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Why do dogs and humans get along so swimmingly?
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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.
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Why is it advantageous for a patient to be awake during some brain surgeries?
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Also, because they can! General anesthesia is not without risks, so it's only used when there are no other reasonable options.
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Why can a person with any blood type recieved O- blood, but a person with O- blood can only recieve O-
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I'm O-, and the local Red Cross blows up my phone whenever they have a donor drive happening!
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Why does The Walking Dead mostly have only adult zombies wandering around? Where are all the children?
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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 isn't so neat and tidy. Within the Walking Dead universe, it's that children are generally too weak to fight off walkers and are eaten.My explanation would be thus - tv audiences are squeemish when it comes to children. Consider the number of horror movies where kids get into scrapes and escape barely; we, as viewers, dont like kids getting butchered, but we are happy to see it the moment they become dumb high school kids . This rule applies to most mediums be it tv, comic or game. There are notable exceptions Now in a universe with the living dead stumbling about, , and the necessary headshots etc. to dispatch then you're going to see the writers - but DEFINITELY the stuio bosses - want to shy away from anything involving kids. I think from the Walking Dead there's one or two examples of kids getting killed, but it is always off screen. You never see a kid getting bitten or shot, even if you do see them as the occasional walker Of course, they might throw one in from tiem to time, but not in sufficient numbers to reflect how many zombo-kids there would be in reality for the most part they prefer to just conveniently ignore the issue ', "It's probably not a stylistic choice. It's just that it's a lot harder to get children to play as extras in a TV show. The studio needs the kid's parents to be ok with it, and it's probably harder to get parents to allow makeup technicians to smear fake blood all over their children.
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Is there a reason why train horns have to be ridiculously loud?
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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 distance to there is time for vehicles and people to get off the tracks. Not every crossing has arms that block them, not everyone one that has arms is working properly, and not everyone who may be on the tracks will be at a crossingBecause humans are so very very stupid. Our knives have warning labels that they might be sharp. I think doing away with said labels, warnings, and horns, we would quickly be a happier and more productive race
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Why are natural killer cells unable to destroy cancer cells
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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 mutation in the cancer. However the issue is, as has already been mentioned, cancer cells are your own cells - they share all the same surface antigens as normal cells, and therefore are generally ignored. I havent heard of cancer cells having 'no MHC receptors' - as far as i know they still have them just as their predecessor 'normal' cells did. Please enlighten me if that is not the case!
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What do pharmacists do besides count out pills and put them in a bottle? There's obviously way more to the job
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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.
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What exactly is SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)? Why does SIDS happen?
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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 almost touching the end of the cot. Also: ban cigarette smoke from the house. No indoor smoking. Lastly, breastfeeding helps. The combination of these three techniques dropped the incidence of SIDS by 83% in Australia between 1985 to 2005. Edit: looks like this, Sorry for ugly link, I'm on mobile; _URL_0_:
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Explain LI5 why humans need chapstick/vaseline/grease for their lips and other animals don't.
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Not that this really answers your question, but a lot of animals don't have lips like we do.
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Why do most countries accept Turkey's vehement denial of the Armenian Genocide?
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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.
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For light sleepers, why does the sound of their own snoring not wake them up?
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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.
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Why is "lawyer-speak" so prevalent in contracts/license agreements if nobody actually speaks like that?
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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 or known is right there, engraved in plain sight*, impossible to misconstrue or misunderstand, as read by lawyers . If it were in laymans terms, things could get vague, gray, or confusing, and no one trying to set up a contract wants that. It looks confusing to most untrained readers, which is why some people hire lawyers or attorneys to help them understand it, look for pitfalls or situations that might shaft them, or in rare cases where there *isn't* something covered, point out loopholes. Edit: Oh, and I suppose it's also extra-verbose to cover every possible extraneous circumstance possible in cases where it might be applicable, even the most outlandish clauses like: > Blizzard shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of Blizzard, including without limitation any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond Blizzard's control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials. Admittedly, we can't really fathom half of that list being really applicable to a video game service provider. But they threw it in anyway; just in case. That's a lot of what it is. Just-in-case.
