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Why do dogs and humans get along so swimmingly? | Because the dogs that didn't get along so swimmingly were killed, or at the very least, not bred for future dogs.part of it is that we are both endurance hunters, most predators use speed. |
Why is it advantageous for a patient to be awake during some brain surgeries? | Also, because they can! General anesthesia is not without risks, so it's only used when there are no other reasonable options. |
Why can a person with any blood type recieved O- blood, but a person with O- blood can only recieve O- | I'm O-, and the local Red Cross blows up my phone whenever they have a donor drive happening! |
Why does The Walking Dead mostly have only adult zombies wandering around? Where are all the children? | Well, in the real world, it's that children generally don't act as well, and that it's taboo to kill children, which would inevitably happen. The whole Sophia thing was heavily criticized and even then they did it rather discreetly, no blood splatter, Sophia just dropped and it was over. Whereas with random zombies, it... |
Is there a reason why train horns have to be ridiculously loud? | They want to make sure people are well aware of their presence. It doesn't take much to derail a train. And a train derailment at high speed is a **terrible** thing!!! Edit: made terrible bold.Trains take miles to stop, not blocks. So by law the horns or whistles have to be loud enough for them to be heard from a long ... |
Why are natural killer cells unable to destroy cancer cells | To my knowledge they can, and do in some cases where cancer cells produce abhorrent surface proteins which are recognised as foreign antigens. This likely explains some of the cases where people suddenly have unexplained remissions of Cancer - their immune system is suddenly able to recognise the new cells due to a new... |
What do pharmacists do besides count out pills and put them in a bottle? There's obviously way more to the job | I'm not a pharmacist, but I have worked as a pharmacy technician. Pharmacists communicate with doctors and patients to resolve issues with dosage and interactions. Techs and clerks in pharmacies are the ones who count and fill the prescriptions. |
What exactly is SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)? Why does SIDS happen? | The procedures proved to reduce the rate of SIDS include placing an infant near the bottom of a cot, on their back, no pillow at all, and if using a blanket, have it made so it is tucked in securely at the bottom of the cot and rises only just high enough to reach the baby's upper chest as they lay with their feet almo... |
Explain LI5 why humans need chapstick/vaseline/grease for their lips and other animals don't. | Not that this really answers your question, but a lot of animals don't have lips like we do. |
Why do most countries accept Turkey's vehement denial of the Armenian Genocide? | Most countries consider it a genocide. A few ignore/avoid the issue i.e., the US. To what end would it serve to bring it up though? All it would do is annoy Turkey. That's why. Especially given the current geo-political climate with the migrant crisis in the EU, the Syrian War and Turkey becoming closer with Russia. |
For light sleepers, why does the sound of their own snoring not wake them up? | I have news for you. It does. Usually a good snort does it but normal snoring, I'm in deep enough sleep that it isn't enough to wake me. |
Why is "lawyer-speak" so prevalent in contracts/license agreements if nobody actually speaks like that? | I'm not even a lawyer, but common sense tells me that they're overly verbose, excessive, and generally jargon-y because in the courts where they come up, there are no mixed words. When push comes to shove and the legal issues are actually necessary for a civil or criminal case, *every single thing that needs to be said... |
How is basic universal income different than unconditional welfare? | Different programs create different incentives. The problem with welfare is as soon as someone gets a minimum wage job they lose benefits. Since it's rare for someone to start out at a high wage, people can get trapped in welfare programs. If all families had a guaranteed $900 a month income, people are free to get job... |
What is Ayn Rand's philosophy and general message in her books? | There are no conflicts of interest among people who do not demand what they haven't earned. The problems in the world are caused by people trying to get what they didn't earn. There is no such thing as the common good, only good to actual people. When money goes toward the common good it usually ends up being wasted an... |
Why is vanilla often considered 'plain' flavour? | Also, most vanilla flavourings don't even use actual vanilla. Instead, they use a chemical called Vanillin, which is the same chemical found in vanilla beans that gives its unique flavor. Despite that, it is still inherently weaker than the actual pods themselves. |
