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How are nuclear reactions started?
More or less. Fissile material constantly emits neutrons, but when you only have a small amount of the stuff, most neutrons escape the bulk of the material before meeting another nucleus and causing another fission event. In this case, the neutron emission is only due to spontaneous fission because the material is radioactive. The more of the material you have per unit volume, the more neutrons will cause fission events . Once you have a particular amount of fissile material you will cross a threshold such that each neutron, on average, generates more than one extra neutron by causing fission. When this happens, you have a runaway nuclear reaction and you get an explosion. As an example, one design is the implosion-type weapon. You have a sphere of fissile material that is close to but not at critical mass. When you want the weapon to go off, conventional explosives around the sphere explode, crushing it and bringing it to critical mass . Boom!", 'Uranium-235 naturally undergoes **spontanious fission** at a low rate. This process emits neutrons which start the chain reaction.
What is a SmartGrid and/or MicroGrid? How are they beneficial to the public?
Microgrids can power a small area on its own, but also generate and store electricity and then use that stored energy to pump back into the rest of the large public grid. This means less power outages and more reliable electricity. You can check out _URL_0_ for a good breakdown of information and some useful links.
There are always campaigns to "stop global warming". Can we actually stop global warming, or are we just delaying it?
If everyone in the world was to cooperate, we absolutely could fix it. There's two things that need to happen. One is to replenish our carbon sinks which convert CO2 into oxygen. Basically this means re-planting the world's forests and cleaning up the oceans so the photosynthesizing plankton and algae can return. The second thing is to get off of fossil fuel energy sources, quickly. Even if we shut off every car and coal power plant in the world tomorrow, it still wouldn't be enough to prevent some pretty serious climate change . This is why we need the carbon sinks, to give us that extra boost. But we need energy, and that's where renewable, clean energy comes in. Solar, wind, and tidal energy all need to be seriously increased and it needs to be done seriously fast.Whether or not its too late to reverse human-driven global climate disruption is currently a matter of debate, although the consensus is that there is indeed a point of no return. This is because the increase in global temperature can cause more greenhouse gases to escape into the atmosphere, creating a positive feedback loop that would lead to runaway catastrophic climate disruption. However, it is possible to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Large carbon dioxide sinks such as forests or man-made CO2 sinks are the primary focus of those efforts, as well as large campaigns by special interest groups to eliminate the widespread use of fossil fuels for energy .
How are diamonds made from coal?
Diamonds aren't made from coal and pressure + coal does not make diamonds. They're both made from carbon but they are completely different. They don't even form in the same types of rock. Coal is dead plants turning into sedimentary rock whereas diamonds are from igneous rock and are formed in the mantle and brought up by volcanic eruptions.
Why have elephants been tamed as war animals in the ancient world but never tamed for domestic things like farming?
But they have. In certain areas, such as India and SE Asia, they are routinely used for logging in mountainous terrain.But they eat a whole lot, and the upkeep is prohibitively high relative to the increased power available. And considering their size, it is much easier for them to do a lot of damage to people, as well as harder to contain, in the event they do get out of controlDon't agree with the removal of this post, "taming" here is up for debate. If you're referring to domestication, elephants arguably have NOT been domesticated as it's difficult to breed them in captivity. So it's one thing to keep a few of them on hand for war campaigns but it's another to somehow capture and tame enough of them for widespread farming use.
How are things named?
There are a lot of ways things get named. 1. Take its equivalent name in another language. This is what a lot of English is. Chair's origin was from the old french "chaiere". 2. Name it based on its function or origin. "Fireplace
How do I balance a checkbook?
1) Start of the month - Figure out how much money is currently in your bank account 2) Through out the month - Keep track of every expense you use your bank account for 3) End of the Month - Figure out what your ending balance is and return to step 1. Your checkbook is now balanced.
Why are we restricted by airport customs in the amount of cash we carry?
There is no such limit. Above $10,000 you have to declare it to them and fill out a form. It is to fight money laundering; same as the reporting requirements for large cash transactions at banks. You must declare amounts over $10,000, because large amounts of cash are frequently associated with illegal activity. For large amounts, they want proof it's not from/for drug smuggling, weapons, etc. Cigarettes are commonly smuggled for resale to avoid import duties. Fruits, vegetables, etc., are also commonly controlled to avoid the introduction of pests that are not native to the country/region where the goods are being imported.Because large amounts of cash is often a good indication of illegal activity. The cigaret-limit is there to stop you from importing goods from other countries and distributing them.The general answer is taxes. You can't buy cigarettes in a tax-free country and then import them in your luggage to sell them again at the much higher price of western countries. On the same note you can't take your millions in cash and dump them in a tax haven instead of paying your taxes here. For small amounts this is neglected, but for bigger amounts you'll need to file forms and pay import taxes etc.Greater than 10k is no problem. Just declare it. They have you fill out a more formal IRS form. If you are not hiding anything you have nothing to worry about.
How to read a woman's measurements?
Your friend is correct. A woman with a bust of 37 inch means that the measurement of their chest going across their breasts is 37 in in circumference. The Waist is measured at the belly button and if it is 24 that means it is 24 inches in circumference. The hips is measured at the fullest part of the hips and buttocks. It once again is a measurement of circumference. The 37-24-35 is very close to the classic hour glass figure which is considered the best ratios to have. Marilyn Monroe for example was 35-22-35.
SPOILER ALERT: Why is "50 Shades of Grey" so controversial?
It's a book based on a piece of *Twilight* fan fiction written by a random woman with no writing ability whatsoever. It's controversial because it displays a serious misunderstanding of S & M, consent, and healthy romantic relationships, while at the same time is directed at teen girls or younger and has the literary difficulty level of a 2nd graders book. In the book, Christian Grey is an stalker and rapist who takes a virgin and terrorizes her into continuing an abusive, one-sided relationship. He literally plants a tracking device on her without her consent and threatens her constantly if she ever disobeys him. In the end, she "changes his mind", is supposedly less creepy, and they live happily ever after.Haven't read it myself, but from what I've heard it portrays BDSM inaccurately. Pretty sure that in BDSM there's trust and an agreement between both partners as to what they can and cannot do, but in 50 Shades he's more abusive.It was "softcore pornography" and "BDSM" that was marketed so well, you could buy it at the grocery store. And, a lot of underage girls read it.There's a lot of very graphic sexual encounters in the book. Which in itself isn't that unusual, but the level of popularity it has achieved is. It would be like if a super graphic porno was the number one movie in theatres and playing everywhere. It's just something that normally has been relegated to the shadows being thrust into the light.
How Does Vinyl Work?
As the needle goes around the track it follows a little groove, as it does it moves back and forth a little bit following the path of the groove. Those little movements create a small amount of voltage commonly using a piezoelectric crystal , those small changes in voltage are the music. Now in order to hear the music those small changes in voltage need to be amplified so that they can drive a speaker and you can do that fairly simply with either modern transistors or in older times vacuum tubes. The earliest recording devices used the exact inverse to etch music into wax cylinders by having a microphone feed into a needle that would deflect due to changes in the electric field. The signal you record is the signal you play back if the two methods are mirror images of one another like that.To record the record, sound is played through a sort of modified speaker -- where instead of driving a sound cone, it moves a needle up and down to carve grooves in a spinning disk. To play the record, a needle with a magnet at its base is dragged across these grooves, and the electromagnetic signal generated by the needle's magnet moving through a coil of wire is amplified to produce sound.
How does the government track people downloading illegal music?