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How is basic universal income different than unconditional welfare?
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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 jobs, gain experience, and move up to higher paying positions. Milton Friedman, a libertarian economist, was for a version of this that he called a negative income tax.
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What is Ayn Rand's philosophy and general message in her books?
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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 and helping no one, or else being spent on weapons.
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Why is vanilla often considered 'plain' flavour?
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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.
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Why do humans always feel the need to "debate" and end up arguing?
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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,s an argument when it is really contradiction. No it isn't..Yes it is.. See _URL_0_
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Patent war and why everyone is mad at Apple.
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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.
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If the brain itself isn't capable of feelings pain because of the lack of pain receptors, then how does a headache actually work?
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To my understanding, it's not in your brain. You feel pain in the muscles you have there or your sinuses
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How they do sex scenes in films and on tv?
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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.
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Why can we only see so far
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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 eyeballs. Light is quantized , and the further away from an object you are, the less light from it hits your eyes. Plus, the atmosphere disperses and scatters light . Put these together, and there's a set distance for how far you can see through air. At some point those photons just aren't reaching your eyes.What exactly re you asking? Why is there a horizon? Because the Earth is curved. The horizon is the limit of how much you can see before the Earth's curvature takes things out of your line of sight.
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Why does the negative end on a battery typically connect to a small spring?
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There doesn't have to be a spring at all. Check out the [battery compartment] on my Garmin GPS.
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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?
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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.
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Why do human babies cry when they are born but other animal babies do not cry when they are born?
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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 may or may not be involved in psychology. Crying stresses out or annoys the parents, so they give the baby what it wants. Once the baby gets what it needs, the parents are rewarded with quiet, which encourages them to take better care of their child. This is an example of negative reinforcement, in which someone becomes more likely to repeat a behavior because performing that behavior reduces something negative . As others have said, humans are high in the food chain, so the benefits associated with crying outweigh potential drawbacks .Crying serves useful communication purposes. 'There's something that needs fixing!!' There are a subsection of children with autism who were quiet placid babies who apparently did not see the need to communicate their distress to caregivers. I would theorise that animals cared for in their youth are likely to make noises akin to crying but animals without parents are unlikely to.
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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?
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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.
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The Benghazi incident, and why it is controversial.
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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 than the routine limitations of human knowledge and fact-finding that it is.
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How is the magic trick from the latest Britain's Got Talent even possible?
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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 . On the remaining 52 cards create the flip-book effect with a pen. Get 52 copies of the missing card and draw the last panel of each of them, each with a different card. Hide this deck around your person: perhaps 13 cards in each of your front two pockets, and 13 in in each of your back pockets. Put them in a known order, and know which cards are where. You will be able to take any one of them that's named on command. Performance: Once you know the card, buy yourself a little time by explaining how there was no way you could have known what the card was in advance and how you haven't touched the deck. While you do this, get the card with the named card drawn on and palm it in your hand, face down. Use your other hand to pick up the deck, and place in the original hand on top of the flick book. This movement must be really casual. The trick is now complete. You can flick through and show the correct ending. Furthermore, you may have the audience inspect the deck to confirm that it is a standard 52 card deck. Just don't let them check your pockets.1st money change: Greed by Daniel Garcia 2nd money change: Extreme Burn 2.0 by Richard SandersCard trick: Cardtoon Search for them all on _URL_3_All of these require minimal skill Source: Am a magician, have performed all of these.If he'd flipped over that drawn 7H and it was an actual 9C, that'd have been the most tits trick of all time.
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Why are Japanese commercials/ ads so bizarre?
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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?
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if clouds are masses of condensed water, then how come if a plane flies through it, the plane does not get wet?
