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Can someone explain to me, like I'm five, why America support Israel so much. | Israel is a stable, technologically advanced, modernized Middle-Eastern democracy. Those words don't usually go together. Not that the things you mentioned are insignificant, but I don't think they're the main reasons.Because they are a western, democratic, first world country in an unstable, 3rd world, and important a... |
Visually, rocket engines look simple to design, so why are they so difficult to produce? | Partly it's because of how few are produced. Internal combustion engines are also very complex, and designing one that will last work reliably for 100,000+ miles with minimal maintenance, that costs less than $1000, will cope with a wide range of operating conditions and can meet modern fuel efficiency and emissions st... |
If Ebola is a virus, can it be combated with good health and proper nutrition like other viruses? | As far as I know, all true viruses have no proven cure. Even the common cold doesn't have a cure, you simply have to wait for it to run it's track. |
Why does a pc have to be significantly more powerful than the console it tries to emulate? | The SNES and the PC don't speak the same language so a program stands between the game code and the PC that converts the game code to something the PC can understand. This extra step requires more speed from the PC than the SNES had. |
Why do children and adolescents "see" the passage of time slower than adults? | I feel like it's because as adults we just have more stuff to do. As a kid all I had to worry about was playing outside and riding bikes and video games, there was plenty of time to do that. Now I have to worry about going to work, fixing the dishwasher, mowing the lawn, fixing the lawn mower so I can finish mowing the... |
what's so bad about having sex with a virgin? | I think it's a two part issue. First one, virgins don't have any experience with sex and may not be very good. So the sex might be disappointing. Second is that to many people the act of loosing their/taking someone's virginity is a special thing. This is not to be taken lightly, so in a hookup type situation one of th... |
What is the difference, in purpose and jurisdiction, between American law enforcement agencies (NCIS, FBI, CSI, Fish and Wildlife, Sheriff's, Highway Patrol etc.)? | It's complicated. There are overlapping physical jurisdictions, and also different areas of responsibilities. Any Federal agent is going to have jurisdiction throughout the country; where a police officer for Podunk, Kansas only has jurisdiction in his town. An FBI agent has jurisdiction throughout the US, but he is al... |
If everyone strikes for $15/hr | This is my take on the min wage. I don't think win wage was every thought of as a means to support yourself completely let along a family. I believe that it all starts with education. The more people you can get educated the more we can squash the min wage problem", 'Is it me or 15$ a hour for a fast food worker seems ... |
Why hasn't voting/registering to vote moved online yet? | Many states let you register online or via fax . Voting online is a long ways off; it's far too insecure. |
People getting red light camera/speed camera tickets | In most states it doesn't matter who was driving when it went through the red it's the vehicle owner's responsibility. |
If things like Google Now and Siri are so good at voice recognition, how come youtube automatic annotations are so terrible? | It's the microphones. Those devices use two microphones so one can be used to eliminate background noise. This let's the speech be recognized more clearly. |
In felines crouching to pounce, why do they "wiggle" rather than being completely still? | I love the way that if you cover half your face with a wall edge so they only see one eye cats freak out and run away or run towards to attack .My guess is they make sure their prey doesn't see this wiggle. |
Why doesn't every business try to trick their employees into signing permanent non compete clauses? | Because it's often not legal. In many places, there are legal limits on how long a non-compete can last, what the geographic boundaries are, and there's case law that has struck down overly restrictive non-competes that would unduly hinder the employee's career.First, they would never get employees. Second, unconsciona... |
If infinity is considered as an abstract concept rather than a number, why is zero a number? | Infinity minus 5 = ? The answer is: infinity. Infinity plus 7 = ? The answer is: infinity. Zero plus 3 = 3 Zero minus 5 = -5 That's why infinity is a concept and zero is a number. Zero has a defined value which can be manipulated in accordance with all the ordinary rules of mathematics. Infinity requires special treatm... |
How can people be forced by courts to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements when they don't make a fraction of that in their salary? | I'd file for private bankruptcy if that happened.There's a bit of an issue with terminology here. A "settlement," by definition, is something agreed to by the parties. It's the defendant saying "I'll give you $100 if you agree to end this today, because I'm worried that if I go to trial and lose, I'll have to pay $200.... |