Why do humans always feel the need to "debate" and end up arguing? | Perfectionism, low self-esteem,the need to establish dominance, a competitive nature, oppositional defiance disorder, social positioning, and the fact that other people say stupid shit and need to be set straight. Healthy debate and cognitive dissonance have been covered. Some just have fun arguing. Some folks think it... |
Patent war and why everyone is mad at Apple. | Separately, another reason people hate Apple is because there's nothing really amazing about their products that bring them to another level that other similar products aren't, yet they charge stupid prices and stupid consumers pay them because it's Apple. |
If the brain itself isn't capable of feelings pain because of the lack of pain receptors, then how does a headache actually work? | To my understanding, it's not in your brain. You feel pain in the muscles you have there or your sinuses |
How they do sex scenes in films and on tv? | Cunnilingus is always represented so poorly. It's always some dude eating a girls belly button, and we are supposed to believe he has his tongue on her clit. I suppose that would be a little too close for comfort with the actors though. It just looks goofy. |
Why can we only see so far | You can see a very far way. In the night sky you can see the Virgo galaxy and it's 58,000 light years away. The Earth is curved, so the horizon represents the place where you can't see more distant thing because the Earth is in the way.When you see an object, you're seeing light that reflected off of it and hit your ey... |
Why does the negative end on a battery typically connect to a small spring? | There doesn't have to be a spring at all. Check out the [battery compartment] on my Garmin GPS. |
Why are drugs like ecstasy and shrooms now being tested to treat anxiety and depression when not too long ago they were considered unsafe and harmful? | Interestingly, I quit Ritalin , which is similar to cocaine, cold turkey and nothing happened. Yet when I quit Effexor I had the most hellish withdrawal experience. Had to get back on because I couldn't handle it and I still haven't been 100% since. |
Why do human babies cry when they are born but other animal babies do not cry when they are born? | My baby girl didn't cry when she was first born. Chilliest baby ever. She does occasionally cry.Some other animal babies vocalize quite often; for example, young birds beg for food and call if they are in distress. Perhaps crying alerts the parents that the baby is in need, urging them to take care of the baby. This ma... |
When making online purchases with credit card, why do they ask for the CVS number at the back of the card? How does it offer more security? | Since it's on the back, it makes it harder to sneakily snap a picture of someone's CC and use it. Just a guess though. |
The Benghazi incident, and why it is controversial. | It's controversial because some people very much want it to be controversial. There are some details that didn't come out right away, and some still being sorted out, but the 'failure' of the State Dept. to immediately and correctly relate all knowable facts is being treated as an abject failure of intelligence, rather... |
How is the magic trick from the latest Britain's Got Talent even possible? | The money changing stuff is sleight of hand. Very well performed, but a fairly fundamental bit of skill. But you've been asking about the 7H trick and, well, I don't think it's that hard. Here's how I would do that trick, although Jamie may have a different method: Preparation: Take a deck of cards and remove 1 card . ... |
Why are Japanese commercials/ ads so bizarre? | The thing is they're totally not any weirder than American commercials! Are you telling me that [this] commercial or [this] isnt't strange or wouldn't be weird if you didn't understand English? |
if clouds are masses of condensed water, then how come if a plane flies through it, the plane does not get wet? | If the plane is warmer than the surrounding air, it would resist the tendency of water to condense on it. Just like a cold drink can collect condensation in a room where there isn't any water condensing, the conditions of the *surface* impact this as much as the conditions of the air do. Also, planes fly very fast. If ... |
If Mercury is at a temperature where it's solid, would it be tough like steel or brittle like ice? | Not a direct answer, but I feel like it will ELI5 lots of cool parts about mercury better than I could explain, [this playlist] is a dude doing a whole bunch of different experiments with mercury. There are questions answered about mercury I didn't even know I had!", 'Totally thought you were talking about the planet.M... |
Why are cops allowed to be fat? | Not all police officers are front line robber chasers, that's probably the younger officers gaining the experience to be fatter officers. edit: people in general don't stay 25 for ever. |
what is going on with some boats that have water flowing out of a hole on the side of the boat? | 1. Bilge pump 2. Engine exhaust 3. Sinks/showers/bath tubs4. Holding tank 5. Ballast 6. Gunwale drains Just about any liquid that would normally go down your sewage system at home, can go overboard > 12 nautical miles from shore.Could be several things.1) A bilge pump pumping water out of the bilge 2) cooling water for... |
