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What exactly has President Obama done to make people hate him? | I don't hate him. I hate what has happened while he was chief executive. On his watch the market has crashed. Confidence is down world wide in our country and economy. Everyone I know is broke or in foreclosure or underemployed. Sure 2005 was great there were tons of construction companies and people making money like ... |
How do we know we are in a spiral shaped galaxy? | We know that there's three different kind of galaxies - elliptic, spiral and irregular. Simply because from thousands of different observable galaxies all belong to one of this classes. And from here it's easy to check in what kind of galaxy we live.Our galaxy is flat - you can see it with any telescope. So it can't be... |
Why is the skin on our arms and legs generally clear and beautiful, while our faces and back tend to get acne and clogged pores? | Okay so this is what my dermatologist told me. The skin on your face is more sensitive and thinner than the skin on your arms or legs. It's more prone to damage or redness. Your face produces a lot of oil. This depends on many factors. Could be because of increased cleansing , genetics, hormones, environment and a whol... |
Why is it so common for famous people to have been married multiple times? | I'm pretty sure this hasn't been explicitly said, but the people you're thinking of have usually gotten to their fame because of an extreme commitment to their careers. The most popular actors and musicians at any given moment probably work 70-90 hours a week to get and stay at the top of the pack. That doesn't leave a... |
Why does the Forbes rich list exclude certain billionaires? | because it would be problematic to see who actually owns the world and why the world is trillions of dollars in debt you wouldn't want to be a nazi would you? good, now pay your debts created from artificial inflation created from currency not regulated by your government or people :^)", 'forbes is a news outlet with r... |
Why isn’t every bone in our body made to be as strong as our femur? | Because they all have different functions, some of which require thinner or smaller sizes, necessitating a different overall strength for the bones. Any material, be it bone, metal, or paper, is going to be easier to bend or break depending on it's shape and size. The tiny bones in the inner ear help with hearing, and ... |
What makes us get a 'Stitch' in our sides when we run too quickly? | I have no idea what causes it, but our high school track coach theorized it was because too much in the saliva you were swallowing while you ran He said to cure it, just keep spitting as you run - which i did, and seemed to work - not sure if it was coincidental, but it did seem to work for me.. |
How does Flint, MI still not have clean water? | You can't fix a city's entire water supply infrastructure over night. The system is underground, so even the parts that can be dug up are under streets and people's yards. Then there's the parts that run under buildings and such . Not to mention, it's been winter up there. The ground is frozen in winter, which adds tha... |
Why do people consider male circumcision horrible? | In fairness, you can't really say it is easier, as you can't compare before and after. That choice was taken away from you without your consent. |
when I'm really depressed, what causes the physical feeling in my chest that feels like a sad heart? | When you are aware of that feeling, half of the work is already done! you now need to learn to observe this feeling objectively and note it's characteristics. The more you note it in a balanced way, the more you're getting rid of your depression. This is a way taught in vipassana to overcome all unsatisfactoriness. goo... |
Why is Hitchhiking illegal? | My post was removed by the mods because it wasnt in-depth enough. I'm not sure how much more in-depth I need to be with this answer but it is illegal to walk on major highways in Canada. That is why it is illegal to hitchhike. It's for the safety of the person walking down the highway rather and for cars that stop alon... |
the 101 on guitar pickups | All the explanations on this post are good, but I feel like you might be looking for an explanation that is less in depth, so here ya go. Single coil pickups look like they are about the width of your finger, a fender stratocaster is an example of a guitar with single coil pickups. A humbucker looks about twice as thic... |
Since oil is 1/3 the price is what was 2 years ago, how come gasoline isn't 1/3 the price? | No one's mentioned that the cost of Ethanol which the government mandates makes up 2-10% of your fuel depending on the state, which has a price of 5 dollars a gallon. |
When we say things like "2/3 of all ocean life remains undiscovered," how do we know what we haven't discovered? | I am working on my bachelor thesis as a marine biologist right now. Our team has taken samples from the bottom of the sea near the Kurill trench . Everytime the hyperbenthic sledge comes up, 90% of the animals are new or at least new species. I am currently describing a specie that we don't even know what it does or ho... |
