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Why do so many people who experience sleep paralysis hallucinations seem to see the same things: the old hag or the shadow man? | When I was little, I had a reoccurring dream where a vampire was out my window. I would start to crawl down the hallway towards my parents room. But then I'd hear the window shatter and at that point couldn't move. Then the presence that I knew to be the vampire would engulf me from behind like a shadow. And then I'd w... |
How do professional and collegiate sports teams determine their playing schedule? | In college football the teams always play the teams on their side of the conference and then they use some of their open slots to rotate the other side of the conference in and they usually have a rotating system for this. As for the bigger non-conference games, these are usually scheduled a couple of years in advance ... |
Can someone ELI5 how a no-fly zone is reinforced. | So one resource that pilots use to find out where temporary no-fly zones are established is Runwayfinder. I'm sure there are many other sites like it.If, for example, the President is traveling to Camp David, they'll typically establish a no-fly around it while he is there. Here's what the map looks like for the region... |
Why do we shit in clean drinkable water? | deepduck's right. the cost of having two piping systems, one for sanitized, another for non sanitized doesn't make it worth it. because water is so cheap. of course california might rethink that", 'I 've thought about ocean-front areas maybe using a saltwater plumbing system for their sewage, but again, it 'd be really... |
Why are moths attracted to bright lights ? | Interesting tidbit. though not an answer I thought it belonged: there is a particular light, perhaps an led bulb, that will not attract moths or most insects due to its color spectrum or the light it gives off. Forgive me for the vagueness but if you sit outside and get bothers it's worth looking up and changing your o... |
Antisemitism. Why has there been hate towards the jewish people throughout the time? | There are 3 accusations that were levelled at Jews in medieval Europe: - blood libel > Blood libels typically allege that Jews require human blood for the baking of matzos for Passover. It was often asserted that the blood of Christian children is especially coveted, and, historically, blood libel claims have been made... |
Why does it seem like every person I know with a "bad cold" gets prescribed anti-biotics. Are they effective or are doctors just trying to get rid of people. | Antibiotics do not help combat the common cold and I can't really imagine doctors prescribing them for these patients, but you are right that the abuse of antibiotics by doctors and veterinarians is causing a whole lot of trouble because bacteria are becoming immune to them. The more we use antibiotics, the quicker the... |
Why aren't power lines in the US burried underground so that everyone doesn't lose power during hurricanes and other natural disasters? | Burial is expensive and not always practical. For instance, Florida is crisscrossed with waterways, so not only would you have to dig through the dirt you'd also have to sink the cables underwater, which is insanely difficult and expensive for every feeder line. Plus there are specific laws that cover underground buria... |
in 1929 the empire state building was constructed in 14 months. It's estimated it would take 4 to 5 years to reproduce today. Why? | Local oversupply of capacity, + significant capacity in general for most of the resources required. Because they were building many skycrapers in the preceding several years, and including several at the same time in Manhattan you have a convergence of a great mass of building/construction talent and knowledge as well ... |
why did NASA send a probe to Ceres? | To be honest, NASA has wanted to send a probe to Europa for a while now, they just didn't get funding for it. [That may be changing, however]. Funding is always one of the big things for government programs. The scientists at NASA *want* to do all sorts of things, but what they *can* do is whatever projects Congress ap... |
Why does it cost so much to adopt children? | It doesn't have to cost much. Contact your county's Child Protective Services. In some cases your total adoption costs can be less than $500. And subsidies may be available to offset ongoing living expenses. College tuition, room, and board can be covered as well. |
If you finance a car, but no longer want it halfway through the length of the finance, how do you sell it? | You basically are being given a loan to buy a piece of property, if the value of the property decreases and you can't sell it to cover what you paid, you are in the red. It's the same as when someone buys a house and then the real estate market takes a dive.You sell it and use the money to pay the rest of your loan. Si... |
Why is red the republican color in the US when it's the symbol of socialism in the rest of the world? | It was cemented during the 2000 election, as mentioned in other comments. Before that, it was all over the place – some people say red was challenger and blue was incumbent, but looking at TV broadcasts from that era reveals it to be a myth. It seems like there were a lot of arbitrary reasons for either. That includes ... |
