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How can Netflix detect if their users are using a VPN and can the detection be circumvented? | There are probably several ways. First, if there are too many accounts using a given IP address as the source, then that IP address is probably associated with a VPN. Netflix notes both the VPN IP address and the accounts that have used that IP address to attempt to stop the behavior that way. Second, since IP addresse... |
How does a mild snowstorm by northern standards totally cripple the south? | 1. The infrastructure isn't prepared for it. Municipal governments don't own plows, salt trucks, etc. The roads might not have shoulders. 2. People aren't prepared for it. People might not even own snow tires, ice scrapers, snow shovels, etc. If people don't know how to drive in snowy/icy conditions, they are going to ... |
What should I call someone who's ancestors existed in the America's before Columbus? | As an Indian, I prefer Indian. I'm not easily offended and it keeps it simple. But you know some who get butthurt, I guess its all individuality and that's why I hate political correctness. I'm not any more native American than you, we were both born here. They aren't African American, they've never seen Africa . Get m... |
If Adobe Flash is so full of bugs, why does everybody still use it instead of HTML5? | I don't know anyone who uses it. Some old websites, too cheap to update? Spammers? Low-rent porn sites?", '> but Adobe even stopped updating the version for Linux Not exactly right. Adobe stopped updating the NPAPI version, which Firefox and a few other browsers use. The PPAPI version which Chrome uses is updated in st... |
Why do we need IP address to be connected to internet? Don't we have MAC address already? | MAC addresses aren't used for every networking protocol. In particular, PPP doesn't use MAC addresses or, in general, any other identifier for nodes. The Internet is explicitly designed to be a bridge between different kinds of networks and technologies, so it can't rely on the details of any lower-level networking pro... |
Why do people making less than $100k/y vote Republican? | Because their political opinions align most closely with candidates who caucus with the Republicans? I'm not sure what answer you're looking for here. Can you please rephrase the question? |
Why were horrific deaths considered entertainment throughout ancient history? Why are we so different now? | People still watch horrific deaths. We've just transitioned to watching fake ones on TV and in movies instead of watching them in real life. |
With Technology growing and what not, why hasn't there been a phone battery that can last a week rather than a day? | It is widely discussed that the rate of miniaturization/capacity and speed of charge have lagged what would be ideal to spawn a true technological revolution. Notably, it resists the exponential improvements we've seen in processor speed, memory capacity. In some ways we've become addicted to this sort of pace of impro... |
What do stores do with returned merchandise? | Depending on the wholesaler, these products are shipped off to auctions sometimes. Example: Costco! Everything that is non-perishable ends up here, damaged items, returned items, things that are no longer in season, etc. Usually what they are selling at the auction is just fine, but it's buyer beware, you should inspec... |
what causes a pedophile to become a pedophile? | Just wanted to throw in trying to understand why people are sexually attracted to children is like trying to understand why you are sexually attracted to men/women. You can't tell why, you just are. There have been cases of people being chemically castrated to lose their desire to have sexual relations with children, a... |
why kids think its gross to like members of the opposite sex. | Am I the only person who *didn't* experience this? I don't recall ever *not* being attracted to women. |
Now that it’s back in season, where’s the flu been? | Some people have given great answers, but I wanted to add that the flu strains are not the only ones showing the same kind of seasonality. RSV, hMPV and PIV strains 1 and 2 are also similarly more active in the winter, and are also respiratory illnesses. PIV strain 3 is more likely to be seen in the Spring in the East ... |
What is this whole Monsanto thing about? | Nobody mentioned this part yet so I'll give it a go. Monstanto made a variety of corn that is resistant to herbicides and pesticides . So what farmers do is plant this corn and pour a large amount of herbicide and pesticide on the corn. This kills every plant and bug in the area around the corn except for the actual co... |
Why do most people hate Windows 8's Metro, and want the start menu back so badly? | People feel that it's a much less efficient method of accessing that data when using a mouse and keyboard . Windows 10 aims to find the sweet spot between. Classic and metro designs ideologies. |
Why do some people buy branded drugs if there is an equivalent generic drug available? | Sometimes, there are other chemicals or colorants in the generic brands that I can't or don't want. E.g. I can't have aspartame or yellow 5,some generic drugs have them when brand names don't.I was taking a friend to get pain meds after she broke her nose. Since she was destitute and her mother worked at Walmart, she w... |