If automation ultimately replaces a majority of the workforce, then where will the demand for those goods which are auto-produced come from? Wouldn't automation ensure it's own obsolescence? | Full automation's ramifications are hard to project, which is why people like arguing about it so much. That said, in a late/post-capitalist society it can be conjectured that the economy would rebalance in such a way as to allow the free flow of goods to the largest possible number of consumers. Exactly how the macroe... |
When you take that little square tag off a recordable VHS tape, it makes it non-recordable. | The VCR is simply checking for whether the tab is present. There's a switch positioned so that it's pressed by the tab, and the VCR will only allow you to record if that switch is pressed.we used to get videos that were sold as films from rent shops or bargain bins then use a bit of sellotape to put over where the hole... |
Why Do More People Blame Illegal Immigrants for "Stealing" Jobs Than Business' for Hiring Illegal Immigrants? | People are insecure about the economic realities: Illegal immigrants will do more for less. It's like businesses upset at Walmart for stealing their customers by offering lower prices. |
Why do school buses have no seat belts? | I was in a bus collision 9th grade. It felt like the driver didn't realize there was a speed bump; We all jumped a bit, but didn't think anything of it. The bus stopped. We look out the left Windows. There laid a car, looking as though it had been mauled by a meat grinder. The only damage the bus sustained was a chippe... |
If the human body completely regenerates it's cells after five years, how are tattoos so permanent? | The ink is placed neither too low nor too high in the skin's layers. In the dermis is believe. |
What exactly do finance departments at large companies do? | On the topic of integrity, think about bribes. How can a finance department detect and determine inappropriate use of funds? I'm not going to do your homework, but you can search about cases or corporate bribes and how they were finally discovered. Maybe somewhere you will see a case of that new finance guy seeing 30k ... |
Why do porns always look amazing at first and ridiculously disgusting once you have masturbated? | First and foremost, after watching porn, it doesn't disgust you, but *you* are disgusted by *yourself*. It's simply the matter of shame and the feeling of emptiness. When I rub one out, I feel great. I actually feel relieved and over-all completely satisfied with myself. You need to acknowledge the fact that it's a nat... |
Why is it not a criminal offense for a bank to evict the wrong house? | Now I'm wondering if it's legal to defend against a wrongful, forceful eviction like this in the states. |
How games are converted to run on Linux | It isn't hard when game is written with portability in mind. Say, developer might use SDL and just compile his game both for Linux and for Windows. It will just work! However, developers often write games having only Windows in mind. Then there is a lot of Windows-specific things in their code, and changing them all ju... |
Why isn't cancer easily curable? | It's because cancerous cells are your own cells! Your immune system can't distinguish them from regular healthy cells. Let's imagine you have a robot guarding your massive ranch in the Yukon. You give the robot specific instructions, shoot anything that isn't human. Over the years it kills bears, wolves, foxes, wolveri... |
Why is American culture so obsessed with youth and views getting old as a horrible thing? | America is a country based in innovation, migration, all kinds of change. Young people are good at that. Old people tend to settle down into a proven way of doing and thinking. That's valuable too, but it's not the reason for America's success.I dont think its solely an american thing, look at Asia. They are obsessed w... |
Why gun prohibition worked in Australia but wouldn't work in the US? | Maybe someone else mentioned this but organized crime is responsible for a significant portion of gun-related crime be it homicide or armed robbery etc. in America. Making guns illegal, or further regulating their sale and use would do very little, if anything at all, to address this. The root cause of most gang activi... |
Zeno's Paradox (infinite halves) | step 1) Walk half way to the kitchen step 2) Call this your new starting point. step 3) add 1 to your step counter step 4) goto step 1. Zeno's paradox is that you have to complete and infinite number of things, which is impossible.Zeno was a moran who didn't understand limits. Either that or he was trolling. The size o... |
How does Costco afford their high minimum wage? | The subscription fees are essentially free money since they don't pay for anything they can use it to pay wages and someone decided to knife the competition and put it towards their most important customer:their employees", 'The wages also help to promote their place in the community, so more people will feel better ab... |
Why don't American's have citizenship to their ethnic origin but offspring born abroad have American citizenship? | Typically, countries only allow citizenship to pass on to children born abroad for one or two generations. If Joe's family stays in Ireland and his child never lives in the US, then Joe's grandchild won't be an American citizen. |
What is that old people smell? | I know exactly what your talking about, it's the smell when you sprout mung beans on a damp paper towel in your desk drawer. Very nutritious but they smell like death |