Why do we pay the same price for movies which had very different budgets? | The price of something is not related to what it cost to make. It's related to what you'll pay for it. |
why is it acceptable to litter cigarette butts around the world? | Not sure about acceptance. I personally think its deplorable but I'd assume that in any given population where there are more smokers there would also be a greater percentage of acceptance for other smoker's bad habits. Solution: ban filtered cigarettes and allow only non-filtered smokes to be sold, they will biodegrad... |
Why do people want to go back to work into coal mines? | Like others have already said the Appalachians are home to the poorest and least educated people in America. Coal mining was something that kept the region afloat as it provided good paying jobs for folks that had literally no where else to work. If given the opportunity to work their again they will not hesitate. As f... |
why is it that we have to brush our teeth in order for them to not get diseased or rot but animals never do and don't lose all of theirs. | My friend who's a foreign exchange student from China drinks about 2 two-liters of soda a day, and every sip he takes he swishes it around his mouth like mouthwash. I kinda want to murder him.Reminds me of this topic _URL_1_ "Teeth of Australian aborigines when eating their native diet verses the introduction of a \'wh... |
Why we just banned autowikibot | I've always hated the concept of making everyone pay for the mistakes of the few. Granted, they weren't mistakes, but you get the idea. |
The concept of making your bed, only to mess it up again. | There are various reasons that are probably individual in basis but for me it's a discipline thing. Put it this way, if your alarm goes off in the morning and the first thing you do is snooze it for two hours, then get stoned before breakfast, your day is likely to proceed in the manner that it commenced. By spending 4... |
Why are coffee cups in tv/movies so blatantly empty, rather than filled with weight? | It's called suspension of disbelief. If you're more focused on coffee cups or any other container that holds liquid, rather than the conflict of the scene, the film/tv show/stage production isn't doing its job. Or, you're too focused on a small detail and letting that blind you from what's going on. Question everything... |
Why do human females only produce milk during/after pregnancy, but cows produce milk all the time whether or not they're pregnant? | Cows don't begin giving milk until they're pregnant for the first time. Then they continue giving milk as long as we humans continue taking it from them. Humans could do the same thing, but there usually comes a time when humans don't want to breast-feed their babies any more, so they stop. Once they stop, the milk dri... |
China's presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo | persecuting undeniables like other ethnic groups and homosexuals" etc. The Chinese don't care about any of thatChina is undertaking a HUGE part in the infrastructure of Africa. I was there a few years ago, and we saw Chinese construction compounds everywhere. They are building roads everywhere, which is great for the c... |
Why would someone have small mirrors taped to their windows? | clearly they have a series of other devices located about the place such that a laser beam reflects through the whole series, being demodulated at the end point to allow audio and visual surveillance of their neighborhood. Smile! You're on panopticon, old-school edition! |
How can so much data be transported between America & Europe? | > Every major tech company has their servers in the US, and if users from Europe access those servers, the data has to go through a wire in the Atlantic. There's a bit more to it than that. First of all, are you talking internal or external users? Even for a company's internal users, they will be mostly hitting local s... |
Barcelona and Boston are roughly on the same latitude, yet one is considered a cold city and the other a subtropical one. How is this possible? | There's a big persistent jet stream across the Atlantic, both through the atmosphere and the ocean, which brings a lot of energy up to Europe from the south This might be one of the main reasons why western Europe has a generally more mild climate than most of Canada, even though they're similar distances from the arct... |
how can they continue to discover more chambers in the pyramids year after year | Many of the rooms can't be reached and the researches can't use any destructive techniques to get to them Several of the rooms were blocked by large stones when the pyramid was sealed up, explicitly to keep people out of the tombs. Remember, the Egyptians built the Pyramids to safely hold the bodies of the Pharaohs und... |
How are people coerced into a false confession? | You're locked in a room full other assumed criminals, removed from contact with the outside world, thrown into a disgusting place, sometimes beat, Fed food that can range from bland to green bologna. Your dignity is taken away, your respect, and your trust in the justice system. They tell you that if you just confess t... |