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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 water did start forming drops on it, it would likely get blown off. So water may come in contact with the plane, but never stay still for long enough or form big enough drops for it to be visible. Lastly, planes can get wet and this is an especially big issue when the water *freezes* and ice starts to build up. They have heaters on the outside to deal with this, and procedures/backup devices to handle a situation where stuff stops working as a result of ice. But occasionally when the situation isn't handled right, ice can cause plane crashes. There was a big crash a few years ago which happened because a speed sensor was blocked by ice. The pilots did not correctly realize that its reading was wrong, or switch to other methods to read or guess their speed. It *may have been* a preventable crash if they pilots had been more aware or trained better in that case, but in those circumstances the result was deadly.Planes do get wet when they fly through clouds. How wet depends on the type and density of the cloud.
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If Mercury is at a temperature where it's solid, would it be tough like steel or brittle like ice?
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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.Mercury is strong independent woman who don't need no man. When she gets into a solid relationship with a man, it's pretty fragile and breaks off easily. Actual ELI5.I feel really stupid because for about 10 seconds I was like omg you idiot planets are pretty strong Steel can become very brittle as well depending on tempering
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Why are cops allowed to be fat?
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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.
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what is going on with some boats that have water flowing out of a hole on the side of the boat?
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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 the engine. Either after being circulated thru the engine or being the discharge of a heat exchanger 3) If the boat has self bailing decks then it is water draining off of the deck. 4) Some boats have ballast tanks that could be being pumped out.
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Why do we pay the same price for movies which had very different budgets?
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The price of something is not related to what it cost to make. It's related to what you'll pay for it.
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why is it acceptable to litter cigarette butts around the world?
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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 biodegrade.
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Why do people want to go back to work into coal mines?
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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 for finding an alternative it's not so easy. The Appalachians are a mountainous region so solar or wind energy plants aren't worth building there. Big companies primary goals are to make money. If building anything in the Appalachians that will cost them too much money or if projected revenue is too low they simply won't do it, so sadly the people there are abandoned and forgotten.Mostly because that is what they know and the majority of people who want it back feel they are too old/not able to retrain to do anything else. Obviously there have been safety improvements over the years but is still a pretty awful job .
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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.
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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 \'white man's food\' " That the sugar and the types of food we eat is what cause our teeth to experience the damage they getAccording to my vet, my cats lose there teeth because they live longer than in the wild. Almost all of my cats have needed all of their teeth removed, usually around the age of 14 or 16. Edited to add, smell your cats or dogs breath. Do this regularly. This will let you know if there is any rotten teeth. Rotten teeth cause pain, and potentially serious injury including deathOne word, diet. Western civilization have processed food, carbs etc that allow bacteria in our oral cavity to make acid from sucrose,which causes our teeth to weaken and over time a cavity forms. There are articles where they looked at the before and after of indigenous civilizations that traditionally ate only fruits, veggies and meat, no processed food to those of a western diet and saw cavities only in the after picture.Many horses die because their teeth are shot and can't eat enough. Many animals do, you just don't notice. In Japan and the Victorian age, they used to dye their teeth black. In England, it was a sign of affluence to be able to afford sugary products and confections.
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Why we just banned autowikibot
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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.
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The concept of making your bed, only to mess it up again.
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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 40 seconds investing that effort in the morning I'm contributing to my day starting on a basis of discipline and effort for its own sake, rather than luxury or laziness. It's productive for reasons that have nothing to do with the bed itself being made. It also stops my shithead cat from rolling around in it and filling it with fur.
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Why are coffee cups in tv/movies so blatantly empty, rather than filled with weight?
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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 in theatre, but focus on what's vital and what relates to you, the audience member.
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Why do human females only produce milk during/after pregnancy, but cows produce milk all the time whether or not they're pregnant?
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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 dries up. The same thing happens with cows: if we stop milking them, and if they don't have a calf that still sucks the teat, then their milk dries up, and they won't start giving milk again unless they become pregnant again.
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China's presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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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 country because they badly need them. Unfortunately they are building them to easier exploit the vast resources of africa.
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Why would someone have small mirrors taped to their windows?
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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!
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How can so much data be transported between America & Europe?