I am not aware of any evidence of any western governments tracking 'illegal' downloads. Most file-sharing is not 'illegal' in the sense of committing a crime that harms society in general . But it does breach copyright laws. Breach of copyright is a *tort*, a civil crime in which an individual who is wronged can sue for damages. In order to sue for damages, evidence that meets certain standards must be acquired. Large trade organisations, copyright enforcement groups and smaller security firms seeking to earn a quick buck monitor file-sharing downloads in order to obtain the details of participants.
When it comes to the topic of birth defects, what is the difference between a congenital and a genetic condition?
Genetic describes the source or cause of a condition. Congenital describes the time of onset, that is, present at birth. Note that a congenital condition is not necessarily genetic; it could also refer to an infection, a condition caused by a vitamin deficiency , exposure to a toxic substance in utero, etc.
Why do I feel tired after eating greasy food?
More than likely it's just the sheer amount of food that you're eating, not necessarily what it's composed of. You don't feel sluggish after eating broccoli and carrots because you aren't going to eat nearly as much. Your body just wants you to calm down for a bit while it works on digesting the giant pile of food you just asked it to deal with.
Why is altitude (in regards to aircraft) still measured in feet, rather than metres?
Standardisation and inertia. The whole world basically agreed to the same sets of rules and measures and even language for flying. There's no real need to go to the expense and hassle of changing it. And no, there's no real benefit to measuring altitude in metres instead of feet. The benefit of the metric system is that the whole system is aligned. There's nothing special about a metre that makes it better than a foot. Kilofeet, centifeet etc. would work just as well if they'd been designed that way from scratch.define "superior"? both metric and imperial is standardized. 1 inch means 1 inch for everyone. both units provides the exact same accuracy. It's not like the 1700's where measurement units varied from place to place. Metric would suffered the same issues if a standard wasn't set at the very beginning.
Non HD movies now in HD
Movies used to be shot on film for better quality. There is not a lot of movies that was shot in SD as even when digital cameras were available they still used film. It is just relatively recently when you have HD and 4k digital cameras that movies have started shooting digitally. So the SD movies are usually SD scans of much higher quality film. You can therefore easily take out the original film that were shown in theaters and rescan it in HD or even 4k.
If Netflix runs much better over VPN, why doesn't Netflix offer VPN service to their customers?
If traffic is being throttled from your provider to netflix, it doesn't matter if it is VPN traffic, it will still be throttled. The point of using a VPN is that you are getting to netflix through a remote gateway on a provider that doesn't throttle netflix.
Why is it that when people shorten 'transgender,' they add an asterisk to it?
This is a highly educated guess, but I believe it's because an * , in computer lingo, is also a "wild card", meaning that it can take the place of one, or several letters. In this case, the person could be talking about transGENDER or transSEXUAL people, so they shorten it, to trans*', "Actually trans person here. A lot of people use the asterisk to indicate that 'trans' means a lot of things to different people. Like, someone can identify as transgender but not want hormones or surgery. Or someone can transition but identify as queer or agendered. 'Trans' is a big umbrella term that includes all non-binary folks. :)
The possibility of the world's nuclear powered submarines surviving an asteroid that would end humanity.
The strike, sure. The aftermath, like the loss of all higher life on the planet, not really. Where would they resupply? Where would they get more food? They would be fine, maybe for a year, but is that really "winning" this scenario?', "Submariner, not an astrophysicist, but really depends on alot of things, was the blast strong enough to wipe out oceans or just send tidal waves across the globe that wipes out life above ground. Where the sub was in relation to the impact. What real effect did it have on the atmosphere. How much did the ocean temperatures rise. What damage did it do to the earths crust. The water can disperse a lot of force so I mean maybe it will survive the blast, but the aftermath I doubt would be livable. I think most fish that live near the surface or in shallow waters would die to temperature changes which would be our last food source once we run out, plus although we can filter somethings out of the air with on board equipment, we arn't equipped to filter everything and our o2 supply isn't going to last more than a week or so depending on crew size and sleep schedules IIRC. we can be stocked for well over 5 months out sea if we a rationing appropriately from the beginning Edit: we can turn water into oxygen underway, but still most of the fish we would be able to catch would die and even if they didn't the atmosphere would most likely still not be breathable for years
When people become paralyzed, why does it seem common that they retain control of their eyes and eyelids?
Paralysis is the result of a "disconnect" between your brain and your peripheral nervous system. [Here is a rear view of your body and major nerves]. The majority of paralysis cases are the result of traumatic injury to the spinal cord, which severs nerve connections. An injury to the lower thoracic or lumbar vertebra usually results in paraplegia because the nerves that innervate your legs can no longer communicate with the central nervous system , but everything above the waist still can. A higher injury often results in quadriplegia because the majority of your PNS nerves connect to the spinal cord below the neck region. This is also why it is very uncommon for someone to be paralyzed in the upper body region while still being able to control their legs. In order to lose eye control there would have to be an injury traumatic enough to sever nerve connections within the skull. This would more than likely result in death. It could happen as a result of brain damage, infection, hereditary conditions, nerve degenetation, etc. but again, since most cases of paralysis are the result of injury, these cases aren't seen nearly as often. Locked in syndrome is a result of brain damage, so it's a bit more difficult to predict the outcome of cases like this. It all depends on exactly what neural pathways are affected and to what extentFacial muscles have their nerves connected directly to the brain. In Neurology you often do tests where you have the pasient make certain expressions,and this can be used to tell the location of the brain damage
What advantage to companies have for focusing on short term stock gains?
From the perspective of the board of directors, and the "company itself" the single measure of success of the company is shareholder value. In fact, a focus on _anything other than that_ is a shirking of legal responsibility of a board member. So thats the starting point. If your shareholders are frustrated that it's taking too long to get them return, then you aren't doing your job very well and you _must make a change_. This is to say that when this occurs, the company is not doing a good job. Period. This isn't to say that you aren't right - that they are being short sighted and might regret it later, or might create more shareholder return on a longer time continuum if they could escape the "pressure" of quarter announcements. Further, while I generally embrace cynicism and there is a lot of poor management in the world, do remember that the people doing the analysis are pretty smart and pretty experienced. Notably the best companies can create both short and long term value and when either of those aren't happening they should make adjustments. It's generally considered "burying your head in the sand" to say "the stuff we 've got coming out next year is really gonna save us" - the market is right to look for management of the finances of the businesses in ways that hedge against that risky stance.
what causes nail biting and why is it such a difficult habit to break?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the chewing action of the jaw releases endorphins , which causes a positive feeling in your brain - this mainly happens when you are anxious, so your body is trying to find a way to relieve or comfort itself. It's also why some people find chewing gum helps them relax. This becomes addictive not only because of those endorphins, but because you chew your nails it causes them to have a very rugged, imperfect shape. Most people who commonly chew nails tend to show some symptoms of OCD, which means that they want to keep their nails in a symmetrical pretty shape, which causes their "perfectionism" to not stop biting until the nails look decent Also, think of it this way; If you are addicted to drugs, ciggs or pretty much anything else, you have to actively seek it out and get it. With nail biting it's more like "oh hai" because they are always thereNail biting is completely natural, how do you think primitive man got rid of excess fingernail?
Why are boneless wings even called wings?
Because you can't walk into a restaurant and order 20 pieces of "that bomb ass shit"so they can charge a whole lot more for what are effectively chicken nuggetsIt's all part of our expanding language. First there were wings: a clever re-use of an otherwise small, bony, tendon-filled bit of chicken. By adding lots of spicy sauce, they became desirable bar food. But they still have the nasty bones and tendons -- hence, a new food, "boneless wings" which are roughly wing-sized, and have the spicy sauce. Only now they don't have all those silly bones in the way.
