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How do massive sites like Google and Amazon keep close to 100% uptime? Aren't they a big target for things like DDoS attacks? | Multiple redundancies help in their uptime. Multiple storage locations. Servers. Communication lines. This way a DDOS aimed at a single carrier, doesn't hurt them. Nor will a single fire or other natural disaster like an earthquake.Think about how many people use google, especially in situations like say, michael jacks... |
Why is it that some English adjectives (eg: fast) cannot be made into adverbs by adding "ly" to the end? | a cowardly man". Languages aren't designed, and nobody ever said, "We need a way to turn adjectives into adverbs." It just happened. In this case, the "-ly" suffix means "having the form of", and is actually related to an old word meaning "body" or "corpse". Thus a "cowardly man" is a man who has the form of a coward. ... |
How do companies like J.G. Wentworth work? | 1) You sign over the settlement payments to the company. The money that would be going in to your bank account now goes into theirs. 2) They give you a portion of what your overall settlement is worth. If you have a million dollar settlement that's paid out over 10 years, they'll give you half a million in cash and cal... |
Why 2 cars of equal mass crashing into each other at 50 mph each is the same as 1 car crashing into a stationary wall at 50 mph, not 100mph. | The misconception here is that the wall would not be applying force. Intuitively, you would say that only the car applies force, not the wall, meaning the car would have extra force applied to it when hitting another car. However, the wall must apply force the to car when it is hit; this is because if it doesn't the ca... |
If a bit of sand dissolves when you put it in some water why doesn’t the entire seabed of sand dissolve? | Sand doesn't dissolve in water. It may spread out in water, making it more difficult to see. |
The movie Lost Highway. | Oh this is so very not an explanation like you're five, but Zizek's take on it in The Pervert's Guide To Cinema is damn good. [Here's a bit.] There's more to it, though. I'd recommend you watch the whole movie. |
What triggers some food to go right through you and how does the GI track put your food on the express track? | Well, it depends what's wrong with it--whether you have a 'sensitivity' to something you ate, or if your body detects an actual toxin, etc. One way your body flushes it is by flooding the small and/or large bowel with water through the wall of the intestine. That's how many laxatives work. There are also cases where th... |
Why when we (humans) smile at each other do we interpret it as friendly and good, but when animals bare their teeth it communicates: threat, aggression, fear? | I'm not a professional but until one comes around I'll tell you what I know: Our brains pick up more than just a smile when interacting with another human, like body language and many more facial muscle movement that we don't conciously notice. Our brains also register the environment and other info in the background a... |
If British police don't carry guns, what do they do when facing a criminal with a gun? | Have you seen this video of two British police taken down a man with a knife using pepper spray? - [link] That man would have been shot and killed in America, I guess they're just trained 'better' instead of just told to murder people. |
Why are there more right handed people in the world? | [heres a cool ted ed video that explains why] Basically, left or right handedness is correlated with genetics. Being left or right handed can be either an advantage or disadvantage depending on the scenario In a competitive scenario, left handed people will have the advantage if they are in equal or lesser number than ... |
How does Closed Captioning work on live TV? | On most live broadcasts the CC comes from two sources. They can be typed in live by a person like a stenographer or the scripts that are being used can feed the CC. Often times there is a combination of the two. There are actually companies that specialize in doing live CC. They listen to the show over telephone/intern... |
Why do passenger aircraft's seats and windows not line up? | TL;DR: The plane maker doesn't decide seat arrangement. Here is a Manufacturer's suggestion of an [A-380] seating arrangement. And here is a major airline's [suggestion]", 'Here is the part that everyone is missing USA Airframe and powerplant technician here. The emergency exits are required to have certain sizing requ... |
What's the point of women's education programs in American while women outnumbering men in colleges? | Guys please. He's not really trying to ask a question, he's trying to make a point. Don't waste your time |
Why are there many programming languages instead of just one that is good for everything? | The more things that a programming language can do, the harder it is to work out what programs written in it do. If a programming language is very limited but a perfect fit for what you're doing, it will work better than a general-purpose language will, because it will be much harder to make mistakes. Even among langua... |