How game developers write and design games for the XBOX 360, PS3, and PC simultaneously? | Explaining it to you like you're 5: It's like writing a book that's going to be translated into different languages. You only use words that all the languages have in common. |
How does AMC benefit by splitting the last season of Breaking Bad into two halves? | No spoilers: Wouldn't this cause problems if one of the main cast members died in real life? |
how did Guinness become the company to award world records? | A quick question here. Is it the same Guinness as the beer company? Now I'm really curious too. |
How do new houses hook up to existing sewage and water lines without disrupting service or spewing liquids? | There's also a thing called a wet tap. A sleeve with gaskets is placed over the main while the tap is made. This allows the tie in to be made without closing a valve and shutting down service to the line. |
Why can an infant who doesn't possess enough motor control to do any thing deliberately, rub their eyes when they're tired? | Newborns can't rub their eyes. They kuds of move their hands towards their face and either scratch themselves or suck on whatever part of their hand or arm tat comes close to their mouth. But they can't even navigate their hands to their mouths on purpose. They are able to rub their eyes when their motor skills get bet... |
Can someone explain the Iowa caucuses? | _URL_3_ Heres a link to a post I made a week ago on a similar idea. There were a couple well thought out answers that can hopefully shed some more light on what you're asking. |
Why is there a single nomination for president in each party rather than giving anyone else a shot at being voted for in the general election? | Also we aren't a true democracy. We are a republic to help guard the minority from the majority.The elections of 1848 and 1912 sum up the top post pretty well.. Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren split democratic and "free soil" votes in an effort to limit the spread of slavery into the western territories, but competed a... |
If it only takes one sperm to get a girl pregnant, how come low sperm count causes infertility? | See it like an army. If you have millions of soldiers, you will be considered a great military power. If you have few, people will assume you will lose the day war breaks out. It's all a matter of odds, sure, you only need one to make it, but having millions assures that the one is in there somewhere. |
Can someone explain if it will ever be possible to bring someone back to life? Is there any point to getting cryogenically frozen? | The point of cryogenics is that it is currently the best and pretty much only chance you have to come back to life after death. The downside is that this chance is still extremely small, as we simply don't know if cryogenics actually preserves enough information, i.e. your brain might survive it, but if the information... |
Who owns airports and how do they generate money | What about a major airline owing an airport? This would be too expensive I'd imagine, but has it been tried? |
They day he leaves office, a former US President still knows many secrets. Is his lifelong security team responsible for protecting the man or the secrets? | Continuing Secret Service protection also means you can't credibly threaten a president with future harm once they leave office. Former US presidents are guaranteed a cushy retirement. And they tend to retire gracefully, which is good for the country.The person. The Secret service is never responsible for protecting th... |
What was happening in North America during the bible? | Gonna have to be a bit more specific on what PART of the bible's timeline you are talking about. Damn book goes from the beginning of the world to the end .Well considering the Bible covers a period of roughly 4000 years, what part of it are you talking about?The Book of Mormon actually talks about the North/south Amer... |
Mathematically, if you add an infinite sum of decreasing positive numbers, how in the world can you not reach infinity? | Zeno's Paradox! 1/2 +1/4 + 1/8 etc is an example of the kind of series you are talking about. But forget infinity, it doesn't ever reach one. Because every single step gets you no further than half way towards the remaining distance between where you are and 1. So after an infinite number of steps you will be infinitel... |
why it says on my donut tire to not exceed 50 miles, yet it has held up for over 300 and the tread looks fine | Because that tiny little tire is made for limping into a shop and is not a replacement for a normal tire. The tire could explode if you drive on it too hard. Also if it's on the drive axle you are almost certainly damaging the differential. |
Why should I care about Google collecting my data? | There isn't data in existence thats connected to the Internet and CANNOT be reached. Once you give in there's no going back. Your information is out there forever.Google works with the NSA and other government organizations. Read this_URL_2_', "Most people have deviant traits in their personality, like wanting to blow ... |