How do people "fail" to commit suicide?
Gun jams, rope snaps, they land into a truck of pillows and cake, etcMost failed suicides are because the method used is ineffective or the person is found and fixed by hospitals before they finish dying.You can jump in front of a bus but somehow miraculously survive . You can try to poison yourself but live through it from too low of a dose or if you're found and treated quickly. Some people have even survived shooting themselves in the face depending on the path of the bullet and if it manages to avoid critical parts of the brain. These are just a few examples.
why is cursive writing the default writing style in Russia but phasing out in English?
It is easier to write Cyrillic in cursive than in print. Д for example is annoying as fuck to write in print for example. Some people write in a mixed fashion with some parts cursive and some parts written. Source: Know a Cyrillic language.Writing in general is phasing out in America. Kids younger and younger are getting tablets instead of textbooks in school. Its only a matter of time before you don't need a notebook anymore. Its funny when I was in school I was forced to write in cursive until I graduated middle school, some teachers required it in high school . Now, I can hardly read cursive when I see it. The only time I use it is when I realize *lol I can't even write in cursive anymore no matter how hard I try omg look how bad this is how do you make a Q again???* or when I sign my name.
why are these hot ass teachers hooking up with funny looking kids?
Because they are pedophiles and mentally ill. They are turned on not by the looks of the student, but by the teacher's position of authority over the student, and the innocence, naïveté, or "freshness" of the sexuality of a young teen.
Why is everyone cautions about Salmonella, but sushi is okay?
Raw fish in sushi, called *sashimi*, can indeed contain bacteria or parasites. To get rid of parasites, some countries have laws saying that you must freeze the fish at [253 K] for many hours. Many parasites freeze to death at such low temperatures. However, other foods, like ground beef, often do not have such laws about freezing, so there can be bacteria or parasites that survive.I got salmonella from eating sushi, and I still eat it. As long as you don't go to a vacant chinese buffet at night , I don't think there's much of a risk.
Why is noon 12PM rather than being 12AM?
AM means ante meridiem or before midday. So 12am is 12 hours before midday. PM means post meridiem or after midday12:00 and 12:01 have the same suffix. Since 12:01 is "post meridian" then 12:00 gets the p.m. suffix as wellGoogle Define PM; PMis defined as post meridiem in Latin, which means after 12 noon Google define AM; The abbreviation a.m. for Latin ante meridiem, meaning “before noon,” refers to the period from midnight until noon. Google define meridiem; The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. and p.m. . Is it that hard to use google before you ask a question?
What is the difference between being intelligent and being intellectual?
To be an intellectual you have to be interested in certain things: art, politics, philosophy, science. Plenty of smart people don't give a hoot about those things, but interest in them tends to track with intelligence.
Why do most cartoon characters have four fingers on each hand instead of five?
Easier and faster to draw, and because early animators dit it, it was adopted as the style. Some cartoons do not do this, most recently noted in the AdultSwim show "Rick and Morty" where characters sport all 5 normal digits. *EDIT: I accidentally a words there.Four fingers are easier/faster to draw. Also finer details like five thin fingers don't come across well in low-res.
How do you make/manufacture glitter?
Colored foil and lots of little kids with scissors in china._URL_0_ I can't believe someone is asking this. It isn't a very interesting manufacturing process. As you wouldn't imagine cutting plastic up in to little bits is.
Why are streaming services offering such widely different content based on the country like netflix in Sweden vs usa.
Streaming services have to pay the content providers a licensing fee for each separate market so it's primarily an economic decision - will they make enough money out of having that particular show, etc available in that particular market to justify the cost. But sometimes there are local laws that might prevent something - for example but Game of Thrones might be a bit too risque for certain markets. There can also be competing licensing agreements. For example HBO might sell Game of Thrones to the local Swedish cable company with exclusive rights so it's not made available through streaming services. This actually happened with Orange is the New Black when Netflix launched in Australia - Netflix wasn't allowed to show to current season **of their own show** because they'd already signed a contract with our cable TV company for exclusive rights.
Why did my black goldfish turn orange?
You could 've just googled it, but here's my five cents. Source: Had lots of goldfish in my garden pond when I was younger. Goldfish hatch black and turn orange during the first years of their life. Some of them are "early" developers and turn gold within their second year, some of them take five years, occasionally even longer. And very few of them never turn gold. So that one fish of you just was a bit late, nothing wrong with that.
Why do special effects and CGI cost so much money?
It's not just a program. It's the team of people needed to use those programs. Within the CG world, people tend to specialize. There are modelers, animators, texture and lighting people, compositors who put effects into footage, and so on. Each of those elements is hugely difficult and typically requires years of training to get to a professional level. Each of those people is a professional who receives a professional's salary for their expertise at what they do, and the long-ass hours they put in to do it. Plus, CG effects take a lot of processing power to properly render; you're looking at a lot of hardware, including huge render farms filled with computers tasked with taking those professionals' raw output and rendering it out as movie frames. There's a lot going on behind the effects you see in movies, even the short or simple ones that you don't even really notice. Source: SO is a 3D modeler. That shit's hard.I have a buddy of mine who is a Visual Effects Artist and worked on Thor, Captain America, etc. He told me the other day he spent 3 weeks working on 20 seconds of footage. He also says everything he does is impossible. This could be due to the finished content, hyperbole about the work or a combination of both.
Why don't they make 2 liter soda bottles rectangular?
Storage containers for items under pressure , are round because the items inside are pushing outward. Corners and seams are weak points, so a round shape minimizes those places, to help prevent blowoutsBecause it would take more plastic, it would be more expensive to make and squares are not really good when it comes to pressure and resistance to damage.additionally _URL_0_ is what a 2 liter bottle looks like when it is shipped to the bottler. They used compressed gas to expand it, and then they use the syrup shipped to them to mix the soda and fill the bottles. You wouldn't be able to expand the containers if they weren't round", 'Go fill a milk jug with soda, then hold the cap on and shake itCostco does this with milk. I read someplace the amount of truck fuel they saved due to more compact shipping methods and it was astoundingThey start out looking a lot like a small cylindrical test tube. And they are inflated in a round moldThey are round because the cheapest way to make a container is blow molding. Basically the negative of the bottle is cut into two halves and a continuous tube of plastic is extruded. The mold closes over the plastic tube and air pressure is applied. The bottle is formed. Now the mold could be any shape but as others have mentioned a sphere, or cylinder in this case, is the most energy efficient shape. This translates into a container which uses less material and does not sacrifice strength. So they recycle the holders they transport the bottles in, which I have only seen in 6pack capacity.
How do scratch and sniff stickers work
An adhesive mixed with an ester is stuck onto a piece of paper. Then, the smelly area is sprayed with an easily-scratched substance, which also blocks the scent until the smelly patch is uncovered.I'm a print press operator and the way it was explained to me was that there is something called microencapsulation technology. The basic idea behind scratch-and-sniff is to take the aroma-generating chemical and encapsulate it in gelatin or plastic spheres that are incredibly small -- on the order of a few microns in diameter. When you scratch the sticker, you rupture some of these spheres and release the smell. The smell is essentially held in millions of tiny bottles, and you break a few of the bottles every time you scratch the sticker.
