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IfIf people can be addicted to things like the adrenaline rush and the feeling of being high, Can people be addicted to Depression?
addicted is the wrong word, but it's not unusual for those being treated pharmaceutically for depression to develop anxiety. the shift in emotional state can be unsettling
If you shoot a bullet fast enough at the horizon, could you theoretically send it into orbit?
Kind of. The bullet would acquire an orbital path, but the perigee would be inside the Earth's atmosphere, and so, on each pass, the atmospheric drag would reduce its velocity, until it fell out of orbit. This is of course, completely ignoring the vapourisation issue which others have pointed out.
Why does all trash smell the same when different people have different trash?
Well, it shouldn't all smell the same but most likely what you are smelling in common is the smell of decay. Bacteria break down the large molecules into smaller ones and many of these smaller molecules will be common to all debris - little things like methane and sulphides.
Why can't we do single cup "coffee bags" just like we do tea bags?
They do. Folgers makes them. In fact, I'm drinking one now, since I'm too cheap to go buy a Keurig.
why are mass shootings in America rarely referred to acts of terrorism?
Something terrible and terrifying does not mean it is terrorism. Terrorism is about motive and agenda, not the details of the act itself. If you kill 20 people because you're angry it's a mass murder. If you kill 20 people because you're on a jihad and they were infidels, you're a terrorist.
Why do we place offshore Wind Turbines in places with strong water currents? Surely more power could be generated by the water turbines given that water is roughly 816 times more dense than air?
There are plenty of reasons one being that it's salt water that corrodes whatever it comes in contact with. It would be costly to maintain not to mention dangerous because unlike wind turbines the facility would have to manned. There's a question of displacement of the water as it passes through and the energy to facilitate this. etc..
Why is it impossible to breath when air is hitting you straight in the face with force?
The air hitting you is actually going around your face. Let's say it has a force of 10. When you open your mouth to breath, you draw air in by expanding your lungs. Let's say this has a force of 5 10 is bigger than 5, and it makes it difficult to inhale. In order breathe in this condition you need to inhale with a force bigger than 10. If you pay attention, when you open up your air ways to take take a breath you may feel the air in your lungs actually being drawn OUT. This is because the force of the air going around you face/mouth creates a strong enough negative pressure zone that the air in the lungs wants to fill.
Why is mainstream music targeted towards 12 year old girls instead of the adult population?
a lot of adults still enjoy that music too. it's pretty simplistic and easy to get into .
When movies make horses fall, is it real, and if not, then how do they do it?
I actually know this pretty well because a good friend of mine has capitalized on it in the film business. Yes, they used to be incredibly cruel to animals in Hollywood. Then Animal rights groups got involved and it was outlawed. Now the current standard is to use life size puppet horses. You've seen my friends horses in movies like The Last Samurai, The Lone Ranger and True Grit. Here's an example of how the horse falls worked when they did 300 _URL_1_Other behind the scenes examples can be seen on their web page. *edit: Bad Link
What is preventing someone from making a YouTube competitor?
Well you've probably heard of daily motion, it is a competitor but the reason that YouTube is so huge is that much like dailymotion it was a private company but was bought by Google in the mid 2000's. With backing like Google you are bound to rise above the rest.Money mostly. Youtube likes to suggest they came up with the idea of streaming video websites but there was nothing stopping anyone else from doing it, the main problem was cost. Bandwidth did, and still does, cost a lot of money and video takes up a lot of bandwidth so a site that streams a lot of video costs a lot of money. Youtube is a cool idea but no one was prepared to spend the millions it would cost to run in bandwidth costs alone, let alone the other costs. Even if you were willing to pay Youtube have brand recognition/loyalty.
Why do sports games sometimes get blacked out, even close to the team's city?
One, to keep ticket sales up. Two, it protects the smaller sports channels that have rights to the team's games and air all or most of their games. For example, I am an Atlanta Braves fan, and most of their games are on FoxSports South. So if they are blacked out on ESPN, it's because FoxSports South is airing the game.
Why does England still have a queen?
Well, apart from the other good answers, one main reason is that the UK avoided the revolutions that removed monarchies in other European countries in the 18th and 19th centuries. Changes to the laws such as the great reform act of 1832 staved off rebellion by widening political enfranchisement. Of course England had tried to get rid of the monarchy after the civil war but we didn't finish the job and Chuck2 came back like a case of herpes.
Why do power companies insist that installing solar power will drive their costs up and hurt the power grid?
The power grid isn't really designed for you to send power back in to it, so if people start doing that, then the power companies will need to upgrade portions of the system so that they don't break.it does, legitimately, have two ill effects on the utility, specifically that it decreases demand for the product and therefore reduces revenue, and it complicates the process of regulating the power on the grid.
If one of the usual after effects of 3rd degree burns is rampant infection, how can cauterizing an open wound be helpful at all? Or is that just more TV hokum?
Typically 3rd degree burns that lead to infection are the ones you see which cover large amounts of the body. Infection sets in to these easily because your immune system and cells are spread pretty thin trying to heal you up. In the case of cauterization, usually only a small amount of tissue is being burned and in a sterile environment as well. Plus the cauterized area is sealed up relatively quickly so it isn't exposed long term to open air.
Why is Haiti so poor and the Dominican Republic so much better off?
Leftovers of Spanish colonnial rule vs British colonnial rule. Spain always took a more immersive approach to the governance of their Caribbean lands and Britons and Frenxh well, you see it from the Haitian population still nowadays: no mixed races whatsoever.
What is a "manic pixie dream girl" and why is Twitter so angry about them?
Manic pixie dream girl is a type of character trope - a bubbly, slightly oddball/eccentric kind of female character that only exists for the male character's happiness and growth. They are usually the romantic interest for your broody / depressed male protagonist. The problem with the trope is that these characters are written very shallowly, don't have any real personal motivations and goals . A manic pixie dream girl isn't just any quirky female character or love interest though. It specifically if one that has no outside goals. If you are writing a bit of an oddball girl as the romantic interest of your character, that is fine, as long as she has actual depth and flaws and her own goals in addition to the dude's happiness.
Why did technology improve so exponentially quickly within the last century?