why do gas stations still have an 89 octane offering? | 89 octane, or mid grade gasoline, is required by some engines, and the owner's manual will indicate this. If your engine requires 89, but you use 87 , it will still run, but at lesser efficiency, and you may experience engine knocking, as gasolines of different octane ratings behave a bit differently with regard to det... |
Why do people tend to get more cynical as they get older? | Smarter people get more cynical. People who aren't smart don't get more cynical no matter how old they are |
Why do movie studios mix the audio on DVD's so that I have to turn up the volume to hear dialogue so much that action sequences almost blow out my speakers on my TV? | As everyone's already said, it's for contrast and a few other things. Jupiter Ascending specific - I happened to watch that yesterday. I stopped it after a few minutes and checked my cables, amp, speakers, TV etc because it was half the volume it should be. I switched back to another film I'd been watching and sure eno... |
How can we know if time travel is/isn't possible? | Two important points that are missed in this discussion about why we don't see time-tourists from the future: 1. If we invent a time travel device to the past, then we might only be able to visit the past from that day forward, that is, the day we got the machine to work. This device might only allow travel from the fu... |
Why is labor so cheap in China? | Same answer as almost anything that relates to economics. Supply and demand. In this case the product is human labor at bargain wages. There's alot more supply than there is on demand. Here in US minimum wage is enforced by federal and state gov. In China the minimum wage is only created at the local gov level, meaning... |
Why is there still a need for a real-life person to come read gas and/or electric meters? | There isn't. Here in PA we had Smart Meters installed. There are a few Pros and Cons with this.Apparently, the Smart Meters can monitor patterns in your usage that they could possibly use to figure out when you watch TV, how often your fridge runs, and other possible breaches of privacy. Also, I noticed that there are ... |
Why do famous people get to live in luxury while being in debt (tens of) millions of dollars? | Why not? Most people in the West live in debts that are beyond their means, although they still live comfortably. Rich people simply have more leeway when it comes to the cap of their debt limit but it's all the same. |
Which will be more dangerous: if the Earth stopped revolving around the sun or if it stopped spinning. | If the Earth stopped spinning, the day/night cycle would take an entire year. Both the lit and dark sides of the planet would be uninhabitable, due to heat and cold. Some life would survive, but human civilization would be destroyed. It is just barely on the edge of possibility that a small number of people could survi... |
why is there a big hubub about lack of women in STEM fields such as programming but not in trade fields such as plumbing? | The simplest answer is that STEM is a sexier field; it's more highly regarded among the public, it's a growing field, it pays better, and the work is seen as more interesting and valuable. Blue collar work also tends to keep women out, but because people don't really care about blue collar jobs, there isn't as much fus... |
How can normal people become depressed in first world countries like my own ('Merica) excluding people experiencing traumatic events? | Because depression is caused by the brain not working properly. It's the most complicated object in the known universe - things are going to go wrong, and for a lot of complicated reasons So complicated, we're not actually sure how it all works yet. But, this is just the loading screen answer, until you get a real one.... |
Why is the FF7 remake such a big deal? | it's like seeing my first love grow up to be everything i love and, she said she loves me, ask to get married. |
'burning' your lawn grass by watering it in the day | You'll just use more water during the day since more will evaporate. Best to water in the morning, but in the day is better than in the evening due to mold or something. |
Why haven't we impeached Obama for the NSA/PRISIM surveillance program? | Impeachment is for situations where the President is acting illegally and Congress can't do anything about it. Neither of those is the case here. plus since congress approved the NSA's actions vis-a-vi through the patriot act, what exactly would they be impeaching him for? |
Why is the Mona Lisa so famous? What makes it so great? | I actually love that painting. Whether or not it's overrated is another debate, and not one that really interests me. I think most people would point to her faint smile as a large part of what makes it so charming. I personally like the dreamy background, her eyes, and the colour palette, too. |