How does cat litter work
It's also conditioning. We teach them that this is where they go and since they naturally want to bury their droppings it works for everyone
A presidential pardon decades after death
Basically it's just to officially acknowledge that the person was innocent. It brings some justice to the family
Why does blood go to someone's mouth when they're stabbed? Is this a real thing that happens?
Well if they are stabbed in the lung it would fill with blood and they would be forced to cough it up, same if their intestines were punctured blood would eventually make it to the mouth
How can American Airlines file for bankruptcy but continue to buy brand new planes?
They're in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a Chapter 11, a business continues to operate as usual, it just goes through a judicial proceeding to create a "plan" to restructure its debt. There are certain restrictions on what a business in Chapter 11 can or can't do, but for the most part it's business as usual.
What is the science behind ICBMs?
The B stands for Ballistic, which means that the missile is boosted by rockets to a high altitude, then falls back down unpowered at an extremely high speed - something like 7 km per *second*. The sheer speed, combined with the lack of flames out the back, makes an ICBM extremely hard to track and intercept, by design. So the missile itself is fairly simple in principle, but getting it all to work is harder. If the missile's trajectory is set correctly during the boost phase, it means little or no correction is required during the terminal phase. Modern ICBMs have multiple independently-targeted re-entry vehicles - MIRVs -which separate from the missile and have their own rockets and guidance systems. The sheer speed of re-entry can't be over-stated. At 7 km/s, that means the warhead goes from 14 km up - 46,000 ft, higher than any commercial airliner - to the ground, in *two seconds*.As the name suggests, it's basic ballistics . Ballistics is simply the mathematics of how unpowered moving objects travel. So it covers everything from the route taken by a ball after it's been thrown, to the trajectory of a moving bullet. An ICBM is more like the thrown ball. Essentially a rocket fires the missile up above the atmosphere, to the edge of space. It then falls back under the influence of the earth's gravity until it reaches its target. The complicated part is the technology behind the launch system and calculating the precise launch speed and direction to ensure that the ICBM lands where you want it to land. However the mathematics involved for that are well understood and the equations could be calculated from first principles by any maths graduate. With modern computers they can be solved in a fraction of a second.
How and why does fever cause dehydration?
A fever is a consequence of the body fighting an invader. Many pathogens can thrive at normal body temperature, but they break down and die at slightly higher temperatures. Much like when exercising, the energy used increases body temperature which causes sweating and water vapor to be exhaled from the lungs. Many fever inducing diseases cause diarrhea and increased mucus production also, which releases water from the body. All that has to be replenished. Technically a fever is a symptom unto its own. However, having a fever can cause sweating and therefore insensible water loss via excessive sweating. Hope this helps.
how long does foreclosure take?
Depends on the state, the loan documents, and whether any payments/work out attempts were made. Typically, people don't just stop paying intitially, and when the bank starts the process, state law mandates how many times and how frequently the sale must be advertised. Further, some states require a judicial finding prior to the completion of the process. Lastly, they may have filed bankruptcy, which delays the process until a motion to lift stay is granted. No, I'm not a lawyer, but I did spend the night at a Holiday Inn Express
The theory that drinking *more* alcohol will cure a hangover.
Hair of the Dog, as it's called. It's simple. You get drunk enough to not feel the pain of the hangover. Physically, your brain stem is still dehydrated. You've addressed the symptoms, but not the cause.I 've always heard this called "hair of the dog" . The idea is to postpone the hangover until a later time. And while its not "good" for your body, a lot of times it can really help you maintain for a period of time until you can actually rest. Example: Day after a wedding and I'm facing a 6 hour flight home. I'm feeling like crap, so I'm going to down a few bloody marys to feel halfway decent on the cross country flight, and "deal with" my hangover in my own bed once I get home.The theory is that by drinking more alcohol in the morning, you reactivate your body's enzymes to break down the alcohol already in your body. The truth is that a hangover is caused by dehydration of your brain. Generally, your body has already processed all the alcohol by morning or, if you really drank a lot, still processing at maximum capacity. Drinking more alcohol in the morning will probably just make you more numb to the pains of the hangover which is dangerous because chronic dehydration of the brain will eventually cause permanent damage.This is called parlaying, it should be used with the knowledge that you are simply postponing the hangoverIf you're a severe alcoholic, the "hangover" you get when you wake up is actually alcohol withdrawal. Obviously drinking more will alleviate that. If you're not an alcoholic, alcohol acts as a pain reliever and mood enhancer, which may improve hangover symptoms. Either way, drinking first thing in the morning as a solution to having drank excessively the night before is probably not the best ideaPart of a hangover is withdrawal. Satisfy that and you will feel better. Until it wears off again of course.you are still hung over. you just don't care any more.
How can states legalize marijuana when using/having it is a federal offence?
Through the 10th amendment. Powers not expressly delegated to the federal government in the constitution are reserved for the states. The only way to grant the federal government additional powers is by constitutional amendment. States with marijuana initiatives are asserting that the federal drug laws are unconstitutional since there was never an amendment to the constitution and are reasserting their state sovereignty on that issue.By passing a law which legalizes it. Now, it's still against *federal* law, so the federal government can still go get people in trouble for it. But in practice, the federal government simply does not have the manpower to do that.They cant, they can only chose to not have their state police bother to punish it. Even if a state said they will not do a thing no matter what the FBI could walk in and arrest you.
Why is so common in the NFL to make the Super Bowl or at least make the Playoffs without making the Playoffs the previous year as opposed to the NBA?
1. Football is a more team oriented sport. A good Quarterback can't do much on his own, nor can a good Cornerback prevent an entire team from scoring. 2. You're only competing against 3 other teams for an "easy" playoff spot, since the top teams from each division automatically make it to the playoffs. And then you have two wildcard spots in the primary conferences. While a smaller percentage of teams get in , you have less local competition. 3. There's only 16 games in a season , so each game counts for more. A few lucky wins for your team or bad losses for your rivals influences your playoff chances more.Well, one reason is that star power is a much, much bigger deal in the NBA. A football star can't put the whole team on his back the same way a basketball star can. Even if you think this is possible for a good QB or RB to do, remember that you still have the defensive side of the ball. So football relies a lot more on having well trained and clever schemes to produce greatness out of average to above average players.
Why are .jpg's so bad?
Jpeg is good for for photographs or other things that have lots of subtly different color gradients, but aren't great for things like logos or line drawings, or other things with sharp color transitions, or things that require transparancy, which jpeg doesn't support. Use JPEG for photographs and PNG for logos or drawings.Jpgs lose quality pretty quickly as they're compressed. It's not horrible in general, but when you're dealing with people who do image editing and whatnot the limitations crop up readily. There just isn't the data there to make for good, solid editing. In comparision, TIFF and RAW image files have more data to work with and manipulate, so they're "easier" for editors to deal with and generally look nicer.
why can't we bring in sealed beverages through TSA checkpoints but we can buy those same beverages on the other side at 200% markup?