Why is radar stealth so important for planes that can easily be seen with the naked eye? | Radar is used to identify aircraft far beyond visual range. That's incredibly important for most weapons systems. Secondly, the B-2 uses fuel additives, engineered exhaust, and special flight profiles to suppress contrails to the best of their ability. |
Why is Bernie Sanders' candidacy such a big deal? | It's a big deal because there will be someone to call Hillary on her BS. She'll ultimately get the nomination but she'll have to answer some tricky questions first.Because he is a legitimately honest, trustworthy, intelligent, "people first" politician, and that's about as rare a thing you can find on God's green Earth... |
Why do sex dreams feel good? Do you stimulate yourself while dreaming? | Everything you feel is handled by the brain even when you have actual sex it feels good because of your brain. You don't actually stimulate yourself but if your having a dream your mind can basically be tricked into recreating some of the actual physical / mental changes that happen during real sex.Dreams are recreatio... |
What's the point of Non-Alcoholic Beer? | Some people like the taste of beer but don't like the alcohol. It's also similar enough to a beer to pass as one at a party. That way you don't have to worry as much about drunk guys giving you shit. It may not taste exactly like beer, but it's close enough. Like diet soda and regular soda. |
Why do babies stare at certain people for long periods of time? | I consider myself a people watcher. I love looking at people; we all do. You only notice that babies do because they don't look away when you notice they are looking at you. They haven't learned its rude to stare. |
Depth perception from people with one eye | You've lived your entire life with depth perception, so a few minutes without it isn't a big deal. You also have the ability to otherwise sense how big things are because you can touch them. You'll lose some of this if you go for an extended period of time using only one eye. |
Why isn't there a movement to abandon seafood? Would such a movement help suffering oceanic habitats? | > Why isn't there a movement to abandon seafood? Would such a movement help suffering oceanic habitats? There is, it's called veganism ;)", 'There is a massive sustainable seafood movement. It is called farm raised. As of 2015 over 50% of all fish eaten in the world are farm raised. That percentage is growing every yea... |
Why are there so many abandoned cars in America? Or atleast thats how it seems on tv and in movies. | To add to the above point, cars last a lot longer now and steel is a lot more expensive than it used to be, so there's less reason to just abandon a car- even if it's totally wrecked you can get a hundred dollars for scrap and they'll even come pick it up, and cars are a lot more complicated so it's harder for a do-it-... |
Why does NASA crash probes like Casini when they're done with them? | When they actually do have them destroyed, it's to prevent contamination of another body from earth viruses or bacteria. |
How do dollar stores manage to sell brand named products for such a low price? | As others have said, dollar stores buy overflow of stock from other companies, products from factories that can't ship because they are slightly irregular etc. Food nearing the expiry date and so on. Another reason is that a lot of the name brand products they sell are actually Chinese counterfeits. Especially beauty p... |
How did inorganic matter combine to form the first life on earth, and have we been able to do it ourselves yet? | We definitely don't understand the beginning of life well enough simply to recreate it. I believe there are hypothesis that life began under the combination of certain elements under certain circumstances, but nothing has been proven. |
Why are so many buildings in the tornado zones of the USA build out of wood? Why not concrete / stone? | Cost is the reason. However, many homes have storm rooms built into them as well usually a walk in closet or something. I'm in Alabama, and the huge one that hit Tuscaloosa a couple years back started that practice around here. The room will be built to withstand a bit more damage than the rest of the house. Footings a... |
Why airplane races aren't as popular as car races? | Because you can't watch an airplane race. They go too fast. A car race can be done across city streets, or in a purpose-built track, with thousands of people watching the cars. But how would you watch an airplane race? |
If Hexagons are so efficient as a shape. Why are they not more commonly used? | I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the efficiency. Consider tiling many squares together. You can very easily end up with one large square. Tiling hexagons, however, doesn't make a large hexagon. You have a rough shape with protruding edges. Perhaps this is one reason it isn't used? |
