms of the movement. Kill him, and these trends and desires for expression still exist. There is a possibility that his death would lea... |
Why do college professors curve test grades? Wouldn't that just encourage laziness and be an example of the failure of the instructor's efforts to ensure students learn? | All college professors I had and know don't curve a la a Bell Curve, but instead they scale the grades up. They find the class average, set that to a B or B-, and scale higher grades up to As and lower grades to Cs and Ds. So if the class average is 65%, scale each grade up by 50% of the missing points. 65% - > 82.5% 5... |
How does ICANN control TLDs? What's stopping individuals or organizations from establishing TLDs outside of any "official" jurisdiction? | Nothing. If you want to run a server with BIND on it and add your own TLDs, you certainly can. But every other name server on the Internet won't know about your super special TLDs so unless someone manually changes their DNS settings to point at your server, they won't be able to access those sites. |
What exactly is "microfiber" and why is it the only thing I can use to clean my glasses without smudging? | Is newspaper micro fiber because that's what I learned to use and it's got a 100% success rate", 'Anyone want to try to explain how this is made? |
The ramifications of "just nuking" the middle east, as is so many people's knee-jerk response to terrorism? | Just nuking the Middle East will result in millions of innocent lives being killed, as well as an economic and environmental disaster. Out of the 1.7 billion Muslims in the world, roughly 500000 are terrorists. That is 0.0003%. Besides 9/11, Paris, Belgium, etc, they aren't so much of a threat that we have to turn an a... |
why is facilitated diffusion considered passive transport? | You're going insane because you're making a wrong assumption. Facilitated diffusion is considered passive because the carrier proteins do **not** require ATP to do their job. It's like how you can push a gate open without someone on the inside needing to open it for you. |
Why do many people feel weird when they don't have a blanket over them when they lay down? | I don't buy the womb reasoning. And I don't think there's anything specific with laying down. I think it's as simple as we're all used to wearing clothes, so we're all conditioned to being covered. When you go to sleep, you'd be exposed without a blanket, and we're not accustomed to that.Likely has something to do with... |
Why the US still has so many soldiers in Germany, Italy, Japan and Huwaii? | In terms of Hawaii from a military strategy standpoint, it's the Easternmost Island in the Northern Pacific. If you were to lose it in a campaign against an Asian power, you would be boxed in off of California, until you could launch an Island hopping campaign using the Aleutians back into Asia, or a massive amphibious... |
How do crowdfunding videos show games that haven't been created yet? | It's a concept video. It's usually not the actual game, but all their visual work till then assembled into what resembles a game. What you see is either an in-game recording from a low-functionality prototype or a render video of what the game should look like when finished. |
Why the fuck are there over 75 ELI5 posts on my front page? | I've noticed the same thing but with Showerthoughts. It used to be one here and there, but for about a month there have been a ton.Because people like you contribute to asking the most fucking retarded questions on the planet |
How do vocalists that perform nightly not lose their voices after performances? | My dad was Bon Jovi's pilot for a tour and said that while he was friendly in facial expressions and gestures, he did not hear him speak at all during the tour to protect his voice. However he has flown many bands and performers and that was the only singer who did that.I am a singer in a band, and as everyone else is ... |
Why are we more likely to remember cringeworthy memories before we fall asleep, as opposed to other times during the day? | Personally my cringe-worthy memories have no particular time they are more common. They're usually brought on by something happening that's related to them. |
Tickets for a concert go on sale. They sell out within minutes and now they're all on stubhub for much higher prices. Why is this legal!? | It was just as bad before the Internet, but required people to actually stand in line. Houston has a huge livestock show and rodeo with concerts from some of the biggest names in country and other genres. Back in the early 90s, they tried to address the problem of scalpers by limiting the number of tickets each person ... |
Why do people in desert climates wear robes? | Your body does loose moisture through exposed skin but this process is what cools you down . Loose clothing aids this process by convection. |
Why are we so amazed at what past civilizations created (pyramids, temples, etc) how did we lose the way these types of mega structures were created? | We can still build these structures, the thing that amazes people is the way we would do it today didn't exist back then. I suspect that amazes people primarily because it's so disjointed from the current reality. |
you've been arrested, kept quiet and lawyered up. Now, do you ever have to respond to police questioning? | Fantastic video on why you should remain silent at all times- _URL_0_ It's worth watching through the whole thing. |
The difference between AMD and Intel? | It's kind of like the difference between Coca-Cola and Pepsi: They're two brands that, ultimately, have a very similar product. |
What happens when someone sends you a text message but your phone is switched off? Where 'is' the message until it reaches your phone? | Want a true ELI5? **Short Version** Your friend's phone sends it to the carrier message centers. The centers store it on their computers. When your phone turns on, it asks for the messages from the center. Once delivered, the center deletes the message off their computers. **Long Version** Your friend texts you a text ... |
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