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Is catnip like drugs for cats?	No. It is a drug for cats. noun: drug; plural noun: drugs1. a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. So that's a substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced to the body .
Why is there a stigma associated with being ginger?	That's always confused me. Personally, I think red hair is beautiful.I think in the US at least, it's a bit of an internet joke - I know I've never heard anyone call someone a 'ginger' IRL without a i-don't-really-mean-this-it's-just-funny-on-the-internet tone of voice. Growing up, I only ever heard people with red hair described as 'redheads' and it wasn't any more pejorative than other hair colors. probably less so than blonde, come to think of it. Apparently it's real in Britain, though.The majority always round on the minority if their behaviour goes unchecked. This goes for race, colour, gender, ability, you name it. It is a trait of the pack animal and is ingrained in our base human instincts, we are supposed to have evolved to pull together and be tolerant of differences, but it always creeps back in.One reason I heard was that because red hair is a recessive trait, you could have two parents wind up with a redheaded kid when neither of the parents nor any grandparents had red hair. As this was before paternity testing was a thing, it would not look that good. This probably wouldn't explain it all, but it likely didn't help matters.
What is the point of unmarked police cars if they are still very easily spotted?	Think of it as higher managers or an undercover store cop. By wearing the employee uniform, they would always be asked about where the toy section is or if they sell X stuff and by refusing to help, they would give the store a bad image. Unmarked cars don't have the letters so the cops can focus on other tasks than showing police presence. They can focus on violations that are harder to catch like cellphones, or other offences that need more discretion while not being hailed or approached for by distracting people. Complete undercover cars that aren't botched usually are not the usual cop car and is fitted with radios and lights that are hidden so even while walking by, you should not recognise them. Of course some PDs are cheap and will be having the lights at the base of the windshield and back glass as discreet enough.What you're thinking of as "unmarked" police cars are the ones driven by plainclothes detectives and such. They're not actually making any attempt to conceal that it's a police car, they're just not marked like a patrol cruiser. If nothing else, the car is identifiable by having a government license plate. The real undercover cops drive cars that are indistinguishable from civilian cars, they may drive beat-up old vans, juiced-up pimpmobiles, whatever the assignment calls for. They have ordinary license plates, and if the assignment is critical enough, the plates are not traceable back to the cops.
Is it reasonable suspicion of illegal drug abuse when rappers/ hip hop artists mention the use of drugs in their music?	no, for the same reason that the police don't suspect actors using drugs if they do drugs in a movie. They're doing it for artistic purposes.
What law(s) is preventing me from using physical force to evict a squatter from my residence?	Squatter's Rights! If it's a home you actually live in and have been present in, it's not exactly Squatter's Rights. It's even stranger than that! In your residence, it's often referred to as an 'unwelcome guest' or 'unwelcome resident.' An unwelcome guest is basically a person who is or claims to have an agreement with you to live there for free. Basically, if they have a certain amount of personal property in your home, you're fucked. This could be a friend you agree to let stay for a month while he finds a new apartment and he chooses to not leave. You have to go through eviction process. An 'unwelcome resident' is someone who can also be a freeloader but actually receives mail at your address and maybe has changed to your address on ID cards. Again, you must go through eviction process. The two are not much different really. However, if someone is living in a vacant building that you own, you can kick them out for trespassing unless they've met Squatter's Rights terms which usually involves them living there for years and taking responsibility for property taxes and shit like that.
Why is our bodies reacting like it is to drugs like heroin.	Certain drugs also cause physical reactions - like how meth makes you feel like your skin is crawling, causing people to [scratch their faces]. This leaves the scars on people's faces. Apparently meth also affects the immune system, so that may be part of it, too.
Trying to understand Brexit. What are the main reasons citizens wanted out of the EU? Is it likely France will follow?	I'd like to add a question if I can. What other countries are most likely to follow Brexit and leave the EU?
How is Magic Johnson alive?	Expensive meds and luck. He's not going to be getting the basic level treatment that avg Joe is getting thru insurance.
Why amount of transgender people is increasing so much	First of all, not a fad.The rate at which people regret transition is very low. The reason it seems there are more trans people now is due to spread of information and networking so information about trans is more accessible, and stories of trans folk are more often heard, vs 100 years ago where you were prosecuted simply for being gay. Society is slowly becoming more safe for trans folk to come out: hence the seeming increase in numbers. I imagine the suicide rates of trans folk 100 years ago is the same as it is today. You don't know that they just 'got on' with life. The pain, anger and hatred I experienced was unlike anything I've felt before. I had been suicidal from the age of 12. I didn't understand why I was so miserable. I was and felt wrong. I truly believe if I hadn't started transition, I most likely wouldn't be alive today. I'm only 20. And lastly, no, there is a huge difference between being male, and being a masculine female.What is stopping you from being the other gender? Usually the answer is 'because I'm not'.You feel it. You know. You know your assigned gender isn't who you are.There's science to back up that often trans and intersex individuals have brains that are matching to the gender they identify as- it's just their physical form that doesn't match. If you'd like to learn more, google gender centres and check out their FAQ section. Tl;dr: It isn't a fad. Trans pain and gender dysphoria is no joke, lLook at the suicide rates. It isn't about being a girly guy or a tomboy girl. There is science behind it.
How to dougie (actually)	from what i understand dougie isn't actual dance moves its just your own thing. Your own style, so just dance any way you want to", 'I love pulling up "How to Dougie" videos at small parties so I 've seen a lot of people attempt to answer this question. The biggest takeaway for me was someone saying that everyone's dougie is going to be different. This allows me to accept that my spaz Dougie is somehow legitimate.As it's been said before, the dougie is mostly your own thing and whatever style you're feeling at the time of the music. I'm a white guy that can dance, and I think it's BS that white people aren't allowed to be dope on the dance floor--because I certainly am. I'd say you start with the steps given in this tutorial . It's pretty easy to understand, and Heather Morris is sexy as hell, once you get the steps down you should be good to go with your own style. [Glee Dougie]", 'Heres from Doug E. Fresh:[Interview] and Mr Fresh on [ESPN with Wolf E. Fresh]You want us to instruct you to Douglas? QuiteJust put your arms up, lean side to side. They gonna love you when they see you hit that dougie right.What song are you speaking of? I've never even heard of it.
Why is it that people have a hard time getting out of stressful situations in dreams (including doing simple things like dialing 911, running away, etc.)?	You probably shouldn't call 911 because of a nightmare.I believe that dreams are a way your mind is working through something in your life. Whereas calling 911 is a solution to an attacker in real life, in a dream, the attacker is some aspect of yourself. You need to either understand the message it is sending you or figure out a way to work through it and overcome itYou ever had a dream where you were driving? That is a horrible experience.