Why do some people understand different accents better than others? | The only thing I have to offer here is that I grew up on a major military installation. There were people from all over in and out. Not only do I not sound like where I'm from, I tend to grasp accents easily.Many independent factors: * Some people, for whatever reason, seem to have a much better ability to determine, d... |
ELIM5: what causes some penises to be curved? | Does this affect a person's sex life negatively to have his penis curve to the left or right? |
Why does it take such a long time for doctors to call you in? | /u/Quasimodo1 and /u/littlenuggienug hit it right on the head. Documentation and review take up a majority of a doctor's time. A former CIO at a hospital I knew transferred to a instant log on solution for patient files and records and the wait times fell dramatically. |
Why do many athletic, body-building type people, and especially professional athletes, get so portly in their mid-40's? | In broad strokes, when you are young and exercising frequently your metabolism and all of the moving around you do burns through a lot of energy, keeping you thin but allowing you to eat a lot. As you get older, you are in the habit of eating a lot, but your metabolism slows down, and you stop working out as much and a... |
Why Don't PC Monitors Have an Adjustable Backlight Like Laptops? | Some do: _URL_0_ Some don't. A lot of monitors are sold as stand-alone items. You need software to interface with monitors, and if folks don't install software to control their monitors, or if their graphics cards don't support this feature, you won't have it. Since laptops are built with all hardware self contained, i... |
How comparable is renewable energy, coal, and nuclear? | I'm not super knowledgable on this topic, but I'll give it my best shot. First off, there's multiple types of renewable energy. Coal is cheap and plentiful, but makes large amounts of CO2 and is not very efficient. Nuclear energy is technically clean, because the only emissions it creates is water vapor, however it doe... |
Why is Google abandoning an established brand and creating a new company called Alphabet? | They're not scuttling the Google name. Google remains Google and it is owned by the umbrella company of Alphabet. Want to know why? Follow the money. Google was sitting on hoards of overseas cash . Where does that cash get shuffled through the umbrella company now? Which jurisdictions does the umbrella company fall und... |
A Train travels in speed of light, when i start running IN that train.. why am i NOT faster than the Light? | You do not specify a frame of reference for the speeds that you mention; the question is therefore meaningless. There is no way to answer a why question about relativity so that it makes sense to a five-year-old. I can explain that, if I am standing watching this hypothetical train go by: 1) The train is massive and th... |
Why do things become darker when they are wet? | Primarily due to the way in which light reflects off of the surface. Light which is scattered more or less uniformly from a dry matte surface will be reflected differently when wet. The same surface when wet, will tend to reflect light more like a mirror. Counter-intuitively this means that less light will reach your e... |
Why does car cruise control not work under a certain speed (usually 25 mph)? | There is a reason the speed limit is < 25MPH, usually because there are a lot of driveways/side streets. At 60MPH, you don't have to worry as much about people hitting you from the sides. |
Why does my car A/C sometimes smell like ass? | Many replies explains it. It's the condensation that builds up on your evaporator. While this water dries up, bacterias and mold stick to it and grow with the next drive put back cabin filter. Repeat every week and soon enough it will be gone. If you have a car without automatic climate control, the way to prevent this... |
why aren't news networks questioning the honesty of the extremely low official death toll of the Chinese explosion? | Mostly because there's no point in speculating right now. China will either come forward with the entire story or kick it under the rug. Regardless of what they do, they will get away with it.News reports on facts, not opinion. The shows on TV news stations that do speculate are opinion showsIndustrial areas tend to be... |
- The difference between using a computer as a server versus using a computer to complete everyday tasks? | Server and workstation are just descriptions of what the machine is being used for. There's no reason you couldn't turn a workstation into a server, and vice versa. In fact, a computer can be both server and workstation . In practice, a computer designed to be a server will be different from a computer designed to be a... |
Why is Nickelback so generally hated? | It's because they represent mainstrean sensibilities in music. And they have been unfairly blamed for being a corporate invention, whose whole existence is based less on pursuit of art and more on profit; but, that should be said about the majority of music produced.I was going to write out my thoughts on this matter b... |
is it problematic or a character flaw to "not know what you want to do" as a young adult? | Your parents sound like they have a character flaw. You have to explore your passions and your abilities. What if you commit to a certain path, before you've given *something else* a try, but it turned out that *something else* would be your life's passion, your calling? By the time your 40 this idea is getting old, bu... |