How was the speed of light/sound determined? When did this occur and are we sure this is the actual speed? How? | When a plane goes fast enough to create a sonic boom, it's going faster than the speed of sound. Easy. The speed of light is the fastest anything can ever go. Light has no mass, so it isn't restricted by weight and literally cannot travel any slower.Thomas Edison threw a light bulb at Nikola Tesla. Tesla screamed "don'... |
How could time travel be remotely possible. | Time is a property of the universe just like space is. If it wasn't, we wouldn't have to account for it in our gps satellites . Look up time dilation for more info. It's true that our labels for certain periods of time are arbitrary, but time most certainly exists whether we measured it or not. That said, backwards tim... |
What's so bad about being Speaker of the House that nobody wants the job? | Because right now, it is probably a bad career move for any Republican seeking the job. The House Republicans are deeply divided. You have the Tea Party Republicans who can't get what they want politically, so they want to shut down the gov't and hold it hostage. And you have traditional Republicans, who want to see wh... |
what makes someone a consistent champion poker player? | > If the game is based on luck That's only one part of it and this gets blown out of proportion by people who don't play card games. In the long run, everyone gets bad hands and everyone gets good hands. It tends to cancel out over a large number of hands. So, what remains is what skill people have in knowing HOW and W... |
what exactly is edited when movie company's 'format the movie to fit the screen' and why do they need to boldly make that point known? | There was a good video explaining this posted on r/movies recently, but I can't seem to link to the thread on my phone.Here's the YouTube link though: _URL_0_ |
why is it with all the technology that we have today that most security footage or CCTV still looks grainy and takes time to ID whoever the perp or vehicle is? | True high definition cameras and equipment are expensive and most places never actually use the footage. To reduce both camera and storage costs many places only install cameras that record at 720p. 720p is fine if the person is 5 feet or so but if it's a wide angle shot if the whole front of the store it's not. Usuall... |
When I'm driving and "zone out", how do I still arrive safely at my destination even though it feels like I wasn't concentrating at all? | If you're heading to a location you've been to many times, you've already memorized the route, so you don't need to actively focus on it. Like others have said, driving isn't a hard thing to do. |
Why are the buttons on mens shirts on the right and females on the left? | Men dressed themselves, women were dressed by servants. The direction of the buttons on women's clothing were arranged so that someone else could easily button them. |
What is the point of a fiscal year. Why can't a business year end December 31st like everyone else? | Because December 31st hasn't always been the last day of the year, and because tax / rent were often tied to the existing arrangements, there is inertia in the system. For example, in the UK, the church calendar had March 25th as the last day of the year for hundreds of years, and the government's fiscal year was tied ... |
Why do prices of goods so often end in a nine, rather than a multiple of ten? | Most of the times it's because of two reasons: 1. It's a psychological thing, people will buy something that is 99.99 instead of a 100 and 2. I know it sounds extremely stupid but people will often leave that 1 cent behind. Back in this place where i worked stuff went for ridiculous prices like 18.97. I know it sounds ... |
What are the reasons people say communism/socialism does not work with larger populations? | Because people even don't know what socialism is. they associate socialism with the ussr, just because they called themselves so. that's like saying north korea is democratic because it's in their countries name. |
In a glass of iced water, once the ice melts the level of liquid doesn't change. Then how come a melting iceberg can raise sea levels? | Melting icebergs aren't the problem. The problem is melting ice *sheets* that currently sit on land, melting and flowing *in to* the sea, and raising it's level. Specifically, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. |
The point of viruses. | What's the point of human beings? Or orangutans? Or fish? Life forms evolved varied survival strategies. Because a virus is a very different life form from you does not make it less significant.Okay, okay let's rephrase the question as something like "why do viruses infect other organisms rather than just going their o... |
What happened to cargo shorts? | Unless you are fit/trim, I still think cargo shorts look much more attractive than half of these tight khakis or god-awful rolled denim jeans I'm seeing. Young people, leave the old dads alone, you really DON'T want to see them in your clothing, their bodies are not always like yours anymore. Also it makes you sound li... |
