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Why Americans have certain style of handwriting. | TIL I write like an Italian. But, back to the question at hand, I've noticed that the writing is different between generations. I commented on a lady that I worked with, cause her writing could rival calligraphy it was so fluid and ornate. she said in grade school that while learning, the kids had to balance a penny on... |
Why do you get nauseous when you wake up super early? | I don't get nauseated when I wake up, but I can't eat for the first couple hours after waking up, regardless of how early or late I woke up or how much I slept. |
The economic situation in Cyprus and why it's attracting so much attention. | If the Cypriot banks cannot secure enough funding then Cyprus can not qualify for the Eurozone bailout it needs to pay its debts. If Cyprus is declared insolvent in this way it may be forcibly ejected from the Euro. Which means a return to the Cypriot pound, which may mean run away hyperinflation and worthless currency... |
The NSA data mining scandal | What's the big deal if I have nothing to hide? ", 'In case anyone wants to know where the NSA server farm is here ya go: 39.117515,-76.768658 Notice the building has no windows and massive HVAC units at the rear of the building? This is where they record everything; Internet usage, land line conversations, cell phone c... |
When looking at the nutrition facts on a food, what am I supposed to be looking for that would indicate it as a healthy food? | Depends how you mean healthy. Your body needs a range of vitamins and minerals, but in general you probably get enough of all of them. If you've been diagnosed with a vitamin deficiency, try to pick foods that list that vitamin. The most important information on nutritional information for most people is the calorie co... |
Is it better to leave a car running while idling or to turn it off and on when you need to move? | There are now quite a few cars that turn off your engine while stopped and then restart it when you press on the pedal. This can increase fuel economy in the city by about 1-2 mpg. Of course those cars are designed to do that so I would not recommend doing it with a car not designed for it. Overall idling is better for... |
How can Amazon/online shopping shut down so many brick-and-mortar businesses, only for Amazon to now open their own physical stores? | No, the brick and mortar stores lost because of logistics. They can't get the product to the customer fast enough. Amazon, however, has this on lock. It's pretty much all they do, therefore their stores will not have the same problem.Amazon has been making a push these last few years for same day delivery. The only way... |
Why do humans have baby teeth? | Children don't grow adult teeth. Babies are born with the adult teeth already formed, the come through later pushing the baby ones out of the way Here is a photo of a skull of a young child to help you understand - safe for work _URL_0_ I realise this isn't the answer to your question, but addresses a few misconception... |
How can CSI tell the exact time of death | It'll depend on the circumstances. If they're shot, and the bullet goes through an old mechanical alarm clock and stops it, *and* if you can be certain the alarm clock was correct at the time of its demise; yes. I've not watched CSI, but forensic science can do lots with rates of cooling, lividity, blood pooling, insec... |
Why did women never take to gaming like, or even more than, men did? | Well video game started more in the 70s. The first generation of console were a new product, you usually could only play one game and it wasn't cheap so it wasn't widespread. 1978 to 1982 was called the Golden age of video arcade. The first generation of console wasn't so popular, but arcade were. You could play differ... |
How do the self defense laws work regarding weapons and just general defense (in the USA)? | It really depends on the jurisdiction and the situation. Bernie Goetz shot some guys who trying to mug him. He was charged with attempted murder as well as weapons offenses because in New York you're not allowed to carry a knife or a gun in the first place. He was acquitted of the charges except for the weapon charge a... |
Does every single car in the world have a unique key? | I had a 1977ish Mercury Monarch that had the same key as my Dad's brand new 1986ish Ford LTD", 'All international trucks use the same exact key. We have several in our fleet and we all just have a key and it works any truck, including the rentals we occasionally get.I accidentally opened up another rx7 one day. Don't k... |
Why does airconditioning in my car consume gas but the headlights/radio does not? | If your car is running, then your headlights and radio are also consuming gas via the alternator. If your car is off then they're running off the car's battery. |
Why do actual downloads (music, games, etc) never go as fast as a speed test shows my speed? | Just a guess, hoping for a better response later!! Its most likely due to the host servers speed and load. When you're downloading from PlayStations network, you're actually uploading from their servers, and as you know, uploads are slower than downloads. Could be a contributing factor. |