How come Ctrl+Alt+Delete can almost always function even when most programs are unresponsive? | It's a function of the kernel. As long as the kernel is still running, the computer will respond to control alt delete. Sometimes numlock will work even when the mouse is not responding, so I think that might be even lower level.CPU's and mainboards react on certain set "interrupt" channels for an_URL_2_ Sometimes a si... |
When research pronounces that everyone you see in a dream is someone you have seen in day-to-day life, how do the researchers KNOW? | I think that's just an urban legend. I could be wrong though, but i feel like our brains powerful enough to make a new face out of nothing. |
Why do Secret Service agents on duty wear suits while protecting officials? | There are generally other Secret Service agents nearby in more motion-friendly outfits. However, the agents standing next to the president don't want to distract from the president's image. Wearing military-style clothing next to the president would make him seem aggressive, unrelatable, and scary. |
how does crystal meth give people 'superhuman' strength? | It is similar to an adrenaline rush from something like combat. Most people who get shot might not feel it right away let alone stop fighting. This form of shock like with drugs reduces pain and increases energy. It however also stops the pain from overexerting yourself such as being soar after going to the gym. They d... |
How is Starbucks NOT a franchise? | Franchise means every McDonald's is actually owned by an individual who wanted to open a McDonald's. Starbucks are all owned by Starbucks.A franchise doesn't just denote the size or number of locations. When a place franchises, like McDonalds, someone buys/leases the building, and then comes to McDonalds. The franchise... |
How is it possible that an open-source encryption program is safe? Also why is it that 2048 bit encryption is currently unbreakable? | I wouldn't say it 2048 is unbreakable. It's just unbreakable to anyone that doesn't have the means . Modern encryption uses mathematical calculations that are very costly to reverse. Among the costs are: * time * energy * water * bandwidth * machines to run the calculations * possible failure / waste of committed resou... |
How the United States came to defund K-12 public schools so much that teachers are now on strike? | FWIW, in many states, public school teachers are pretty well paid, have some of the best health and retirement benefits around, get more time off by far compared to any other career, and basically can't be fired. If it didn't involve dealing with other peoples' kids, everybody would want to do it. |
How do actors of long lasting TV shows not fall in love? | A lot of them do. Various entertainment tabloid shows constantly point out various celebs are dating. or marrying their co-host, co-star, etc. Off the top of my head, Britney Spears married Kevin Federline who was a background dancer. Everyone of Angelina Jolie's publically known relationships began with meeting on the... |
What ruined the history channel? | You can still enjoy pawn stars, doesn't change the fact that it is one of the reality shows that was the demise of the History channel. Fact is fact. |
Why do we use numerals of base 10 and base 2? Are there any systems with a different base? | We generally refer to colours in computing by hexadecimal such as #FF106A Where it's read as red is FF Green is 10 and Blue is 6A. A-F take the places of the numbers after 9. In fact you can use any base you like it's just easier to communicate in base 10 because we learn to count like that thanks to our fingers and th... |
why animals such as dogs can live off of brown pellets but humans much have extensive diets. | The human need for food variety is psychological. We could come up with food that would be healthy to eat every day, but most people would go nuts eating it for long periods of time. That's because humans did not evolve in environments where there was a particular food that would provide everything we needed; we were a... |
When we talk, our voices change pitch, volume, etc. Why is this not interpreted by our brains as being musical? | There's a funny audio illusion where if you play a short phrase over and over your brain looks past the words and can pick out the musical aspects of the speech. It just needs repetition to be acknowledged |
U.S. Navy plans for "Mobile Landing Platform" ships | It is a ship. The Navy, Marines, and Army wanted something to offload their large prepositioning ships that didn't require a port, a friendly nation nearby, extreme feats of courage in Lo/Lo-ing vehicles aboard LCAC's, or a lot of money. So the Navy, like they always do, designed a ship that could do all that. It was C... |
How come McDonalds is considered cheap and "poor people food" in the US yet in some other places (for me specifically Estonia) it's considered expensive? | I've been to McDonald's in every foreign country I've visited and without exception, they have been more expensive and better tasting than what we have in the United States. I assume it has to do with quality regulations and the like. If you haven't visited USA before, you might not know that McDonalds is pretty much t... |