Why do people in the 1800's-1950's photography have such unnatural looking skin? | Men certainly would wear makeup for these kinds of professional photos and photo editing technology certainly did exist. The guy in the candid photo doesn't look like he has particularly flawless skin, but it could have been altered to blur it out more. Cameras also didn't pick up as much detail, so the original image ... |
What exactly do people who call themselves Libertarians believe? | Here is the simplest way I can put it: Libertarians believe something is moral as long as it doesn't infringe upon my rights or the rights of others . Example: Drunk driving is bad because it has the potential to hurt me or others . There are a few popular misconceptions about libertarians though. First: Abortion. Some... |
Why do dogs eat grass? | Dogs eat grass when their stomach feels bad. Grass makes them throw up so the feeling goes away since they can't put a finger in their throat like we do |
How can the world be running out of water? Even drinkable water? | Purifying water on a large enough scale for the billions that need it costs a LOT of money and energy, something that the developing countries that need it by definition don't have. There are more people using it on large scales for irrigation, and they are often tapping into unsustainable sources such as aquifers that... |
Why do we investigate Mars and hear so much about Mars, but hear so little about Venus? | Venus is incredibly hostile and is not considered to have potential for inhabitation.It is the hottest planet in the solar system. The winds are over 900 km/h.The atmospheric pressure is over 90 times Earth's.It rains sulphuric acid. |
what does it feel like to be elderly and over eighty years of age? | I'm almost 40 and have lived a pretty clean life and workout six days a week. I will honestly say that being 39 is nothing like being 25 was. I am much more tired now. I cannot do all nighters. I have one drink and I am fairly tipsy. I need eight hours of solid sleep to be coherent. I used to be able to get by with 4-5... |
Why aren't Bidets popular in the U.S.? | The thing I've never been able to figure out is why urinals aren't a thing in houses where the owners can afford the extra cost. They would sure as hell end the toilet seat wars.For all people that have not used one, Japanese toilets are DIVINE. Hot seat cover, soothing warm water on yer bum. For $50 and some light plu... |
could a hacker theoretically breach a bank and erase all the debt the banks have on file? | I think you'd probably wipe out the bank before you were able to wipe out all traces of debt at that bank. As in the bank would go out of business due to the massive data loss it was experiencing and trying to recover from while the attack continued against all their backups, hard copies etc. Not sure what happens if a... |
Why should I trust elevators? | Statistically, they're pretty much the safest form of travel. Safer than cars, planes, bicycles, etc. The cables never break because there are like 20 of them and they can hold far more than the capacity of the elevator. |
Why the movie 'Pi' (1998) is so critically acclaimed and loved by many. | > I've tried to watch it several times, but I just get confused about the non-linearity of the movie, the direction of the plot, and I get uncomfortable about the imagery Those are the reasons I love it. Pi is loved because it's so different yet it still works. The dialogues are intense, unsettling, and quick - you hav... |
Can someone explain washing machine cycles? | A similar question was [asked twelve day ago] and got four replies. I'm amazed that this one got so many, though obviously the bike gears tangent is partially to blame. In any event, my previous comment can be summarized as: largely marketing, but helpful to prevent mistakes and assist the laundry-challenged. |
Why are movie theaters dying? | Because it cost so much. If you want to take the family out and buy snacks you're looking at spending $100. Seems people wait until they can stream it. |
Why don't cars have a backup battery just for the ignition? | Some do but what you describe is what the single battery is for. Plus, batteries are heavy, expensive, and dangerous, so having a second one you shouldn't need isn't usually worthwhile.Die Hard used to have a battery that would "jump" itself. If the battery died, a smaller battery could be switched to in order to give ... |
why are there no conservative hosts on npr? | There are conservative commentators on NPR, but as for hosts, the hosts are meant to be neutral arbitors. However, keep in mind that NPR is all about meaningful and polite discussion, not Fox News-esque screaming and grandstanding, so you get conservative commentators like David Brooks rather than Bill O'Reilly. There ... |
Why don't North Americans use water for cleaning after "number two"? Probably nsfw | I've got no clue why certain countries have adopted the bidet & others have not. What I can offer you is an excellent workaround - *flushable moist wipes*. They're like baby wipes for adults. They're relatively inexpensive & can be found in most supermarkets on the toilet paper aisle. |