If making sea water to drinkable water is possible, why don't we solve the shortage of clean water in developing countries? | Could be made cheaper with some R & D use solar lenses to heat the water, catch it on a mirror etc right now they use coal based heating, which has the added benefit of being a polluter, and the energy transfer isn't fantastic. There are ways to make it better, but it takes someone with money and resources ", 'Not econ... |
why is liquor cheaper in Japan than in the US | Ok so I used to work as a bar tender in Japan. It's the tax structure. Basically one of the things Japan taxes alcohol on is malt content which means that beer is relatively expensive as well as some high end whiskeys. Clear liquor by virtue of not having malt is cheaper. |
Why is it when they put a needle in you to donate blood it flows out of your vein, but when you get an IV liquids flows into your vein? | When you have an IV, the bag is under some degree of pressure, and they deliberately keep the bag above your heart. This keeps the IV solution flowing into your bloodstream. When drawing small amounts of blood, with a syringe, the syringe provides negative pressure. I've never had a larger amount of blood drawn, but I ... |
What is so important about old timey B & W and silent films? | Nowadays, film-makers can CGI anything they want. Back then, those creating the works were forced to use unique and creative techniques to express themselves. It's very inspiring. |
Why did Dial-Up internet need to make that sound when it was connecting? | There's actually a great video [here] which goes into a good bit of detail on how modems operate as part of a demonstration of a very old model.brrrrp eeeeep meep meep meep KRRRREEEEEEE shrrrrsssshhhhhhh krreeep kreeep kreep BING BING BING eeerrrppppssshhhhhhhhh', "modem A: DUUUUUDE! modem A: Duuuuuude? modem B: Yes. W... |
According to wikipedia many movies have far greater box office than their budget, yet are still considered financial failures, why? | Theaters get a portion of the gross. While the agreements are secret, it's widely speculated that studios get about half of the US/Canadian gross and less of the foreign box office gross. Also the budget figures don't include marketing costs which can be significant . If the movie cost £150 million, and advertising was... |
How does the military (Army) structure/organization work? | You need an organisational diagram. It's a lot easier to understand that way if you're not used to the terms. I assume you want American stuff? Okay, [this] is from the second world war, but the general theme remains the same, I think. Can't help you with the 'sergeants' thing; we only have sergeants and colour-sergean... |
Why redditors delete their comments and accounts after a while? | Well once I've cashed in points at the reddit karma store for t-shirts and water bottles, I'm back to almost zero, so I have nothing to lose by creating a new account. |
If Ebola kills 90% of its victims by basically liquefying their internal organs how do the other 10% survive the virus? | Genetic defense, basically. From what I heard from a buddy who worked at the NIH and CDC, is that you could have a mutation that gives you immunity, but it's a sliding scale. You could not show any symptoms of a disease though you carry it , and you could also show some symptoms without approaching full blown fatal. Ki... |
Why is it that normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but when it's more then 85 degrees out I feel hot? | You are a warm blooded mammal, so your body produces a lot of heat energy. When it's cool and comfortable, you can release all of the heat energy you need to, and you feel fine. When it gets warmer, it takes longer to give off the same amount of heat, so you feel uncomfortably warm. This is compounded by humidity, beca... |
What chemical/biological changes occur when you cook meat? What makes it go from slimy and raw to cooked? | Proteins became denatured when cooked. Raw eggs are liquid when raw and when cooked become solid. A great way to show this is by making eggs and watching as it chages before your eyes. Proteins are made of amino acids. There are 22 and 6 of which are only available from food sources because the body can't produce them ... |
Why do children have more energy than adults? | They just don't hold back when they do feel they have the energy to do something. They get tired fast and then it's a meltdown, but of course they seem super energetic before that point because they're going balls to the wall. |
Why must eyeballs remain moist? | The liquid film on the surface of your eye is smoother than a layer of cells. This makes it perform better as a lens. The liquid also provides a lubricating funtion to allow your eyelids to sweep away dirt/dust. |
What changed about modern wars so that we no longer have household names like The Red Baron, The White Death, and Alvin York? | There aren't many large wars left for people to earn renown in. Besides even now there are soldiers who make their reputation in fighting. Seal Team 6, that dude from American Sniper, there are a few people who have gotten reputation from their deeds and stories. |