Why do we have to 'break in' our shoes? | The materials need to loosen up and better conform to the exact shape of our feet and changes to our foot's shape throughout our steps. |
What historically made the Middle East so chaotic and unstable? | A big influence on current instabilities is that, with the major European nations' withdrawal from the region as colonial powers border lines were drawn delineating where countries would be without consideration for where nations already were. Under colonial rule old grudges that existed between these groups had been l... |
People say "chemotherapy doesn't cure cancer...it's just used because doctors profit from it." Is this true? Can someone ELI5? | This is not true. Cancer cells are essentially the closest thing we have to zombies. They're regular cells that deformed to the point of becoming destructive little monsters. Since they're made of the same stuff as the rest of you, they can be killed by the same stuff as the rest of you. Chemo drugs are basically poiso... |
Why are CPU's so expensive? | They aren't that expensive. When you can get a fully working laptop at Best Buy for $300 pretty much every week, none of the components of a PC are that expensive. The original IBM PC was around $1500 when it launched thirty years ago - about $4000 when adjusted for inflation. Imagine being able to buy a new car for a ... |
What types of persecutions do white men face in the U.S. (specifically)? Why are they defensive when dealing with issues like rape, police brutality, racism and online harassment? | It is often a matter of prejudice. As a white male, I know that the lion's share of offenders of rape, police brutality, racism and online harassment are other white males. There are some people who sometimes like to paint with a wide brush; often in the heat of a spirited online discussion. This can cause some people ... |
Why are your two front teeth so much more sensitive than your other teeth? | I'm not too sure, but I think it could be due to it suffering more erosion from being in contact with acidic food more frequently compared to other teeth. |
How much does rest does your body and mind get while laying down and closing your eyes but not falling asleep compare to actually sleeping? | ELI5 answer is much much less. While you may be resting your muscles your brain is not getting any significant rest. Also I feel compelled to correct people here saying REM sleep is the deep sleep; REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. It is the last part of our sleep cycle. The brain is very active in this stage, hence t... |
Why an inch on a ruler is divided by 1/16 and 1/32 and not by 1/10? | Inches are old imperial measurements; cm & mm didn't exist at the time. People tended to deal in 1/8ths, 1/4s etc. of inches which is why you see it divided that way on rulers."even" a centimeter, that's funny. The whole SI was designed to be as close as possible to base 10. It is not a coincidence.It's easier to keep ... |
Why is it easy to remember events but not easy to remember what we study? | People remember things differently. Some process sounds better, so people are gifted with a memory that is visually based. Its all on each individual though. So an event you are a part of you have the sights, the smells and the sounds all coming together. Studying you only have the highlighters and the books you're loo... |
How do movies filled with A-List Actors such as the Expendables 3 and Movie 43 manage to pack so many actors while keeping relatively low budgets? | scheduling: If I ask Dennis Quaid to be in my movie and he likes me he might say sure but I can only be there on 8/1, 8/2 and 8/3. I shoot around his schedule and he doesn't make me pay the premium to have his undivided attention for three weeks. Do that for 30 actors and you have a winner. |
Why we shouldn't use 2 feet for the accelerator and brake pedals in a car. | It comes from manual transmissions, where one foot controls the gas/braking, and the other foot controls the clutch, which is needed to shift. This is the best way of doing it because you may need to shift while either using gas or braking, but really shouldn't brake and apply the gas at the same time. So when my dad, ... |
The Birthday Problem (statistics) | > When events are independent of each other, the probability of all of the events occurring is equal to a product of the probabilities of each of the events occurring. So, for example, the odds of getting three heads in a row is 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/8. In this case, we have 23 separate events. Each event can be defined ... |
Why are directors given the credit for good films rather than script writers?? Isn't the equivalent of giving Editors the credit rather than authors? | There's more to a good movie than the script. It's an ensemble that includes performances, cinematography, editing, production design and so on. The director is the one that oversees all of that including the screenplay which is why the director is typically considered the primary author of a movie. |