why does pretty much the entire world use the same date number? how did this come to happen? | Its currently year 4711 of the Chinese Calendar. Its currently year 5773 of the Hebrew Calendar. Its currently year 1434 of the Islamic Calendar. all 3 of these calendars are used currently in the world, they are not just historical artifacts. the cultures that use them also use the Western Gregorian Calendar. these ar... |
Why people don't get sick from using the same toothbrush everyday without disinfecting it? | We are not sterile people. You have many living communities of fungus and bacteria all over and inside of your body. We don't get sick because our immune systems prevent them from spreading out of control and forming an infection. Trust me, there are many bacteria and fungal spores growing in your mouth. As long as you... |
Why do humans have to "wipe" after defecating? Are we the only animals that do so? | No, we aren't the only animals doing that, but we wipe for different reasons, we wipe mostly for sanitation and social interaction now, but i think maybe we start to hide our smell from others predators like other especies do.I had a doc that told me once.. that our current system hasn't caught up to the fact that we a... |
How do "Song Identifying" Apps like SoundHound work? | It's not *quite* like you're five but here's a [really great explanation] of how it works. |
Why can't Android get updates like Windows does, bypassing the phone's manufacturer? | It's largely because Android is open source and can be changed by the manufacturer before they distribute an update. This includes the ability to change the update process, so only updates approved by the manufacturer and carrier are installed. Part of it also has to do with drivers and optimization, but it's largely t... |
Why does every reality show now appear to be scripted? Are there currently any that are truly unscripted? | Because it would require a lot more filming and money to piece together the interesting parts for many of these shows. It's easier and cheaper to fake it. |
How does an optometrist create prescription lenses for an infant? | [Autorefraction] is a machine that most adults and older children use. It is quick and can be done by a tech. For a younger child who won't sit still there is a method known as [Retinoscopy] that is more likely to be used. This method requires a optometrist or ophthalmologist with training on how to use a retinoscope. ... |
Is global warming real or not? | > What is the point behind not telling the truth straight up? If your company makes money extracting coal or oil and climate change is shown to be due to human activity then your company is going to lose money. You have a financial incentive to argue against global warming. It's probably worthwhile for you to offer fin... |
why couldn't minimum wage be a flexible rate based on regional GDP and inflation? | It *could* work in theory . But like every other model, it has problems. For example, studies show that - on average - the *higher* your wage, the *fewer* hours you're asked to work. I know that sounds stupid, but think about it. From a company perspecitve, the more you work, the more I have to pay you. And at higher r... |
Why does it take me 30 minutes to transfer a 5.5GB game folder from C:\ to D:\ drive, but it only takes 5 minutes to download it from Steam? | It is probably due to the ATA/SATA/etc. buss controller in your computer. When you download from steam to your D drive, the data comes in on the network connection and flows through the buss controller out to the D drive. When you go from one drive to another, the buss controller has to handle two-way traffic to get it... |
How come I get free Wifi with a £2 cup of coffee, but not with a £100 hotel room? | There's a universal rule I've found. The cheaper the hotel, the better the wifi . It's when you stay at a Marriott or Novotel etc that you end up paying $20/day for wifi that doesn't work. I build hotspot systems as part of my job and my theory is that the expensive hotels jumped into WiFi in the early days, when it wa... |
Why are off brand products that are the same cheaper than name brand competitors? | For things like contact solution and antacid tablets, they're basically from the same factory as the name brand. The slightly lower price is because there is no cost added for marketing . Where this gets interesting is for components for more expensive items. For a Circuit board for a TV, a manafacturer may make the sa... |
How the hell did/does natural selection allow for sloths to be so slow? | Sloths are slow because they have a slow metabolism. This allows them to eat infrequently and in very small amounts. Eating and mating are basically the only time a sloth has to move from his hanging perch at all. Due to this metabolism, the sloth moves very slowly, but he can also simply hang from a tree branch for ho... |