Some very important 19th/early 20th century inventions paved the way for more invention. If I had to rank them, it would be: 1. The engine. This allowed us to harness more energy than ever before. It allowed for logistics to produce and transport more goods 2. Electric generators. They allowed us to take the energy from engines and send it anywhere really efficiently. 3. The lightbulb. We improved human productivity exponentially by simply allowing ourselves to work at night. 5. The telephone and telegraph. All of modern electrical engineering can be traced to the telephone, lightbulb and generator. Mass communication allowed information to be shared and studied faster. Before we would expect academics and inventors to exchange information over months, it was shortened to minutes. 6. Vaccination/hand washing/early modern medicine. Human quality of life increased, death rate decreased. 7. Refrigeration. When coupled with the engine and modern medicine, human population was set to explode. 8. Public education. Came about in the late 19th century, it got big. Thank the Brits. So in short. We had access to lots of energy. It could be accessed anywhere. We were set to have a population explosion, and a productivity explosion. And on top of that, we had communication between all the new productive people being born. So more people were being born, they were at the very least mildly to greatly educated, and they could talk to each other. Perfect storm for invention. And lastly, war. In the US and Europe we saw an expanse of engineering and polytechnical institutes as direct responses to a lack of engineering required by the military. Leading up to WWI, we were educating more and more engineers and inventors. And once WWI hit, we knew that technology would keep the edge in war. That's why airplanes took 10 years from invention to major battlefield players, why nukes took 8 years from devastating to world ending. Military money and incentive is like no other.
what is the ringing noise we hear when there's silence?
Well, you know how light ghosts your eyes when you close them? If you go into a room that is truly dark, you can see them for quite some time. Perhaps being surrounded by noise at all times makes withdrawal from that noise cause our ears to continue to ring with the vibrations. Or perhaps like a ghost limb, our brain can't cope with silence and so ringing is produced. Guesses! True answer is that I don't know. Good question OP.Tinnitus can be any sound from hissing..ringing..thumping or sloshing..they estimate 30 million Americans have it in some form and its causes range from blood vessel disorders ear hair damage or brain tumours.Tinatus. Have it too, basically you've damaged your ears and it won't ever go but may get worse if you don't protect your hearing.Guy with ringing in his ears here. It started about 3 years ago. I miss silence. :/
What is Gluten and why do some people take a gluten free diet so seriously? What's it doing for them?
Glutten is a protein found in lots of products, most notably breads. There is a small portion of the population with an illness called celiacs whose gut gets seriously messed up by gluten . This is true. Those bread crumbs that found their way into a salad they ordered are going to mess up their weekend. There are several more people who claim gluten causes more mild but pervasive symptoms. They claim to be gluten sensitivity. There isn't much scientific evidence that this is a thing. It might be anywhere from an atkins fad to a placebo effect to some actual thing that just hasn't quite been isolated yet. To thay last point, there is some evidence that a different group of proteins actually may cause sensitivity issues, and that these proteins are often found in the same kinds of products that gluten is. So there might be some group 2 people are actually experiencing effects, but are misattributing it. So, some people who make you cook something special because they are gluten free mught just be being an ass hole but there are people out there who really have to be glutten free for the sake of thei asshole.
Explain like I'm 5 why children seem to have so much more energy than adults, or even old people.
Biologically, humans need to have energy until they have reproduced. Then they need to live until their offsping can be self-sustaining. After that it's all down hill.
The difference between a 32 and 64 bit OS?
Hey, can someone include what 32- or 64-bit *clean* means while you're at it? Tx.
Astronomers can zoom into pictures of our galaxy to see billions of stars very clearly. Why cant they zoom in to our closest solar systems and see the planets clearly?
Lets leave aside the question of brightness for a second. It's hard to see a dim planet reflecting starlight when it's right next to a big bright star. Lets look at it as a magnification problem first. Telescopes are terrific not because of how much they magnify to make things large, but instead it's how much light they can collect. In other words good astronomy and hubble images are more about looking at really dim objects, than they are about trying to make small things look really big. Hubble is able to resolve galaxies 10 billion lightyears away, but when it looks at something in our own solar system like Pluto, the image is so blurry and lacking in detail it might as well be a paint drop. So if looking at things in our own solar system is so hard to get detail, looking for planets in another solar system is even harder. When people look at the sky, they can divide it up into a measurement called arcseconds. This doesn't say how big or small something is, it merely shows how much of the sky, when viewed from the earth, that the object appears to take up. For instance if you hold your arm out and look at your thumb, that is about as big as the full moon and it works out to something like 1800 arcseconds or .5 degrees. Proxima Centauri is the closest sun to our own, and it is only .001 degrees To spot an earth like planet orbiting around Proxima Centauri we would need to be able to resolve something like .00001 degrees .which is incredibly tiny. It would be like trying to spot the dot on an i on a newspaper in another state . Amazingly though, if the object is big enough, and close enough, we can actually see them. There have been a few planets observed by direct observation but it is much easier to spot them by looking for stars that wobble, which tells us they have planets orbiting them or a dark companion. [This wikipedia article on angular diameter] helps explain how we perceive the size of objects in the sky.
What allows a crankshaft to turn when engaged to a transmission that isn't turning?
it's called a torque converter. a very basic example has two major components. first is a hydraulic pump. it uses the engine's rotation to pump hydraulic fluid. the second is a turbine. it uses this moving fluid to turn the input shaft of the transmission. this means that the engine can turn faster than the transmission. it causes inefficiency while driving though, and there are means of minimizing that, but that's outside the scope of this question.
What is the widely accepted hypothesis as to how the Egyptian pyramids were built?
Simple tools and very long periods of time to construct with a ridiculously large workforce. New 'evidence' shows they may have had significantly more advanced tools, but not the crazy shit that the 'aliens' guy says they may have had.look up coral castle. ed leedskalnin made it all by himself and with his method the biggest pyramid could have been made in under a month with about 100 people', "Also, you can't farm during the annual flood. Something for the locals to do in the off season. Also you could float the stones much closer.I like the theory that we just indiscriminately threw slaves at it until it was finished.
Why is FIFA considered corrupt?
They've been known to accept bribes. They have billions of dollars in reserve even though they're supposed to be a non-profit organisation. They've managed to lobby governments to change laws to benefit their cause They also support countries like Qatar which have been known to support slave labour and have terrible human rights violations._URL_0_ They awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Qatar is a desert with temperatures over 110 in the heat of Summer when the Cup is played. They rely on abusive labor practices that border on slavery. Qatar was chosen despite bids by other cities that would have been much better places to hold such an event.
Why do bugs all have more than four legs, while basically every other terrestrial animal has four or less?
Because all four legged creatures are related to one another and share a common ancestor. The four limbs has been part of our body plan since before the first fish crawled out of the water. All the creatures who something like a inner skeleton have it. Meanwhile a different more flexible body plan came up with the Arthropods, basically all the creatures with an exoeskeleton. It gave rise to all the 6-limbed creatures like insects, but also to all the 8 limbed creatures like spiders and scorpions and to some with many limbs like centipedes etc. Because of the segmented was these creatures are build it is relatively easy to add another segment thanks to a mutation. Meanwhile with 4-limbed creatures gaining another set of limbs is much less likely to work. There is actually a very large and diverse number of 'bugs' around but we tend to group them all together because they are all small creepy crawelys. Their body plan does not allow for growth beyond a certain point.an important thing to note is the bugs out number all other types of terrestrial animal combined. That being said having 6 legs must be a pretty big advantage to survival
How do DJs get the individual song component tracks (synths, beats, melody, etc) to make unofficial remixes that modify all of these?