How do ancient buildings end up buried in the ground? Where does all the new dirt come from? | Sometimes erosion. Walls tend to stop air-blow particles and debris like leaves, so it builds up around structures. Often times, they are literally filled in, as new construction goes over older ones. Roofs collapse, walls fall in, are recycled or get demolished, and up goes a new building. Or old sites are used as gar... |
Why do we have wisdom teeth, and are they bad? | It is believed that wisdom teeth were used for our early ancestors rough diet of leaves, nuts, roots, etc. We still have them, because evolution doesn't work that fast. No, they are not bad, but people get them removed because when they start to come in they hurt like hell. Like the other comment, they are bad if they ... |
in a keyboard, what are the little bumps in the F and J keys for and why are they on those specific keys? | When you rest your fingers on the home row of the keyboard, your index fingers should rest on the F and J keys. The little bumps are just there to help your fingers easily find their spot even if you're not looking at the keyboard.They are there for people who type without looking at the keyboard. You "feel" where to r... |
If I'm in a falling elevator and I jump 1' off of the ground right before it hits, what will happen? | You will likely be just as injured/dead as if you hadn't jumped. To be safe, you would have to counter the velocity of the falling elevator. In addition, the car will buckle, causing the top of the elevator car to slam into your head in the impossible event that you could manage the superhuman jump. |
How do cryptocurrencies become regulated? | The gov says what any business can and cannot do. The risk of doing something that gov says you can't is at best a fine. You can go to jail or worse. If China says you can't trade cryptos, then you risk fine, jail or worse for doing it. Business owners won't risk it. Private people might until someone gets caught and i... |
Why doesn’t gravity affect people of different weights differently? | What makes you think it doesn't? Gravity is the reason obese people have joint troubles, because their knees have to carry more weight - because of gravity. |
Why does having general anesthesia feel like you blink and you're in the recovery room when normal sleep feels like time passed? | The drugs given for anesthesia are to change your conscious state, but they are also dissociative. They put you out and don't allow your sensory perception to match your cognitive perception. Additionally they totally block short term memory while under their influence. The other thing they do is totally paralyze you. ... |
What's the difference between a psychologist, psychiatrist, and counselor? | Some things I might add to this, based on my experience in the field of clinical psychology : Psychiatrists rarely seem to treat their clients through psychotherapy. From my experience, they diagnose and prescribe medicine and typically leave it at that. Clinical psychologists also treat individuals who have sub-levels... |
What does it mean when a juice bottle says 10% juice? What does the rest of the 90% consist of and where does it come from? | Literally anything other than juice directly from a fruit or vegetable . It says in the ingredients what everything else is. Chances are it's almost entirely water and sugar. |
Why can't you smile in your passport photo? | I worked as a photo tech and took passport photos every day for six months. You technically CAN smile in your photo. You just have to make sure you keep your eyes from squinting. If they squint naturally when you smile it'll be rejected; But no one looks 'normal' smiling with their eyes forcibly widened. It makes peopl... |
Why do mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression occur in humans? Are they considered mutations or are they genetically wired in our brains that will emerge when a significant event occurs? | There's a lot of bullshit in this thread. Here are the real answers: 1. We don't know. 2. We think it's a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental triggers. |
Why Terror groups take responsibility for things | Increases notoriety. If you're doing an act to draw attention for a cause, then you want people to know you're behind it so that it brings attention to you/your fight. These people are often quite known, so regardless of whether or not the admit to the job, it doesn't change their position.Publicity. The more publicity... |
Why are Java, Python, C++ the most common languages jobs look for? | Because they're all very powerful, very versatile languages. Between Java and C++, you can do almost anything. I'm not as familiar with python, but I hear it's great for data mining and the like.Java works on almost all computers, smartphones, controllers. You can do almost anything in JAVA, the main problem is that is... |
What would happen if the earth lost its magnetic field right now | There's this great documentary called [The Core] that explains this idea extensively. I highly recommend it. |