Could I get in trouble for having like $4,000 in cash? | only if criminal ass US police pull you over and you don't have a paper record to prove its yours. even if you do, good luck, especially if you are black or hispanic. |
Why do movie credits include information like the catering company and truck driver's name, while other works of art (eg theatre, novels) don't? | The various unions and guilds that the actors and technicians belong to require it. It helps to make sure everyone is properly payed for their work. Novels aren't typically written under union contracts. Theatre varies by the size of the company and the region. Broadway shows have rules about how cast members and techn... |
With millions of characters, what characters go on a japanese or chinese cell phone? | Chinese has an alternative input method not mentioned in this thread but very common in China. It's called 笔画输入法 （Brush Stroke Input Method）where the cellphone keypad from 1-6 is each assigned a stroke component. 【一】【亅】【丿】【丶】【乛】【 *】 and you spell everything from these . For example, 口 would be 丨乛一 中 would be 丨乛一丨 火 wou... |
When meat/eggs go bad, why does cooking them not make them edible? | Because some bacteria release toxins, and even if you kill the bacteria the toxins remain. For example, botulism. It's not the bacteria that are harmful, but the toxin. We come into contact with wild botulism bacteria all the time and no one ever gets sick, it's only when the bacteria make it into foods , and the toxin... |
Why can't a transistor process 3 states but only two? | The [Ternary Computer] is not a new idea and we may see something like that in the future. It could use the Josephson Junction instead of transistors. But transistors aren't binary devices, they are used for e.g. analogue audio amplification too. |
Why do we want to listen to a specific song multiple times and afterwards don't want to hear it for weeks? | I'm no professional psychologist, and am just going off my AP Psych class notes, so take my post with a few grains of salt:I would guess that its a form of adaptation. I'm sure that we can all agree that certain songs give us chills. This is caused by a rapid release of chemicals in our brains that cause pleasure . We ... |
What is the difference between GDP per Capita and average personal income, and how well do they correlate? | They shouldn't be perfectly equal. Some of GDP goes to paying foreign employees working for US based firms. Additionally, average wage is the average across the working population. GDP per capita is total GDP/the *total* population, working or not. $47,230 - mean annual wage 2014 $54,630 - GDP per capita 2014 |
How does a Radio DJ know when the song vocals start. | Radio intern here! As some have strayed already, there are wav formats of songs and you can see where the voices start. There is also a program that I've seen where the song starts and a time counts down to when the vocals begin. Plus DJs know songs, if you've heard a song before you'd know when the vocals start as wel... |
If I spit a string of saliva to a dirty floor, can the germs go up to my mouth? | No, bacteria will not be able to move up the string fast enough for them to enter your mouth. Just make sure that you don't accidentally suck the string back up..If I spit in a toilet I have to be absolutely certain that at no point is there a string of saliva connecting the dirty porcelain with my mouth. Someone answe... |
Why do most cars have the "hump" in the middle of the back seat? | The simple answer is they can't actually fit 5 adults comfortably in a sedan and are basically making a shitty seat of leftover space so they can advertise and sell it as a 5 seater. The cars are designed as 4 seaters and they make 4 really comfortable and more importantly, safe seats and are forced to use the elevated... |
If Barack Obama was "born in Kenya" and therefore not eligible to be US President, why is Canadian born Ted Cruz in the running for the GOP? | If your mother is a USA citizen the child is too. Cruz and obama have american moms. Problem solved. Even super american john McCain wasn't born in the USA.So do you need to be born in the US to be run for president? What if you were born in a US teritory like Guam or Saipan or puerto rico?', "Don't try to apply logic ... |
How do the trucks that lay cement cement prevent it from drying up inside the container that pours it out? | This may seem a bit like semantics, but it's actually called concrete, not cement. Cement is one of the ingredients in concrete, but it is a powder. The trucks carry concrete, which is a mixture of cement, fine aggregate , coarse aggregate , water and any chemicals that may be added to the mix to change the behavior of... |
Why are warm blankets cozy, but rooms of the same temperature are stifling? | It's about control. If you get heated under a blanket, all you have to do its take it off. In a warm room, well, you can't really control that without leaving the room or touching the thermostat. |
Why do I need to update Flash all the time? | I can't say this specifically for flash, but many companies give out free software and then try to get you to install other free software with it. They get paid a bounty for installs of the other software. Google used to pay about $3 for every install of Chrome. So the companies then have frequent updates, because when... |