For the fear that you might have sealed the beverage yourself and it might actually contain gasoline or other dangerous substances instead of an actual can of cokeI bring an empty water bottle from home and fill it up from a water fountain when I get through security.If you wanted to take out an aircraft under the current security conditions it would not be difficult. The liquid restrictions are not about reducing threat, they are a way of reclaiming revenue for unchecked weight. Liquid is heavy and if everyone bought on one liter of unchecked luggage it would cost the airline in fuel charges. An example would be that if 200 passengers bought a liter each that would add an extra unlisted 200 Kg to the flight. If you were to convert your clothes to nitrocellulose and use a particular type of case, your items would pass inspection while retaining a large explosive potential. Many types of explosive can be formed and decorated into common looking items. If terrorists were really looking to bring down aircraft it would be a weekly news event by now. Most planes have a crew area that is locked, a key placed on a hook by the door is easily observed. To gain access to an area with exposed cable and hydraulics becomes an easy job. I mean, just on a basic panic inducing theme, I may think about filling the cabin with smoke. A quick look at the Anarchists handbook tells me that salt peter and sugar make an effective and hard to detect smoke pellet. Melt your mixture and pour into candy molds, color if required. Place into a candy box, reseal and you are set for mayhem. TL'DR If terrorists really wanted to target aircraft it would be a daily issue. The TSA's job is to recover revenue and to create new opportunities for revenue recovery.
How do generations work?
A generation is an arbitrary grouping of births between certain dates, usually determined after the generation has peaked to describe their sociopolitical outlook or major events in world history. The Lost Generation are those born at the end of the 19th Century, who would have fought in World War I. The Greatest Generation was people who were born around the turn of the 20th century, describing those who lived through the Great Depression, who would have also been young enough to serve in World War II. The Silent Generation are those born during the Depression or War, but were not old enough to fight. This generation fought in Korea, and are largely forgotten because of the "importance" of the Baby Boom. Baby Boomers were the generation born right after the end of World War II, which became a boom in population after the losses of war and depression. Generation X were those born after the Boomers, who grew up with growing television media. And Millennials were those born after the advent of strong personal computing. Likely, the post-Millennials will be defined by the use of social mediaA generation is a group of people born within a certain time period, who are united by common experiences or other social phenomenon. For instance, Millennials are defined as those grew up with computers and the associated technology, and who were shaped by events like 9/11. The GI Generation, or "The Greatest Generation", are those who grew up in the Great Depression and fought in World War 2. This is one of the more clearly defined generations, as to be counted as a part of it, someone's must have grown up during the depression and seen WW2, often as a combatant. Generations are not a precise science, but they are very useful, because they allow us to make pretty accurate generalizations about what large groups of people believe and how they behave.
Why does Islam prohibit the consumption of pork?
Pigs can pose a considerable health risk and are not always safe to eat. Officially they're unclean animals, but the more probable and sane reason behind banning the consumption would be to try to discourage people from eating things that'll make them sick. Undercooked pork can be very dangerous if the pig was carrying parasites like trichinosis, which can cause vomiting, nausea, diarrhea etc - things you don't want in arid climates. Moreover, pigs digest things VERY quickly and don't always properly get rid of toxins and other stuff we don't want in us. As far as I know the European climate didn't make these health risks as prominent for the Europeans so eating pork isn't forbidden in Christianity unlike it's two other Abrahamic counterparts.Lack of refrigeration in the previous millennium. Same as shellfish. Without refrigeration, there were certain foods known to cause illness and they all made the list in most religious text. Since all "Gods" are infallible, dietary restriction remain, despite modern advancesIn addition, swine need a lot of water, so sheep and goats were better in arid territories.
safest position to take in an electrical storm
If there is no possibility of shelter, I believe the best advice is to crouch down, as low as possible, arms round knees so you're presenting a round profile. That prevents any narrow projections that concentrate charge. Remember that the leader goes upwards first. Feet together so there is only one small area of contact with the ground. If a strike hits nearby, there can be a charge gradient across the ground which would preferentially go through you if you had spaced out points of contact.
If Anxiety is just the response to danger manifested by producing adrenaline (Epinephrine), why is it not possible to create drugs that stops production of Epinephrine?
MD here. In general anxiety has lots of causes but all of them lead to neurotransmitters inbalance.To treat this imbalance we use mainly antidepressants.We also use bensodiasepines for acute panic attacks to slow down our central nervous system by increasing GABA in CNS.Cognitive behavioral therapy is the third option of treatment. For your question.There are drugs that block epi receptors in tissues.But these receptors are crucial for survival so blocking them in otherwise healthy human can cause them to even die. So that's not an option. Sorry for my English.
Why can authorities seize the .se ccTLD for The Pirate Bay but not the .org gTLD?
Different TLDs follow different countries' rules. In both Sweden and the US, the government isn't allowed to arbitrarily seize domain names- they have to follow some procedure, probably involving the courts, to do so. Swedish law and legal procedure allowed the government to get an order to seize the .se domain. US laws did not allow them to seize the .org domain.
Fundamental differences that set us apart from other animals?
Humans are the only species who can understand abstract information. For example I could point to a door and tell you what is on the other side of it. You would understand without having to open the door. You would know if it was safe to open the door. No other species has this ability, yet all human cultures have this ability.The only other exclusively human trait I can think of, is the ability to control fireIn short, our cognitive abilities. In terms of evolution, we filled and continue to fill that ecological niche pretty well. One might argue, we filled it too well.
Why do people become workaholics?
I have been working 60 hr weeks the last two months. Took a 4 day weekend and spent half the time on phone calls for work. I don't know why
Why would male public toilets in America start being raised 6-10 inches?
In 1990 the Americans with Disabilities Act was put into place to make accommodations for people with mental and physical disabilities. Over the years, there have been a few amendments to this act. Businesses and other public places must stay updated with the rules of this act when they want to remodel or make other changes to their properties.
Why aren't insects as scared of humans as squirrels, birds, and other wild animals?
Most insects never interact with humans. Why would they need to be instinctively afraid? Also, many species do run away when confronted head on by your menacing fingertips. Try it with black ants.Individual insects don't have as much invested in their life so the loss of an insect wouldn't be a huge problem for the population.
How does the laser/photon cannon work? (Apparently installed on the USS Ponce)
This is a late night post. A laser focuses the light. It energizes the photons and then once they have enough energy, they get released in a certain direction.The damaging part of these photons are: 1. The energy they carry transfers to heat when hitting a missile, or craft. Both need aerodynamics to work. Missile may have explosive ordinance on board As might the craft these days. 2. The intensity of the beam. The laser isn't your regular pointing laser. The lasers you see firing are using MASSIVE chemical batteries to energize the photons and "fire" them. 3. Advanced guidance systems keep the beam on one spot enough to heat the material enough to cause structural deficiencies and air pressure/friction does the rest. Did Did that help? First ELI5 answer I ever answered. Ninja edit: I am just a dude that likes technology. If I am wrong, feel more then free to correct me.
How does the human body tell when it's thirsty?
Through a complicated systems that are connected to the kidneys , the brain, and individual cells that are dehydrated. Cells will send signals to the brain, which then signals the kidneys to reuptake fluids. But that's as simple as I can explain it. Maybe someone else can do better.
How do services like Pandora and Spotify work
same way any business operates. sell it for more than you buy it. if it costs $10,000 for Pandora to buy the rights for a song, and they play it on 1million users and get advertising $0.01 per play, then that's profit.
How does the music industry still make the same amount of money when actual record sales are at an all time low?
They don't spend as much money on recordings. That's why the studio business is almost dead. The labels also didn't used to get a cut of touring or shows at all now it's the norm for a "360 deal" where the label doesn't just sell records, they take over the artist's brand and take a cut of everything. Meanwhile licensing has become more lucrative. Every time you hear a song played on TV, in public, a stadium, etc, someone is getting paid. We go to more events, watch more videos and tv than ever so that's good for the licensing business. The music industry is still growing. They just don't do it on the back of record sales.
What is it in peoples genetic makeup that makes things like weight problems hereditary?