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> 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 servers with mainly replication traffic between NA and EMEA regions. The bulk of their IT infrastructure may be US-based, but a lot of the stuff that would generate the most traffic will be distributed. If you're talking external users, stuff like Google and Amazon are distributed globally, and many sites and applications that are cloud-hosted are also geographically dispersed. Then you have services like Cloudflare that cache and serve content from servers closest to a particular user. There's a ton of traffic that transits the transatlantic cables, but not for the reason you think.
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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?
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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 arctic.Lame explinations here, really it all has to do with ocean temps and currents . Having a warm ocean heats up the surrounding areas and also increases humidity. There is a warm ocean current that runs up the whole west coast of Africa and up to England. England itself should be latitudewise around the middle of Canada, but its another 10 degrees warmer because of that. These coastal places get winds from the ocean and the warm ocean warms the air that ultimately goes over Spain and keeps it warm. A few hundred miles east in Romania and Ukraine, those places are much colder because they just dont have that kind of warm ocean wind coming in. Now that current of warm water finally cools down by the time it reaches Greenland and starts to move south towards the east coast, and the east coast is much colder because of it. Funny I live in southern california, which is low latitude and is cooled down by the cold ocean currents that come from Alaska. Here is a basic map _URL_0_ Oceans flow can get really complex and thats the nicest picture i can find, really the current kinda goes from Africa to Gulf of Mexico and sort of back to Europe. Look up the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt or Thermohaline circulation for more
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how can they continue to discover more chambers in the pyramids year after year
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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 undisturbed forever. They were made so they would be very difficult to access once completed. We have to use creative techniques to find rooms that are sealed behind dozens of feet of limestone
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How are people coerced into a false confession?
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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 then you'll get to go home. You won't have to eat eggs that include the egg shells, at home you'll have that blood pressure medicine that you bet your life on and most importantly, 5 years on probation is easy, just sign the paper and we let you go. Or to put it simple: sign for 5 years now or get life once the trial is over.In addition to what others have posted, a very common scenario: Considering how backed up our court system is there are innocent people in jail for years awaiting trial. At some point a prosecutor tells them that if they plead guilty to X their sentence will be time served. If they say no they risk staying in jail for an indeterminate amount of time and still possibly losing the trial.Where the hell do you people live? Don't you have rules about interviewing suspects? Doesn't anybody in your respective countries actually give a shit about convicting the real offender by, I don't know, using evidence to support a confession?
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why do gas stations still have an 89 octane offering?
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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 detonation and exhaust products. Engines are typically designed with a particular grade of fuel in mind for smooth running and optimum efficiency.
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Why do people tend to get more cynical as they get older?
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Smarter people get more cynical. People who aren't smart don't get more cynical no matter how old they are
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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?
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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 enough it was nice and loud in terms of dialogue and other sounds. Going back to Jupiter Ascending, I cranked up the volume for the opening monologue and damn near deafened myself when that fight starts. I've since played the film with a standard 2.0 setup, headphones, 5.1 and 7.1, through a Blu Ray player and through a PC because I wanted to know for sure and I can now confirm: Jupiter Ascending is just a ridiculously quiet film when it comes to dialogue. In the end I just had to jack the center speaker up to ~70% and the rest up to ~35% . Very weird. Also, Eddie Redmayne and his whispering thing makes it extra fun.Go into the ps3 menus. Set up, audio output. Select stereo output. Also, check if your tv has an equalizer under sound options menu. Adjust bass down. Hope this helps.Jesus, the wrong answers in this thread. It's called dynamic range, and it's meant for people with home theater setups. I'm on mobile, so I don't want to type too much, but if you don't like it, go into your sound or dvd settings and look for DRC, Dynamic Range Control or Night Mode and adjust the values. This should help normalize the volume.
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How can we know if time travel is/isn't possible?