Where did "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" come from and how did it become so universally known among children?	The best iteration of this that I am aware of is the one we sang at my first school: Jingle bells Batman smellsJingle all the way.He lost his pants in the middle of France,and found 'em in Bombay.My theory is that in the early 1960s, while hiding from his father in a dark closet, Brian Wilson saw the first episode of the TV show and wrote the songjust another part of kid-culture, older kids passing it on to younger kids, siblings and such.People think this came from the animated series or the Simpsons .fuck I'm old..
Is there a biological explanation for spacing out?	Wish I had the attention span to read all these comments. I'd probably learn something about myself :P
How do movie editors duplicate the same person in a shot at the same time?	Also, don't overlook the fact that, especially in older movies and TV shows, they just use identical twins for these kinds of scenes. This is still the easiest way to do it, whenever it is possible.
Is it possible to catch a bullet, safely?	While wearing kevlar gloves, possibly. A smaller bullet fired at relatively lower velocity would be somewhat safer, but I still wouldn't want to try it. A bullet fired parallel to the ground would still have a lot of forward momentum by the time it fell to the ground. A bullet fired up in the air would be even more dangerous, because it would be falling very very fast by the time it got back down to you.It is possible. If you fire a gun straight up in the air, the bullet will tend to tumble as it falls back down. Especially for something like a 9mm pistol round, it will be slow enough as its falling back to earth that it is conceivable that someone could catch the bullet without severely injuring themselves. However, if you fire the bullet laterally, the bullet will not have time to slow down enough for someone to catch it safely.
How come we still can't make suits that can be washed normally?	We could and we do, but it wouldn't look exactly like a wool/cotton formal suit. And if you have a job that requires a formal suit 99% of that dress code is looking exactly like people expect you to. And those jobs pay enough to afford dry cleaning. If you can get away with not wearing a suit, if you're that important or powerful, you can likely also get away with wearing pajamas.
Texas is running out of lethal injections- how/why, can't they order/make more?	Other people have given the gist of why they're running out, but they could easily 'make more' by changing their formulations in theory. In practice it'd be a big hassle no doubt to try and work out legally that it's a sufficiently humane way to do it, sufficiently likely to kill everybody, etc. There's nothing particularly special about the formulation used now, and there are plenty of drugs out there that can be very lethal but also have very valid uses and therefore are easy enough to find in a hospital.
How much money do retail stores spend on credit card transactions?	Between 2.5 and 3%. The problem with grocery stores is that they are a very low margin businesses, 5-10% profit. 3% isn't a big problem in a mall store that's a 30% profit margin business, but it's a big deal at a 5% discount grocer. Of course, that's changing as Amazon eats the lunch of those 30% profit mall stores.
Why does Scotland want to leave the United Kingdom?	Scottish Nationalists believe that Westminster governments have squandered Scotland's resources and they do not represent Scotland's best interests. It is not correct to say that 'Scotland' wants to leave the UK, as there has never been a formal vote by the Scottish people. On the 18th of September 2014 there will be a referendum on whether Scotland should be an independent country.
The US Constitution and the Second Amendment. Why is a subsequent amendment so important that it cannot be revoked or rescinded?	There is a process that amendments can be made . It's possible and has been done before, but it requires, as one of the steps, for 3/4 of the states to agree. That would never happen to revoke the 2nd amendment. Considering your point about: > If the right to bear arms was so important, why wasn't it included in the original constitutional document? Other things which weren't included in the original document: Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the right to a trial by a jury, among many other obviously critical things. Being an amendment doesn't make anything less important. It wasn't included originally because we were under a little bit of a time crunch early on.
Why do airplanes have to switch off the interior lights when they go in to land?	It's so that your eyes are adjusted to the light outside. Take off and landing are the times when accidents are most likely, but also most survivable. So having your eyes adjusted gives you the best chance of evacuating safely if necessary.In the case of emergency landing, people needs their eyes already adjusted to the dark conditions, so they could evacuate the plane as fast as possible. Also emergency lighting would be much more visible.
Why being a virgin is usually considered a bad thing in American tv.	The automatic assumption is that everyone is getting laid. If you aren't getting laid, you must be abnormal or in some other way socially deficient.Just some cultural observations: Men are taught women are "prizes" to be earned - a symbol of status and power, yadda yadda yadda. On the flip side, there's that mindset that men will fuck anyone. So female virgins are viewed as undesirable, something must be truly wrong with her if no one will have sex with her.Also as a Korean American, I see this more in American culture.
If people having an education is good for the economy, why doesn't the government just make education cheaper/free	I'm assuming you're talking about college? Everybody going to college isn't good for the economy.
Why do humans dislike the smell of feces yet animals, like dogs and rats, aren't fazed?	I think the only exception to that rule is mom's of new born's that breastfeed. All my kids poo smelled like fresh popcorn until they started to eat solid food.
Why can't we just cut a cancerous tumor out?	cancer rarely has such neatly defined borders. it's important to remember that cancer isn't some foreign entity. it's you. your cells, doing their job wrong. so yes, you can cut out the most prominent part of a tumor, and that's what they usually do. but that doesn't mean are guaranteed to get it all. that is why treatment frequently involves surgery and chemo.
How did the United Kingdom, an area about the same size as Alabama and Mississippi, have the ability to colonize so much of the world?	East India Company _URL_0_ EIC was a huge company that needed a navy to protect its commercial interests in India and China starting from the 1600's. This kickstarted UK sea superiority. The industrial revolution then gave them an extra boost. All big countries in Europe became hungry for resources, and started pillaging Africa and Asia. _URL_1_", 'There are a load of factors but it all comes down to one thing: we are a well located island. Europe has seen frequent land wars throughout history because so many sovereign nations have been in close proximity. Meanwhile, the British isles has enjoyed relative peace . Not only did this allow us to grow without constant harassment, it also lead to a powerful navy. Given our sea access to both Europe and the Atlantic, we developed a powerful blue-water navy as well as maintaining costal defence. This navy gave us a huge economic boost from international trade and a powerful tool for invading other nationsI think also important to note, is that with colonization, particularly of less developed countries, often represents a huge pool of previously untapped resources. As an example, ore mined in colonial America often had to be sent back to England for refinining, so even if they did not make use of it directly, they at the very least took their cut.
How did the drug cartel become so powerful in Mexico?	Not a historian, just read about this topic a few years ago. Cocaine was recently a product that came from Colombia. Pablo Escobar was on top of that up until he died in 1993. Once he was put out of business other cartels took up the slack. Fast-forward to nowadays and we have a cartel like Las Zetas. I won't go into much detail but they are military-trained and appear unstoppable. More info. _URL_0_
Why do we hear so much about garbage islands, but can't see any on Google Maps?	VICE has a short documentary on it. There aren't many huge chunks of plastic but there is a large area with masses of small chunks of plastic. They'd just dip a net into the water and come up with trash.