For the vast, vast, vast majority: nothing. Weight problems weren't "hereditary" until the last 50 years or so, and amazingly, they still aren't "hereditary" in the third world. Truly shocking. Human metabolisms don't vary by more than a few percentage points . Everyone has that one friend who supposedly eats a ton but never gains weight, and they have that one friend who eats "omg so healthy" but looks like a blimp. These are not exceptions. People are just really, really bad at estimating how much they themselves eat, and even worse at estimating how much others eat. Thyroid issues don't make people obese, either. They usually only account for a ~5% difference if untreated and a 0~1% difference if treated. The only reason fat parents tend to have fat kids is because they instill bad eating habits and don't teach the concept of delayed gratification to their children.Corn chips. Being overweight doesn't run in families. Nothing *runs* in those families, that's the problem! What happens is, overweight people overfeed their kids. If their kids eventually try to eat less, their parents will shame or bully them into continuing to overeat. Families pass along being overweight as a sort of cultural thing, by teaching the next generation through demonstration. There may be some genetic factors that affect metabolism, but you can safely bet it's a combination of too many calories in and too few calories out.
Why do Catholics think fish are not made of meat
The main reason for why fish was eaten when Lent first happened was that meat from animals like cows was considered a privileged food as it cost more money than vegetables; however, fish was easily obtained and was a lesser price of a meal.
What is the observer effect? Does light really know when we are observing it and change behaviour depending on it?
In physics, an "observer" is anything that interacts with a quantum object. For instance, when a photon hits your desk, the desk "observes" the photon. So the observer effect just has to do with whether anything is interacting with the photon.
Why do suburbs in general have less crime than cities?
Suburbs were developed with housing additions specifically targeted to bring middle class families from the cities. As a result, the suburbs often have fewer poor people than the cities. And crime rates are usually a function of poverty rates.Historically, suburbs were wealthier and more uniform in socioeconomic standing, and further out they were harder to get to from poor inner city parts. So people more likely to resort to crime didn't live there and it was an effort to travel there. Additionally, suburbs are less dense, and people are more likely to drive places than be out walking/taking public transit, etc. less which both create fewer opportunities for crime like muggings, pickpocketing, assault, and so on. And then there are factors like much lower gang affiliation.
Why do I find spiders in my sinks and shower tub more than any other location of my house?
I can't remember where, but I read somewhere that they go to places that make them easy to spot for a potential mate. If they are confident enough that there are no threats, they will climb out of their hiding places and sit still in an open space with high contrast so that they can be easily spotted. in short, they climb into the bathtub because they are horny.
EL5 the difference between Alzheimers and dementia.
Dementia is the generic term for "losing your mind". It can result from many causes, including trauma, oxygen deprivation, strokes, etc, as well as various diseases. Patients with Alzheimer's disease commonly present with dementia as a symptom.[Here] Also, The term dementia refers to a set of symptoms, not the disease itself. These symptoms might include language difficulty, loss of recent memory or poor judgment. In other words, when an individual is said to have dementia they are exhibiting certain symptoms. With a thorough screening including blood tests , a mental status evaluation, neuropsychological testing, and sometimes a brain scan, doctors can accurately diagnose the cause of the dementia symptoms in 90 percent of the cases. . Although Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60-70 percent of cases of dementia, other disorders that cause dementia include: Vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy Bodies and Frontotemporal dementia.
Why are our bodies warm ?
The chemical reactions that allow our cells to function are exothermic . Our body essentially burns sugars to produce usable energy. And "burns" isn't a metaphor: it's the same chemical reaction as lighting something on fire , just very tightly controlledOur bodies are warmer than our surroundings because the total sum of all the chemical reactions in our bodies is exothermic. The fact that our bodies are exothermic indicates that our bodies are creating complex and strong chemical bonds more often than they are breaking chemical bonds because forming strong chemical bonds give off heat, and breaking chemical bonds uses up heat from the environment
why do I get "chills" all over my body when I see or hear something beautiful? Moreover, what are those chills and why aren't they just felt all the time?
Frisson is the sudden feeling of excitement. There is a subreddit for it _URL_0_ Quoted from their sidebar "Have you ever felt a sudden, passing sensation of excitement, a shudder of emotion from an epic moment of a song, or a climax of a movie? That is what is called "frisson". It has been linked to rises in dopamine levels. Feel free to discuss frisson, and post links that give you some really great vibes. :)"', "An extreme version of what you're talking about is the [Stendhal Syndrome]. From what I take it, it overloads their brain so the rest of the body sort of shuts down or goes crazy.
What is the white stuff on my tongue made up of and why is there such a strong correlation to how my breath smells?
I read that it is dead fungi or bacteria from food trapped in the small gaps on your tongue. I wouldnt worry about it unless you realise it getting substantially worse, it could then maybe be infection on your tongue. If it starts to hurt or stay heavily coated for over 2 weeks you may need to see a GP. Source/more info: _URL_0_And about the smell its simply just the bacteria and fungi, to get rid of it simply buy a tongue scraper and use it after be brushing your teeth or drink more water!
Why don't national flags have the name of the country displayed on them? Instead, we're stuck guessing which of the 196 countries it is.
What language would you write the name in? If you can only read English, the flags of several Asian nations would look very similiar. Same for other similiar languages.Flags are *symbols,* and the stuff on them displays history, beliefs, thoughts, *symbolically.* In fact, there's a [whole organization dedicated to the study of flag symbols]. The point of a flag isn't just to immediately identify a country, it's for that country to display something about itself and differentiate it from other places. It'd make things much more boring.
What happens to information and media (texts,apps,videos etc...)on your phone when they are scrolled out of sight?
They are kept in the device's RAM as you use the app, so that when you scroll back up, they are instantly available. Some apps may run out of RAM or otherwise optimize to save it, so the data will be erased from the RAM and lost, thus when you scroll back up, then it must re-load the data from the internet.
Why do many people see a white light during a near death experience?
They don't. It's purely anecdotal. A handful of people will claim that they saw a "white light", or a "tunnel with shapes at the end" or "the face of grandpa Joe" etc. And then it becomes representative of the whole experience because of the next point. [It becomes a narrative trope] that writers in all forms can use as an easy way to describe their characters experiencing a near death experience, or played or laughs as that trope is subverted, etc. Which means it's then put in enough works as to enter the public conscious. But it's ultimately bogus. Anecdotal evidence is not the same thing as evidence.Doctors believe that before you die there is a large surge of electrical energy in the brain as the brain begins to lose oxygen. EEG's have also shown increased brain activity a few minute before death. This is what probably causes the white light.
Why does my graphics calculator or excel add numbers that should equal zero but gives the answer as -3.00133E-11?
Perhaps you're performing some kind of floating point arithmetic? Floating point numbers don't map nicely to binary data structures, and are typically inaccurate as a result. When you encode a float in binary, you make every successive bit represent half the value of its precedent. So when you encode 0.2, you end up with a binary number representing 0 + + + + etc Obviously, this never reaches 0.2 exactly, because a binary number can't represent those sorts of fractions, much in the same way that our decimal system struggles with fractions of 3 . These inaccuracies can create the sorts of issues you talk about.
Why don't companies buy back their stock from investors once they become self sufficient?
Why would you want the whole company back if having the majority lets you make all the decisions?. If you want more money, just ask for a raise and pass it through the board that, since you own the majority, you can pass it.
How is my nose stuffy and runny at the same time?