Why are websites that ask for and receive location services on browsers still forcing us to fill in our zip code to find our local store/branch? | The GPS location services object might also just provide a bounded box of latitude and longitude for your position. Either way, it's probably not consistent enough to reliably convert a zip value from those different set of values especially if it is a bounded box. That array could straddle two or more zip codes. Bette... |
What part of the mammalian reproductive system is responsible for the perfect 50:50 chance of the fetus becoming either sex? | None of the answers so far are actually saying or even attempting to explain the seemingly random chromosomes supplied by the sperm cell and biologically why each sperm cell has so close to a 50:50 chance of holding either one. I know it's ELI5, but I'm fairly sure that the actual question hasn't been properly addresse... |
Why does time pass so swiftly while we are sleep? | You know the expression time flies when you're having fun? When you focus on an activity be it work or just having fun you stop paying attention to how much time is passing during that time so you look up and suddenly its 3 am and you should have been in bed hours ago. When you're bored and you focus on the time time i... |
Why do people typically have exclusively one hair colour while other animals like cats can have patterns of varying colours? | This actually makes me consider another thing: why does it seem like Eurasian peoples have such a wide variety of hair, eye, and skin types and colors, while Native Americans and Africans not so much? I know from what I've read that Africans are actually more genetically diverse than any other group in the world but it... |
how come humans and other animals can balance on 2 feet but other objects can not balance on 2 "feet" | An object with no moving parts can't counterbalance itself the ways needed to make 2 footed balance work. I mean, it might be possible but probably to the point of making the original use of the object pointless. What us is a 2 legged chair if you can't sit in it? Our system of 2 feet with no tail is pretty weird in th... |
Why modern PC games fit on one CD where older ones required many more. | Because COD:MW arrives on a DVD, which can contain about 6 cd's often.A CD holds 700MB. Now we have double layer dual sided DVDs, which hold 4.7GB x 4 . We also have BluRay which holds 25GB to 50GB. 700MB = 0.7 GB. Think of it as 700 million vs. 4 billion 700 million. |
The difference between 1080i and 1080p. Which is better for gaming? | There are some good answers here. As other posts have said the 'i' stands for interlaced and the 'p' stands for progressive.The 1080 means that there are 1080 horizontal lines on the screen. With an interlaced picture for every frame there is a new line drawn on every second line 1,3,5,7 etc then on the next frame line... |
In ancient times what would people do if they didn't have glasses but needed them? | In communal societies labor tends to be divided up by talent, so nearsighted people probably just tended to end up in the camp doing stuff that didn't involve spotting game at distance. A lot of the disorders we have today are a result of our environment-- bright artificial light, reading books up close, etc. Also as /... |
why we only feel like we've gotten better from viruses after sleeping? | Even if you don't undergo a disproportionate amount of healing during sleep , you'd still feel much better after being unconscious for a few hours of your convalescence. It is like you fast-forwarded through eight hours of lessening sickness. |
Why does there seem to be so few homeless women? | For OP's consideration: Under [Demographics]: > Most studies show that single homeless adults are more likely to be male than female. In 2007, a survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors found that of the population surveyed 35% of the homeless people who are members of households with children are male while 65% of thes... |
Why Do Men Grow Bald And Women Don't? | Woman do go bald, it's just much more likely in men. The reason being is baldness is a recesive genetic trait found on the X chromosome. Men only have 1 where as woman have 2. Because of this if a woman has 1 x chromosome with the recesive bald gene but one with the dominant not bald gene she won't be bald. But her son... |
Why is it a legal requirement that you wear a seat belt, yet people are allowed to drive motorcycles? | Because it makes people in cars safer. If you're trying to find a logical explanation for why every law exists and why there isn't a law for everything else, you're gonna have a bad time.Because adding a seat belt to a motorcycle would be extraordinarily dangerous to the rider in the event of an accident. An example mi... |
Why can I eat raw fish but not raw chicken or pork? | These kinds of meat are often contaminated with disease such as salmonella and worms. It is possible to eat raw pork or chicken from a clean farm so long as it's really fresh. Mainly it has to do with taste and texture though. Raw chicken doesn't taste that good and has a weird texture. |