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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 future to the day it was created. If it were invented on say, November 6th 2013, we might not see any time travelers till then. 2. Everything in the Universe is moving incredibly fast! The galaxy, the sun, the earth, etc. If I travelled back in time, the earth would be in a completely different place! I would likely freeze to death in the vacuum of space.traveling to the future, definitely possible. the closer you are to the speed of light the faster you will move through time. traveling to the past . i doubt that its possible. any traveling to the past of our own timeline would create paradoxes. even just existing in the past would displace atoms and create a different future. by changing the initial conditions, the future in which you travel to the past would be altered and possibly impossible.The way I see it, since matter cannot be created, nor destroyed, then to time travel back in time, you'd be creating matter where matter wasn't existing. Now forward in time isn't as tricky. For the matter can stay in one place as time speeds up around you. So the matter would always be there. But that's just my ignorant, non-scientific opinion.
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Why is labor so cheap in China?
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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 county or city equiv. Alot of the country doesn't have minimum wage. You have poor people that are willing to work for $1 day. It's work or starve. These are the manual laborers that come from farm areas and put to work putting together iphones and sharing rooms with other shift workers.
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Why is there still a need for a real-life person to come read gas and/or electric meters?
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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 20 - 30 additional WiFi access points around me that I would assume is interfering with Wifi on my router.A new generation of "communicating" meters are slowly being deployed in France. No need for an operator to come and check it, everything is done at the communication center. So the technology exists, it's only a matter of investment to change all existing meters.The technology is available to have meter readings transmitted to your supplier wirelessly, it's being rolled out in the UK over the next few years. The UK government has set a target to have every domestic property have an electric and gas smart meter by 2020. Some suppliers have already started their roll out, other suppliers are waiting for the introduction of a centrally operated data communications company which will receive and distribute smart meter data. The technology to transmit readings wirelessly has been around for many years and has been used for some major business consumers in the UK. The benefit of rolling out similar technology to all domestic properties has always been deemed too expensive or not beneficial enough until recently.
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Why do famous people get to live in luxury while being in debt (tens of) millions of dollars?
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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.
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Which will be more dangerous: if the Earth stopped revolving around the sun or if it stopped spinning.
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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 survive, but it would take a whole science fiction novel to work out the details. If the Earth stopped revolving around the Sun, it would quickly fall directly into the star. Our planet's motion is the only thing keeping that from happening. In this case, not only humanity, nor yet all life on Earth, but even the planet itself would be destroyed. If the Earth stopped revolving around the sun and was just magically held in place against the Sun's gravity, there would be much smaller changes than in either of the previous two scenarios. The day/night cycle would be 1/365th longer , the seasons would stop changing , and global climate patterns would be unpredictably re-aligned. It would be a huge disaster, but would not totally destroy the world as we know it.Well, if the earth stopped revolving around the sun gravity would cause it to crash into the sun pretty quickly . Hard to imagine anyone surviving that. If the earth stopped spinning then you 'd have a very hot "day" side a very cold "night" side, and probably a whole lot of wind as the atmosphere tried to deal with that discrepancy. One can imagine a few people surviving this if they had time to properly prepare.
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why is there a big hubub about lack of women in STEM fields such as programming but not in trade fields such as plumbing?
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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 fuss raised. The gender disparity is just as real, it's just less talked about.
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How can normal people become depressed in first world countries like my own ('Merica) excluding people experiencing traumatic events?
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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..eventually, someone will come here with an post that gives a better overview of what's already known
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Why is the FF7 remake such a big deal?
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it's like seeing my first love grow up to be everything i love and, she said she loves me, ask to get married.
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'burning' your lawn grass by watering it in the day
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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.
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Why haven't we impeached Obama for the NSA/PRISIM surveillance program?
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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?
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Why is the Mona Lisa so famous? What makes it so great?
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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.
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If making sea water to drinkable water is possible, why don't we solve the shortage of clean water in developing countries?
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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 economical in the slightest .yet. Watch technology like this in the future though. I am sure with the right people/companies backing it, it will become much more common throughout the globeJust because something is possible does not mean it is cheap or easy to do.
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why is liquor cheaper in Japan than in the US
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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.
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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?
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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 imagine that your blood pressure and the reverse of the IV pressure phenomenon keep the blood flowing outward. Basically, they use the same principle as a siphon: what is above has higher pressure, what is below has lower pressure; combine this with the pressure of your bloodstream, and you get fluids going either in or out. Not a doc or RN, so somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
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What is so important about old timey B & W and silent films?