Depression sufferers - How do you explain to someone without depression what it feels like to have 'one of those days'? | My explanation is also my brake system from going too deep into the downward spiral I'm in a deep ocean without my life vest, far from land. My life vest? Hope. Without it I'm sunk. So I keep the analogy in mind and search for hope like I would a rescue ship. Sometimes, even flotsam has to do. Keep afloat, friend. |
why do only men have adams apples? | Both sexes have them, it's just that testosterone creates additional cartilage in that area to protect the vocal cords and deepen the voice. |
Explain to me like I'm five... "cloud computing"? | I'd argue that its more that just 'stuff on the internets'. ITs 3 things that haven't been mentioned: 1) Elasticity - the amount of computing power/storage/other resources you use can grow *AND* shrink over time. Quickly, and easily. With that, your costs change the same way. 2) Automated - cloud computing is highly au... |
Why does a camera flash flash, instead of just keeping on a steady light until the picture is taken? | The reason it is still continued today when we have such access to electricity is because flashes of light also stop motion. So, when it's dark out and the shutter speed is invariably open longer, a flash of light will make the image look crisp, still, and, in focus as opposed to simply bright and blurry. This is why s... |
How can 1 or 2 locomotive(s) push/pull soo much tonnage | It takes a lot of effort to get a train like that moving. But, once it gets going, there isn't much friction slowing it down. |
Why is prom such a big deal in the US? | Mostly because American media makes a big deal about it. Art inspires life. Also because a fairly significant amount of kids will go off and have sex afterwards. But lots of kids don't even go. |
Why do I occasionally (in a wakeful state) feel as if I am in a dream-like state, as if everything is surreal (and feel like I'm floating)? | i get this from time to time.. but it actually feels very nice. everything is slooow, and you kinda know what your next movement is gonna be, but somehow it's still unpredictable due to the sensation.. this reads like crap. it's like being super high, but you're not really high.. maybe you're getting too little oxygen ... |
Why are there so many IT workers on reddit? | Historically, and this is even before the digg exodus, reddit was a site that catered to nerds/IT. It's also obviously largely run by people with IT backgrounds. It's over time that its become a more mainstream site. IT/Nerds tend to like reddit because their job gives them a lot of time to slack off but they're on cal... |
why does everyone use q-tips to clean ear wax when the box specifically tells you not to? Where did that start from? And what should be used instead? | I discovered the cap from a Bic pen works great to scrape the insides of your ear canals. Removes wax and also feels wonderful. Unfortunately the pointy part also works great to puncture your eardrum. That doesn't feel so great. :( I've decided Q-tips are the lesser of two evils.I never used Q-Tips because we always ha... |
Why is square dancing a part of the PE curriculum in so many states? | That's brought back a childhood nightmare for me, we were made to do Morris Dancing _URL_2_ by Mrs Ashton back at Junior School. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty much the inspiration behind the Fish Slapping Dance _URL_2_ . Teachers are weird. |
Why, in America, if someone hurts themselves on my property, and it was their fault, do I have to pay for it? | It's an **old** tradition that guests of your home are your responsibility. Like biblically old. With that duty comes the right to have control over their actions on your property. Modern law is interpreted from this. Why is there a case for this at all? Because your insurance can pay for it. had you not had insurance,... |
Why is the age to drive a several-ton vehicle 16 in the USA, but the age to operate some simple machinery such as garbage compactors and cardboard balers 18? | Actually the minimum age to for a commercial driver's license is the age of 18, and to drive inter-state is 21. |
The UAE wants an artificial mountain to increase rainfall | This mountain really only has to be a good size hill. I'm surprised that they don't just move there landfill to the mountian location and start pling trash, we have mountains of trash around here. this is cut and paste from another reddit comment. 2) The feasibility of building a sufficiently large mountain. Yeah. Not ... |
Why is finding "patient zero" in an epidemic so important? | One more important thing to note is that the disease samples of P-Zero are likely to be the original mutagen. Considering how diseases adapt themselves according to the host or environs they find themselves in, it is important to know what the original structure of of microbe looked like. That way it is possible to sim... |
Why does sunlight reveal a ton of dust while artificial light doesn't? | Can you see dust very easily when you are outside? Not really, at least not any better than when you're inside, it's just brighter outside. I think what you're talking about are sun beams coming in through a window and lighting dust in the air inside your room. The reason this illuminates the dust very well is because ... |