Depending on how simple a song is, it can be recreated from scratch with its component parts for a near match. This isn't too common, though.
Why don't we eat horsemeat?
It's purely a cultural thing. Law followed. There is nothing wrong with horse or dog or cat or whatever meat that keeps you from safely eating it, so long as it's properly prepared; it's not like horse meat is inheriently poisonous.
How has College Board, a for profit company, managed to become so essential to getting to college through the use of AP classes and the SAT/PSAT?
Created an account to comment on this. While a lot of other people have indicated that CB has been around for a while, and colleges/universities rely on the product CB created, there's a step missing that really precludes competition from creating a strong foothold to compete, and that's market saturation. Colleges, and more accurately, major universities, like any flagship State U. receive applications from all over the country/globe. They have to have a standardized test that everyone is willing to take, has access to, and places in it their faith that it's an accurate representation of prior skill, and, therefore, higher education potential and success. Try to imagine the amount of resources that would be required to compete with that. The first step would be to create a standardized test which accurately models higher education success . Then you would have to convince a) universities to accept it as predictive and b) students to [pay to] take it. On a national scale. To be fair, you could start at the state level, with a state legislature mandating that state colleges & universities switch to this new test, but there would be a tremendous amount of blowback from the schools. This would also hurt in-state students trying to apply to major schools outside their state since they would now have to take even more tests which may vary in their style and methods.One of the best theoretical competitors to AP is early college, or dual enrollment, as it's known in some places. That's a separate conversation, though, since the emphasis on this discussion seems to be SATs.Source: Director of Institutional Research at a community college.
Why do pictures of screens have that striated star-like pattern?
Why don't film cameras show moirè? Because the grains of silver are arranged randomly, rather than in a grid. Can something be 'arranged' randomly? Hmmmm
Why is wikipedia a reputable source on Reddit, but not in "real" life (college, etc.)?
For casual uses Wikipedia suffices as it isn't that bad if you are just having a generalized conversation over something. For serious uses where details and verifiability matter Wikipedia simply isn't a reliable source of information. If you've ever read an article on wikipedia that you are knowledgeable about you will quickly realize just how shotty the information contained is.
Why is it difficult to produce fake checks with some of the security features such as gradually fading ink and watermarks?
The equipment needed is expensive, but it's really not that difficult to make a passable fake. Problem is you also need a good fake ID if you want to cash them, which is even more difficult and people that deal with cashing checks are much more likely to notice an imperfect fake ID than an imperfect check simply because checks can differ quite a bit but ID's are all exactly the same . You're also almost always on camera and in today's age of technology and databases you might get lucky and pass a few off without getting caught but as soon as you forge a bunch and start raking in the dough they pull out all the stops to figure out who you are.
Why do I never see cheese used in Asian Cuisine?
Idk If people have said this but I'm Asian and actually Hong Kongese people use cheese in a lot of their baked dishes so I don't know why everyone is acting like it's amazingly foreign. My people the Indonesians use cheese on our breads traditionally or pastries. So cheese is used sometimes but you're right in that it's not often. I think the reason is more because cheese doesn't compliment the saltier or spicier tastes of most of our food.Because you have never eaten South Asian/Indian food?come on, you guys talk as if Russians, Indians, UAE, Israel, Yemen, etc are not Asians/part of Asia.Professional Laotian here: We use cheese sparingly mostly because it doesn't fit anywhere in the flavors we're looking for 50% > of the time. At least for Laos most flavors are spicy and sweet, things cheese isn't really a part of. We use a lot of plants and animals literally as fresh as possible as well to get the best flavor. Cheese takes a while and asians like to eat real quick. ELI5: Cheese isn't spicy or sweet and it takes too long compared to butchery or uprooting plants. Also rice.
What happens to an enemy state's embassy in case of war?
Typically diplomatic staff are withdrawn before open conflict begins. If they aren't, protocol is to make arrangements to get them to the nearest neutral country.In the long term, a third country is nominated as the Protecting Power, and is responsible for protecting the property and the interests of any remaining citizens of the enemy state. A Protecting Power also has responsibilities for ensuring the welfare of Prisoners of War. Both countries do not need to appoint the same Protecting Power, but it can be more convenient - particularly in the days before modern communications. Lastly, there's an option of an "Interests Section", where the Protecting Power issues the embassy staff with fresh Diplomatic Passports from their country and they continue to work out of the same building, but now they are the "Gondor Interests Section of the Rohan Embassy".Usually they're given reciprocal diplomatic treatment. So when Nazi Germany and the US went suddenly to war, all diplomats were taken to an isolated hotel for several months in Germany, and those in the US were sent to a spa. It took a few months to make arrangements, but eventually everyone was taken to neutral Portugal and the Americans went back to the US and the Germans went back to Germany.
Why do some people have better singing voices than others?
It comes down to three factors: 1. Genetics. Some people just naturally have better control over their vocal chords and are better able to translate a mental thought into a sound. This isn't just for singing, some people just have nicer voices period then others. 2. Hearing. This kind of deals with #1 but it is very important to be able to understand what you are singing and make the slight alterations to match your voice to the notes you are trying to hit in your mind. It's the same thing like how batting would be difficult without vision not impossible just very very difficult. 3. Practice! Practice! Practice! Your vocal chords are muscles and while you might not be 'bulking them up' by continually practicing you gain finer and finer control over them so that your voice responds exactly the way you want them to.
What is actually happening when I feel my stomach "drop" on quick bump on a roller coaster?
I call it the invisible tickle monster. I can't help but bust out in laughter every time.It is the kick you feel. Its Leo trying to wake you up. QUICK!your intestines are pushing up against your diaphram, which is the muscle that powers and craddles right below your lungs. the phrenic nerve which powers this muscle also has a sensory component. it's like "wtf, why is the diaphragm going up instead of going down. this doesn't make any fucking sense." and it just fires. to avoid the sensation, breath out "aka scream", while you are falling downwards on the rollercoaster to simulate an expiratory breath. it runs pass the heart, along the esophagus, enters the spinal cord below your 3, 4, 5 vertebra, within the spinal cord, runs roughly on the side of the yokey inner part of the vertebrae, and interacts with a secondary nerve at the medulla oblangata. because it also does some other things along the way, some people with heart attacks may also feel shortness of breath, because of the phrenic nerve. pushing up on it from the abdomen helps to relax it during hiccups. spasmatic muscles on your back near where the nerves come out can lead to shortness of breath. damage of the nerve as it runs along the esophagus or as eh, bored. can't sleep. qvg3r5vbq34v65tqcewrqwefsomnia fyi, i proposed that rollercoasters be used as last resort labor inducers but everyone decided that probably wouldn't work too well, because it would just get blood everywhere.am i the only person with age that doesn't get this feeling anymore? I love roller coasters but unless it's my first time on a coaster, i hardly get the stomach drop feeling if i get it at all. I just thought it had something to do with fear and the unknown. once i know the coaster i don't fear it and i know whats next i don't get the feeling at all.