Why do we not see spiders on most of the spider webs we see? | If every human made their own home, and no one was there to demolish it after they died or left, there would be way more empty houses than occupied houses. The same idea can be applied to spider webs. You'll tend to see most unoccupied spiderwebs indoors because there is no demolition crew to knock down the old webs. |
Why is it that, as our gaming technology gets more advanced, the cost also increases? Shouldn't it be getting more streamlined and easier by this point? | The cost isn't really increasing. I bought my Xbox 360 for $350, which adjusted for inflation is around $415 today. Xbox one is what, $400? And not to mention other things are getting cheaper and the quality is getting better. Look at the graphics on the current gen gaming consoles and PCs, and the processing power ava... |
Why do search engines always display, next to the number of results, the amount of seconds it took to find the results? | I can't think of a reason why anyone other than the developers of that search engine would care about that information. |
Why do we go to work every day? | We go to work every day to pay for our cat that gets us to work, to pay for our houses that we spend no time in because we're at work. |
Why can't we swallow toothpaste? | I have mild fluorosis, probably because I never rinsed my mouth after brushing as a kid. It's those white specs you can see on some people's teeth |
Why are some people afraid of A.I. if there are already any kind of Machine Learning Algorithms? | We can barely tolerate people with different skin colors and belief systems, what makes you think we'd be okay with a completely different species developing sentience? |
Do people without Nielsen boxes affect viewership ratings? Does recording a show and watching it later increase viewership counts? | I worked for Nielsen installing the equipment to measure viewership in households, both in metered market and national. They send out written diary books but there is no way for them to measure what you watch if they don't come install the equipment and you have no effect on viewership, whether or not you record also d... |
Why does the United States sell things like Milk and Water in gallons, but Soda in liters? | They don't always. 12 ounce cans are sold. Liter and 2 liter bottles were a later invention and were made in metric sizes for simplicity and it really doesn't matter. |
For every nutrition/exercise tip there seems to be an exact opposite tip. Why is this and how can we tell what's true? | Could you give some examples? I've never seen anyone truly recommend eating an excess of calories and not move around very much, which would be the opposite of traditional recommendations. |
How we can clearly detect the use of UV light, despite our eyes not being able to perceive it | It's called fluorescence. When UV light strikes something fluorescent, some of that light is absorbed, but some is emitted at a lower frequency/energy, and this is what you see. |
what happens during a nuclear plant failure/explosion? | There are four different types of radiation. Alpha particles are basically Helium atoms, 2 protons and 2 neutrons. They are very heavy and produced during the natural decay of radioactive materials like Uranium, Thorium, and Plutonium. Because they are so large and heavy and possess a strong positive electromagnetic ch... |
Outside the US, why is driving stick still so common in many places (especially in Europe)? | This is a pretty common question, but the best answer is still this one from 2014: _URL_0_ I'm dismayed by all the non-answers in this thread. |
How can a non-person - such as a city, state, or corporation - have a credit card? | To have a credit card, you just need to be a legal entity capable of entering into contracts. Governments and companies are capable of doing that, so they can be issued credit cards . It makes low-value purchases much more streamlined. For instance, if I need to order a replacement computer component, the easiest way i... |
Why do large institutions like universities never run the latest verision of software on their computers dispite it being so easy with automatic updates. | Why risk fixing what isn't broken. Think of it from a business prospective. You don't want to lose money on a mistake because someone wanted windows 7 over xp. |
How do anti-fatigue mats work? (commonly found in service industry jobs) | I work in a pharmacy and I have one of these at my computer. If I stand at the counter where there isn't a floor mat for an extended period of time it feels like I just ran a 5k while carrying a toddler. Back, legs, ankles, hips and arches of my feet feel horrible. |
Why can steroids make a woman's clitoris larger but not make a man's penis larger? | Testosterone causes the clitoris to change to resemble a penis more closely. Since a penis already is a penis, it isn't affected the same way. |
How is it that we put salt in ice cream machines to make the ice colder, but we also put salt on our sidewalks and streets to melt the ice? | These are both the same reason! It's a really good question. Salt makes the freezing point of water lower. That means when you throw it on ice, it tends to melt the ice. Even in the Ice Cream machine. What happens is the solid = > liquid process requires a small amount of energy even if the temperature stays the same. ... |