Why didn't evolution give us the ability to regenerate limbs? | Evolution does not make choices. Evolution is a 100% random process and those who have the trite are then more, less or equally likely to reproduce and have their offspring reproduce. The reality is that up until VERY recently losing a lim was lethal, even if it eventual grew back, what did it matter if you were dead f... |
Why do I look so much better in the mirror than I do in pictures? | To explain like you're five, the face you see in the mirror is actually a reversed image of your face since it's a reflection, whereas a photo is you from the outside looking in. You're more used to the mirror image of your face because you've seen it more. So when you see a photo it looks off to you since the sides of... |
Why does some antivirus protection software (Norton, McAfee, etc.) make your computer run worse than it did before? | OP is asking why *some* antivirus software makes your computer run worse . He even mentions a few notorious brands. He isn't asking how an antivirus works, or the general performance impact. He is asking about the difference between average and bad.Technically each active background process would make your computer a l... |
How do banks actually make money from mortgages if they usually aren't paid off for 15 or 30 years? | One mortgage makes a payment once per month . Now if you somehow loaned your friend a significant amount of money and waited 15 years for him to pay you back, well that'd be stupid. You'd probably need a loan to float his, even if, at the end, you made some money.But, as a bank who's been loaning money for decades, you... |
Why america are so angry at their government, but don't seem to do much about it other than complain online. | [Duverger's Law] has a lot to do with it. Note that you guys are the main exception to the rule. Our political system is entrenched. Dissent carries an element of risk, although most of us like to pretend that it doesn't. The only Americans with the resources and clout to effect large-scale change are the ones who bene... |
Why do so many jobs just require a degree. Without specifying which one? | These days there are way more applicants than jobs. Requiring a degree is a way for employers to weed out some applicants because they'll get more than they need anyway.Demonstrates you are capable of learning in a more demandingenvironment than high school.For a lot of jobs, it's simply a marker to them that you're ab... |
How is math used in programming? | Well, for gaming it's what moves your character sling the x, y, and z axii. Old games generally used hard coded speeds , whereas new games use physics and more variables .. or some random stuff that also involves velocities that the character is already subjected to). I don't delve too deep when I program, but I love u... |
Why do American college/university campuses appear to be leaning politically left? | That's not only in the US. Why do you think every repressive government ends up beating up students? |
How can we have the technology to complete safe assisted suicides but lack the technology for 'safe' lethal injections? | > In what way is killing by lethal injection medically different from killing by assisted suicide? It's *legally* different, and the legality affects what methods can be used, and may not be based on the most advantageous methods.The guillotine was invented ages ago. Humane. Instant. Messy is all. |
I live in a big city, use public transportation and public spaces all the time. Should I be concerned about Ebola? | Unless you're in Liberia or something, you're more likely to die from using public transportation than you are to die from ebola. Avoid people who are bleeding from their orifices and you'll be fine.This is why the news is doing more harm than good. |
Can you explain the reasons why this would not work? Post from imgur "End to Poverty". | So to summarize: money has no value except what we give it. It must be backed by real and useful things like food or medicine. Inflation would simply adjust for the bigger numbers. And here's my contribution: So let's assume in a society where the only thing bought is bread, and the only currency is beads. Bread cost 5... |
How do we have "...94 million Americans out of the labor force"? | The unemployment rate is not equal to the workforce participation rate. The percentage of the population actually working is 62.9%. Unemployment rate excludes people who don't want to work, can't work, or stopped looking for work. The stay-at-home parent who does so on purpose is not included in the unemployment rate, ... |
Why do dogs get so scared or fireworks, no matter how quiet/far away it is? | What we can hear at 20', a dog can hear @ 80'. That explosion we`re hearing may very well be 4X to a dog. Many vets will give out dog-tranquilizers this time of year. May wanna save them alotta stress next yr & get a perscrip.dogs have a heightened senses they can hear more than us , the sound that might be quiet for u... |
Why does remote starting your car for 5-10 minutes waste so much gas? | Simply, because the engine hasn't come up to operating temperature yet so it wont run as efficiently as when its warmed. The computer adjusts the MPG readout according to RPM. on cold startup, engines may choke the engine to get it started easier, and then has to run at ~1500rpm+ so that the extra fuel being added does... |