Can explosions send you flying in the air in real life if they blow up near you? | Yes, they can. They can throw a lot of things a long way, but unlike in movies you aren't likely to survive if you go flying from one. |
Why do mammals require so much sleep? | Adding to earlier comments:The other parts of the body have a lymphatic system to help with each day's clean up process.But because the brain is isolated from the rest of the body , we needed to evolve a different process to clean up. |
What would happen if the Earth collided with the moon? | Instantly everything on Earth would die. Temperatures would be unimaginably hot. A lot of the planet would be released into space. This is sort of how the moon came to be in the first place, it's thought. A Mars sized planet supposedly collided with Earth. Here's a simulation. _URL_0_ |
Why did people in old photos never smile ? | The same reason those photos are in black and white. The world was just shades of grey; it didn't turn color until the 60's. So the photographers were actually taking color pictures of a black and white world. Imagine living in a black and white world - pretty bleak, huh? That's why no one smiled. /r/explainedlikeCalvi... |
why do we need to turn off the car when pumping gas. | I used to live in Alaska and I don't think I ever saw someone turn their car off to gas up during the winter. Even police officers left their cars on. If the rusted out beaters I saw gassing up in Alaska didn't catch fire, I don't think anything would. |
Why are there rules on what is allowed in warfare? | Wars serve one or more purposes to the nations, armies, and people fighting them, and certainly to those of the above who start wars. Even World War II was not a total war. The defeated nations were allowed to govern themselves before long because total obliteration was in no one's interest. Political objectives are ex... |
How can there be "good actors" when movies are all scripted? | Aside from the physicality, I'd direct you to voice actors for animation. They have to act with only their voice, so it's just words on a page, and the VA brings it to life. A great example of this in a live action film is Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back. There was talk of having Frank Oz nominated for an acting acad... |
What is the reasoning behind the "Price is Right" rule? | The Price is Right rule adds a layer of excitement to the bidding process and that's good for ratings. That someone earns a bonus prize for getting the price exactly right but are penalized for being a penny over tempts viewers to pay close attention to the bids that are being placed. |
What is Liquid Breathing and how does it work? | [This mouse] is breathing an oxygen enriched liquid. It works so long as there's enough oxygen in the liquid that lungs can extract what they need from it. |
Why do some people get sick from a freshly cooked meal? Shouldn't cooking the food kill all bacteria? | If you actually cooked the brocolli, yes. The problem is if you don't use that broccoli in a cooked dish, say you make some sort of salad that is not cooked at all. Then the broccoli would never reach a temp high enough to kill the bacteria. |
Why does a dead phone have to charge before booting, while a dead laptop will turn on right away? | Take the battery out of your laptop, plug your laptop in, and press the power key. Surprised? The laptop isn't running off the battery when it's plugged in, but rather the adapter itself. A phone does not have this option so you have to wait for the battery to have enough power to turn on. |
Why doesn't the President just give executive orders to further his agenda? | We have a system called checks and balances, and it prevents the President from doing that. Primarily so the President can't become power hungry and just force everyone to do what he wants. That system balances out the power of the heads of state |
Can someone please explain antibiotic resistant infections? What is a Super Bug? | I'm no scientologist but it's when they become resistant to the antibiotics and vaccines. Thus mutating into a super bug. |
The difference between employees (or officers maybe, I'm not sure what to call them) of a sheriff's office and police station. | From what I know but sheriff's office usually has jurisdiction over the whole county, where police are for a more localized area. |
If a battery is at 50% will it still output the same voltage? What about amperage? | People have covered voltage well, so I'll add on this; The current is a function of the voltage and the circuit it's hooked up to. At its most basic, you have the relationship V=IR, though this will be more complex for more complex circuits which include capacitors and inductors. Basically, though, the resistance, capa... |
How did they know the passports found in rubble on 9/11 belonged to the hijackers? | Is the passport in the rubble a thing ? aka official version of the story. Not American so I im may be totally off. But can't they tell which plane hit the building, find out who got on it and than You just have too look through the history of the people to figure out who is the hijackers. |