What does it mean when people say Canada has lower gravity in some places than other parts of the world?
All of the other answers are probably correct to some extent. In short, the Earth isn't a perfect sphere, and it's not made of perfectly uniform material. Gravity varies all over the place. The European Space Agency has a pretty cool [map] of gravity variation around the world. North Eastern Canada is pretty light, but the lightest spot on Earth is in the Indian ocean. The northern Atlantic seems to be the heaviest, and it's at about the same latitude as the light spot in Canada, just a couple thousand miles away, so I think it's a lot more than the shape of the Earth or the way it spins. I'm pretty sure the differences are all fractions of a percent anyway. Nothing you'd ever notice.
How can a schizophrenic see and hear things that aren't there? What is the human mind going through at those moments?
Brains talk to themselves all the time, connecting things around us with things remembered or imagined. Usually the brain marks thoughts from itself so you don't notice them. People with schizophrenia hear their brain talking to itself because the thoughts aren't marked as calls coming from inside the house. The brain interprets its own chattering as voices from outside, and they hear it constantly. Any time something happens, your brain keeps working on it for a while after, imagine if you could hear that. Any time you see something out of the corner of your eye your brain imagines to itself that there's something about to move past you or attack you. People with schizophrenia might actually see the monster that their brain imagined to itself might have been there. See a flash of light? It's reflected from the mirror on the car that just passed you, but you brain thinks it's an alien ship about to abduct you so that's what you see. Of course it's real, you can see it.
Why do so many languages have similar words for parents (mom and dad)?
There is an ancestor language called [Proto-Indo-European] proposed to have existed more than 6000 years ago, from which many of the world's languages descend.
Why are chiropractors not considered real doctors?
It's amazing how polarized people are about everything. I don't believe chiropractic can cure cancer or a lot of the mumbo jumbo that some Chiropractors push but I don't have the gall say there is no basis to it. Mild misalignments are bound to cause pain and discomfort. If something isn't in its original spot it can encroach on nerves and tissues that are nearby. Fixing these misalignments can improve this. I personally hated to be adjusted but I felt better afterwards so I tolerated it. As for their schooling it's significant. If I recall correctly they had to have a bachelor's in science before entering college. They are limited in that they can't prescribe but they can and have to diagnose. Many of them take and read their own x-rays. And they treat conditions that they are licensed to treat. Now I know some overstep and contribute to the polarization but at its core which medicare has approved there is nothing wrong with Chiropractors.
if the center of every galaxy is a supermassive black hole then why is it every picture of every galaxy has a bright center?
Same reason that if there's a giant rock in the middle of a forrest you can't see it from the edge. All the trees get in the way. Substitute trees for stars and rock for black hole.Light is generated by surrounding stars, while that star light gets absorbed, it is still visable due to the distance from the event horizon , the light that is far enough away from that point is still able to escape from the gravity of the black holeThrow a handful of polystyrene balls into a bathtub and pull the plug, where do most congregate? The polystyrene balls are stars and our galaxy is the bathtub, the plughole is the black hole.
What's a virtual machine? Why would an org run an application on one? How do they differ in cost/performance from a real computer/server?
There are lots of reasons why you would use a virtual machine. My favorite use is to put multiple functions on one physical machine. You can run multiple virtual servers on one physical machine, and have those server fill the multiple different roles for your organization. This is great for a small bussiness, that way they don't need a whole server room, which would barely be utilizing 5 different physical machines.
How is gun control not a good idea?
Basically, the counter rationale falls into two camps: * Giving the government the right to control who does and doesn't have guns means resisting government oppression is harder.* Making it harder to get guns means less people can defend themselves. Note: this is not an opinionated piece, just common arguments I've heard.
why do people gain weight as they get older?
Mostly it is that people don't work off the meals they eat. We are coming up on the holidays where just about everyone over eats. But most people never really pay for that over eating. So they gain a pound or two. Same goes for birthdays and vacations. You over eat a bit and don't work it all off. Well gaining a few pounds is nothing, but multiplied by 10+ years and there you are 20 or 30 pounds overweight.
Why are the Dutch and other Western Europeans so much taller than everyone else?
It's funny that the average Dutch and German are both equally tall yet I only see people talking about the Dutch. Why?
What exactly is that voice in your head?
I'm no neuroscientist, but my best guess would be since the brain has developed for a long time to receive data in certain fashions, in reproduces them to a degree when reflecting/organizing/prioritizing information. I think that say your reflections on a moral struggle during the day, could be its way of adapting itself better to social situations or setting you up for survival.
How come some fat people have loose rolls but others have really tight guts?
This depends on the fat storage in your body. Certain people are more likely to store fat *subcutaneously*, meaning under the skin, while other people are more likely to store fat *viscerally*, meaning inside the abdomen, with the body's organs. Visceral fat is more common in men, those who don't exercise, those under stress, smokers, and those who drink more alcohol, I recall. There are genetic factors, probably dietary factors as well and hormones play a big part. Visceral fat is much different than abdominal fat - high visceral fat is strongly correlated with heart disease, cancer, diabetes, than subcutaneous fat.
Why is it called Baseball World Series if it is played only in one country?
Because no other country's best team could beat even the worst MLB team. The best players in the world come to the states to play. Since this comment is controversial, I'll remind everyone that this is not my opinion, this is a fact. Baseball is big in a few other countries, but any players there that could compete with MLB players come over here and get paid big money.Just like for basketball and hockey, the best players in the world come to play in the US. Therefore, the team which wins the US league is considered the best team in the world
Why does a strong punch to the jaw or face knock people out?
Your brain floats in a liquid inside your skull, if you get hit hard enough and at the right angle, your brain bounces against your skull and it makes you go limp. This can happen from a direct hit anywhere to your head or from getting hit anywhere in your body hard enough to cause your brain to bounce around your skull like in football, rugby or some accident in which your body suddenly stops its movement or is forced to move faster from a still position. /u/jcjustchill's explanation applies to a lateral-vascular neck restraint which causes your brain to momentarily shut down due to hypoxia by *pinching* the carotid arteries, compromising blood flow. This is what happens in MMA when you see any choke that applies pressure to the sides of the neck; if you don't tap, you go to sleep. I can't see how a single punch to one carotid could knock someone out since it takes a few seconds of this *pinching* of both arteries for blood to top getting to the brain. Unless, of course, that punch made your brain bounce around inside your cranium like peas in a maraca.
How do porn studios make money when almost everyone watches porn for free on the internet?