If you're not supposed to microwave metal, why are there metal racks in some microwaves? | Metals are microwavable depending on the shape they have. A metal fork for example would be a terrible thing to microwave because of the dielectric fields that would be established between the prongs. When you distribute these fields between one another the potential difference increases and you typically observe a 'sp... |
Why is Ethiopia in its' current state even though it was the only African nation to resist colonization? | Your question implies a lot about colonization, specifically that colonization is inherently a net detriment to a country's long-term development. Because imperialism has taken many forms throughout human history, this isn't necessarily the case. For example, being part of East Africa as it is, Ethiopia- had it been co... |
How has the steering wheel/accelerator gone basically unchanged throughout the automobile's history while most everything else in a car has been updated or changed? | They may look about the same but the technology *behind* them has changed a lot. There's no reason to change the simple user interface any more than there's a reason to change other very simple interfaces like buttons. You press it, it does something - how would you improve that? |
Can anyone explain why housing costs so much? | I see two answers as of now that cite supply and demand as the primary cause, but wasn't the entire housing bubble caused by excessive supply? There's got to be more to it. |
Why are younger children so picky about the foods that they eat? | Tell that to my boy. He's 4 and apart from too spicy food he'll eat anything. Favourite snack: a whole raw tomato. Loves veggies, mild curry, risotto, fruit, the works. In retrospect we should have know what was coming when he was a baby and we gave him some tart lemon slices to chew on, hoping for a funny reaction. He... |
For the average user, why would you not want to upgrade to Windows 10? | It is not nearly as well optimized as Win 8 for touchscreens. That's my main reason for not upgrading. |
3D Printers.. how exactly do they work? | The one I saw in action used a reservoir of plastic . There was firmware involved that turned a 3D model made in Maya into a list of instructions based on 3D coordinates. The printer would then follow the instructions and something would eventually be made based on the way in which the plastic was dispensed.It's like a... |
Why do people care if other people are vaccinated or not? | What about the flu shot? I understand the arguments as applied to more 'serious' illnesses like polio and hep but the flu shot seems dumb to me. Doesn't the virus mutate pretty frequently anyway? And what is wrong with letting my immune system handle it? This issue came up at work recently because the company was offer... |
How do different shapes of glasses affect the alcoholic beverage taste? | I'm not sure how it works, but if you pour root beer into a square glass it turns into regular beer.I took a wine class in college and a sommelier came as a guest speaker and his answer to this question was: You're favorite wine will taste best in your favorite type of glass. That there was no right or wrong, suggestin... |
How do radio stations track the listener count? | 1. One of my Majors is in statistical mathematics from UT. And the level to which people don't understand statistical analysis in this thread is hilarious 2. Using random sampling, normalization, rejection of outliers, regression analysis, etc it is easy to build an aggregate that can apply to the whole population with... |
Why I can't use my Netflix account in Australia | The internet is not as international as you might think. A company can choose to show a website only to a certain country and not show it to anybody else. NetFlix are doing just that. You can only watch NetFlix if you are in the USA. The reason they do that is copyright. They have to pay to legally show movies, and the... |
Why is the concept behind Scientology not taken seriously, when most other religions are just as scientifically implausible? | Because *most* religions don't have beliefs that are scientifically, verifiably false. Miracles? Well weird shit happens. A friend's grandfather is in the Catholic big book of miracles because the retina that was detaching spontaneously reattached, *which is not a thing that happens*. So, that's miracle-esque? But some... |
Why do muscles get sore after exercise/hard labor? | As you've grown during your life, your muscles have adapted to a certain level of strain. That's why your legs don't hurt when you get up and walk to the bathroom, or your arm doesn't hurt from lifting a bag of groceries off the floor. However, when you force your muscles to go over that level of strain, say by running... |
Why do people regard Seinfeld as a really good show? | Because it was about the everyday minutiae that clogs up everyone's lives. Just random crap that happens to all of us but in a very clever manner. The way five different storylines could all wind up coming together in the last few seconds was genius. Well written, well acted. |
Why haven't we seen facial hair on a president is so long? | The last American president to have facial hair was William Howard Taft and his famous [walrus 'stache]. Taft was seen as an ineffective leader and was soundly lost his re-election. Other politicians didn't want to emulate Taft, so they went for the clean shaven look. By the time Taft's legacy was forgotten, profession... |