Expansion of universe: is there an origin point? | Everything is expanding from everything I think, not a single point they're all moving away from. As far as a location for the big bang, it was sort of everywhere at once. Space itself expanded and still is. That's my understanding at least |
How is space cold when there is no transfer of energy between matter? | The thing is, space IS cold. Around three degrees kelvin, close to absolute zero. This has led a lot of sci-fi and speculative fiction to speak of space as cold, so often and pervasively that people often disbelieve you if you contradict this. However, despite this, you won't freeze. Despite the low temperature of spac... |
If Greek and Latin served as the foundation for many languages, how were Greek and Latin words derived? | Where does Hungarian fall in that tree? I only ask because I heard something crazy that the Hungarian language doesn't have traceable roots or something ? |
Why do scammers often prefer Western Union? Additionally, has Western Union ever attempted to stop scammers from using their service? | Because once the money is transfered it's now safe and cannot be charge backed easily. Paypal on the other hand is extremely easy to issue a chargeback and is used in reversed scamming where they actually send you money, when they have gotten their product they issue a chargeback for a full refund. Most of the time you... |
How does becoming vegetarian for the sake of animal rights truly help the animals? | It doesn't necessarily help the animals. But it also doesn't *hurt* the animals, which means that individual can eat with a clear conscience. |
Why don't celebrities constantly sue gossip magazines for libel? | Also, in the US there are laws regarding libel that take into consideration if a person is considered a 'public figure' or not. Mostly that is based on if they hold public office, or hold a job in which they put *themselves* in front of media already. Additionally, filming a police officer while they work is perfectly ... |
Why a well known and loved gaming company like THQ has become bankrupt | I think piracy gets a lot of the blame in recent years when in reality it's the economy. The target market of young people between say 18-30 for video games took a huge hit financially from the recession . Here's a quick chart from google showing the age to unemployment: _URL_1_ Video games happens to be one of those p... |
Why does San Andreas feel bigger than GTA4 and GTA5, when it's actually smaller. | I think it has more to do with current expectations. Back when SA was released, it was a HUGE game with lots to do. Nowadays, GTAV is a lot bigger than SA but in comparisons to other games out these days, it's really small.I remember first playing Ocarina of Time thinking that was the biggest game ever, but now when I ... |
Why don't people at concerts just sit and listen during songs, and cheer at the end? | ITT: people tell a guy who goes to live shows to hear music he doesn't understand what live shows are for.Watch a classical music concert; there will be no arm waving. |
What is holding us back from having batteries that charge significantly faster, hold significantly more charge, or even have an unlimited lifespan? | Physics, chemistry, politics, and economics all play a part in the best answer to your question. Batteries depend on chemistry, and power transfer is limited by laws of physics, so there's the science part of an answer. The economic perspective is that better batteries last longer, so consumers won't buy as many or as ... |
Why is everyone rushing out to throw Bill Cosby under the bus, but so many people rushed out to defend Michael Jackson? | One factor to consider is [Cosby's deposition] from the 2005 civil case. His statements were just recently unsealed. The DA in the criminal case used the judge's own words from the civil deposition while explaining the charges, which are almost 12 years old. He said that since Cosby has used his celebrity to speak out ... |
If heat is simply molecules moving faster, why does my breath moving air faster cool down soup? | It's the comparison of two concepts: Forced versus Natural Convection. Naturally, the air above the soup will rise and in turn the temperature of the soup will cool. When you blow on the top, you are forcing that convection, allowing more air molecules to flow away from the soup and cool it down. _URL_0URL_1_ |
Why are almost all products showcased on tv, cheaply made and usually not worth the money? | Adding to what others said. The channels don't care what type of commercial is run. They get paid buy those making the commercials anyway. And yeah there are plenty of good products being shown in commercials but those long lasting commercial shows where they just show one product after another and you can call them to... |
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