Web traffic and advertising. A vast number of porn websites do actually pay for the porn they're releasing for free. Websites generate a lot of cash, and use it to buy entire production catalogs.Why visit port sites at all when you can just use your imagination?I work in a sex shop and when I started working I had the same question. I found people still buy the porn, a lot of people. They enjoy the collection, high production value and prices range from 55 usd to about 12. Also the production companies have toy lines for extra revenue. Having contract actresses like Bonnie rotten and Prinzess will always make people spend the crazy money for the movies. More or less there is still a market even though the Internet is free. Hope that helps.
How does electricity work? How does it power something?
Electricity is the movement of electrons. A generator, in order to produce electricty, in general includes a magnet, and a bunch of wires, in different configurations depending on the type of generator. The magnet moves, thus pulling the electrons around, creating electricity. This electricity can then be used for various purposes. In a simple lightbulb, the electricity will heat up a thin part of the wire, resulting in light. In addition, the movement of electrons also creates it's own magnetic field. By building a structure similair to the generator mentioned before, you can use that magnetic to pull stuff, like an electric motor.
Why do countries that oppose democratic elections, ignore human rights, and prohibit freedom of the press keep getting awarded the Olympics?
It's all about the $$$, plus the IOC has a long list of demands kinda like those rider sheets big music acts have. They need 5 star hotel penthouses for free and cars/limos, I remember hearing that they have to be greeted at the airport with gifts. Much like FIFA, the IOC likes money but the Olympics cost a ton of money to host, and the host city is left with a bunch of stadiums that will hardly be used again and a gaping hole in their wallet. Some of those soccer stadiums in Brazil are being used as bus storage now
If the United States spends more annually than the next three countries combined, why do certain politicians claim "we need to rebuild our military"?
The goal is not to have a larger military than someone else, the goal is to have a military capable of doing the things we want done. This is all theoretical, so forgive me if I get specific details incorrect. At a Strategic level, lets say there are a few major global issues going on that affect us, or our close allies. Russia has taken some part of the Ukraine, and we are concerned that it may take over more. China is attempting to take control over large swaths of the South China Sea Middle Eastern Terrorism is on the rise with Isis. Because the civilian government has determined that stabilizing these areas are strategic goals for the US, we need our military to have the tools required to do so. It can't just be bigger, it has to be the right tools in the right place at the right time. For Russia, we might need to have forces stationed in the neighboring countries to deter them. For China, we might need traditional Naval forces. For the Middle East, we might need a combination of things, but a larger portion of special forces units with specific skills appropriate to covert infiltration. Over the last few years, some portions of our Military have been downsized , others have been functioning at an operational tempo that wears down the units and makes them significantly less capable than they would be if they had more downtime between deployments. We have less capability to do things than we did in the past, and less capability to do things than many think we should to be prepared to deal with multiple situations around the world. Now, a legitimate debate could be had about whether we SHOULD be doing some of these things, but for the purposes of this particular question, we as a country have made that decision. However, we have been using up our well trained men and equipment at a much faster rate than existing funding can replace either. You can have the largest military in the world, but still not be adequately prepared to deal with the situations you need to deal with.
Why are apps like Discord, Teamspeak, Mumble etc inherently better than in game voice chat or the steam voice chat and is something like skype/hangouts on the same level?
ELI5: Well Mr. Desire, imagine when you want to create and play a video game with friends you need a few things: A video game company to make the game, a Voice over Internet company to make a voice chat program, and a solid Internet Service Provider. Now, if each company is purely dedicated to their specific craft, they can really focus on their own individual product and have subject matter experts that only do game design or voice comms or whatnot. If, however, you wanted one company to do all the functions, you'd need either a very large company with a wide range of experts on every facet of each segment, or you'd have to settle for people who aren't experts to work on some aspects of the game or voice comms. In this case, game developers are generally not voice comms experts, so their solutions are usually a bit slap-dash and bare-bones. Likewise, the people at Discord, Skype, Ventrilo, and other voice chat companies wouldn't be able to make an excellent game on their own since they don't hire game designers.
Why do modern shows like The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men look so bad?
Mostly it's the camera work but it could also be how it's rendered. They are many examples of why bad quality could happen. Most HD TVs do poorly on some shows and frame rates or the show doesn't support your TV. Some TVs has a blur effect now that tries to add frames so shows flow better but often messes it up or distorts some images. Here are some link I will edit in so you can read up on them. _URL_0_ _URL_1_ _URL_2_", 'This is because they are two terrible shows whose visual asthetics match its equally awful content[The Big Bang Theory Season 4: Live Show Taping]
Why do grape flavored things not taste like grape?
Concord grapes. Get some. Eat some. I dare you to tell me grape flavor doesn't taste like grape. I double dog dare you!
Why the crap are the numeric keypads on a keyboard and phone reversed? Throws me off big time
The 1-on-the-bottom layout was already widespread having been used in calculators by the time touch-tone phones came out. People could type very fast on that layout, just like now. One of the first touch-tone pilot programs in the US was in the small city of Findlay, Ohio. The network that was hacked together for the city was low-quality and couldn't handle very fast dialing without dropping numbers. The solution was to invert the rows. This would slow people down while dialing enough that the phone network could catch everything while allowing Bell to use the phones they had already manufactured with minimal extra effort to make it work. The experiment performed well, and the layout stuck.
Why do taxpayers front the bill for sports stadiums ?
Because the local supporters of the teams put a lot of pressure on their local governments to keep the teams in the area. The teams' owners use this as a bargaining chip to wring concessions out of local governments. I recommend watching the [Last week Tonight episode covering the subject for more information]
Why do we feel nauseated when we try to read in a moving vehicle?
ELI5: It's motion sickness. Motion sickness is caused by your eyes seeing what your body is not feeling. In a car your body is feeling the turns of the road. If you're reading your eyes aren't seeing any of those turns, so you begin to develop motion sickness.
Why is it that insurance is worth more than the car itself in UK and in many other countries?
You aren't required to have insurance to cover damage to your car. You are required to carry liability insurance, which covers the damage you might do to someone else. So the cost is about the damage you could do, not about the value of your car.
Alternating Current. Do electrons keep going forwards and backwards in a wire when AC is flowing?
Side note, in addition to what everyone else say, electrons actually move backwards in a DC circuit as well. Most people imagine electrons flowing from the positive node to the negative node, and even in introductory electrical courses thats how students often visualize it, but in reality the electrons move from the negative pole to the positive pole. Additionally, they aren't pushed through the circuit like a lot of people imagine. What actually happens is an electron at the positive end of the battery is essentially removed, and the rest of the electrons have room to move forward. So, they're actually pulled through the circuit.The analogy I found works best is two guys cutting down a tree with one of those long two-handled saws, one guy at each end. The saw moves equally in both directions, but work is still being done. Just as energy is extracted from the saw in both directions, energy is extracted from electrons moving in both directions - even though, overall, the electrons return to their original positions - like the saw.