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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.
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Why did Dial-Up internet need to make that sound when it was connecting?
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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. What? modem A: You there? modem B: Obviously! Want to chat? Send me something real and we'll take turns. modem A: OK, here goes .
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According to wikipedia many movies have far greater box office than their budget, yet are still considered financial failures, why?
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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 another £100 million, and the studio only gets £160 million of the box office, that's a pretty sorry financial situation .
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How does the military (Army) structure/organization work?
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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-sergeants. Well, there are sergeant-majors, but those are actually Warrant Officers.> What's the difference between a colonel and a brigadier general if they both command a brigade? In the US context, here's how it works: The original scheme in World War I was that an infantry division would have two brigades , each of two regiments each of three battalions . Around 1940, shortly before we entered WWII, the brigade level was eliminated, as was one of the regiments. Now there were three regiments , directly under the division headquarters. In this new organization, there weren't any infantry units for brigadier generals to command, so they would serve as assistant division commanders and artillery commanders and such. In the late \'50s, after Korea, there was an attempt to remove yet another level of command. Instead of three regiments of three battalions, there would be five large battalions called "battle groups," commanded by colonels. This proved awkward and unwieldy, however, so in the \'60s the divisional organization changed again. The brigade level was revived, but the regiment was not , so we ended up with something similar to the WWII-era structure: Three brigades, each of three or four battalions. Only, these new brigades were commanded by colonels. And this is essentially the organization the Army still has today. Brigadier generals, despite the name, haven't commanded brigades in many decades.
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Why redditors delete their comments and accounts after a while?
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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.
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If Ebola kills 90% of its victims by basically liquefying their internal organs how do the other 10% survive the virus?
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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. Kind of like how most people are allergic to things due to a mutation, but there's varying degrees of it. You could be allergic to nuts but it's such a benign reaction you wouldn't notice. You could *also* be soo allergic that you need an epi-pen. By all means, someone with actual credentials feel free to better describe it, but this is my layman understanding.
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Why is it that normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but when it's more then 85 degrees out I feel hot?
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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, because sweat is usually a great way to lose heat, but when it's humid, sweat doesn't dry and so it doesn't help.
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What chemical/biological changes occur when you cook meat? What makes it go from slimy and raw to cooked?
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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 on its own. High heat does not damage amino acids. You can eat raw meat but cooking is necessary to kill harmful bacteria.Many people have mentioned [denaturing of proteins] here but have not explained it well. > Denaturation of proteins involves the disruption and possible destruction of both the secondary and tertiary structures. Since denaturation reactions are not strong enough to break the peptide bonds, the primary structure remains the same after a denaturation process. Denaturation disrupts the normal alpha-helix and beta sheets in a protein and uncoils it into a random shape. > Denaturation occurs because the bonding interactions responsible for the secondary structure and tertiary structure are disrupted. In tertiary structure there are four types of bonding interactions between "side chains" including: hydrogen bonding, salt bridges, disulfide bonds, and non-polar hydrophobic interactions. which may be disrupted. Therefore, a variety of reagents and conditions can cause denaturation. **The most common observation in the denaturation process is the precipitation or coagulation of the protein**Denaturing of proteins plays a huge role in the changes and dehydration is also a big factorThere is something called the Maillard reaction, in which sugars attach to proteins. Gives roast flavour.
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Why do children have more energy than adults?
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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.
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Why must eyeballs remain moist?
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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.
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What changed about modern wars so that we no longer have household names like The Red Baron, The White Death, and Alvin York?
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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.
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Could I get in trouble for having like $4,000 in cash?
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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.
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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?
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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 technicians are credited in the program/playbill. Local community theater doesn't.
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With millions of characters, what characters go on a japanese or chinese cell phone?