How come I haven't been caught for piracy? Am I more likely to be caught pirating a movie or software rather than a song? | Countless millions of users are torrenting, and it is as futile as drug control. They are sending thousands of notices a day but they just can't keep up. So they focus on the big fish, the uploaders and seeders. They have more to charge them with. Essentially they can just download an illegal torrent, look at every pee... |
why can't Buffalo, NY just dump the 32tons of removed snow BACK into Lake Erie? | It's wayyyyyyyyyyyy easier to just plow it to the side of the road then load it into dump trucks for hauling. |
Why are we scared of the dark? | I'd think because in the dark, we can't rely on the sense we rely on most? |
Why does Habitat for Humanity build houses when there are so many empty, foreclosed houses already? | A lot of the building materials are donated. They also run a home depot like store filled with donated materials. It's called the Restore. |
-18: why maths is worth learning | You don't need to know the formulas or do the grunt work, but you need to system of numeric reasoning. You may not have to calculate how ~~tall~~ big a triangle is, but you'll need to know ~~length~~ area = 1/2 base times height. |
Why do we get a "someone's watching me" feeling when someone is watching us, despite not knowing for sure that we're being watched? | Stand in a crowded area. Feel like someone is watching you. Turn your head around to look behind you. Attract the attention of some stranger that was not paying attention to you at all until you decided to turn your head around and look behind you. Make eye contact. Ignore all of the other people that weren't distracte... |
Why do people throw up from high intensity exercises? | Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's a way of the body making itself stop using calories on digestion and divert as many calories to muscles. A secondary thought that I have is that it's the body's way of lightening its self to reduce stress on muscles in use. |
The phrase "Liquor before beer, you're in the clear. Beer before liqour, never been sicker". | It's advice to help monitor intake and avoid over drinking when getting hammered as fast as possible. Honestly it was probably made up by people who don't know how to drink properly. It takes making some assumptions to work, it's probably only suited advice for a night of heavy drinking, if anything. In reality though,... |
What is the difference between a bad headache and a migraine? | The other poster here is totally right. The noticeable practical difference between a normal headache and a migraine is intensity. It's akin to comparing a sore wrist to a broken wrist. The pain is absolutely flooring. My brother and I have unanimously decided that it feels like your skull is being pried apart at the t... |
Given the vastness of the US borders, how do they keep it in any way secure? | Most of the Canada-US border is not patrolled. There's a border crossing station in northern Minnesota that's just a telephone, and you have to call the Canadian border patrol and tell them you're entering the country. |
If The Hubble Telescope's optics can focus on distant galaxies, AND can focus on a local body like Jupiter, why can't it see Pluto clearly? | Pluto is about 0.11 arc-seconds wide and Hubble's resolution is about 0.04 arc-seconds per pixel. You can only get 3 Hubble camera pixels across the face of Pluto when it is closest to earth. This is not enough for a decent picture. Hubble's resolution is limited by the size of its primary mirror and a phenomena called... |
How/Why does the moon suddenly appear twice as big as it usually does on some nights? | Optical illusion. It looks larger when closer to the horizon, for instance. If you actually measure the number of degrees it takes up in the sky, it doesn't vary by much more than about 10% though, depending on current distance . |
Why is it not blinding to look directly at the sun early in a sun rise or late into a sun set? | As light bends, it separates by wavelength. The sky looks red because you're only getting a fraction of the original light that was bent. It's less bright and less intense. |
If bananas don't naturally reproduce and are all the result of cloning by humans, how are there different types of bananas? | I haven't seen an good answer yet, so I will give it another try. The wild bananas do have seeds, so they can reproduce normally. This also means that over time, new types will form. These wild bananas do contain very little pulp. So we do not farm wild bananas on a large scale, there is simply no demand.But due to spe... |
What exactly happens to Gandolf during the time he progresses from Gandolf the Grey to Gandolf the White? | It's been several years since I've read all the books, but if you get a chance to read the Simarillion, it will illuminate many unanswered questions about the Tolkien world and mythology. It's the accumulated writings of Tolkiens characters backgrounds, histories, lineages, origins of creatures and races and even weapo... |
How is the pirate bay still up when websites like megaupload were taken down. | They've been raided a few times. They just move to a new country and keep on running. Looks like they are trying to bring a server up in Saint Martin tonight, but not having much luck |