Why is the computer arrow slightly tilted?
I always assumed it was so it wouldn't block you from seeing what you're clicking on as much.
Why do we care about the national debt?
To lower the debt the Government must raise more taxes than the money it spends. Paying off the debt is not apparently the goal of anyone in recent US Government. If the government did this, they could lower taxes slightly, but that's very, very unlikely.
Why should I care that the NSA is "spying" on me?
Some reasons: 1- NSA scandal is just one symptom of a bigger issue: govt checks and balances have broken down. Intelligence spending and activities are out of control, military spending is out of control, citizens got panicked by 9/11 and let govt take major new powers and now govt is out of our control. 2- NSA is just one point along a spectrum of threats to you. It is the least likely but most powerful threat. It points out that you are vulnerable to scammers, stalkers, eavesdroppers, online criminals, etc. It reveals that our online security and privacy tools and laws are weak. 3- Technology, and the threats from it, will only get more powerful and more invasive in the future. Insurance companies and advertisers and your wacky neighbor will all get more powerful tools to threaten your privacy. 4- Things you do that aren't illegal still may be private. Why do you have curtains on your windows ? Why do you close the door when you go to the bathroom ? Would you mind if someone published your tax returns, your credit-card statements, your bank account statements, your medical records ? Why ? You're not doing anything illegal. _URL_2_
How/why does a show like Futurama with such an avid and wide fan base get [repeatedly] canceled? What is the logic behind it from a network standpoint?
In addition to what others have said, I think in Futurama's case the fact that it's animated didn't help it's chances either. Animated shows tend to be slower to produce and more expensive There's kind of a reason why all the big animated shows have all more or less the same theme , because that's a broad-appeal concept that just keeps working for whatever reason. A weird sci-fi show that deviates from that pattern on a major network AND is expensive and slow to make will probably have a bad time. I'm actually kind of impressed it lasted as long at it did. :) edit: I have no idea how Archer keeps going
Why is citing 20 year old books encouraged while citing Wikipedia is frowned upon?
It's not a bad idea to look at the references used in Wikipedia articles first hand. For example, if I was writing an essay on the life of *Winston Churchill*, I could visit his wikipedia article and find that during the Second Boer War, a young Churchill escaped from a prison camp. By following the source cited in the article you can find it claims authority from Roy Jenkins biography of Churchill, and gives the page numbers. You can then go and verify it by taking a look at a copy of Jenkins' biography of Churchill and cite it in your own essay. TL;DR: Just steal wikipedia's references.
Explain ADD to me, as you would my 8-year old daughter.
ADD makes people grow up slower when it comes to some kinds of feelings. These feelings normally help people filter information and behavior. Annoying things feel extra annoying. Boring things feel extra boring. And someone with ADD might not feel like doing something just because someone says so. This is still true even if they're the one telling *themself* to do something. All these things are normal for a younger person. As an estimate, a person with ADD will have the self-control feelings of someone 7/10ths their age. The biggest thing you can do to help someone with ADD is to tell them as soon as possible when they do something that bothers you. They might have a hard time noticing and they certainly have a hard time remembering things that you don't like before they start to do them. If you think you've done something annoying or that makes them mad, be quick to apologize. Otherwise, they can be just as smart and friendly as everyone else. But it's hard to keep friends when you get mad at them too easily.
For ELI5 comments, could we possibly adopt r/science's policy of no joke answers being tolerated?
There'd have to be a LOT more moderators, moderating more strictly, to enforce this.No, no, please no. This is basically the difference between ELI5 and AskScience. The flexibility in the comments is much better than the rigidity in AskScience. Just use the down arrow.That's kind of like complaining about reposts. If it's not relevant, downvote it. It is up to the users to police the site, not the moderators. Of all the ELI5 posts I've seen, the best actual answer usually makes top comment.
Why do we get disgusted when we see a strand of hair in our food ?
I'm generally not disgusted. If the food was prepared by a family member I could not care less. It's definitely a how-you-were-brought-up thing, though. My parents don't care, so I don't care.
How are people trained to withstand torture?
There are some good answers in here, but most resistance training requires people to sign NDAs, so it's hard to find out what is taught in schools most recently without somebody breaking their agreement.
What exactly happens when gas is pumped into a running car that causes a fire or explosion?
It's usually a spark from the nearby on-location movie-set that causes the explosion. /s IOW, IRL cars don't explode at gas stations very often at all.
why is the demographic in the emergency room the way it is?
Because hospitals are obligated to treat despite the patient's ability to pay. The poor tend to frequent ERs since that is the only place they can get care. Even for relatively minor things such as sore throats or ear aches.
Why doesn't America get rid of the electoral college?
With or without the electoral college, no one's going to Wyoming.Let's back up a bit to the principles on which America was founded. Not this "life, liberty & pursuit of happiness" shit but the actual *organizational* principles. You 've heard of the "Thirteen Colonies", right? They were 13 separate entities, with their own laws, governments and, to an extent, cultures. They were all founded by different people with different goals, ideals & religious viewpoints. The country they founded, The *United States* of America was meant to ensure free trade, equal treatment of the citizens & provide for national defense & the postal service. None of the existing governments wanted to step aside & completely give power to the Federal government. They knew they wanted a democracy but they couldn't agree on how to run elections. Giving each state an equal vote would have given the small states way more power than they deserved but going to a straight popular vote would have effectively given the large states complete control over the government. The compromise was to split congress into two halves - one where each state was equal & one where influence was determined by population. The electoral college stems from the same debate. Removing the electoral college and going to a straight popular vote would be ignoring the fundamental basis of our government's structure. The three largest states, California, Texas and New York, have a larger population than the thirty smallest states combined.
How come you can't localize fat burn when losing weight, but excessive alcohol consumption leads to a "beer belly"?
You can't localize gaining fat, either. Excessive calorie intake, whether from alcohol or food, will lead to weight gain. Fat deposition follows predictable patterns, although these patterns differ between men and women. Men gain a lot of that excess fat in the abdomen.
Can you cure strep throat by drinking enough alcohol? Why or why not
Yes. Take a scalpel and cut out your throat's mucosa. Then soak it in alcohol for an hour or so. Then put it back in. If that cure is unacceptable then no. Because the bacteria that caused it won't be exposed to the alcohol long enough, or in high enough concentration to kill it.
How do we have images of our own galaxy?