why exactly is the US justice system so painfully slow? Taking upwards of years to convict and sentence a criminal? | Aside from the other good answers that are given, simple logistics also factors in. Our courts are understaffed and overcrowded. A couple of years ago there was a series of articles in the NY Times talking about how most local city and county courts are operating at 70% or less of their capacity because they didn't hav... |
Why i can't make my land my own country? | Because Canada won't let you. If you found an island isn't within any country's territory , and that no other country claims, you could. But then, in order to be treated like a country you have to get other countries to recognize you. It's not impossible, look up the Principality of Sealand. |
Why do spots (Pimples) occur? is it better to 'pop' them or leave them alone? | Your skin is full of glands that keep it moist and healthy by lubricating it with oil. But at some points in your life your hormones make your oil production imbalanced, and you end up with plugs that seal them off and a nice little environment for nasty little greebles to propagate. Or, more rarely, a small hair folli... |
How can Disney comfortably afford acquiring Fox for 52 billion dollars? | Disney isn't spending cash, rather both Disney and Fox shareholders will now be shareholders of a combined Disney/Fox company . So Disney issues a bunch of new shares. Balance sheets are intended to measure the worth of a company, but brands are hard to show on a balance sheet, and provide a significant part of the wor... |
Why do we still use the same inneficient body design for semi trucks when significantly more efficient designs exist? | There are more efficient designs but keep in mind these trucks are several dozen tons heavy. Even with major aerodynamic changes they still won't be getting great mileage.Some people simply like the old body style. Owner operators can buy whatever truck they want, most of the large trucking companies use a more aerodyn... |
If Coke Zero has 0 calories why can't companies make food that has 0 calories? | Coke is essentially sugar in water . The sugar is the only thing that has calories. Coke Zero uses ultra-sweet artificial sweeteners instead of actual sugar. This means that in order to get the same level of sweetness as Coke, they only need to use a tiny bit. A tiny bit of artificial sweetener has pretty much no calor... |
Why do people pass out at my church? | > **Before posting** > > **This subreddit is for conceptual questions only.** > > E is for Explain. > LI5 means friendly, simplified and layman-accessible explanations - not responses aimed at literal five-year-olds. > Read the rules thoroughly, and perform a keyword search. > **Don't post to argue a point of view.** >... |
What will happen to Mickey Mouse when he becomes public domain in 2023? | Mickey doesn't become public domain. He'll still be trademarked by Disney. Steamboat Willie will become public domain. |
Why do people in Hawaii walk around barefoot? Not at the beach, but even at Starbucks. | We don't. This is not a normal thing. Maybe slightly less uncommon than the mainland but the vast majority of people wear slippers when out kf the house. Where did you get this notion? |
What is the practical use for integration? | Let's say I know the equation for how fast something is moving and I want to know how far it goes over a certain amount of time. If the equation is linear it's easy: just find the average velocity and multiply by time. Once the equation gets more complicated, you have to integrate it and the result will be how far it h... |
How do TV torrent uploaders capture, edit, encode and upload their files so fast and consistently? | This all started back when -LOL was releasing VCD quality tv shows on IRC, back then they had pre-air content which was one of those big satellite dishes and the fox shows would air a few days prior, soon as the show ended they would release the show to the scene. Then when hdtv became the norm and wasn't available on ... |
Why do some people require music or ambient noise to fall asleep while others need complete silence? | I think it's more of a habit than anything. I am, for example used to sleep in dark and quiet room, a noise in my surrounding can make me really restless and sometimes angry because i want my peace when I sleep. I grew up in this so I prefer it much more. I am frustrated when I have to sleep in a room with someone that... |
Why do animal brains tend to operate far more efficiently than even the best computers? | I think there is a bit of faulty reasoning comparing a human brain to a computer. I don't think that the human brain is preforming 4 billion mathematical operations per-second and doubt it will be capable of that any time soon but comparing the brain to the computer assumes that the human brain operates in any way like... |
How does Family feud choose its 100 People for the answers and contestens in general. | I noticed that the answers seem to reflect that they're in California and likely asking 100 people there. I watch with my family in the east coast and sometimes the answers that seem obvious to us are not at all represented. For the German OP, America is huge and very diverse. Even stuff like family feud shows how diff... |