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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 would be 丶丿丿丶 木 would be 一丨丿丶 雲 would be 一丶乛丨丶丶丶丶一一乛丶 and so on. It takes a while to get used to be enables users to type more fluidly because most of the time you don't have to stop and choose the right character. It is popular among people who are not good at Mandarin because you can type up a character without knowing the pronunciation and is easier than drawing each character on the screen. I have been using it for years now and it is so convenient. It is not as hard as it may seem. Eventually it all becomes muscle memory. I can type out most characters now without having to think about the strokes. EDIT： [here] is a picture of the keypad, [here] are more examples of how to type
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When meat/eggs go bad, why does cooking them not make them edible?
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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 toxins have time to build up, then it can make you sick.
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Why can't a transistor process 3 states but only two?
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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.
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Why do we want to listen to a specific song multiple times and afterwards don't want to hear it for weeks?
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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 crave the pleasure that it brings, and thus we continue to repeat the song, as it causes the pleasurable sensations. Gradually, the 'high' we get from the song will diminish as we become more familiar with the song, and more used to the rush it brings. Eventually, we reach a point where the chemical will no longer be released via the song, and we then go looking for a new 'high', and leave the previous song alone as we know that we no longer can achieve the same 'high' that we did on the first or second times listening to the song.
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What is the difference between GDP per Capita and average personal income, and how well do they correlate?
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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
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How does a Radio DJ know when the song vocals start.
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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 well", 'He sees how long the invoice is on the song. So he knows long he can talk, it counts down the seconds until the vocals start, or heavier beats.
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If I spit a string of saliva to a dirty floor, can the germs go up to my mouth?
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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 answering this could put decades worth of germy fears to rest. Thank you for asking the tough questions, renzday8 year old me would find this thread fascinating!
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Why do most cars have the "hump" in the middle of the back seat?
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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 space as a seat. The elevated space allow the for the other two seats. Back in the day there would be a big ass sofa style seat in the back but that was really uncomfortable and super dangerous during accidents. And anyway the floor is elevated for exhaust and/or drive shafts and so a lower seat in the middle would mean an adult sitting with their knees to their chins.In the rear wheel drive days, it was to make room for the axle and drive shaft. As more cars switched to front wheel drive and typically smaller cars, they often run the exhaust down the middle, where the relief in the floor of the car would most minimally affect the interior space.Tesla model S doesn't have that issue. No exhaust. Motor in the back near the rear wheels _URL_8_
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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?
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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 to it. Birthers are just a bunch of racist hillbillies.
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How do the trucks that lay cement cement prevent it from drying up inside the container that pours it out?
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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 it. I'm a structural engineer, AMA.
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Why are warm blankets cozy, but rooms of the same temperature are stifling?
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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.
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Why do I need to update Flash all the time?
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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 you update they can ask you to install other software at the same time to try to get another bounty. There whole business revolves getting you to download as often as possible.
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Why is depression so common now but was seemingly uncommon in the past?
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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.Depression appears uncommon in the past for the same reason why the amount of gay/lesbian people in the past appeared uncommon. The vast majority of people who were gay/lesbian were closeted and probably even married. They thought that they were the only one with this kind of "problem" since no one would "come out" as being gay. Since then, a lot of people who previously would have closeted themselves have come out, comfortable with their sexuality, since our society has become a lot more accepting. Same principle applies with depression. A lot of people probably suffered from depression, but only recently has it become acceptable to have this problem and be properly treated and cared for instead of being labeled as "insane" or whateverI would say it's a bit of both but more of the former. Depression was and is still "just a mood" to a lot of peopleI think people now have the time to be depressed. No more grueling 14 hour days in the factory or the farm. No more waiting 2-3 hours for a meal to be cooked from scratch. Things are readily available to us, we have more choices than ever, and we have more free time time than ever. That freedom is making people depressed.Dunno why people think depression was as common in the past, it's not like we're supposed to be depressed. Depression is more common in developed and wealthy countries, if that helps give you an idea._URL_1_ I haven't read much into it, but lots of people would credit their depression to financial issues like unpaid loans, lack of friends, social issues in general, inability to find a job. Pretty much issues that only exist in countries that can afford to have them.
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Why does Putin back Syria to the point that he will arm them against the US?
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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.