Deep inside your nose there is actually erectile tissue, very similar to the penis. An erection is caused when blood vessels in the penis get bigger so more blood flows into it, and the exact same thing happens with this tissue in your nose. So often when we are congested and stuffy, it isn't because snot is blocking air from coming through, it's that the inside of the nasal cavity is swollen up. But your nasal mucosa may still be producing a runny snot. I wouldn't use a penis analogy with an actual 5 year old I'd like to point out, but I figured it'd be okay here!", 'The "snot" is your nose trying to physically wash out pollen or any molecule that causes you to have an allergic reaction. The "stuffiness" is the mucous membrane swelling because they are irritated by the pollen, dust, etcIn your actual nose, the mucous is liquid, so it drips from your nose. But if your go farther than your nose you will reach the nasal cavity. Which is above your mouth and below your brain area. This is connected to your throat and your mouth. The liquid mucous pools here and cannot leave until you are no longer sick. This covers some of the area where you nose goes to your throat, so when you breath in, it makes it harder to.
How do people with insomnia get energy?
Often, copious amounts of caffeine and sugar. Also often, they don't. They go through the day like barely functional zombies. This question seems better suited for r/askreddit
How do speakers produce multiple sounds and how does the ear perceive more than one tone?
It doesn't make more than one sound at a time. It makes a single noise. Your brain, however, is able to recognize various characteristics of the noise and separate them into individual sounds. This is something your brain does with ALL noise, not just noise from speakers.We all know that each sound and note have a waveform that shows how they vibrate the air molecules and eventually our ear drums, but it gets more complex when we have multiple notes and sounds. What happens, however, is that combination of notes or sounds creates a far more complex wave form that can be expressed. Basically, like you were five, the sounds are combined and expressed as one vibration pattern.
Why do giant pandas seem to have such terrible motor skills?
Bamboo isn't the most challenging of prey, and it isn't like anything eats pandas in the wild either. They don't have much need to be nimble.
if someone gets a hold of my social security number, what can they do to steal my identity from that point?
Off the top of my head, this is what I would do if I wanted to steal your identity using your social security number. First I would forge a copy of your social security card. Then I would write to your state courthouse and request a copy of your birth certificate. If questioned, I would say that I lost it and my ID in a house fire, but my social security card was in a safety deposit box. The next part requires someone who looks similar enough to you to pretend to be you. That person goes to the DMV with your social security card and birth certificate, and requests a replacement license, saying that yours was stolen/lost/whatever. Now you could go apply for credit cards, take out loans, or do pretty much anything as the person whose identity was stolen. There are easier ways, for instance a lot of banking things will use social security numbers as ways of verifying identity, but my way is the most fun.Nice try, guy who just got someone's social security number. All jokes aside, they can also use your SSN to do financial damage.
When people measure "brain waves" (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc.) what are they actually measuring?
Your brain is made of neurons. Neurons are electrically charged cells that communicate with each other by exchanging ions - positively or negatively charged molecules. This exchange of ions creates a voltage. When enough of these neurons creates a voltage, they start to push and pull on each other. This makes a sort of "wave" of voltage that travels through the cells. When this wave approaches the scalp, you can actually detect the voltage with very sensitive electrodes. A wave consists of a couple different "properties". When looking at an EEG , which is a tool to measure the voltages on the scalp, the technicians will characterize the different waves based on how intense the peaks and troughs are and how close the peaks and troughs are over time . Using this information, they can classify activity in the brain. Alpha waves tend to be moderate amplitude and have a frequency of 8-13Hz. Delta waves have a high amplitude and have a fequency between 0-4 Hz. And so on. _URL_0_
Why haven't FIFA or the IOC been shut down for corruption?
By this logic if someone on a team cheats we should disband the team. The organizations aren't fundamentally corrupt, certain people are.A number of countries are themselves corrupt or benefit from the IOC/FIFA corruption so they have no incentive to shut it down. Other countries are refusing to play their game. Just look at the bidding for the 2024 Winter Olympics, in which all the western democracies backed out and left the IOC stuck choosing between Kazakhstan and ChinaBecause most developed countries don't just "shut down" an organisation "widely believed to be corrupt". Innocent until proven guilty in a court of lawI honestly don't mean to be flippant about this, but it could be reasonably argued that modern sporting spectacles are just another "opiate of the masses" - so why bother? Alternatively - as you point out organisations like that are or at least have been investigated for corruption, so could they therefore not have the ability to make such investigations disappear? Plus we have to remember that many organisations like those tend to either have no central base of operations - no \'home country\', or deliberately set up base in countries that lack adequate motivation or legislation to tackle the problem.I mean, there is currently a large wide ranging criminal charges against a number of high level FIFA officials in US court. They aren't going to force them to shut down the organization, since the US doesn't really have the jurisdiction to do so. However, they can go after individuals who committed crimes within US jurisdiction . So far, 34 people have been charged with crimes related to corruption in bidding processes. _URL_0_
Common ground between anthropology of art and surrealism?
Hello, anthropologist here. Very briefly put, there were several overlaps between the budding field of anthropology and the French surrealist art scene in Paris in the 1920ies. Both fields had an interest in exotic worlds, and both explored ways of representing aspects of reality through condensed forms. For the surrealists this often lead to juxtapositions of pictures and texts through the medium of collage, while for the anthropologist the output would in most cases take the shape of monographies or essays. I hope this helps - and since this is the ELI5, I'll just PM you a bunch of references for further reading instead of posting them here. Good luck with your paper!
How is there competition and price variation within the bottled water industry?
All comes down to marketing - making a real or apparent difference in the mind of the consumer between your product and your competitors. The most obvious examples are your premium ones - Perrier, Evian, Fiji, that stupid Voss crap in the glass bottle. They sell it at a premium because it's "exclusive" by way of being imported from such-and-such spring. Aside from that, some brands market themselves for specific targets - e.g. sports / gym / cycling, where you 've got bottled water like Pump with a squeezy-nozzle instead of a cap. Finally, you 've got distribution licensing. If you're a restaurant and you have a contract with Coca Cola as your supplier, you're only allowed to sell Coca Cola's brand of bottled water Different sources of water and the supposed benefits of such water is one difference -- the first bottles waters were from mountain springs in the French Alps or even now Fiji literally comes from a tropical island in the middle of the Pacific. But some of is literally just municipal tap water, run through an industrial-sized Brita filter and bottled in Pittsburgh. Ultimately, a lot of it is just branding can they tell some story, make the bottle look fashionable, etc. that will compel people to pay a premium or get places that charge premiums to serve it.
What makes fresh food better quality than frozen food?
Freezing food causes water in the food to turn into ice crystals which are larger and can damage the food. When the food thaws, some of the ice turns to water and drains off leaving the food dehydrated. Long exposure to ice also leads to freezer burn which leaves an unpleasant taste and color to the food. Meat which has been frozen, especially delicate meats like seafood, will take on a soft, mushy consistency when frozen. The only food that I know of which does well with being frozen are peas. When picked, peas immediately begin to degrade and the sugars in them starts to turn to starch. Flash freezing immediately after picking ensures a better quality product.
Why would the U.S. Special Forces (supposedly) bury Bin Laden's body at sea almost immediately after his death?