Modpost: ELI5 State of the Subreddit	I think the subreddit is great, though I think stricter moderation on non-serious answers should be a top-priority. Basically on the level of /r/AskScience They get rid of comments, sometimes entire strings of them, if they are off topic and don't contribute to the discussion. One wants to click on an ELI5 and look at the first post and have sometime explained to them simply, jokes and other such things have no place. It isnt a big issue but it's something that occurs now and then.I just have a question for the mods. If we see a duplicate thread, should we hit "report", or just comment and link to the other threads. Sidenote: Seeing as how it's currently election season, can we have the best ELI5: Romney/Obama/Obama v Romney/ in some mega URL on the sideboard? I know _URL_2_ let's users bundle a set of URLs into one link.i see many answers that are great but they definitely aren't catered for 5 year olds. This sub is just people explaining things.Have questions that actually prompt for a simplified answer. Most questions can be satisfied by a google search or a one-line answer.
Why do so many songs have,"La la la" and "Na na na?"	baby baby baby" and "ya ya ya"I can't find sources to back this up, but I believe "La" or "Na" are the easiest sounds to make at singing volume. I remember an Asian Religions professor telling my class that "Om" was a sacred syllable because it's the sound your mouth makes when it goes from all the way open to all the way shut.
Why a war against North Korea would be so much easier to win now as compared to the fifties	During the Korean War, NK was definitely the stronger nation, since it inherited most of the industrial facilities after the North/South split, and it was receiving much more help from its allies than the South. For this reason, SK was easily overrun immediately at the beginning of hostilities. Now the tables are turned. NK is poor, and while they have a huge military, their weaponry is outdated and probably not well maintained. On the other hand, SK also has a large military force and their weapons are all very modern. Here are some examples of SK's modern weaponry, though admittedly most aren't really battle tested. [K-11 Airburst rifle] [K-2 Tank] [KD-III Destroyer] If another war broke out on the peninsula, if NK didn't nuke, it would honestly probably be a roflstomp for SK even without US intervention.
Why does the price range for bicycles go from as low as $100 to as much tens of thousands? What makes the very expensive bikes so special?	Bicycle industry man here, its easy to say here that there is a big difference between bicycle prices and their associated quality, but what I think would be the best way to find out is go to your local bike shop, and ride a range of road bikes or mountain bikes, from $2-$6k, and you can feel the difference. They're lighter, stiffer, shift better, brake better, and will withstand more abuse than their lower end counterparts.This would be a better question for /r/bicycling', "Same reason why you can get a cheap ass guitar to a ones that cost tens of thousands of dollars, or a relatively cheap violin and one that costs millions. There may be little or no difference to you or me, who doesn't know how to play music , but to someone who plays there will be a difference. Same reason why there's graphics cards for $30, and $300. Same reason why you can buy a $20 saucepan and a $200 one. There are different levels in quality for everything you can buy. Of course the price doesn't always indicate quality. See Beats by Dr. Dre for exhibit A. You can find way better headphones in lower priceranges. Or diamonds. I'm sure some 10k bikes aren't worth it. I'm also sure some 10k bikes are worth it.
If a movie has grossed more than its production cost, and many years have passed since its release, why don't they make it freely available on YouTube?	Because every time someone rents, buys or streams an old movie the studio still gets a royalty payment. Would you give away something that's still making you money?", 'Because they still have paychecks to write, rent to pay, etc.
How can a single site, like YouTube, host such a ridiculously huge amount of content?	Here's an article about Googles data centers. I'd imagine something similar is done for YouTube. _URL_1_
Why did High School Grads look so 'Adult' back in the 60's, 70's, & 80's, but today they look so child-like?	I think another issue is that back in those days there weren't clothing lines manufactured for teens/young adults. Once you were adult sized, you wore adult clothes and therefore looked like an adult.
Why do we have emotions	Emotions are the result of having higher-order brains. You asked why we have them, though, and while it's debatable, processing fear is thought to be an evolutionary advantage. Many higher consciousness pack animals have fear, some have more socially oriented emotional responses, like elephants showing reverence for or lamenting the dead. Having higher-order brains brings a mixed bag of disadvantages like you mentioned, but our place on the food chain kind of makes it a moot point. Impulsive anger could certainly be a weakness of having such brains, kind of like how not being able to objectively reason is a weakness of animals like ants or bees that live in colonies.
What are DDOS attacks?	Imagine you're the one girl on Reddit. You think, 'Hey, I'd like a dick pic or two to check out because we chicks love that stuff!'. So you ask for a dick pic on Reddit. Bad move, you're about to get DDoS'd with every guy on Reddit's dick pic in your inbox! No matter how fast you try to view them you can't keep up! If that's too technical, LMK.
Graphene, Graphite, and why one is an amazing super-material and the other is pencil lead and skateboard layers?	Graphite and graphene are technically the same thing. Graphite is just broken into lots of tiny pieces. It's like a peice of paper ripped into a bunch of pieces then taped back together. The unripped peice of paper is much stronger. Electrically its the same idea. Its a lot easier for electrons to jump between connected peices than it is to jump to a seprate unconnected peice.
why is heating something on a low heat for a long time not the same as heating something at a higher heat for a shorter amount of time	At higher heat you allow some other reactions to occur which have the effect you don't want. For example, if you heat up bread enough you can set it on fire. This is not the same as the reactions for cooking it as you are combusting the carbohydrates rather than denaturing the yeast.
If you are traveling Northeast at 100mph are you traveling north at 50mph and east at 50mph?	Neither you or your friend are correct. Your friend is correct about being able to break your velocity vector into components, but he's wrong about the values. You're wrong about not being able to break it into components. This video will help you understand how that's done._URL_0_
Why is lobbyism normal in the US? What's the difference to corruption?	Lobbying doesnt even have to be immoral. If I start a petition that the government should do something about the heroin epidemic or other real problem, and pester congressmen about it, that's lobbying. Like most things humans do, its not the act itself, its the people involved who turn it slimy.