How do the international football leagues all tie together? Premier, Bundas Liga, etc.? Is there an international club champion crowned? | They have the UEFA Champion League and the UEFA Europa League for international competition between the leagues' teams. Basically every country is ranked by points by UEFA . The top three clubs from countries ranked 1 to 3 automatically gain access to the group stages of the CL. Rank 1 and 2 from countries ranked 4 to ... |
why are we unaware of the passing of time while asleep? | You're unaware of the passing of time? I can always tell that time has passed when I wake up, even if I don't know exactly how much time that is. Serious question, OP, when you sleep, do you feel as though you've just opened your eyes after closing them for a second or two? Or is it more like you experience laying ther... |
How do scientist know anything about things that are light years away? | Well, you can see them, to start with. This gives you ideas about what they look like and the sort of energies that escape from them. Even better than that, there's a tool called spectroscopy. Light is absorbed and released differently by different sorts of materials. You can see the light that comes from/goes through ... |
How are we sure microwaves are safe for us? | Microwaves are in no way safe for us. That's why we keep them in ovens so they don't touch us. |
Relating to music, What is Bass and Treble? Also how to understand the equalizer in my audio device to get optimum effect? | jazz" etc, suggesting that you can get better sound by choosing the right preset for the kind of music you're listening to. This is a completely retarded sales gimmick. Just think, if this were true it suggest that the music of any particular genre is mastered in a *consistently* incorrect manner. That's ridiculousAs o... |
In Christianity, does one pray to Jesus or to God? | God and Jesus are two seperate people. Deut 6:4 - God is one. Malachi 2:10Mark 10:18Romans 3:29,30 Jesus was created therefore not equal to God. Rev 3:14Colossians 1:15Isaiah 44:6 Son was obedient to father in heaven. John 14:28John 5:19Heb 5:8. As far as who to pray to. God. Lord's Prayer shows that prayers should be ... |
Why are people uncomfortable with being alone? | I am no psychologist so I can't answer scientifically, but perhaps it is related to the social nature of humans, and that, at least in the wild, individuals are much more vulnerable than groups. This does translate to modern life as well: if you're alone, there's nobody to save you or call an ambulance in case of an ac... |
How does the American Healthcare system work? | Fuck, I live here and *I* don't know how it works. I just don't go, and deal with whatever's wrong. It's bad, but I'm terrified to get charged $750 to piss in a cup. |
How is the Affordable Care Act different than auto insurance? | EDIT: Read at your own risk. I have to apologize. I went to the doctor this morning, expense within budget but outcome was not hoped for. I'm sorry for the anger. I used to pay $43/ Week for Health Insurance. I Paid $600/6 months for full car insurance . Both were similar. Small deductible, really no cost if I used eit... |
How come Google and other search engines can search the entire internet in under a second for a phrase and the document search on my PC takes several minutes with substantially less content? | Google has over a million servers dedicated to indexing websites 24x7. Your computer doesn't maintain an active search index of all files on your computer, and has to dedicate resources to doing other stuff at the same time. |
Do many major TV channels really go into commercial breaks at the same time, or is this just a false impression of mine? If so, why? | Well. I recently found out that broadcast stations on the radio are all owned by the same company. That being said- their internet to make money. So it would be wise to have all their different stations air ads at the same time so people can't avoid them and therefore can charge the advertisements company's more. I wou... |
What is going on with the UK and the EU? | In addition to the £1.7 billion, migration is a hot topic at the moment. Probably due to the recent gains by UKIP, the current government is making strong representations to the EU about putting a quota on immigration. Angela Merkel is standing firm and saying she would rather the UK leave the EU than allow quotas. My ... |
The arbitrary nature of language | whoosh" or "boom" which sound a little bit like the sounds they describe. But those words are very rareIt would help a lot of you would post some text explaining what you are referring to and what you want to understandThe whole point of language is that it is arbitrary. There are only so many sounds I can make. If I h... |
How is it legal for a parent to smack their child? | Gearing up for down-votes:Why is it such a big deal? I don't think you should abuse your child. But most people born before 1990 got slapped by their parents a couple of times in their youth. Are they all abused misfits who are suffering greatly under their abusive past? Nopez.None of that has the force of law, however... |
why Facebook's valuation at $100 billion is not a bubble (like MySpace). | A bubble is loosely defined, in this case, as a falsely inflated value. People can buy stock or invest in a company, product, or idea at a price that is higher than the actual value. Something that looks like it's going to be big might command a price which is much higher than its current size as people speculate. When... |