Why do cats always seem to want to lie on whatever I'm working on, or to crawl into tight spaces? | Attention. Attention. Attention. If they want lovings they'll do whatever they can to get you to just simply acknowledge them. Just a few minutes ago one of mine did his routine of paw the monitor because he knows I'll yell at him. Then he'll turn around and be cuddly, because I acknowledged him. He's a shit head. |
if someone has massive credt card debt and that person dies, what happens to the debt? | When a person dies, everything they own and everything they owe goes into an estate. The estate pays the debts and if there is leftover then someone could inherent. However, if the debts exceed the assets then all assets are sold to pay the debts and any remaining debt simply dies. Collection companies don't like this ... |
How can someone be tried and convicted of resisting arrest, but no other crime? | You can be lawfully arrested even if you have not committed a crime. For example, if you happen to be jogging at night in black sweats and a ski mask when a burglary occurs, a police officer would have probably cause to arrest you. Resisting that arrest is a crime in and of itself. It is important to remember when inte... |
Why aren't air conditioners liquid-cooled? | Because liquid water is incompressible with readily available equipment. It's not more efficient, water has a higher heat capacity than air, but it's much easier to heat and cool a gas than a liquid. What counts here is the properties of the refrigerant when compressed versus when decompressed. Compressed refrigerant w... |
Why isn't there a streaming service like Netflix for video games yet? | Do you mean, like a service where you get access to a huge library of games for a subscription fee? Or do you mean a service where you stream a game's video to, say, your cellphone? If it's the second, there are companies trying to do that. The nVidia Shield is a handheld that lets you stream PC games from your compute... |
How does it take 660 gallons of water to produce 1/3lb hamburger? | It's misleading. It's not like all that water would have been put into municipal water supplies if the cow hadn't drank it. So yes, they require a lot of water, but luckily that stuff sorta falls from the sky. And yes, I knew it doesn't fall from the sky in California. But not all the beef is raised there. Some of it i... |
If a human head is separated from the rest of its body, is there a way to keep the head alive, medically ? Will the person still behave normally ? | Don't listen to these nay sayers. The answer is yes to both your questions, but the technology required is beyond the scope of our current abilities by a very very long way. |
If electricity takes the path of least resistance, then why do lightning bolts always look like a squiggly line instead of a straight one? | In think you've answered the question in part, in your question. The path of least resistance does not necessarily mean a straight line. Environmental conditions - electrically - are never homogenous, but rather ever changing as you change altitude, and location. So the path you see really is the least resistive path.t... |
why there are more diagnosis' of Autism in north america than europe, asia, etc. | It could be because of how school is structured; like ADD. ADD is easy to diagnose if kids are to sit on their ass and learn a limited amount of subjects for extended periods of time. But for some reason, ADD symptoms don't really present in PE and active Electives like history class . In the US, we prioritize structur... |
How does this shooting in California not prove that stricter gun laws won't help our problem? | Weapons can be available in other states, and there's no simple mechanism to prevent them from crossing borders. You can pretty freely move state to state. Additionally, many gun laws have goals other than simply outlawing a specific weapon in a specific region, such as more thorough checks, waiting periods, and so on,... |
Why retail video games are still sold as CDs rather than as USBs for PC gaming? | USB storage still isn't cheaper than optical discs. You can buy blank DVDs for under 20 cents each, retail. 4GB flash drives are cheap, but they're not that cheap. |
Why do we make the "ahhhh" sound after drinking something refreshing? | Probably a learned social phenomena. Similarly, most people when sneezing make the achew sound, but deaf people dont because they've never heard it before. |
Why is it so difficult for people to change their perspective on something when the evidence clearly shows that they are wrong? | It's been called the backfire effect - contrary evidence doesn't change the opinion, but rather entrenches it. It's a form of [confirmation bias]. |
Why do I "Cringe" when I remember something stupid I did? | Because you're embarassed at what your former self did, that your current self does not approve of.Thanks, now I remembered something stupid I did. |
how and why is eating meat so bad for the environment? | Mostly eating meat is inefficient. Instead of eating a plant, your are eating an animal that eats a plant, one that spends a few years turning plants into poop until you are ready to eat it. That's a lot of additional resources, compared to just eating a plant directly. |