Why is depression so common now but was seemingly uncommon in the past? | In the past, people just had to suffer. Now, treatment is more available, and more effective, and there's less stigma about admitting that you're getting treatment. But even before anyone would say they had 'depression,' families had stories about the aunt who just went to bed one day and wouldn't get up any more.Depre... |
Why does Putin back Syria to the point that he will arm them against the US? | Let's also not forget that many people believe that having Assad in power is actually a good thing, instead of having democratic elections, which may lead to an extremist group getting to power. |
Why do moths eat holes through clothing? What attracts them to clothing in the first place? | The moths that infest clothes and rugs of natural fibers evolved to make use of something barely any other animal can digest, hair. In itself hair isn't all that nutritious but in combination with some dirt and half-decomposed animal it's good enough for the larvae to grow on.So the adult moths seek out protein fibers ... |
Why do websites push there mobile version when its usually inferior in functionality and usability ? | Also wtf are you stopping pinch to zoom, it's the nicest thing about a small screen and we have to put up with stupid websites disabling it. |
What is gas giant and why is it considered to be a planet? | I think you're assuming that a planet needs to be a thing that you could walk on. That's not the case.Astronomers can calculate the relative mass of a planet with a lot of different numbers such as the speed at which it travels, etc. Using the mass, scientists can effectively predict whether a planet is completely gas,... |
I believe I can safely use a 75-watt-equivalent LED bulb in my 40-watt-rated table lamp because the LED only uses 13 watts. Is my logic faulty? | You should be fine. The lamp gives a max of 40w before risk of any spontaneous fires or electrical surges. The equivalent rating isn't an issue it's what it actually uses. If you can get a 40w LED you'll have a nice jolt of light. |
Why does saying "if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to worry about" sounds reasonable on its face but still makes me uncomfortable? | Because we put curtains on windows and doors on bathrooms and bedrooms. It's called *privacy*. |
How does applying toothpaste to a CD to help fix scratches work? | The lasers in a CD/DVD drive can read through scuffs & dirt. What they can't read through is a big scratch because that'll cause the laser beam to reflect off in wild directions & not back to the sensor. One of the key ingredients in toothpaste is a fine abrasive - sort of a polishing compound. You can use that to ligh... |
If ISIS entirely ignores the rules of the Geneva Convention, why can't countries fighting them ignore the rules, too? | 1. To an extent many of those countries already do. 2. Those countries signed and agreed and wrote the Geneva Convention. Not ISIS. 3. They are a terrorist group, they don't have millions of citizens who fund them who get unruly when the government does bad things.Sometimes they/we do. In the U.S., John Yoo wrote what ... |
How does the technology that sees if tennis balls are in or out work, and how come it hasn't completely replaced linesmen? | A lot of sports value tradition over technology so its important to still have people on the field saying yes or no. MLB didn't even allow instant replay until 2008 which was decades after it became prominent in other sports and that delay was detrimental to the game. But lots of people opposed it because arguing with ... |
Why does Outlook which has 1 function crash so much/is so unstable when Thunderbird has never crashed? | This honestly sounds like a problem with the user more than the application. The majority of companies I work for use outlook and from my experience its the best email client solution. I do support some smaller companies that have a user or two that use Thunderbird and I'll say when they have a problem they are typical... |
Can a box in a box, in a box, in a box, break the speed of light from a relative view of being outside the box? | No. Because velocities doesn't add like that. It seems intuitive to us that of if a car moves at 50 and a fly inside the car moves at 5, to someone on the ground it would look like the fly is moving 55. Which is close enough when we are talking low speeds, but really the fly is moving something like 54.9999999 because ... |
Why don't we have famous philosophers and thinkers today like we did during the Renaissance or the Enlightenment? | I would imagine that we do, except we call humans of this magnitude scientists now. Back in those days, there was not scientific method, or the tools with which to test many ideas. So philosophy is still somewhat important, but science is so much more important because it can test ideas and have these ideas repeated in... |
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