What is actually happening and why when a female "Squirts"? | You can talk amongst yourselves all you want. As a squirter, I know it's not piss, and my lover knows it's not piss. It's just about the best climaxing ever. |
How will the proposed wall solve any of America's problems? | It won't. The wall is a lie. It might make it harder for people to immigrate, in the sense that they will spend more time scaling it or digging under it, and are more likely to get arrested. But this won't actually solve any real problems in America. |
If I buy a house using a mortgage loan, did I really buy the house or did the bank buy the house? | You bought the house with the bank's money. They hold an interest in the house, but they won't own the house unless they foreclose because you don't make your payments. |
Why are people (US citizens) in opposition to Edward Snowden? Why be in opposition to someone trying to promote constitutional rights? | TL:DR - Because Snowden did more than just leak info on domestic spying. * He leaked info on international espionage. International espionage has nothing to do with Constitutional rights. Those leaks damaged the USA's ability to spy on foreign nations, hurt the United States economically and severely damaged diplomatic... |
What, if anything, did Occupy Wall St. Change? | Here's a good start _URL_0_ Different Occupations usually do different things that are specific to the place that they are, as far as tangible actions go. And as others have said the wider movement has brought a lot of issues into focus that were swept under the rug )Wealth gap, police militarization/brutality etc etc)... |
Why are lightning rods not used on buildings as much as they were during the 18th and 19th centuries? | We live near the top of a mountain on the NC/SC border, and just behind a large rock outcrop. When our home was built 17 years ago, I questioned the need for lightning rods, like so many of our neighbors had. Within a year our house was hit, damaging the stereo, microwave, and many other electronic devices. So, we had ... |
Are Rainbows just a mirage or can I walk under them? | You can't walk under them. They are a mirage based on where you're standing vs. where water droplets and a light source is. Hope that's ELI5 enough. For more advanced answers, see: Every other comment in this thread. |
Why do some computers need incredibly complex cooling systems? Why aren't fans sufficient? | Air doesn't absorb heat as well as liquids do. So, instead of heat being dissipated through air, the heat is transferred to a liquid and then cooled off somewhere else. People use liquids to cool computers because the hardware becomes very hot, this is dangerous to the components. |
How parallel universes are possible? | it comes from the so-called Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum physics. in the tradition interpretation called the Copenhagen interpretation, a particle inhabits many different states and can be in different places at once, until it's observed, then its 'wavefunction' is said to collapse and it appears to be in just... |
Why is alcohol supposedly very addictive, yet so few addicts are around (relatively)? Explain addiction to me. | For a semester in my second year of university I would start my day with a reading then go to class. As soon as I got back home I would pound back scotches until the next day where I would do it all over again. My marks were still good enough to remain in uni, but I was drunk like a skunk every single day. Friends and ... |
Why does coffee, wine, etc. stain our teeth darker but there's nothing to "stain" our teeth lighter? | Stains are just dark material stuck on/in the teeth's surface. If our teeth were naturally very dark, there would bound to be lighter things that would stain our teeth lighter. Happens to dark grout between floor/wall tiles. |
What does it mean when economists speak of "stagnant wages relative to inflation"? | Back in 2004 I was working in a factory making $16 an hour as a CNC machine operator. Care to guess what the wage is for a CNC operator in a factory today? $16 an hour. Fourteen years have passed and average wages for factory workers has gone up very little, if at all . That's wage stagnation on a major scale. I'm sure... |
Why do some people's personalities just rub us the wrong way? | We all have things that are morally significant to us. Sometimes there's behavior that rubs us the wrong way because it stirs up subconscious memories of other times someone has rubbed us the wrong way or stepped over the bounds that we set up. Sometimes it's just as easy as simple expectations. When we're taught to do... |
How did christianity win over norse religion? | Polytheistic religions tend to be more tolerant, and less concerned with evangelism. If you are belief in a dozen gods, finding out about a new one you haven't heard of isn't so big of a deal, and isn't the sort of thing you are going to start killing people over. Monotheism on the other hand, particularly Christianity... |
If the Earth orbits the habitable zone, how come the moon doesn't look like the earth does? | To put it at an absolute eli5 format: a habitable zone is simply the distance from the sun. You must also take into account the atmosphere, the size of the planet, the speed at which the planet rotates, the elements on the planet, and the planet's orbit around the sun. |