If women workers are getting lower pay for equal work, how come companies don't hire mostly or all women to increase profits and therefore, out-compete rivals? | There are a lot of people who are claiming there's no wage gap as an answer to your question. This is obviously bullshit if you think about it; it implies that not only is there no wage gap, there could never have been one, even back in the days of overt sexism. After all, it didn't make better economic sense back then... |
Why do some materials become brittle when they get cold and others do not? | I've read through comments and hope you don't mind one more follow up. Imagine a very long perfect rod of glass. One end you heat until it's close to melting. The other end you cool gradually with liquid nitrogen. Could you please describe what the continuum is between one end of the glass and the others in terms of sh... |
Why is 100°F air extremely hot and uncomfortable for humans, while 100°F water is slightly warm and pleasant? | 100 °F water isn't too pleasant if you're immersed in it for a long time. When you take a shower it is warm and pleasant because you don't overheat. A hot tub is nice and cozy because it warms you up. A very weak 100 °F sauna is also nice and pleasant at first. Edit: [this article] is a great source. It mentions that a... |
Why is it that all planet's are relatively spherical? | Things always want to spookily stick together in space. If your ball has a bump on it, then it will be pulled by the rest of the ball to stick all over it. But if your ball isn't large/strong enough, it can't pull the bump down and make it a ball. Then the ball and bump remain together. --- I tried to ELI5.Generally be... |
why haven't we been able to land on Mars? | We've landed a rover on Mars. If you're talking about human beings, that's a different story. First, there's little funding for that type of endeavor and it would cost quite a bit. Second, there's the issue of whether humans would suffer too much from radiation and the lengthy zero-g mission. It's also a technical marv... |
Why did Google succeed and AOL crumble? | AOL was an online service provider around the time the WWW was becoming popular. At the time, the Internet as we know it today isn't what was widely available; AOL, Compuserve, some other big players and small dial-up BBS communities were what you got, and aside from BBSes you typically used the provider's installed pr... |
The colour and birth of wizards (LOTR) | I thought that while the white wizard was the master of the order the colors of the other wizards did something to denote their magical proficiencies. For example, Radagast the Brown is a master of animals and I think botany. If anybody could help me by debunking this or filling in the blanks I'd appreciate it. The ist... |
US charges of 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree murder, to someone from Europe. Looking for really clear illustrations of the varying charges. | 1st degree is premeditated. You planned to kill the person. Usually 25 to life. Sometimes the death penalty. 2nd degree is usually called a crime of passion. It is when you meant to kill the person however you didnt plan it out and usually if it was under different circumstances you probably wouldn't have killed them. ... |
If you don't get new brain cells, then brain cells shouldn't divide much, so why are there so many brain cancers? | You're right that adult neurons in the brain don't reproduce. However, there are all sorts of other cells in the brain which do reproduce. These are the cause of most cancers that originate in the brain. They include cells making up blood vessels, protective membranes, various glands, and glial cells to name a few. |
If water boils and creates steam at 100 degrees Celsius, why is steam generated when we take hot showers? | Water boils at 100C, this is true. [But water can evaporate at any temperature above 0 degrees C if the conditions are right.] Boiling is when water needs to turn into steam so badly that even with all the water pressing against it, it turns into gas. At the surface of a boiling pot of water, it's easier for water to t... |
Why does it take a month to lose 10 lbs but it seems easy to gain 10 lbs in a week? | Something I haven't seen addressed in these answers is: water weight. Not everything you gain is fat. Some of it is bloat from eating saltier foods, carbier foods, or foods that aren't part of your everyday life. Water weight or swelling or bloat or whatever you want to call it is REAL weight, but it's not fat and it d... |
Sharia courts in the UK | > Even if it is optional surely women from Muslim communities will be forced to go even if they don't agree? It's possible in any circumstance for people to be forced into doing something they don't want. The only alternative to this is to force people to use government courts to resolve all their disputes.It's not a n... |
Why in this day and age there are still places that don't accept certain credit cards? | Credit cards cost stores money. Why should they take cards unless the vast majority of their customers use them? How much business do you really think they're losing by only accepting the cards that 99% of all customers will have anyway?", 'Credit cards charge fees to the merchant that accepts them. Visa and MasterCard... |