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Why do moths eat holes through clothing? What attracts them to clothing in the first place?
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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 and prefer spots that are dark, undisturbed and contain some nutritional extras like dirt, sweat, or skin oils to lay their eggs. Protein fibers are the only nutritionally valuable things for clothes moth and carpet beetle larvae, but occasionally they try to go for other fiber too. Carpet beetles can chew through plastic bags to get to something tasty. If clothes moths live on wool that is right next to linen or cotton those items often have holes too because the moth larvae try to eat whatever is in reach.
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Why do websites push there mobile version when its usually inferior in functionality and usability ?
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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.
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What is gas giant and why is it considered to be a planet?
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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, held together by its huge mass and gravity, or it could have a rocky/metallic core. Most of these gas giants have layers of gasses that fall into place by density. Methane gas is a huge component of these atmospheres and most gas giants in our Solar System have methane in their atmospheres.I think the question you're really asking is why is Jupiter considered a planet and not a very cold star. Jupiter does emit more energy than it absorbs from the sun, but it's not attributed at this time to fusion , so it's not a star.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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Because we put curtains on windows and doors on bathrooms and bedrooms. It's called *privacy*.
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How does applying toothpaste to a CD to help fix scratches work?
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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 lightly grind down the edges of the scratch, leaving just a scuff that the drive can read through. Metal polish, like Brasso, is also good. I think it's slightly more effective but *everyone* has toothpaste in their house already.Toothpaste is a very fine polish, so it helps to polish out the scratches. There are a number of potentially abrasive ingredients potentially even silica .It's basically polishing the scratches out of the protective plastic shield. The data is on the metal part in the middle and/or what forms the top/label of the disc. And if you are serious, some car polish or cutting compound will work as well. . Start with cutting compound, then polish. Should get it going well enough to at least rip the disc.
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If ISIS entirely ignores the rules of the Geneva Convention, why can't countries fighting them ignore the rules, too?
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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 is referred to as the torture memos, which gave the legal justification for the Bush administration to torture. Colin Powell opposed it because he believed it was against the Geneva Convention. The basis of the torture memos is that terrorists do not represent a state that has agreed to the rules of war, and are therefore not allowed the protections of those rules.ISIS isn't a country and hasn't signed the Geneva Convention. Because of that, other countries *can* disregard parts of the Geneva convention. For example, captured ISIS members are not considered POWs, and do not get the rights afforded to POWs. It usually doesn't go much further than that, because most countries have their own laws and policies that make Geneva Convention violation illegal.
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How does the technology that sees if tennis balls are in or out work, and how come it hasn't completely replaced linesmen?
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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 the umpire over differences in opinion is fundamental to the culture of baseball. If you scrap the humans, then there is no one to argue with and it diminishes some of the excitement of the game. Tennis is somewhat the same and the drama is a lot lower if there is a computer making the calls.
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Why does Outlook which has 1 function crash so much/is so unstable when Thunderbird has never crashed?
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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 typically completely screwed. The outlook users however have a plethora of recovery and support options build right in.Whose computer are you using? Personal or work? If it is a work provided system, work with them to either setup the software for you, so they can be sure it is done within their guidelines, or ask them to fix your Outlook issue. Outlook is a corporate class email client. It should not be giving you issues.Outlook has so many functions - it's not just email. I am floored by how much it actually manages and interacts with. Your typical outlook user sees it as just an email client, but if you go to any place that uses it on an enterprise level you'll see all the things it actually does.
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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?
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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 of relativity. And when you are getting close to the speed of light, this effect becomes more noticeable, so that nothing moves after than the speed of light, even if it would seem like 99% + 99% would be more than 100% the speed of light, it just isn't. _URL_1_
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Why don't we have famous philosophers and thinkers today like we did during the Renaissance or the Enlightenment?
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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 experiments to confirm their validity. Philosophy you can debate a topic, but you can't really test the idea to see if it is valid. But I may be entirely mistaken on the whys here.Too many people in this world to give credit to just one. Also, too many diverse opinions for everyone to agree on one.
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