What's the big hurdle in getting people to Mars? Haven't the major obstacles to doing so already been solved? | The biggest hurdle is storage. Mars doesn't have many resources so you have to pack for the entire trip. The ISS sees constant supply restocks throughout the year, but thats not possible for a mission to mars. You have to bring enough supplies to last the 6 month trip, once on mars you would have to stay for another ye... |
Why are imported products that blatantly lie about features still allowed to be imported? | Online commerce is difficult to regulate. And since the vendor is technically selling over seas, there's a lot of loopholes in American laws. China has very loose laws on those things to begin with, so the chineese won't help. And American law doesn't protect you when buying in china (you might be sitting in your livin... |
Why is suicide so frowned upon? We all die, so why does it matter whether someone dies at 25 by suicide or at 75 by natural causes? | While the arguments people are making here are important, there's also the social and cultural aspect to consider. In the west we have a very Christian view of morality and in traditional Christian views, suicide is sinful because your life belongs to God, not to you. To take your own life is to defy God's plan for you... |
Can I "build" a server and give it whatever ip I want? | Use _URL_0_ and save yourself a headache with a free Dynamic DNS! I've been using it for a bit now and it works great, there are a few different ways to update your IP, luckily I have a router with DDWRT on it and it will update my DDNS whenever my ISP changes my IP address.No. IP blocks are owned and assigned. You can... |
Why isn't there one international sign language that all deaf people are taught? | There are similar gestures or at least that's my understanding. The problem is that there are cultures with important words, letters, and phrases that are not used in others. Deaf people I assume want to have a direct interpretation of what is being signed, the more languages you incorporate into a single sign language... |
How come the earth/ground isn't collapsing when we pump billions of gallons of oil out of the ground? | Porosity in rocks is generally what we call 'intergranular'. That is, it is space between individual grains. most oil reservoirs are things like sandstones. If you look at them under a microscope they look like this _URL_1_ That blue stuff is the porosity. It is empty space. *That* is waht gets filled with oil. So when... |
Why are there hardly any green mammals, but lots of green reptiles and amphibians? Wouldn't they be more likely to survive due it being effective camouflage? | No one knows for sure. Mammals are overwhelmingly earth- colored- - mousy, you could say. A few sort- of- green mammals do exist: Tree sloths turn grayish- green when algae grows on their fur. Australia's ringtail opossums have bands of black and yellow on their hair that can look a grizzled olive drab. |
Why do horses need metal shoes nailed to their hooves? | They don't *need* them. They're used for the same thing your shoes are: To prevent wear and tear on the actual foot. Makes it easier to walk/run. |
When you bash your head, elbow or other body part why does the pain seem to dull when you rub it? | Gate control theory, if you rub you send messages to the brain that aren't pain, brain forgets about pain. It's a lot more complicated than this but it's my best version of ELI5.Rubbing the site of injury causes sensation mechanoreceptors afferent fibers to synapse with C-fibers inhibitory interneurons, which dampens t... |
How come the human body is so quiet compared to a computer? | If you take a stethoscope, press it to your abdomen or chest and listen to the sounds amplified by it, you'll find that there are a lot of sounds going on inside. They're all virtually muted by the skin, muscles, bone and fat adjacent to the organs and vessels. |
Why is the UK is slowly stopping using £1 notes | First of all, coins are generally cheaper because they are much more durable than banknotes are. Secondly, £1 just isn't what it used to be. As the utility and buying power of a £1 note decreases , it makes less and less sense to keep spending money to make them. Even in the US, using cash overall is rapidly declining.... |
How do your eyebrows know how long it is so that it'll stop growing? | When you get into your late 30s to 40s, your eyebrows will forget to stop growing. It's fantastic.DNA tells all our hairs to fall of at a certain length. Cells basically self destruct |
How is Saudi Arabia on the UN panel, when they have beheaded more people than ISIS, in 2015? | Many countries/politicians support the death penalty. It wouldn't preclude you from sitting on any UN council.US does the same thing, we just use lethal injection. What makes them any worse?Next up : why did we have a 60bn arms deal with them also?! |
How can a wifi router transmit and receive multiple things at once? | Being in this profession there really isn't an ELI5 for this concept. I really depends on the type of data being transferred. Then there is the concept of Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 protocols that come into play as well. |