Why does time seemingly pass so fast when I'm lying in bed and can't sleep? | I wish time went fast on a sleepless night. It feels like time goes on forever. All I want to do is sleep, but my mind won't let me. |
Why is it that, when drinking alcohol while sitting down, you may feel more drunk when you stand up? | Not a doctor, but my thinking has always been that, upon standing, you're increasing movement, which increases blood flow. The increased blood flow also increases the feeling of drunkenness.In a word, gravity. Standing up allows your blood to move down into your legs effectively lowering the blood pressure in your uppe... |
Why are there so many mattress stores? How do they stay in business? Is there really that high of a demand for mattresses? | People have to sleep. People also have to eat, so there are lots of grocery stores. People need to drive, so there are also gas stations and car stores. Do you but a new car every 10 or so years? Isn't that about the life of a mattress after you have fucked on it a bunch of times? How about all the grime and crap that ... |
Why are peanuts and treenuts often banned in schools due to allergy concerns but almost never in workplaces? | I can only speak to the medical answer specifically, but with children you have a window of as small as seconds if it's serious. With adults, they'd have to go well into severe allergies before it becomes a matter of seconds between life and death. Adults, typically, are also aware they have a serious allergy, where so... |
How do I tell if a diamond is real? | If you go to a jewelry store a gemologist can tell you if it's a diamond usually just by looking. My dad owns a jewelry store and he's GIA certified, and he tends to be able to do this. He also looks with a loupe and usually if there aren't any flaws it's a cubic zirconia . He also uses a diamond-scratcher made out of ... |
Why are airline tickets so expensive? Is jet fuel really that costly? | [The price of airfare has never been lower] and quite frankly cheap airfare is one of the great success stories of the 1980s deregulation. So, my question to you is, why do you think airfare is expensive, when it's substantially cheaper now than it ever has been in the past thirty years? |
Why is slope rise over run? | The same distance horizontally has a higher slope when the vertical distance is higher. If we did it the other way we would be saying that something less 'steep' has a higher slope. The highest slope would be a flat horizontal line. Mathematically I believe it would be fine to define it that way, but the way we do it a... |
Why do we recognize that mirrors are "silver" when they appear to be the exact same color as what they are reflecting? | Mirrors actually tend to have a slightly green tinge to them. It's not noticeable if you're just looking in one but if you have two mirrors facing each other and look into the infinite reflections it gradually tunes more and more green.Edit: I realise it's the glass in the mirror that causes this and it doesn't really ... |
Why was Nixon impeached for wiretapping, but the NSA revelations have not led to serious impeachment calls for Obama and everyone else complicit in this? | Because the NSA was formed in 1952. It was given more power and strength under the USA PATRIOT Act, signed in 2001. So if you're asking for everyone complicit, then maybe you should ask why there weren't calls for impeachment against Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Jr. & Sr., and Clinton as wel... |
What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning but continued about its orbit? | I don't know if this specifically answers your question, but I found this documentary pretty interesting. _URL_3_ |
Why do people cover their mouths with their hands when surprised, shy etc? | One of the things that TV studio sound techs know is Don't put a lapel mike on older women as when surprised or embarrassed they tend to clutch their throat/neck, causing a bump noise on the mike. This is where the expression clutching at her pearls comes from. Jim B. |
Why is having “good” posture so uncomfortable? | Medical massage therapist here. It's because your antagonist or opposite muscles are tight and pulling you forward. If you have your muscles opened /released/relaxed it will be amazingly easy to stand up straight. These muscles are: pectoral minor, scalenes, sternocleidomastoid teres minor, anterior deltoid, pectoral m... |
So we always worry about a big asteroid slamming into the Earth, but what would happen if a big asteroid smashed into the moon? | Thundar The Barbarian? Seriously though, its very likely that blowoff would impact the Earth causing widespread destruction. Maybe not life-ending, maybe more so. It just depends on how big the blowoff chunks are and the direction/speed they are ejected. We just don't know how well the moon will handle a large impact w... |
Why is the new King of Saudi Arabia the half-brother of the old one and not one of his sons? | Because in many non-European societies they don't have the rule of [primogeniture], so it's not always the eldest son. |