How did the USA become basically the 'world leader'?	Some excellent answers in this thread, yet no one has mentioned the Marshall Plan, the original 'aid' plan. In the late 40's, the US lent A LOT of money to help rebuild Europe. Considering that the mainland US was geographically impervious to much of the conflict, and played an enormous manufacturing role, it had the money to give. Enormous sums of money were given to European nations for rebuilding, but a lot was also loaned, rather than given. America essentially has been generating interest on this for the better half of a century and many nations have only recently finished the repayments. Not saying this is the ONLY cause, just something people hadn't mentioned yet.The world is like Civilization 5. And the US built the UN. Therefore they won the game. > _ >
Which side is Turkey on?	To answer the last question first, Turkey is right up there with Israel as our most important strategic ally in that area of the world. They control the only sea route out of the black sea, and there is basically nothing that can possibly happen in Syria that comes close the the importance of maintaining the strategic alliance with Turkey for the US. Turkey is on Turkey's side. Ethnic Turks in Syria have been [intensely targeted by Russian airstrikes] lately, and Russia is propping up Assad, who is one of Turkey's local enemies. Russian aircraft have repeatedly crossed into Turkey. Armed planes actively dropping bombs crossing your border is a big deal. In terms of the border, Turkey is opposed to Kurdish control of the border due to their > 30 year rebellion/terrorist campaign for independence in SE Turkey. They have been willing to support anyone else who can contest the border area against the Kurds for straightforward security reasons. This is similar to the US being willing to prop up despicable dictatorships in South America to prevent them from becoming hostile during the cold war.Turkey shot down a Russian jet within their airspace after it was repeatedly warned . Turkey dislikes ISIS and opposes it, but hates Assad and his Russian and Iranian supporters more. They have not cracked down on ISIS members crossing the Syrian-Turkish border as much as they could have because ISIS makes far more trouble for their enemies than it does for them or their allies.Pseudo isn't correct about ISIS. Turkey is a member of NATO and are aligned with the west mostly. Turkey has a large kurdish minority that have wanted independence for centuries. They don't like Assad, they don't like ISIS although they have sympathizers. There biggest concern is a kurdish state being created on there border.
What if I permanently decide to breathe using my mouth and not thru my nose? Any health effects?	All that hair and mucus in your nose? That's meant to catch airborne junk that could make you sick. It works as a filter to keep stuff out. It also moderates how much air you're taking in. If you breathe through your mouth, not only do you open yourself up a little more to getting sick, but you'd also probably develop some irregular breathing.
what is practical about a 3D printer?	It's not very practical really. Mine helps me manufacture small pieces I wouldn't know how to have otherwise, when I try to fix the connection for a wire into a laptop, or to build a case that handles a small device, or something to help a lego-robot push a switch because I found no way to have this switch programmable.
How can a company like Amazon never make a profit, and yet it increases in value?	Amazon loses money because it's investing in building out its infrastructure and growing its revenues like crazy once that's in place and it cuts back on the spending on data centers, warehouses, digital rights, etc. then it'll rake in HUGE profits because so many people have been trained to go to Amazon to get everything, major websites have become dependent on AWS, small businesses rely on Amazon to warehouse and ship their inventory for them. Sears is selling things that people don't want in stores people don't want to go to. They lose money because they sell less and less stuff each year, while trying to maintain empty stores full of slowly selling merchandise, meaning less and less revenue and increasing losses.They're not different "rules", but different expectations. Amazon/Whole Foods may take a loss for a few years, but the expectation is that after this, they will become profitable, perhaps very profitable. That keeps their stock up: in the long term, having stock in Amazon is probably going to be worthwhile. Sears, on the other hand, may be taking a loss because their business model is failing: people don't shop there much anymore. They may be returning the same levels of loss, but there's no prospect for it to improve.
why does a 1080p movie, on a 1080p screen, have black horizontal bars at the top and bottom?	The shape of the movie does not match the shape of your TV. Most movies are shot in a very wide format, partly to create an experience that you can't replicate at home. So they can cut off the sides of the picture when showing it on your TV, or they can show the whole width and not make use of the top and bottom of the screen. Those are the two choices.1080 refers to the vertical number of pixels, not the aspect ratio. Standard TV and most computer screens are 16:9 aspect ratio but movies are normally 21:9 instead. I believe Vizio tried to sell a 21:9 TV but it didn’t sell well due to the nature of broadcast television not being optimized for that aspect ratio. Computer monitors of that size have become increasingly popular thoughThe movie was intended to be shown on a wider screen. It has nothing to do with resolution. They felt the movie was better with an even wider screen, so they increased the width to height ratio of your screen for you.
How does a flat tax favor the wealthy?	The favor is in the size of the burden. Imagine a flat tax rate of 20%. A person who earns $1 millions pays $200K in taxes. A person that earns $25K pays $5K in taxes. So at the end of the day the millionaire is left with $800K to spend as she sees fit, while the pauper is left with $20K. Consider that $800K and $1 million afford anybody pretty much the same standard of living. As for the person who earns $25K, he is already struggling to get the basics such as a decent place to live, enough food, healthcare, clothes. Taking a $5K chunk out of that lowers this person's standard of living in significantly and might mean the difference between a dirty room in a bad part of town and living on the streets.
I love that T-Mobile does this, but how is allowing unlimited data for music streaming not a violation of NN?	This has nothing to to with network neutrality. An example of a violation of NN would be if they, for example, wanted to make sure that you used their music service instead of iTunes, so they looked at every data packet you are getting, and decided to 'lose' or give low priority to the ones from iTunes. They are just saying 'here, we have songs. Listen to as many as you want.' I hope you see there is a difference.It would be very easy for T-Mobile in two years to say: "Ok streaming services, time to pony up some cash if you want your streaming to still be free and unlimited". So yes, this is a violation of net neutrality. Furthermore, what if a new up and coming streaming service pops up down the road? They will be at a disadvantage because T-Mobile customers will be less likely to use a service that is not part of T-Mobile's music freedom feature.
how does US states go cashless when the federal government is spending so much in other countries?	The states have seperate budgets from the federal one and pulls taxes from much narrow pools of people. Alot of states decided to cut their taxes down to below sustainable levels. When this happens you don't have a balance budget partly from choice so you have to cut programs. There has been a theory state wise that if you cut taxes significantly you would make up revenue back from increase activity. Instead what happens in places like Kansas it dries up your tax revenue and lowers the standard of living which make less people want to live there. I just know I would be upset if my states tax money went through the federal goverment to solve their state budget issues just because they got themselves into a jam.State governments set their own budgets. While the federal government has numerous programs that share funding with state and local institutions, the federal government cannot force them to participate in these programs or accept all of the available funding if their governments are not amenable for whatever reason.Different areas of the budget, which is set by Congress. This is like your parents spending money at church or the kids selling cookies but not buying you things. It's where your parents decided to spend the money. If you'd like this fixed, go talk to your representatives. It's done for various reasons. Goodwill, to make ourselves feel better and a few others.
If humanity knows nothing about aliens, why is it so important that we find water on different planets if we have never proven they need water to survive?	Look it like this. I want you to find me something in your city, I'm not going to tell you what it is or what it looks like, but I'll tell you when you find it. This is impossible right? If you don't set bounds on what you're looking for you can't ever find it. So even though it's quite possible that alien life might not need conditions at all similar to us, we have to set those bounds or else we can never really know where to look.