How were ISP's able to "pocket" the $200 billion grant that was supposed to be dedicated toward fiber cable infrastructure? | Come to Russia where I spend a month of my life yearly the internet is utter garbage and all the money is getting stolen, not 50% but literally ALL THE MONEY. ISPs here have promised glass fibre cables for the past 10 years and then realized that they wont be able to do it and just put phone lines all over the place . ... |
How do activity trackers and apps monitor sleep to tell you when you were in REM or light sleep? | Sleep IQ from Sleep number uses heart rate, breath rate, and movements. It is not a precise indicator of level of sleep, but it is a precise method of comparison. In other words, it will not be able to identify what is REM and what is delta, but it can determine that the heart rate/ breath rate/ movements were differen... |
Why does the way back always feel shorter than they way there? | In my opinion it's just less anticipation. Now that you've experienced what you traveled to go do, you have to go back to your non special home, so you just kinda not care as much.You associate a much larger area with being "home". On the trip there you don't feel you 've "arrived" until you actually get out of your ca... |
How can trading in General Motors stock be suspended as they make the announcement that 8.4 million vehicles are being recalled? Isn't that cheating? | This is the first I'm hearing about this recall and I'm absolutely amazed. This is the same recall GM has made on a few dozen cars in the past. They use proper size wire for the ignition/starter, in the winter hold the starter longer to make sure their engine cranks, wire melts the insulation bit by bit, insulation cat... |
Why doesn't the US have an Ellis Island type inlet into the country at the Mexican border? | I think the answer to A might help you understand the rest. Until about 90 or so years ago, America had a labor shortage. We needed people, badly, because our industries needed workers. That's why we had open immigration. We no longer have such a shortage. |
Why is it that presidential elections' votes are done via points for each state rather than just total votes? | Short answer: It's really hard to count all those votes back in the 1770s. Also the system let the founding fathers tip the scales in-favor of smaller states. Back then the south was no where near the population of the north east yet was significant to the country. The electoral collage system provided a way to adjust ... |
Why there are like 8 different versions of every popular song in the 1950s? | Also, all of the Christmas songs you hear are from the '50s. Baby boomers like the songs they grew up with. |
Is there anything smaller than a planck (ℓP)? 1 ℓP = 1.616229(38) × 10^-35 m | A Planck is actually just a very small unit. Your question I think, just has some concepts mixed up. It's sort of like asking if there's anything smaller than an inch. |
Why does the film industry claim piracy reduces profits when revenue seems to have been unaffected by piracy? | People are approaching this for strange realms, and not thinking of why they claim this. They can *claim* anything they want. They don't have to be right. They can just claim it. They can twist facts and numbers to their whim. None of it needs to be legit. They can do pretty much whatever they want in their claims and ... |
if a company has a labor strike, why can't they just fill their positions with temporary workers and let the strikers just continue to strike in perpetuity? | Typically the guys who train the replacements are in the union too. If not then it's a really weak union. The white collar guys often have no clue how to operate the machinery and even if they did, they'd be striking too if their bosses told them to operate the machines. So then if everyone who has the knowledge to kee... |
Has there ever been any major evolutionary shift (in any species) in recorded human history? | Since the start of human history, Wolves have evolved into pugs, poodles, chihuahas, greyhounds and St. Bernards. Weirdest thing is they're still all the same species. ", 'The flu virus evolves once or twice a year. Which us why you need a different flu shot every yearYes, there is now a strain of gonnorhea that is inc... |
Why do our bodies take a while to become fully functional when we first wake up? | And why does my four year olds come to 100 percent energy and life the moment she's off the bed? |
what happens when the student load "bubble" bursts? | Not as much as you would think. It's impossible to get rid of student loan debt unless you can prove that you are permanently disabled and will never be able to work and pay off the loan. Unless the laws change they will just garnish your wages and since some loans are federal they'll just take your tax return too. Hav... |
How would I go about starting a business? | First you need to decide if what kind of business. Bar or restaurant? Combination thereof? Then you need to research specifics of the business side of it. How much should you charge for your wares in order to be competitive in the market while buying food/materials, paying overhead like rent and utilities and possibly ... |
How do chicken eggs not crack inside their body? | Well for an egg to crack inside the chicken it needs to receive a certain amount of pressure. And the inside of a chicken is not applying that amount. Thats why it's not breaking", 'Take an egg in your hand and, applying as equal force all the way around it rather than digging in with your fingertips, try to break it. ... |