How if someone steels my Credit Card they can get my PIN and withdraw cash from an ATM | I had mine taken from Quiktrip in the states. It was 415 am and I was filling up on my way to work. I looked at the cube where you put the card in and the security seal wasn't there. Two days later we get charges from brazil. I knew there was probably a skimmer but there were 2 qt trucks at the other end of the station... |
Why can the Hubble Space Telescope take pictures of Pluto that look like crap, but can take jaw-dropping photos of distant galaxies and stars? | The photos of distant galaxies are FAR blurrier than those taken of Pluto. They only look good because of their size, and the scale of the image. If you were to try and make out an individual Pluto sized planet in that photo, it would look far worse than an image of Pluto. Imagine you are 500 feet away from a golf ball... |
how does a company like McDonald's make their food taste exactly the same on such a large scale? | Say what you will about fast food, but it is consistent, and that's a big part of why it sells. You walk into any McDonald's and unless someone is screwing things up, you're getting the same meal in New York as you are in Texas, Florida, Montana, hell, even Paris, et al . I once watched some special on TV about chefs a... |
What determines which foreign species are invasive and will become pest and which won't in a new ecosystem? | Yes. The criteria is whether or not they negatively affect the local ecosystem. Mangos generally don't, and can be cultivated safely. But that's not always the case. Some animals, like the snakehead fish, have no natural predators in their introduced environments. They're basically the top of the food chain in the USA,... |
What exactly is Saliva, and why can our bodies produce it insanely fast? | In addition to the existing answers, saliva is your body's natural protection against dental problems caused by bacteria. It has anti-microbial activity, so evolution likely would have selected for it as a result of:1. Destroying harmful pathogens which might otherwise infect the body as a whole2. Preserving teeth so t... |
Why do toilets(in america) use clean potable water? | I had a grey water system for toilet for about 10 years. Not my house This is only sink and shower water. The bowl was uncleanable. Nasty. We finally removed the system and replaced the toilets. It's ok for gardening if you watch what you run down the drain |
Why does food that is bad for people taste good, while food that is healthier tastes worse? | Matter of opinion.I like the taste of fresh fruits and vegetables more than junk food.Can't stand food from fast food or chain restaurants, they all taste the same.Over salty chemical like flavor. |
What's the difference between HAM radios and "normal radios"? | A normal radio is different from HAM radio in many ways, but here are the introductory basics: * Normal radios require no government-issued license. Just buy at the store and start using.* HAM radio requires a license to use and a test to be taken and passed.* Normal radios have fixed frequencies assigned to channels.*... |
Why Are Peanut Allergies So Prevelant Now But Were Unheard Of 40 Years Ago? | Well meaning pediatricians told parents to delay feeding babies certain foods because they were known to cause severe allergic reactions in some people. Unfortunately, this made the problem worse because it turns out early exposure probably DECREASES the likelihood of developing those allergies. The American Academy of... |
Boobs size [NSFW] | Hey, I'm a bit of a bra fit evangelist. I'll get to your specific, porn-y question after explaining the basics . I'll be referring to 'you', even though I don't expect the OP to need a bra-shopping guide, but because it's easier that way. 1. Measure under the chest, and usually add 0 centimeters/inches of size to get t... |
Why are babies sometimes so unwilling to eat, when it is fundamental for survival? | My little dude aspirated meconium on his way out. He basically had a tummy ache for several days after he was born so we had to force feed him. Interesting point though-I've often said if we were feral humans he would be in the dustbin of history as you really can't force feed a breast . |
Some jobs are unpleasant but fundamental to society (eg: janitor, bus driver). Why aren't these the best paid jobs? | Because they don't need to. Simple as that. The market doesn't require it. At the current pay, they can find qualified people to fill those positions. A brain surgeon would make $10/hr if they could hire good people at that amount. |
If ears and vaginas are self cleaning organs, why do people need them cleaned still? | Women don't need to shave their legs. Men don't need to shave facial hair. There are plenty of things we do for vanity. Plus, these things get clean enough for use, not necessarily spit shined. |
How fiber cabling is faster than standard cabling. | There are several reasons at play here at the same time. The first is about reach. A signal will loose strength with the length of a cable. The longer the cable, the less strength it will have when it arrives at the other end. Fibre optics definitely have an edge over copper wires. I'm not sure about the actual numbers... |
Why isn't it law that you should be able to view your own credit score for free any time you want, as many times as you want? | For the same reason that you have to 'opt out', and pay a fee to each reporting agency for, keeping your personal information private instead of having it sold to who-ever asks for it: The Banking Lobby writes our Commercial Laws. |