Why can't we just cover a proportion of the desert with solar panels to provide the world with energy?	Only one other person mentioned it, but why would we do that? Most of the world's deserts have incredibly fragile and ancient ecosystems. It is pretty interesting but read about the microorganisms that live in the sand at White Sands National Monument. I believe you are not allowed to stray from the path because of how fragile the organisms in the sand are. They have created these layers on top of the sand over long periods of time. That would be a great place to put millions of solar panels but at what cost? Albeit mankind is not known for giving two shits about what we destroy. Also, it would be a logistical nightmare.
Why is there so much dishonesty and mistrust in auto repair services?	Well, for starters the consumers are at a disadvantage. Already when the consumer has pulled their car into the garage to have it looked at they have two choices: a) continue and get it fixed and get the hard sell,b) go to a different garage and have them repeat essentially the same thing. Most people cannot fix their car by themselves and they really depend on it - thus making them willing to pay more for a repair. Additionally, being honest, I don't really think the margins for auto repair companies are as high as most people think. A lot of the time they have to get manufacturer-sanctioned parts which cost considerably more than any Chinese third-party supplier.
Why aren't local weathermen doing more to explain the risks of climate change?	Tom Skilling talks about climate change all the time more than usual with this elongated Chicago winter. It's just subtle since he cant be official about it.
Why do most animals, especially sea life, generally ignore / not attack humans?	We don't fit into their model. We don't look like what they are used too, so they are not sure what to make of us. Sharks, as an example, typically only attack due to a case of mistaken identity. A surfer on their board casts a shadow that is similar to a large seal. Otherwise they aren't sure what we are, much less if we are edible.Most animals will not try to eat anything large. Even blue whales only try to eat tiny things. Humans are pretty large. Those fish that live by taking a bite here and there out of larger animals, will happily take a bite out of a human.
Why has human evolution only gotten us to the point where well less than half of females experience an orgasm during vaginal intercourse?	I've read a number of articles which suggest that this is less a result of biological evolution than it is of societal evolution. Specifically, for hundreds of years we have been teaching women that their bodies are things to be ashamed of, and as a result many women have a kind of psychological block. Sometimes they will unknowingly recoil from an orgasm, confusing the pleasure for pain. Or they will just be too stressed out about being thought of as slutty to let themselves go and enjoy sex. Speaking as a guy, I know it can be very hard for me to reach an orgasm if I'm worried about something else, and I imagine this could affect women in the same way. Another factor is that many men don't really understand what does or doesn't feel good for a woman. And even that they can assume that what feels good for them will feel good for a woman, even if this isn't actually the case. There are probably other contributing factors as well, but I would be very hesitant to claim that the primary issue was biological as opposed to psychological or sociological.
Why it is more pleasurable when somebody caresses you than when you caress yourself?	Same reason why you can't tickle yourself, or why you can't properly punch yourself in the gut.
If pain is the human body's way of preventing further damage, why does scratching get interpreted as a 'good' sensation, when it is destroying cells?	Scratching causes our bodies to create dopamine and serotonin, chemicals that help our brains feel good. They make the itchy area feel better, briefly. Unfortunately, we then keep on scratching if we don't think about it, and the scratching damages the skin so much that even a few extra chemicals don't do the job. The key is to not damage your skin when you scratch.
Who and what determines when and where a new (pop) song will be played on the radio?	A lot of people say that the radio is purposefully trying to change the tastes of people, but I don't think it's as drastic as people say it is. Songs get popular so they get played a lot. I don't think forcing people to like a song just for money would work.not exactly like what you asked for, but [this video] explains how much it costs to make a hit song for the raido
When injured, why do kids instantly start to cry where as an adult you just scream (and or curse)?	I had a friend break his ankle by getting it caught in a tree root when he was running. Big tough guy. He didn't make a sound. I think it hurt so much, that he couldn't make a sound. Someone was shouting his name, behind the tree he was in and he didn't respond. It's not just all screaming and cursing. To answer your question : there have been studies that shown that cursing whilst in pain reduces the pain. I guess kids just don't know how to curse yet.
Is Halal Slaughtering less painful than normal ones? Or Are modern techniques less painful?	Modern techniques use an electric stun which is considered less painful. In my country though halal slaughterhouses use a temporary stun so the animal is unconscious before it's throat is cut. Edit: The stun isn't always electric but sometimes is bolt gun or CO2.
Julius Caesar is by many considered the greatest man to ever live, but what did he accomplish? What was his direct impact on history?	I don't know if it can be called an accomplishment, but having your own month is a direct impact on history.
Why Do Musicians Leave the Stage before Encores if They are Immediately Coming Right Back?	It helps us accept the ending is coming. The more musicians played an encore the more the crowd see it as part of the show - now it's a cultural thing to the extent that musicians who don't do encores have to explain they don't do them and that when they say it's their last song it really is.
How does ISIS know who to kill in regards as to who is Sunni and who is Shia?	If you think about it, there have often been different groups fighting who pretty much looked a like. How did they tell the different ethnic groups apart in the Yugoslavian civil wars? How did they tell Tutsis and Hutus apart in Rwanda? How did they tell Jews apart from Gentiles in Germany? In many cases in other places they sometimes had difficulty distinguishing members of the target group. So I'm guessing ISI can't always tell and some people may try to hide their background to avoid being killed.
why do people go insane if they are in isolation for a long time?	I never understood the effects of isolation until I had to recover from surgery for four weeks. I was supposed to have a nurse come check on me everyday at my house, but I stupidly refused the service to save a few bucks. At first it was nice and relaxing But being confined to my home and not being able to drive slowly began to take it's toll on me emotionally. I began having the most vivid and upsetting dreams I've ever had in my life and it started messing with my head. After four weeks, I snapped and begged a family member to pick me up to stay at their place. Also, the boredom became unbearable. I can see why people lose it after being in isolation for long periods of time. I would never survive in jail.
Evolutionary purpose of clothing?	I'd imagine it was to keep the body warm in the winter, and covered from the sun during weather, shoes to protect the feet. Mostly environmental protection. There's probably a lot of historical speculation on this, but that's my best guess.
If I tilt my head left and right, why do I still perceive the world upright?	Vision is calculated by the brain, not your eyes. Your eyes do send the sideways images to your brain, but your sense of balance corrects the image you 'see'
Why do super famous actors/directors etc still hire talent agents and managers? Wouldn't their immense fame be enough to get them studios pitching ideas to them, let alone audition requests.	For me, the bigger question is why do studios hire famous actors at all? There are many, many great actors out there no one has ever seen before. Whenever I see a really famous actor in a movie, it just takes me out of the fantasy. It is not the person who is playing the part, but the concept of the movie that usually draws me to go see it. For instance, Samuel L Jackson – I cannot stand it when he is in movies. He has the same persona in everything. I think he's a horrible actor and yet he keeps getting hired and is just a huge distraction. The Avengers would've been much better without him in it. Although I will admit Robert Downey Junior does make a fantastic Ironman. All that being said, it would also also save a ton of money by having lesser or unknown actors play the parts. Don't even get me started on having famous people play the voices in animated films. Now that just doesn't make any sense at all.