If cancer is just cells randomly mutating, why do we hear a lot about lung or breast cancer, but not so much about leg or hand cancer? | The reason is that cancers are classified by the specific type of tissue they are affecting, not the body part. Lung cancer grows in lung tissue, breast cancer in breast tissue, etc. You could have a cancer of the leg, but it wouldn't be called that. It would be classified as a bone cancer located in the bone of the le... |
How are child actors not traumatized in horror movies? | If they chat to the guy that's about to dress up as the moster/serial killler then they're hardly going to be afraid of him as they know it's just a guy in a suit. Also, you have to remember that they're surrounded with adults with boom-mics, cameras and clipboards. |
If the more i ejaculate, is my body spending more protein to "recharge" thus inefficiently using the protein I consume? | Absolutely. More than you know. This is why you should ejaculate into your protein shake that way you don't lose the protein but still get the orgasm. Problem solved. |
How come deleting a 60gig game off Steam is almost instantaneous, when deleting a bunch of small documents takes a lot longer? | I'm late, but I feel like I can add something. A lot of responses talk about removing the address of the game on the hard drive. That's completely true, but if you don't know a lot about a hard drive, then this might not make a lot of sense to you. Hard drives can't be 'empty', at least, not the way you implied in your... |
What's the obsession with Americans suing whenever the opportunity arises? Or is it all a myth? | In America, you can sue anyone and everyone for any reason. Whether or not you win, that's another story. In America, courts generally dismiss frivolous lawsuits, however, the deterrent for bringing up such a lawsuit is usually paying the other sides legal fees .It is blown out of proportion by the media. There are som... |
Why do women get so bad-tempered and difficult before they menstruate? | There actually isn't solid proof what specifically causes PMS as there are so many different symptoms between women. The general consensus is that different levels of sex hormones mess with the chemicals in the brain, which can cause mood swings. And not every women gets bad-tempered as the symptoms do differentiate fr... |
How are buffets profitable? | Food is cheap. Entrance is expensive. Most people can't eat enough to make it not worth it for the restaurant |
If humans are genetically programmed to find healthy looking people more attractive, why do we find sun-tanned people attractive, when its essentially just skin damage? | A long time ago *white* skin was considered to be beautiful. Having tanned skin was a sign you worked outdoors; IE you were a farm laborer or something. Pure white skin meant you were rich or even aristocratic; women would therefore go to great lengths to maintain it such has parasols, gloves, veils, large hats, etc et... |
Why can I read comments on reddit for hours and not get tired, but the second I start reading a book on the kindle I can't make it through a chapter? | It's because of the lighting. Your computer screen is a bright white light, similar to what you'd see from the sun during the day. You brain tells you that its daytime and keeps you awake. When you switch to your kindle, the screen mimics a sheet of paper, producing very little light at all. Your body recognizes it's n... |
Why does it seem like there is a disproportionately high number of pedophiles among priests/religious figures? | Think about what type of man would sign up to be a lifelong virgin. Who is going to be okay with never getting married? The type of person who is attracted to something other than monogamy with a woman. We don't know what percentage of Catholic priests have sexual encounters with consenting adults . Since that's legal,... |
Why is a two weeks notice considered 'professional'? | Better than nothing is a good way to sum it up. If you have found a job good enough to quit your existing job for, chance are they want you to work right now. They don't want to wait around for a month or two, especially if there are other candidates who can work right away. Two weeks is a balance between tying up loos... |
What actually happens that can cause women to die during childbirth? | Another thing that can potentially happen that doesn't necessarily involve bleeding is eclampsia. It's a pregnancy disorder that causes seizures, high blood pressure, and organ failure. It's caused by the placenta making the rest of the body incredibly sensitive to vaso-constrictors- what your body uses to raise its bl... |
Computers are capable of near impossible calculations. Didn't somebody have to program them? | The other answers are correct, but I see from your replies that you don't quite get it, so I thought I'd chime and see if I can put it differently for you. Imagine that a calculation takes several thousand steps. However, each of these steps is the same - we have to carry out the same step several thousand times. And i... |
Why do humans enjoy drinking hot and cold water, but find lukewarm water unsatisfying? | I'm not so sure about hot water, but I do know that cold water sends the same signals to your brain that says that it is quenched. When you drink cold, salty water, the cold quenching sensation will actually overcome the thirsty sensation that people feel when you drink salty water.Another question I have always wonder... |
If Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space (currently at 135AU), how can the theoretical Planet IX orbit the sun at upto 1500 AU? | It is a definition problem. Interstellar space means space outside the star system. Let's suppose we know a star gas his last planet at 100 UA for that star the interstellar space will start at 100 UA. Now we discover a new last planet at 200 UA. The interstellar space will now start at 200 UA. |
Why are Asian/Indian people left out of discussions about race? And how are they doing so well for themselves when all you hear is about how racist the US is? | Because East Asians are what you call model minorities , whose members are most often perceived to achieve a higher degree of socioeconomic success than the population average. Basically, they're not lumped in with those 'lazy Mexicans' or 'welfare queens' because they have good jobs, or their own businesses, so 'no on... |
Is there a way for magnetic energy to be used to create some different kind of energy that could be harnessed as electricity? | Magnets are how we generate electricity already. What you're describing is a principle we use every day to generate electricity called [Electromagnetic Induction] A spinning turbine uses magnets to generate electrical fields which generates the current we use. Using magnets to turn a turbine, alternatively, is how an *... |
If a store is on the corner of the street, how do they determine the address? | My SO works for county government, and actually is one of the people that figures this kind of thing out . This question came up in a conversation we had recently. Basically, the organization responsible for determining the address will have a policy in place; usually it will depend on where the front door is, as other... |
- if there is no oxygen in space how is the sun burning? | It doesn't actually burn There's a process called nuclear fusion that is responsible for the sun's energy", 'Nuclear fusion which powers the sun is a different process that a fire burning on the Earth. A fire requires oxygen to burn. Nuclear fusion does not require oxygen to function. |
What happens financially when a concert is cancelled for medical issues? | As others have said, it depends on the contract, but usually if a band is unable to perform, they're liable to repay the promotors costs already out of pocket, such as venue rental, advertising and so forth. Most large acts will have insurance for such things. Smaller bands are usually fucked. |
What happens at the borders of different time zones in large countries like the U.S? | I had a friend that went to a college that was right on the Eastern Standard Time and Central Standard Time border, and the first week of school she set her alarm on her phone. Her phone was switching towers a lot due to the two main cell towers being in either timezone. She either got up late or early, so she bought a... |
Why is the best tasting food usually unhealthy? | It's more like you overeat what tastes good. I don't think good tasting items are inherently unhealthy |
How does one get a headache? | Headaches can be sorted into two general categories: * Secondary headaches, which are caused by conditions like trauma , infection, tumor, poisoning, vascular abnormalities, etc. * Primary headaches, which aren't caused by another condition such as those listed above. The cause of primary headaches remain unknown. They... |
Why do some (Cessna 172 for example) planes need a fuel mixture which is adjusted by the pilot, but a cars fuel air mixture is automatic? | The technology used in older piston powered aircraft is archaic. The engines require excessive fuel at high power settings in order to stay cool enough to keep internal components from melting down. During takeoff, the mixture is set to full rich. After climbing to a safe altitude, that extra fuel is no longer required... |
Why do we find accents sexy? Is there a scientific or biological reason for this? | I would imagine it's just because of cultural associations we have with accents. A British accent might sound refined or intelligent, a French accent sophisticated or sexy, American accents rugged etc. etc. Mostly there are class connotations to accents, with some associated with 'rural' areas, and then simplicity, a '... |
Why can’t/don’t ATMs give you money in denominations smaller than $20 these days? | There's a PNC Bank by my house and the attached outdoor ATM dispenses anything from $1 bills - $20 bills. |
CAPTCHA - How is it possible that one computer can generate something which another computer can't recognize? | [Some text CAPTCHAs] are actually scanned words from physical books. They use your input to help digitize the book. Once enough people have responded with the same word to a certain image, that word is then assigned to that image's place in the book, and the CAPTCHA picks another image. |
How is it that countries can safely test their nuclear weapons without causing permanent damage? | There's been a lot of damage. For example, the Bikini Atoll tests om 1950 have so badly irradiated the area that the islanders, who were told they were just being moved for a short while, still aren't back more than 60 years later. All of the nuclear weapons let off on the planet in the past 70 years have messed up thi... |