We don't. Pictures you see of the Milky Way are either artist's interpretations or renderings. We've never flown a spacecraft nearly far enough to get a picture of the actual galaxy.We have pictures of other [spiral] galaxies and we assume that ours must be similar to those, so we make up a picture based on what we know.We don't really know for sure what our galaxy looks like but we have a pretty good guess based on the position of stars we can see and the shapes of other galaxies.We can only estimate what it looks like by taking image off our galaxy core and looking at other galaxies. A huge ammount of galaxies that are close to our galaxies size tend to be spiral or circular. Combining images we have with data from other galaxies we can make a pretty accurate picture of what our galaxy looks like. It is not 100%. Our galaxy might be more circular like andromada and not spiral but the pictures you see are pretty close to what our Galaxy probably looks like.We haven't gotten a space ship outside of the galaxy. However, we have launched a large mirror that has been outside of the milky way for a while now. Basically what we do is take a picture using the Hubble Telescope of the mirror, which is far away enough the milky way to capture the entire thing. That's actually the photograph you are looking at. You're just seeing it through a mirror. I know, it blew my mind too the first time I heard it too.
What happens to America when it can no longer pay off its debts?
Why do you think we pour money into weapons research that we don't need? If I owe you 4,000 bucks, and you have a stick, but I have a lazer scoped gun with kevlar armor, and I tell you I don't feel like paying you back, what are you going to do? Especially if I'm standing across a really wide lake? It's like that, except the gun is the F-22 raptor and other things, and the lake is the pacific ocean.
Why is the Mona Lisa considered such an artistic masterpiece?
There's a lot about this question I'm not qualified to answer, but I can talk about one part: if you've never seen the Mona Lisa *in person*, you've never seen it. A lot of paintings are crafted to specifically use the tools and techniques as part of the art—so I mean, oil-based paint has a shine and depth, certain pigments create colors you just can't get out of any blend, different types of brush strokes create different types of textures that change how a painting looks, to the eye, but *only in person*. LCD monitors showing an RGB datafile just physically can not reproduce how the painting looks. Everyone who's seen *Guernica* says being up close to the giant canvas is part of the experience. My computer screen just isn't big enough to recreate that experience. So does that matter for the Mona Lisa specifically? I don't know. But you'd almost have to visit her to find out.
In roulette, why do the chances of a red lower if it lands on a red and vice-versa.
It doesn't. Each spin is entirely independent of previous spins. Whoever told you otherwise is wrong.
Why has the Dow gone over 25,000 but we only have a GDP growth of 3.22%?
The value of a company is fundamentally based upon the expectation of future earnings of that company. . The current rate of growth of the GDP has increased by about 50% over the last year, and, additionally, expectations for what GDP growth will look like in the future has also increased considerably. Just 9 months ago, it was common knowledge that U.S. GDP would never grow materially faster than 2% per year again -- and so stock prices were based on those forecasts. Now, GDP is growing at more than 3% per year, and there are many market participants who expect that to continue for at least the next several years. Indeed, most current forecasts show GDP growth continuing to accelerate towards 4% per year. This only slightly increases everybody's expectation of companies' 2018 earnings -- but it greatly increases expectation of, for example, 2022 or 2026 earnings. One simplistic measure of this valuation is the Price/Earnings ratio . It is simply the value of the company divided by the current annual earnings. P/E ratios have been increasing, as people are willing to pay more years of current earnings to own a slice of the company. A reasonable explanation is, as I say above, if people's expectation of the future earnings have changed.
What causes a drug addict's veins to deteriorate when I've been donating plasma for months with no deterioration?
Junkies get high more often than you give plasma. They also probably don't take care of their health. Constant drug use can also effect your heart and circulatory system. Collapsing a vein can happen to anyone, junkies are just more risk prone.They also may get many infections from not being sterile. The body takes care of the infection but creates scar tissue too.
There are times when a one-way airplane ticket will cost 3 or 4 times as much than a return airplane ticket. What stops people from simply purchasing a return ticket and not returning?
I think it's in the conditions somewhere that there can be a penalty for doing it, though it's rarely/never enforced. It serves them right for having ridiculous pricing policies anyway of people do this. Why the hell should a return cost more than a one way? At worst they should be the same, but even that makes no sense.
How does netflix make money from an original series like Jessica Jones, enough money to justify the production costs
If Netflix has 50 million subscribers, that's about $500 million per month, or $6 billlion per year in revenue. An expensive show like Marco Polo may cost $2 million per episode. Netflix has deep pockets, and they are investing money to make shows customers want to watch.
Why is it painful to get another erection after orgasm?
Thankfully the refractory period doesn't apply to me. I can go 3 times in a row without losing my hardon. I call it my super power. Can't do it with condoms though. I am guessing condoms are my cryptonite.This is news to me.. Does that happen to a lot of guys????I only ever had a pain in my balls from getting hard after being "fixed" never any other pain down there at least not from just getting hard.It's .not? Maybe you should consult with your doctor.
why do games have loading screens?
Okay. Imagine that playing a game is like asking your friend to give you directions when driving. You ask your friend what you should do next, and your friend tells you to go north, or take a left turn, or make a u-turn at the third light. The thing is that your friend doesn't know how to drive everywhere, and if you go to a place that he's unfamiliar with, he's going to have to stop and check a map every time, and that would be annoying. You might have to pull over and wait everytime as they look up the map and figure out what route to take. But if you give your friend time to study the route ahead of time, you tell him where you want to go and he has the time to look at the map and figure out what directions to give, there would be far less interruptions and the whole experience would be much more pleasant. The same basic concept is there for many video games. The game needs to prepare a level, have all the parts of it ready ahead of time, so that when you play the game you don't need to stop and wait for each part of the level to be prepared. You can explore the whole level without taking breaks, because the game had time to prepare ahead of time. Many games have complicated level designs with lots of graphical detail. It takes time for the computer running that game to get those levels ready, and so a loading screen gives the game time to prepare.
Why is 320kbps the standard bit rate for music and not higher?
MP3's compress audio, so it takes less space. Digital storage is measured in bits. Humans can generally hear sounds as high as 20kHz in frequency. To store all sounds up to 20kHz digitally, we need to store it at 40kHz. CD's use 44.1kHz. I'll use 48kHz because I can. 48kHz means we record sound 48 000 times per second. This is our sample rate. Now how accurately do we measure this sound? With 16 bit audio we measure sound against 65 536 points . With 24 bit audio we measure sound against 16 777 216 points Trust me, 24 bits is overkill, so I'll use 16 bits. So we sample 48 000 times per second, with each sample using 16 bits. This gives us a bit rate of 768kbps . But MP3's store bits efficiently, so this rounds down to 320kbps.
Why do some smokers live to be 90+ and some don't make it past 40?
The toxins and carcinogens in the smoke react differently in different people. Some of it has to do with genetics and how much you smoke. Sometimes it's a crap shoot. Though it is very likely that the smoke could cause damaging effects, there are people that experience little-to-no long-term problems.I see. Thank you. You were all very helpful. :)
What's the big deal with watching sports?