Why ministers (in the UK anyway) who have no qualifications or background in an area of expertise eg Heath/education are allowed to dictate how that area is run?	Yeah, the Minister of the Environment here in Canada pretty much has an r/spacedicks sized hardon for oil companies. You can imagine how well that turns out for the environment most of the time. I know in Canada ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister. So he can appoint anyone he choses. And every few years it's pretty common to do a cabinet shuffle, where the ministers all draw new departments out of a hat or something retarded. The shuffle is to help curb corruption - if you're in charge of something for a long time and make many contact the chances of you doing something shady is higher. But I still think that the ministers should have some background in the area.
Why is the CIA Torture Report such a big deal?	We have not known for years that torture was being used by our armed forces. One could've safely assumed that it was as everyone's military does to an extent, but there was no official confirmation. It IS a big deal. If our country tortures people, then we're no better than the terrorists we're fighting
How did "modern" disorders like Autism, OCD, and ADHD arise?	Psychology has grown to the point where we can identify, categorize, and diagnose these disorders. They didn't not exist beforehand. It's just that we were not able to properly attribute the symptoms to a cause.
Why do humans cry or draw away when feeling pain instead of getting angry like a bull or boar? Why do we cry in general when sad or in pain?	The reaction depends on the intensity and the duration of the pain. A quick, surprise sharp pain is a lot more likely to trigger a fury response as part of the fight or flight system. If it's a less intense, more drawn out pain there's likely a more meta 'woe is me' disappointment self-judging overlay to the pain, leading to tears rather than fury. Just a layperson rambling here but that's how it works in my mind.
why was the invasion of normandy(d-day) important ? and why did we have to attack such a heavily fortified german base ?	There were good political and military reasons for Britain and the US to invade Germany. Most pragmatically, if they didn't, they knew the Russians would end up controlling Europe. As for the choice of the landing site, it was a very long coast line and there were many options. The Germans knew this too and defended the most likely locations most heavily. You can bet the allied high command considered many options before making their choice. As for winning by bombing alone: firstly, the allies were bombing Germany intensively and; secondly, you can't win by bombing alone, well, not with conventional bombs anyway. As it turns out, Russia would have had time to completely overrun Germany well before the US had the A-bomb available. Also, using the A-bomb in Europe would have been a much more difficult political decision than its use against Japan.Pretty much all of the Atlantic coast was [heavily fortified]. Air raids had already inflicted heavy damage on most major German cities, but, as /u/c0horst said, it was impossible to defeat Hitler without a ground offensivethanks to all the answers, i think i understand it now, it seems like from a military perspective that was the only logical landing site
What happens to Social Security Numbers after the owner has died?	I used a fake name and SSN to get phone and utilities all through college and a few years beyond. No one seemed to check, and if you memorize everything and rattle it off, no one ever checks. Why? It doesn't cost them anything to believe you. No one even noticed that the payment checks were coming from a totally different person, either. They only care if they DON'T get their money.So, I did a look for my late grandfather. It said that his SSN was issued in the state of Illinois, does that mean he born in Illinois, or that was a state where applications for a Social Security Number were sent??After someone dies the IRS locks that social security number so that nobody can use it for tax purposes when e-filingso now you have enough info to put your plan into actionA Mexican slave laborer deploys it to secure a sweatshop/grill job.
Why are satellites more powerful than wifi?	Actually, the oldest GPS satellites are 40 years old. But, as others have pointed out, your wifi system is only designed for very short ranges, and it would cause problems if the signal was too powerful. Also, your wifi antenna is tiny. Sending very strong signals isn't actually difficult. All you need is enough power and a big enough antenna. Marconi was able to send a radio signal across the Atlantic in 1901, a distance of about 3,500 kilometres. Communications satellites typically orbit at a distance of between 2,000 km and 36,000 km. You can always get a signal because there are about two dozen GPS satellites in orbit, and their orbits are timed so that you always have a direct line of sight to at least six of them wherever you happen to be in the world.
Could a radio antenna be set up to broadcast in the visible spectrum?	Probably. But the antenna would have to be very very short; on the [order of 300 nm] . [Here's] a good Wikipedia page on the subject. As to the power, that would depend on how intense you wanted the light to be and how much power your very small, very inefficient antenna could handle. And to everyone replying that this is the same thing as an incandescent lamp, you apparently don't understand how those work . He's not asking about black-body radiation.
Now that Russia invaded the Ukraine is World War 3 inevitable?	I don't think it's inevitable, too much is put on risk. Nukes kill a considerably high amount of people, destroy a great deal of land mass so they could destroy cities and make it uninhabitable for centuries, I don't think any nation wants that. All of this would probably happen in minutes. Knowing that nukes can travel up to 13,000 miles per hour. Millions would be dead in the first couple of hours within the countries involved. European countries against Russia could also be affected with fuel shortages as [30% of Europes gas is from Russia.]
Why is it that after a long night of heavy drinking, I wake up significantly earlier than if I went to bed completely sober?	When you sleep, you go through multiple cycles. There are three non-rapid eye movement cycles and then the rapid eye movement cycle. The REM cycle is when your body is completely paralyzed and the part of the cycle when you normally dream. The REM cycle is also very important for your brain because if you don't get enough time in the REM cycle, you'll wake up not feeling very refreshed. During a night's rest, you cycle through the three NREM cycles and then reach the REM cycle about 4 or 5 times. What alcohol does is to reduce your time in the REM cycle. This makes you go through all the cycles much faster so you end up waking up earlier. However, you will generally have a lower quality of sleep after drinking alcohol than if you did not. Your body may feel rested but your brain did not have all the REM time to recover.I thought it was simple dehydration and the body screaming for water, but it appears to disrupt the natural sleep pattern . _URL_2_ _URL_2_', "> We'll sleep when we're dead. No, you'll sleep when you're 32.