Why do large and already established companies feel the need to advertise their company in general? | To help retain existing customers. Everyone knows who McDonald's are, but people may easily forget about them if some new exciting fast food brand starts advertising their products. |
Why are Canadians accepting the big rip-off from the telecommunications companies/internet providers? | What can we do about it? It's a giant oligopoly with insane barriers to entry. The little guy will either be sucked dry financially by the large companies or acquired and dismantled. |
How was the exact speed of light discovered: Was it derived from an equation or simply measured in a lab? | It was measured by observation and experiment. The earliest attempt involved the moons of Jupiter. We are able to predict where they should be with great accuracy, so great they are a little early when the earth is close to Jupiter, and a little late when we are far away. These differences allow us to make a rough esti... |
Why does it always seem like the dialogue volume in old movies is much lower than everything else? | Also because microphone quality has improved greatly, so old boom mics couldn't capture sound as well as they can now. I think now it's much easier to mix the music tracks with the dialogue and find balance. |
If the USA strongly believes in the right to bear arms as well as strongly disbelieving in socialism, why do you bother with a publicly-funded police force and not a system based on vigilantism? | Because people are not perfect/always abide by law. What will people do to gangs? It just won't work. |
What is a "1099" job? | In the US, a 1099 means that you're not a legal employee rather the legal structure is that you are a contractor or you are/have your own business and employ yourself. You'll generally be responsible to pay for all of the following: * paying self employment tax * quarterly estimated tax payments rather than withholding... |
How did so many children around the world come up with the "floor is lava" game individually? | I've seen this mentioned on reddit several times in the last few days, talking about it like it's extremely common. I never played this game and I don't recall any of friends ever doing so either. Which doesn't mean anything, of course. |
Anonymous is a leaderless decentralized organization. Hen the media reports that Anonymous has issued a statement, where do these statements come from? | There's an amazing podcast called Stuff You Should Know that did an episode on how Anonymous works. I would recommend checking that out.Anonymous is not your regular group of people hacking stuff. What I mean by this is they do not hold meetings or anything like that, imagine Anonymous being like Reddit, an internet co... |
How do cartridge style video games work? | A cartridge is a circuit board containing volatile , and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory contains game data. It's written at the factory and is permanent. The non-volatile memory can be changed by the end user. Older consoles had very simple firmware included on the console itself. For example, if you turn... |
if double jeopardy doesn't allow a person to be tried twice for the same crime even if there is new evidence, why are appeals allowed? | I'm not understanding where you see a correlation. Double jeopardy was instituted to keep the courts from just trying someone over and over until they got the result they wanted. There are exceptions to the rule, such as a kidnapping/murder case where the perpetrator took the victim across state lines; in that case the... |
Why does turning Airplane Mode on and off to gain a connection work? | Do you have another device you can test this on?", etc. If they can't fix it over the phone, they will most likely check to see if the company has maintenance access to the cell sites near you and if so, escalate the issue to the sort of group I work in. Next, the engineers will try and pull data from the MME and BSM t... |
What causes some people to be "Toe Walkers"? | Took karate when I was 12 at the local community centre. My sensei said to try walking on the balls of your feet to help with balance or sometching. Tried it and didn't stop. I never knew it was a thing tho. |
Is it legal for a Gaming company to ban someone after they payed money on micro transactions? | > I've heard that people with leases on apartments can't be kicked out after they paid because if they could then the landlord could wait for them to pay then kick them out. Yeah, and that did used to happen a lot. But there's a big difference: apartments are very finite, kicking someone else immediately frees it up to... |
Why is there no universal outlet for home fixtures (ceiling fans, sconces, etc)? | Direct wiring is cheaper in terms of material cost and means one less potential point of failure. Home builders have less work to do with direct wiring. And for the aftermarket, I'm sure electricians aren't eager to see their work eliminated with products anybody can plug into an outlet. |
Why isn't it considered corruption when politicians grant access to lobbyists in return for financial gain. | If it isn't it should be. I would say it is considered corrupt, but just not a lot of attention is brought to it. But corrupt unfortunately doesn't always = illegal. Corrupt =/= illegal |
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