What's the big deal about watching or doing anything? People are going to like different things than you. Time to grow up little five year old and realize that.
Why is out of school suspension used as a punishment for students when getting out of school for a long period of time is almost generally enjoyed?
Out of school suspension is sometimes used as a method to make the children's ill behavior the parents problem. If the child is of an age that they cannot stay at home alone, the parent then has to take off of work to stay with the child which makes the parent realize that there is a problem. I do not understand why they kick the high schoolers out of school though. It is not productive for the kid, but it is unfair to the other kids who have to sit in class with this kid. There is no reason that this kid that is acting up should be able to prohibit the good children from learning. If you sorta understand this I can go in more depth if you would like.
Why do most men go bald, in spite of all the testosterone?
So scientists don't know exactly why male pattern baldness happens but, found it's cause to be from DHT from testosterone settling around the scalp. DHT strains the follicle productivity, causing hair to thin and eventually to stop producing. There are some remedies that can help however. Like drinking certain teas, essential oil application, and other ways. For another example there are also little tools like micro needle rollers that help too.
If 0.33333....×3=0.9999... and 1/3×3=1. How does 0.3333....=1/3
0.999 = 1. So there's no contradiction. The is notation for an infinite series, and the limit of that sum is 1. It's like how 0.5 + 0.5 and 1 have the same value, but they're two different ways of writing the same thing.Because .99999999999999999 . = 1. What you wrote is one such proof, but i prefer the following proof. X=.9999999 10x=9.999999999999999 . 10x-x=9.99999999 ..-.9999999999 = 9 9x=9 X=1=.999999
What exactly is dry cleaning?
It's a washing process that uses a non-polar solvent instead of water.A big portion of the water quality issues associated with Fort Bragg in NC are attributed to an old dry cleaning business that used to be nearby. They allegedly just dumped the used perchloroethylene out back of the store> During the process the solvent runs through many filters to catch debris and keep the solvent as clean and fresh as possible. Does that mean the solvent is re-used for the next batch?"The ancient Roman dry cleaning used ammonia as solvent to launder their woolen togas. These laundries obtained urine from farm animals, or from special pots situated at public latrines". WikipaediaOne of my favourite childhood games explains this topic. I uploaded part of Tell Me Why 2 here: _URL_2_ Also adequately explains the topic to an actual five-year-oldSo why do pants cost twice as much as shirts to get dry cleaned? I feel like it would be easier/quicker to dry clean pants than shirtsI work at one. Basically a washing machine with chemicals, they get cooked out of your clothes like a liquor still and then are reused againDoes dry cleaning also remove dust particles as if washed?
If a woman under 18 gives birth, do they legally have custody?
Minors become emancipated if they have a kid, unless, as other posts have mentioned, there is some other reason why they can't have custody.Yes. In my state, there is no difference in a 13 year old having a baby than there is in a 33 year old having a babyUsually they will, but it really depends on the country. Do you have a specific one in mind?
If people keep dying and we keep burying them, won't we run out of land eventually?
The land area of Earth is roughly 150,000,000 km2. That's 150trillion square meters. Assuming each person takes up two square meters and no plots are reused, that's 75 trillion people. We're a long way short of running out of space. And even then, not everyone is buried, and many burials aren't permanent. So - no, it ain't going to happen.
Why is getting up early considered such a virtue?
Around here, mostly it's tradesmen that start early. Fair enough if you're working inside a roof in summer because that can be dangerous, but it's not about that. I was talking to one old sparkie, and he admitted that it was mostly to avoid the traffic: at the job before the morning rush, and knock off around 2:30 before school's out.The virtue goes back to Aristotle, who wrote "It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom", which of course sounds a lot like Ben Franklin's "healthy, wealthy, and wise". Ben Franklin actually wrote a while book on the subject which you can find online. There was definitely a widespread belief that getting up early was healthier. All health evidence at the time was anecdotal, but there probably was something to it. Going to bed early requires some self discipline and avoidance of temptation , and then getting up early and going outside is a good way to get more vitamin D.
How do waiters and waitresses remember what dish goes to what table, when they are not numbered, in a large restaurant?
One of the first thing you learn on a job are table numbers. The table itself may not have a place card on it, but there's usually a map of the dining room posted somewhere in the back or as part of the terminal the server uses to ring in orders. When a bill gets printed to the kitchen it will include the table number so whoever is running the food will also know where it goes.
How is it legal for companies to keep all of their money over seas to avoid paying taxes while their company is based in the United States?
The real question is why should a US company pay taxes on money earned overseas when that country's tax has already been paid?
Why are peanuts banned from schools but not workplaces? Does the danger of an allergic reaction decrease with age?
In part, because the ban for schools is a little bit ridiculous. When I grew up, kids all over took pb & j to school and the world did not come to an end. It's both over-diagnosed and improperly-diagnosed . It is genuinely serious for those who have it but here are the [stats].They are banned in some schools, not all schools. And it is due to a heightened state of paranoia of some parents forcing school boards to set those policies.Adults who have an allergy, know they have an allergy. The danger at schools is that there might be a child who develops and allergy and doesn't know it, or is a kid and didn't bring his epi-pen. In the work place, more responsibility is placed on the worker to take care of themselves. Schools are set up to care for the students, they are responsible so if anything happens, they are responsible. Workplaces aren't responsible for workers .
If our stomach acid is so strong, why do things that make us sick/give us food poisoning not get destroyed during digestion?
Great question. When we eat food the stomach helps break it down but not so much that we end up with elemental carbon in our gut instead of sugars fats and proteins right? So it helps break the food up but doesn't destroy everything like ripping apart protein chains. Food poisoning may usually be caused by bacteria, but it's not a bacterial infection that makes us sick, it's the metabolic byproducts of that bacteria. Take botulism for instance; the bacteria create a poison as they multiply and it's the poison that makes us sick, not the bacteria. That poison ends up deposited in the food and so eating it is literally eating poison. And much the same way the stomach doesn't turn protein into carbon, it doesn't turn poison into carbon, it stays as poison. Even from a bacteria stand point our stomachs don't sterilize the food we eat with acid. Living bacteria makes its way into the gut where it has to compete with the colonies already living there. Along with our own immune system we end up with a good balance of beneficial bacteria with malign invaders not gaining a toehold in our gut. We benefit from this because gut fauna help us digest our food even better and get more nutrients from it than we would without it.
If energy cannot be created (or destroyed), how did it come about?
Total energy of the universe is conserved only if the laws of the universe don't change in time ). We don't know which laws of physics, if any, existed before the Big Bang, but we can't expect them to be the same as post-Big Bang , so we can't expect energy to be conserved in that moment.It's like asking how "red" or "heavy" came about. Energy is property of matter, like inertia or mass. So it's not a being in itself. If you ask about beginning of universe, then of course there is Big-bang theory and various others.