Why cant all sites be https? | The main downside is expense. For very small sites , the cost of an SSL certificate is significant enough that they generally skip it. For much larger sites, an HTTPS connection takes noticeably more computing power than a regular HTTP connection and has slightly worse latency besides, so they'd rather avoid it if poss... |
What is total football? All I know is It's some style of playing football(soccer) | It's a soccer tactic where all players on a team are capable of playing a variety of different positions. If it becomes necessary for a player to switch roles, he can do so, while a teammate takes over his position. For example, if a defensive player sees an opportunity to dribble the ball down the field, he can feel f... |
Why do people get brain damage from inhaling certain gases when it goes to their lungs? | Usually, brain damage occurs from inhaling concentrated doses of non-oxygen gases because the inhalation of these gases eventually leads to the displacement of oxygen in your lungs . We are beings that rely on cellular respiration to sustain our lives so when we take oxygen out of our systems, were are essentially forc... |
How the personality cult around Kim Jong Il works | This can work in the same way an abusive relationship works. They have been told there is nothing better, so, by comparison, this is great. Remember, your average north korean has nothing to compare their lives with, they are completely secluded from the world. Another thing, nothing is EVER blamed on kim jong-il. If s... |
Why do celebs do local commercial spots? especially when they are apparently super rich. (ie: Shaq doing The General insurance commercials.) | Maybe they do them because it's a change of pace? They might not make much money from them, but it's still name recognition. Remember, they also do charity stuff, and that doesn't make them money either. Not everything is about money. |
How did Germany become one of the richest countries in the world after losing two world wars and having to pay huge reparations and recovery costs and having the country split into two. | West Germany's reconstruction and rebuilding was subsidized by the US through the [Marshall Plan]. Being part of NATO meant that their military expenses could be reduced, as they could rely on NATO to help protect them against any attack. |
Why do some of us lose all appetite when we feel guilty/sad and others gorge themselves? | i don't think that's something that can be ELI5'd. i don't even think it's something that can be ELI-Doctor'd. i certainly can't explain why it is the way it is. scientists are looking into genetic markers that might have an effect. but some of it has to do with habit, at least in the case of emotional over-eaters. the... |
Why isn't there a Kurdistan? | These countries are all sovereign nations. You can't just roll in and decide that you make the rules. There isn't some dictator of the world who gets to decide this. Otherwise, who's to say that China and Russia cant just decide that the US is too powerful, and cut it up into smaller nations. Each nation is a sovereign... |
What is Germany doing differently then America where America is trillions of dollars in debt while Germany has a several billion dollar surplus? | Let's cut to the chase: Germany has higher taxes. Their citizens agree that it's worth paying more taxes to have shit like healthcare and budget surpluses that can be applied to the national debt. At the same time, they also have a healthy economy with successful industrial, agricultural, and tourism sectors. Big surpr... |
What are the pros/cons of GMO's? | I think it's a lot of hype. I come from a long line of farmers. And we always weed out the stronger plants and breed them. That's genetically modifying food. So far I think it's great unless somehow we make the plant create poison instead of delicious food. |
Why do we eat different types of meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner? | I can't say I *know* why it is a cultural thing, but I can speculate why it might be based on my own diet and my limited knowledge of biochemistry. In the morning, you focus on eating carbohydrates. You need energy for the day. Monosaccharides and disaccharides tend to be sweet. They are relatively quick to digest, and... |
Why HIV/AIDS is/was prevalent amongst gay men and in Africa | So, the virus is in the semen. This means that the longer the semen has to sit around, the higher chance a person has of contracting HIV. This is the case with anal. Anal is also an issue because there is often tearing and thinner mucous membranes, which lend to the blood to blood transmission as well as the sexual tra... |
Why is everything in the universe spinning? | Thank you for the reply and I understand what you're saying. But what makes/made it start? Is everything spinning from inception? Has everything been spinning since it was thrown outwards by the Big Bang? And what decides direction of spin? TIA. |
With sonar, radar technologies so advanced, why is it that we cannot simply scan bodies of water to get a very clear picture of the size/amount/even type of creatures lurking below? | That's exactly what we do. A fish finder is a very common and cheap appliance which uses radar or sonar to help fishermen figure out where the fish are. Scientists also use similar technology to judge fish populations and so on, and cryptozoologists love whipping out radar/sonar to try to look for things like Nessie. R... |