Wouldn't NSA help investigate crimes/track criminals more efficiently? | Warrantless searches are unconstitutional. What they're doing is illegal and could very easily be abused if the wrong people got elected. They have never produced any evidence to suggest their programs have stopped any acts of terrorism. |
Why are roof shingles so small? | Installed correctly, shingles provide very good protection to the structure so the current size is not an issue in this area. As already mentioned, the weight can be an issue when you are roofing so a larger size would be much harder to work with. The current size is plenty large and can be put up very quickly. My gues... |
Why are people hating on XBOX One and PS4? | Imagine that you bought a house, and bought a lot of stuff for that house. You own the house and all of the stuff in it. You can do whatever you want with the house and with your stuff. Every 5-8 years, an upgrade comes out where you can re-model your house in 10 minutes with all sorts of new features and technology. N... |
During the 20 year patent period, does the pharmaceutical companies determine the price of the drug or is it regulated somehow? | Unfortunately this basically comes down to free market economics. Ultimately it comes down to what the market will bear. That's why you keep seeing reports of anesthetics costing thousands of dollars from a hospital, hundreds of dollars if purchased privately, and the equivalent of tens of dollars in a market with unio... |
Is time passing in dreams contiguous with the actual time passing in reality? | As a person with narcolepsy, I always dream lucid. I experimented with this by having someone sit next to me and giving me certain triggers . I can tell you two things; - Time in dreams is even more relative than Einstein's theory would make 'real' time.- As said by someone else, your brain skips a ton of stuff. When y... |
Why do we spend so much more money exploring space than our oceans? | You need to understand the objectives of space exploration vs deep ocean. Astrophysics provides insights on how the forces of the universe work leading to new materials, manufacturing methods, etc. Things we use today vs a misguided notion of extra-terrestial colonies . Experiments in zero gravity have yield a vast amo... |
Why does the date Jesus was born never change but the date Jesus dies changes every year? | The Easter date is determined based on the approximate date of the March equinox. According to [this website], Jesus' death and resurrection occurred somewhere around the first full moon of the vernal equinox, but since the date of this equinox, and by extension the date of this first full moon, are different each year... |
Why do most predatory animals choose not to eat humans? | Many animal attacks are territorial, not hunting. Animals know that attacking any animal is dangerous, both from the target and from other animals that might stop by to see what's happening in the now bloody smelling area. Once the goal is met or if it looks like the costs are too high, they disengage. Attacking humans... |
How do copper surfaces kill bacteria? | [Oligiodynamic effect]. To put simply, metals aren't really static, they leach stuff all the time, some more than others. Copper especially is considering fairly reactive, that's why copper cookware you're not supposed to cook acidic foods in or in too high of heat . Metal ions go into microbes and basically fuck shit ... |
How can babies sleep in awkward and uncomfortable positions, without showing any symptoms of pain, such as a stiff neck or back that adults would normally show? | Ironaxcly I know a 4 year old who just woke up with a stiff neck, probably from sleeping wrong. Anyways yeah babies and young children are naturally flexible and heal well, plus they weigh much less. Let's say all your weight is on your shoulder, for a baby that isn't much , and proportionally let's stressful. I used t... |
Can something go "below" absolute 0? | You can't go below absolute 0. Basically, temperature is a measure of how fast molecules are moving about. Absolute zero is the temperature where nothing is moving. To go below absolute 0, the molecules would have to be moving slower than not moving at all, which obviously makes no sense. |
Why do cars from the 70's and earlier all have distinctive looks and are easily identifiable while modern cars all mostly look the same? | I have a slightly different take on this. Modern cars designed using computers with specific computer programs have a distinct smooth/sharp fade design language. Certain fades or angles are given to cars to make them look aggressive, sleek, smaller, bigger, whatever the client may want, but because they are usually mad... |
How do prank shows get away with impersonating police officers in public? | Sooooooo you're saying that being forced to get a hot chocolate enema is NOT something the police can make you do? Well, lesson learned! |
Why do most animals know how to swim instinctively, but Humans do not? | Baby animals can do a lot of things right from the start that humans can't. Swimming comes instinctual as well as walking, communication, foraging, and many other skills. Evolutionary wise the advantage of human offspring being born with little instinctual knowledge and staying in the infant/adolescent stage for a long... |
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