Why do storage devices have capacities that are multiples of 8?	They don't always. Digital language is in powers of 2. 8 is a multiple of 2. Anything that is a multiple of 8 is also a multiple of 2. If you want to specify a memory address in digital, you have to use the language which lends itself to powers of 2. Every digital storage device has a maximum addressable range that is a power of two, however, they need not consume that entire range.I guess the real questions is why is a byte made up of 8 bits? Wikipedia: The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. The size of the byte has historically been hardware dependent and no definitive standards existed that mandated the size. The de facto standard of eight bits is a convenient power of two permitting the values 0 through 255 for one byte. The international standard IEC 80000-13 codified this common meaning. Many types of applications use information representable in eight or fewer bits and processor designers optimize for this common usage. The popularity of major commercial computing architectures has aided in the ubiquitous acceptance of the 8-bit size.Flash memory makers mass produce one chip that holds a certain capacity. This reduces cost for them as they only need to produce one chip. Lets say a Samsung factory makes 8GB chips, so in order to produce a larger drive, let's say a 16GB drive, they will array two chips into one board. Three chips and you get 24, and so on.Computers operate on a binary number system , and it was decided that 8 bits make up one byte.
Why does Westboro Baptist Church protest our soldier's funeral?	They're assholes and their opinion truly doesn't matter. They do not bother me because to me they are less than dirt. And who the fuck cares what dirt thinks.
How could theatre patrons hear the actors on stage before modern electricity? If it has to do with room acoustics, then why are microphones needed now?	We are used to the more natural tones of actors who don't have to project. Think of how opera singers project, and how many people don't like them.Acoustics and projection as others have said, but also sometimes you just couldn't hear very well. Go find a totally unabridged version of a Shakespeare play . Shakespearean plays are 5 acts, not because the material is actually that long, but because you had to repeat yourself over and over again in case something got lost. All of the characters basically repeat who they are and what they're doing at the top of every scene. Older operas do a similar thing. An entire 10-minute aria will basically boil down to "I'm sad." You don't need to hear every word to get what's going on. I could tell you the entire story of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung in about 5 minutes, but all together it's like 14 hours of operaTheatres are built to have as much acoustics as the performance needs. In ancient Greek theatre they used masks that were made with specific materials to project the actors voice as much as possible. Microphones were introduced to theatre/performing when popular music changed from a more classical sound to jazz and the type of music we hear today. Opera singers are trained quite differently than any other genre and current music involves more belting which can be very taxing on the voice.All with room acoustics. If you see live theater today in a good room they won't have or use microphones."How Music Works" by David Byrne has a couple of very interesting chapters about how the invention of amplification and changes in recording technology changed the styles of music that were performed. For example, the "crooning" singing style that became fashionable in the 50's wouldn't have worked in the 1850's because no one would have been able to hear the singer.
; Why would a lawyer choose to represent someone that was guilty?	It's actually relatively simple. It's their job to defend their client. We do want to punish criminals, but we also want to have fair trials, and the way we get that is to have legal experts on both sides fight it out with arguments in front of an impartial judge. Now, defense lawyers do have certain ethical obligations: for instance, they're not supposed to call witnesses that they know will lie on the stand. So they don't tend to ask their clients if they did it unless they actually think it will help them defend their client.
why did Christian slavetraders think it was okay what they where doing while the bible says God punished the Egyptians for enslaving the Jews?	God punished Egypt for not releasing God's people when instructed to do so, not for simply owning slaves. God's people are not considered the same as those who are not his people. This was true with the Jews, and continues with Christian mentalities. The bible neither directly supports, nor directly prohibits slavery. It does give rules for how to treat a slave if you own one, and rules for how to behave if you are one, but it does not outright say that slavery is good or bad.It took Christians some time to grow into repudiating slavery. Slavery has been taken for granted as a human institution since recorded history, probably since the dawn of man.
Periodic table: Why do elements in the same group react the same way?	The most important factor to how atoms interact with their surroundings is the number of valence electrons they have. Elements in the same column of the table have the same number of valence electrons, so they react in similar ways. Backtracking to explain valence electrons: because of quantum mechanics, electrons can only fit in certain fixed states around a nucleus . Some of these states are more or less equal in energy, but there are different layers of these groupings, each with different energy requirements. The two main ways of classifying the energy levels are n, the principle quantum number, and l, the angular momentum. n is basically just the energy number, going from 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on, the higher the number the more energy. l can be thought of as the orientation of the electron, with a [wide variety of possible shapes], some more energetically costly than others. Electrons fill into these slots based mostly on which ones have the lowest energy cost. If a full level n is filled, then the atom is pretty reluctant to add another electron to its shell, and doesn't react to much. The reason that every atom doesn't always have a full shell is that it would required it to be electrically charged, if there are more protons than electrons , the atom becomes unbalanced and usually reacts with something nearby to become more balanced. The noble gasses sit perfectly where their outer shells are full and they have no net electric charge , so they don't react with anything . If you move just a little bit away from that column, either adding an electron or removing an electron, the atom will be balanced in electric charge but unbalanced in its electron shell, and will easily react in order to gain or lose an electron. This is why sodium and chlorine bond so well, Cl is trying to gain an electron while Na is trying to lose an electron, but the electric charge keeps them together in the form of table salt.
Why aren't jobs generally rewarded based on their required effort?	First and foremost is skill. Any idiot can take out the trash. Hence why no one wants to. So you might get a little bump in pay if really no one is available to do it, but fortunately there are enough unskilled people in this world that people will line up every day to take out the trash. This sums up pretty much every low wage job. Higher paying jobs require a lot more skill, even if they'd be things that some people would do for free. This skill requires investment of one's self in a craft, tools of the trade, and knowledge. You get paid more when you yourself are a tool of production , slightly less if you're a highly skilled maintainer and even less if you're unskilled . The CEO's skills are networking, planning, vision and failing, at least as of late. It takes a lot more discussion to explain the outrageous pay of the C-Class, but from everyone else down it's pretty self explanatory: Availability of talent + skill/knowledge required = pay Making Tacos? High availability, low skill needed = shit pay. Managing networks? Medium-low availability, high skill needed = Good pay Healing people ? Low availability, very high skill needed = You get a BMW!
Why does musical theory define both sharps and flats? Couldn't we just define them all as sharps? Why do we need both?	A lot of it has to do with voice leading which is how a melody line well resolve. For instance a B-flat will resolve down to an A-natural. A C# will resolve to D etc. Another reason we have sharps and flats is different keys would be quite difficult to write if we didn't have both of them. For instance if we didn't have flats and just sharps the c minor scale would be written as B#-C double sharp-D#-E#-F double sharp-G#-A# or A double sharp for the harmonic minor. So in effect writing a minor scale becomes quite difficult compared to the simpler C-D-E flat-F-G-A flat-B flat . Furthermore when it comes to modulation or key changes sharps or flats are introduced because of the way they resolve both theoretically and aurally. I understand that accidentals can be kind of annoying, but with time you learn to appreciate their value and that without them our musical notation system would by very complicated.It is because of how musical lines run. Sometimes flats are more logical, sometimes sharps. Also wind musicians tend to think in flats, strings in sharps, and pianists and vocalists both depending on the piece with flats being slightly more common . So your "just use sharps" does not really work. By having both we also allow for keys to be more cleanly written and avoid using double sharps for some of them.1 of each letter in every scale. Means that if I want a fifth I can count five letters and then remember whether it's sharp of flat. Ex. the third in E = e, f G, in major that is G# and in minor it's just G.