I feel like I'm decent looking but why do I look uglier in pictures? | Something I didn't see mentioned: some people are uncomfortable around cameras, and even more so around video cameras. We become self conscious and try to pose. The only pictures where I don't find myself ugly are the ones where I wasn't aware a picture was taken. I hate it when my mother pulls out her camera at every ... |
Can someone explain to me the collapse of the Roman Empire? | It's a tough subject to explain to a 5 year old so I'll only mention what is the main point in my opinion. Imagine you are the head of a student council. Your school is very big and is generally absorbing more kids into its school system. Every time the school expands, it is tradition that the new kids have to do all o... |
Why must vaccines be given as a shot and not simpler forms like pill, patch, etc. | Has to be directly injected. The body could 'digest' the vaccine before it could be absorbed and reach the bloodstream. If I remember correctly, they can make anti acid coatings and such, but the procedure can kill the antigen/virus. And clinical trials. |
Why is soccer able to dominate the TV ratings worldwide as a spectator sport yet not even be a blip on the US TV ratings? | because americans don't play football .more or less it's about a country's sport culture and with which sports are people more familiar with .e.g greece has 2 of the best basketball teams in europe and our national team was among the best in the world yet everyone prefers a corrupted football league with teams that can... |
If a none-married couple have a child who's surname do they take on? | it's a social norm to take on the father's last name, but there is no legal requirement. since mother is always present at time of birth and the genetic father is not present or unknown, it's her choice.This is actually determined by law and can differ from state to state. Selecting [Florida] as an example : 1. If both... |
Why are children so inclined to eat their boogers? Are there cultures where the social stigma around eating boogers doesn't exist and booger eating continues into adulthood? | I see grown Japanese men eat their boogers while their wives nonchalantly look on almost every day on the subway. It was pretty shocking at first Have yet to see a woman do it , so I'm not sure if it's a guy thing here or a culture thing.Membranes in nose create mucus. Most mucus travels backwards and is swallowed. Sma... |
What is the psychology behind a victim of verbal and emotional abuse who desires their abuser once the relationship has been broken up? | Neurons that fire together wire together. If you're a victim of verbal/emotional abuse in childhood, chances are you become conditioned to associate abuse with affection, attention, etc and subconsciously seek out similar relationships as an adult. It's all a habituated process, really. |
If the black plague still exists, why doesn't it spread rapidly like it did in the 1300s? | Vector controls. Better sanitation, health providers are more advanced. The biggest issue after a natural disaster is the clean up. Why? Pests, pests carry diseases. When our infrastructure takes a hit, sanitation cannot do it's job. Thank your garbage man, without him, our society would go to total shit and that's the... |
How do huge businesses like airlines start? Not many people have enough money to just buy airports and planes. | In short, this is the story is the evolution of capitalism and firms. Early on in capitalism families of traders pooled resources and spread risk to send ships of goods across oceans. As we developed more formal systems of contracts and governments that enforced them it allowed people not bound by blood to come togethe... |
Why is it possible to install a wide variety of generic operating systems on just about any computer, but a custom ROM has to be developed for every smartphone? | It mostly comes down to drivers. Unlike PCs, drivers on mobile devices are kept pretty close to the chest and aren't generally released to the public. So ROM developers have to write their own custom drivers or try to reverse engineer the already existing ones to get the phone working in a custom ROM or in an updated A... |
Why do some phone cases or watches say water proof up to a certain amount of feet (like 6ft)? Is it the water pressure difference? Is the water pressure difference that significant? | One thing to consider: When you jump in the water, swim etc. the pressure can exceed the ones on the label. Most watches are water proof for at least 3 atm - but that doesn't mean that you should use them if you go swimming. Dive watches on the other hand are usually at least water proof 300 m or deeper. It is measured... |
Why is it that a large number of American students choose the high cost of their University over studying abroad? | Tertiary education is expensive worldwide. In some countries citizens are able to get significant discounts due to government subsidy, which international students don't qualify for. Beyond that, international students will usually have strict visa requirements, this may limit how much they can work while studying, and... |
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