Why do some languages need to be compiled in order for a computer to run it while others don't? | I see a few other answers explaining the difference between compiled and interpreted languages. But you wanted to know *why*. So here's the reason: they each have advantages and disadvantages. The main advantages are that compiled code normally runs faster but only runs on specific hardware. Interpreted languages run s... |
Why don't humans just poop excess fat? | Because in our distant past fat was a much needed, and rare, food. Those who evolved ways to store the fat for when times were tough were more likely to survive than those who didn't. Today we live in a FAT EVERYWHERE! world and so we generally eat too much of it but our bodies are still evolved as if we might starve a... |
What is so special about go pro type cameras that can't be done with just any video camera. | The real issue here is just how durable the damned things are. You can take them sky diving, base jumping, diving, rock climbing.. they can fall down the side of a mountain and record the whole thing. Then you can retrieve it and it'll work just fine. Try that with your standard DSLR and you'll see it get shattered wit... |
why Japan gets bonus tracks on music albums but the rest of the world doesn't. | Why is this in ELI5? shouldn't this be in askreddit?", 'Imagine there are two candy stores. They are pretty close to each other, but are separated by 15 minutes of walking. In the middle of the two stores is a county line, and because of this one of the stores has to charge more for tax. The cheaper store charges 10 ce... |
What would happen if someone, after receiving a "not guilty" verdict, would yell: "I knew I was gonna get away with it"? | Depends on where you are. Some states allow for post-judgement motions to reconsider the verdict in light of new evidence, if they're made within a certain time span of the judgement.Let me phrase your question another way "If I do something really horrible, get national attention for it , and rub it in everyone's face... |
Why is Nigeria so strongly associated with scams? | Nigerian scams are waning. Now I'm seeing more of similar scams from China and Hong Kong. If you own a website, you'll often get emails telling you that they are a domain registrar currently processing somebody else's order of your trademarks/domains of other TLD and they're giving you a chance to pay $xxx to get the d... |
Why are cars so expensive? | In addition to what others have said, every single year they come up with new designs with new safety, luxury and entertainment features. That requires hundreds of engineers and designers, which cost millions of dollars each year. If they just kept making 2002 Toyota Camrys every single year without changing anything, ... |
What is the cause of the "gay voice" in a large portion of homosexual men? | Please don't take this as a jab at gay people. I literally have just observed this behavior in a number of gay males and it would be ignorant to not be curious about the scientific explanation for it.Gay people talk the way they do for the same reason that teen girls up-talk and frat boys "bro" and inner city youth um ... |
What Does Data Actually Cost the Mobile Operators? | Three factors go into the cost of cell phone infrastructure: * fixed costs of buildings/hardware* variable costs maintenance of building/hardware* variable costs of electricity While you aren't paying for data directly, you're paying for the things necessary to provide data . It just so happens that data is a very usef... |
Would it be legal for a company to produce their own version of M & M's, but have a w on them? | the general rule is that you can't create a design or logo that is likely to cause confusion between the 2 products. so in all probability no.It might be okay depending on the packaging. I mean, you don't see the actual candies until you 've already bought a bag. If they were called "Wowie Candy" and clearly had a diff... |
Earwax, what is it good for? | Earwax is basically to block infectious bacteria/viruses from getting into your body. So you can clean out your ear, but your body does know best on how much of something to produce 99% of the time, so don't worry about cleaning it too much**Fun Fact** The same goes with snot in ours noses.Is this true for Asians and w... |
How is it that people don't get caught when using stolen credit card information that they buy off the black market? | Actually, criminals will print out fake credit cards and distribute them to drug addicts to use in stores to buy things, which are then sold. That's what is prompting the move to chips.I looked at the Crime Stoppers today and they have numerous pictures posted of people who used fraudulent credit card numbers to obtain... |
If I walk one mile and run one mile, will more calories be burnt when I run or will an equal amount of energy be used? | Work is force x distance. When you walk up the stairs at a constant speed, the weight of the box is constant, requiring the same amount of force over the same distance whether you walk or run, yielding the same amount of work done. However, a human being cannot keep a constant speed when he goes up stairs. He usually d... |