Why the ipv4 address are limited to 255.255.255.255 instead of 999.999.999.999 ?	Because it's in binary. Every number between the points has 8 bit, so you can only display 2^8 numbers. This means you can count from 0 up to 255.They are bits. Each octet can only use a combination of 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, and 1. Max is 255.
How does a presidential pardon work?	Legally, the President can pardon anyone accused/convicted of any federal crime for any reason. Politically it's a lot more complicated. Hypothetical example: President's father convicted of sex abuse of a minor. President pardons. President gets ridiculously bad press and can probably forget about getting anything else accomplished or getting reelected. Check out [this]. Edit: federal crime, not any crime.
Why do many Christians believe that drugs (esp. marijuana), even if used medicinally, are sinful, but prescription drugs are not?	As a Christian, I think I may be able to answer this question. I have never seen a fellow believer disagree with the use of prescription drugs. Only the reason for which the consumer uses it. To heal sickness? Why not? To use a drug for pleasure or a high? Not ok. This is because, as I've heard from my pastor, you are using the drug to substitute something the Holy Spirit gives you. Which is joy, happiness, that sort of thing. You are being dependent on something other than God for it. Hope that helped some. And don't worry, I love discussing questions like these. How are we supposed to follow Gods word if we don't know the meaning behind it? Brain workout, yanno?
If you can survive weeks without food as long as you drink water, can obese people just starve their fat away?	You can survive weeks without food, as long as you don't mind severe malnutrition. Obese people burn their fat for energy, as well as any vitamins that are dissolved in it. All other vitamins are water-soluble and must be consumed every day to replenish the body's supply. Otherwise, malnutrition and other forms of unpleasantness will occur.
How do cats communicate with each other? Do they have their own method of 'talking'?	I don't like watermelon, I want pears instead" or "The lightbulb is annoying me, turn it off." And in the wild, apes can make unique sounds for "WARNING! Predator incoming!
Why does water have to be boiling in order to cook pasta?	It could cook at a lower temperature, but since boiling water has a consistent temperature it allows for precise and even cooking. If you simmered it in water, you would need to check it constantly to know when it was done, and the outside might get soggy on thick pastas. If it's a heavy boil, it will take the same number of minutes every time.
Why people deny climate change? What are their arguments?	The biggest reason for me is the adamant refusal of climate scientists to release the raw climate data that they are basing their results from. If they are so sure it's real, why would they be worried about someone double-checking their work?
Why was gold 'unanimously' chosen as currency and a representation of wealth? Why not something essential like food?	Some societies did use food as a currency. Most notably the Aztecs, who used cacao beans as money. Gold, however, was used because it's shiny, inert, easily transported, and most importantly, really hard to get more of, making it a stable currency not easily gained or lost except by trade. That means someone who trades for gold can be reasonably certain that he can trade that gold and get the approximate worth of what he originally traded to get it. People don't tend to use currency if they're going to be screwed over by doing so.
Why do skyscrapers always have lights on?	Sometimes people just forget to turn the lights off when they leave. More likely you're seeing cleaning crews working an overnight shift. You can't vacuum offices while people are working. The lights on the exterior are for aircraft to see. The red lights are requires on buildings over a certain height.
How is a global economy based on the requirement of constant, infinite growth sustainable in a world with limited, finite resources?	I hope this doesn't get lost because [this book] explains exactly why it will never work . VERY interesting read about the limits of our growing population and ever expanding needs of consummers
Why when I'm sick to the point of feeling like death can I get in the shower and almost feel complete relief until I shut the water off?	I suffer from a condition known as [Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, or CVS] and have friends and family that also share either that affliction or a similar one -- crohn's disease, or other gastric-distress disorders. One thing that we all seem to have as a commonality is [the almost unwavering desire to take a bath/shower] when in [the middle of a significant flare-up of the condition.] It's certainly not a universal response; but if gastric distress is a commonality it might be an angle worth looking into.Hot water is so therapeutic. I remember when I was getting clean and detoxing off opiates, I was going thru bad withdrawal and felt like shit with zero energy . but the second I hopped in that shower I felt completely like my normal self. It was great. I think those first few days I would take like 3 hot showers a dayEffleurage is a light skimming massage used to relieve stress and pain. I believe showering provides full body effleurage. In addition to the therapeutic value of heat and steamThis is my cure all for any sickness i have been in the showere for 8 hours on bad hangover days.. on and off, get in for an hour then go try to sleep get back in rinse repeat till im back to normal. I might be able to cure cancer with a long enougb showet bath cycle.. i turn the shower on and let the tub fill up water fall effect and sound is relaxing Everyone else on this thread mentions hot showers, but if you are sick with a bad fever, a nice cold shower can ease that discomfortLoading your sensory feelings with things other than pain. Try focusing the shower head right on the back of your neck for maximum effect.
How does a person find out their personal information is being used by someone else if the person who stole it can have calls and mail sent to themselves?	It shows up in your credit report. Most people don't even realize that their personal info has been stolen until they try to get financing for a big purchase. For relatively frequent checks into your credit, credit karma is good.
Why is one underwear called a pair?	scissors", and "clothes". That rule, however, is really inconsistent. A "bicycle", for example, is made up of two parts, but we don't say "a pair of bicycles". Sadly, there's no really satisfying reason why this is the case . It just is, and nobody is entirely sure why. As a bonus answer, there are also words that are only singular, like "information". A word that's only singular is called a singulare tantum, which is Latin for "singular only"[This] is probably the best answer. TL;DR version: Historically, single items that have 2 parts are called a "pair."', "Cause you use one side, flip'em over and use the second side. :D", 'pants used to begin as 2 pieces which were stiched into a "pair of pants" . Underpants just stuck with the plural
how do we know what dinosaurs looked like if all we have is the bones?	we don't but I think from memory, besides what others have said here about feathers etc. scientist can apply the theory of evolution and the idea of adaptive traits etc that we use to identify animals today- to understand and work out what dinosaurs may have looked like. Ie dinosaurs that lived in aquatic environments would have web feet. Dinosaurs from different time periods probably had different skin or scales or feathers etc depending on climatic conditions and what other animals they had to compete with As an example; Perhaps their skin or scales started to change from a greenish colour to a brown or yellow colour as the vegetation changed and the climate changed from tropical to a dryer climate

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