Is there any way for Cuba to kick the US out of Guantanamo Bay? | They have three tools at their disposal: * diplomacy - they could try to convince the US to leave, or build up international sentiment against them staying* legal - they could state they case in international court the US lease is not binding* military - evict the US via direct force or embargo At this time, they don't... |
Why do countries in the tropics tend to be worse off economically than countries at higher latitudes? Is it just a coincidence or are there other factors at play? | Have you ever tried to be productive when it's 95 degrees and totally humid outside? Siesta time with mojitos is more like it, right? Whereas when it's cold, the only thing that will really warm you up is to keep moving - churn some butter, bake some beans, dig a latrine, build a house, whatever. Just a theory! |
What does it mean when Marijuana is decriminalized or legalized in different states but not federally? (USA) | Generally the government doesn't get involved unless it's over 100+ plants. And this has kind of been their go to rule, but there have been cases where they have gotten involved. I believe in Cali the feds broke up a legit farm that had under 100 plants, were registered with the county sheriff for each plant , and were... |
What was it about Navajo Code talkers that made their signals so hard to decrypt in WWII? | It should be noted that WWII wasn't the first time America used that trick. Cherokee and Choctaw code talkers were used in WWI. The Germans were aware of that and had sent scholars to America to study native languages prior to WWII. It didn't do them much good since there are too many languages and variations, but sinc... |
Why do Firefighters constantly wear clothing that advertises their career? | Pride. Being a firefighter is a tough job, so just like military, some law enforcement, etc., it's a badge of honor. Additionally some people or places may give preferential treatment for it. |
Why do MOBA games require so many nerfs, buffs, and other adjustments while RTS games require so little? | DotA 2 usually buffs heroes that aren't getting picked/played often and nerf ones that are constantly picked/played. SC2 only has 3 races that are pretty equally played but the different strategies employed tend to affect where the buffs and nerfs fall. |
Why does Microsoft want me to upgrade to Windows 10? | Imagine you run a company that makes a very popular piece of software that many businesses use. Because this software is so critical to your customers, they're reluctant to upgrade to new versions until they've had a lot of time to evaluate the new version's quality, cost of upgrading all of their employees, and plan f... |
When I'm about to fall asleep, I sometimes have a semi-dream that I'm walking. Then I stumble and my leg jerks and wakes me up. Why? | I remember reading a paper about this saying that it is some sort of mammalian reflex that primates/apes have as a precaution during sleeping to avoid falls when sleeping up on tree branches. The truth is that there isn't a clear explanation for this other than it's a reflex but what triggers it depends from on a lot o... |
Porn scenes, who's determines the order of the positions during the movie and is there any room for improvisation? [NSFW probably] | now from behind!" etc. This happens a lot more in "scripted" porn with characters, "acting" etc, where they have shots planned out extensively. Smaller operations are just a couple camera/lighting crew that move around the action mostly just following the talent. This is more along the lines of generic Bangbros, gonzo ... |
Why does China control Tibet and why don't they let the Tibetan people have autonomy? | They are imperialists, much like us American's. We see something we need, we first try to be diplomatic, but when that fails we use force. |
Why is it "healthier" to drink room temperature water than cold water? | It's not a fact. It's also not a fact that walking barefoot on cold floors will make you sick. It's just an uncomfortable chill. Avoid too many extremes, however: Too much very cold water or too much time on very cold floors isn't going to have a positive effect. But within usual ranges, there is no effect.Not "healthi... |
When you have the last male/female of a species and use it to save the species, how do you get around the genetic defects from inbreeding? | One thing people have not mentioned is the concept of mutational load. Inbreeding is only bad if you have accumulated deleterious mutations in the breeding population. There are a number of species that inbreed naturally, and as a result, they don't carry large mutational loads in the species. However, inbreeding is an... |
Were people smarter back in Shakespeare's day? | > I find that it has so many layers to it that I need to reread his works multiple times to get the meaning out of it Not too different from today, then. A lot of modern popular entertainment can be very intellectual. To pick a random example, the recent *Ant-Man* movie is more than just a CGI-filled action adventure: ... |
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