What is it like hearing voices and seeing things? | I've no idea if this is accurate, but this is a little video from a person who actually hears voices in his head. _URL_0_ |
Why aren't telephone scams stopped? | Don't answer the phone for numbers you don't know. They call around and try and find active numbers. If you answer they know it works and they will then proceed to call you relentlessly. I think Indian authorities do arrest these people. You can research the raids they occasionally do. But in a massive Indian city with... |
Why the US isn't building skyscrapers and other architecturally amazing buildings like other countries. | One thing Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong and places like Singapore has in common is that all of them are quite small in comparison to Canada, the U.S., and most countries in the Americas. If you can't go horizontal, you have to go up to maximize space. Also, many tall structures have more practical purposes. I believe the tal... |
what is jade helms 15 and should I be concerned? | > what is jade helms 15 A routine military exercise. > should I be concerned? Only if you are an idiot who think Obama going to stage a coup to stay in office and is using a military exercise to come and take everyone's guns. |
Torrenting: Legal, illegal, or ambiguous? | Torrenting is a technology with perfectly good, legal uses. The reason most people assume it is illegal because it is used by many people to get free media online. The illegal part is having copyrighted material of any kind without the proper license . |
Why are ship captains allowed to marry couples? | Historically, in many U.S. jurisdictions, an officiant was not legally required for a proper wedding. At common law, rather than going through the marriage license process, it was sufficient for the couple to affirmatively state that they are married and hold themselves out as such to the community. Except in religions... |
I've heard European cars are more advanced and fuel efficient than American cars. Why are these cars not sold in America? | Many of these more efficient European cars are utilizing turbo diesel engines, and are available in the US ). Diesel passenger cars aren't as common in the US, because in the 70s and 80s when they were first introduced, they were very, very bad, some of the worst cars ever to hit the US market. They gave diesel such a ... |
Why do professional soccer players argue to the refs if the ref 99.9% of the time never change their mind on the call? | Because they are emotional and have a ton of adrenaline running through them. It's an outburst, rather than a carefully considered legal challenge. That and footballers tend to be a bunch of whiny little shits. You don't see that sort of behaviour to anywhere near the same extent in rugby. |
How come dropping a 20lb+ dumbbell on a hardwood floor would probably crack it but hopping on one foot doesn't? | When you hop on one foot, the part of you hitting the floor is your foot, which is made of meat and squishes easily, reducing the force between you and the floor. The same thing would happen if you dropped 20 pounds of raw meat, even from a substantial height. A rubber-soled boot is slightly harder but follows a simila... |
Why do some of us enjoy spicy food? | I'm not going to give you any science, just my personal story. It all started when I first tried sriracha many years ago. At first it was really hot, but I hadn't quite tasted anything like that. So I just started putting it on everything - peanut butter bagel, pasta and chicken, wow it was so good. Eventually it wasn'... |
If water, electricity etc are considered basic human rights, why are people charged for them and companies can shut down your utilities if you can't pay? | The UN resolution talks about having **access** to water and sanitation as basic human rights. The objective is to foster cooperation between nations so the poorer countries can have access to means and methods to provide for their populace. > Calls upon States and international organizations to provide financial resou... |
Why does the DMV charge more for vehicle registration (tabs) on a newer model vehicle than one that is older? | Each state is different in how they charge and what they charge. Some states may have different payments based on age or value, while others determine it by vehicle class . I'm sure your state's DMV website outlines the different fees, and will explain why you're paying more now for your newer vehicle than your older o... |
Why do Americans pronounce the letter "Z", "zee", while most other places pronounce it "zed"? | candy", and "diaper". EDIT: Why the downvotes? Oh well, thus is Reddit.The real question, why doesn't the alphabet go ay, bed, ced, ded, ed, eff, ged, aitch, eye, jay, kay, ell, em, en, oh, ped, queue, arr, ess, ted, you, ved, doubleyou, ecks, wye, zed? |
- Why is milk measured in gallons, but soda measured in liters? | Actually, in the dairy industry, milk is measured in pounds. Now THAT is a question that needs to be explained like I'm 5. I think it's because the old containers held 100 pounds, and that was the largest size that could be lifted on a truck by one person? example:_URL_0_ |
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