> 1) How did Bin Laden manage to live comfortably in Pakistan for so long without getting caught? The Pakistani government hasn't exactly been forthright in its relationship with the US, and bin Laden had become pretty good at hiding after 20+ years as a fugitive in some form. > 2) Why did the U.S. dispose of his body such that it was irretrievable, especially when they provided no evidence whatsoever of his death? They claim they wanted to give him a proper Muslim burial and could not do so in any country within 24 hours, but it does not seem like something they would give two shits about. The biggest reason is to avoid creating a shrine for his admirers, or a host of problems for whatever country accepts the body for burial. > does not seem like something they would give two shits about. They do. It costs nothing and avoids creating needless bad publicity. > If the official story really is true, then what would be a proper explanation for the above questions ? There was plenty of explanation offered basically immediately.
Why were most cities in the world founded over a century ago, except for a few planned exceptions? You don’t really see new cities appear anymore...
You have new cities appearing,but they aren’t famous now so you don’t know about them yet.Like China for example makes a lot of planned citiesMost cities are the result of somewhat natural growth and all the places where the circumstances are right to grow a city already have one. Some bridge or a place where a river is easily forded or some coastal bay or natural harbour or a place where trade routes meet or simply a nice hill on which you can some fortification and demand some money from everyone who crosses into range of your arms. Natural resources and the presence of other factors can help small old settlements grow into larger ones. Sometimes, very rarely, such factors change and for example a new deposit of natural resources gets discovered drawing labour, industry and service catering to those. Usually that just leads to expansion of existing settlements and nowadays the manpower needed to exploit natural resources is much less than it used to be and travel is easier so cities formation is much less likely than it used to be. The only real exception are planned cities where people deliberately set out to build a new city in the middle of nowhere, often because they want to create a new capital. A Number of countries have planned capitals. This works because putting your government somewhere means that you have all sorts of people working for the government and all sorts of business who want to be near the government and simply having a city be a capital is usually enough to make it viable. Building a completely new city just because, like for example Milton Keynes is rare.Well in Europe there are numerous ancient cities, then all the recent ones were created due to the exponential growth mankind knew with industrialisation. As of today, most people live in a city already, and for those who aren't yet, they'll eventually go to existing cities as they are already gathering everything.Urban flight. People would rather move and live in an expanding city with all the conveniences than live in a tiny town of a couple dozen people and maybe a gas station.
if I go down a wheel size do I automatically go up a tyre size?
Alright so for example. I have 32/11.5/15 tires. The 32 is how tall the tire is, 11.5 is the width, and 15 is the rim size. If you change rims, all you have to do is get the same tire but with the changed rim size. So if you get a 16 inch rim, you're gonna look for 32/11.5/ 16. The tire itself is gonna lose half an inch overall of sidewall
Why do diplomats have immunity?
It's two-fold, I 'd say. Firstly it's so that the diplomats cannot be threatened into submission. "Report back that there are no war preparations here or you'll be prosecuted and jailed for life for jaywalking!"Secondly, diplomats and some of the other employees in embassies follow the laws and rules of their home countries as opposed to local laws. On the embassy grounds, obviously, but to a degree, outside it too. What's illegal in the host country might not be illegal in the diplomat's home country, but even more significantly, the law officers of the host country have no authority to enforce the laws of the diplomat's home country, or any other country for that matter. Basically it's just to ensure that the diplomats have full access to everything they need to uphold relations. While diplomats cannot be prosecuted, they can be deported. They 'd be confined to the embassy until they're replaced. It 'd be hugely embarrassing and can easily lead to issues between the two countries. So it's not like diplomats can intentionally break laws to no end.All this is according to the United Nations Vienna Convention of 1961Because it prevents a country inventing bogus charges against a diplomat. Such charges might be used to blackmail a country or excuse a raid on an embassy or the officials home to collect "evidence in the case", which might be used to collect sensitive information.
How does my body know to wake me up at night if my arm falls asleep?
While asleep, your brain sends periodic "pings" to each of your limbs to check that they're still there and functioning. When you pinch a nerve while asleep, the ping doesn't come back, and your brain starts up enough of your processing capability to fix the problem.
What Are the Advantages/Disadvantages to a High Displacement Four Cylinder Compared to a Low Displacement Six Cylinder?
You forgot a large detail in your comparison. The Audi B5 S4's engine is turbocharged. The V6 configuration saves some space which was used for a turbocharger to increase power output. A 2.6L turbocharged engine can produce a larger power output than a 2.5L non turbocharged engine while keeping the consumption similar when you're not flooring the gas pedal.
Why do people say the alarm goes "off" when really it comes "on"?
The alarm is always "on" looking for a certain stimulus. When it sees that stimulus, it turns "off".
When did time begin?
This is something that is unknowable. Our Universe's timeline started with the big bang. Outside of that we can only speculate. The theory I like to believe is that our Big Bang was actually a white hole connected via a Schwarschild wormhole to it's opposite super massive blackhole existing in another Universe. But like I said we don't really know what created our singularity. Keep in mind that Time isn't a spatial dimension. So even theories like the 11 Dimensional M-Theory are actually 10+1 dimensional universes. Anything we perceive is obviously existing inside of a 3+1 dimensional universe. Which makes me also tend to believe Simulation theory. And we exist as a subset of something much bigger. The thing is though is we always think as though there was an origin of time. Personally I believer we exist in something much large where time is irrelevant. Only OUR Universe has time. Outside of the Universe it would appear as though everything happened instantaneously. ", 'Time is a property of the Universe. As far as we know, it started at the Big Bang, just like everything else. What it actually is, or what actually happened at that moment, are questions physics currently struggles to answer.
How do parrots say sounds made by the letters B, F, M, or P without lips?
You can produce these sounds by pressing your tongue against your upper lip too, you don't *need* a set of lips to approximate it, just a way to modulate the airflow properly. Parrots can come pretty close to most human speech with their tongue, beaks, and weird respiratory system setup, but sometimes they have to use a roundabout method of making specific sounds.
Since the Efficient Market Hypothesis is widely accepted, how is High Frequency Trading profitable/viable?
HFT *makes* EMH true, in a pretty real sense. The role of stock traders is to act on any idiosyncratic information they have, and to do so until their information content cannot be exploited any more. The essence of EMH is that in equilibrium, all information has already been acted on. Thus you only make money if you have private info that you can act onAlgorithmic trading can be used to hide the full extent of a transaction to prevent the prices from changing as fast. For example, if you offered to sell 100,000 shares in xyz co for $1 each, everyone would say "something bad must be happening at xyz co, let's sell!". The price goes down to 50c and you make less money. Instead, you have a computer break your sell offer into lots of smaller ones at different prices. The people see only a few shares trading here and there, so they don't notice the big sell down until they have seen all of the sales. HFT algorithms reverse engineer this - they look at patterns of buying and selling offers, and work out whether the market has worked something out yet. If not, they quickly buy or sell all the good offers so the market prices adjust faster.In reality stocks are rarely fairly valued based on all available information. Hysteria, fear, and greed are can be even greater drivers than the fundamentals behind a company. That's part of why you'll see the entire market go up and down without any reflection on the underlying companies. In addition, big investment banks are able to gain access to reports about companies before the rest of the populace does. When information access is unequal there is profit to find.
Why doesn't a single engine propeller plane need a second propeller to counteract the weight of the front one spinning?
Single prop planes do have a bit of torque that yaws the plane in one direction or the other. Usually, you'll make small adjustments to the rudder and ailerons to counteract it, or depending on the age of the plane, compensate for it manually.
Why does reddit hate rich people in general?
We don't hate rich people - but we hate knowing that there is such a disparity between the top and bottom - the gap is enormous. Seeing a kid with a 20K car would blow my mind. I rode a bike to school for 10+ years still ride one to work every day. I can't imagine having had enough cash to buy a car that expensive And I think on some level there's jealousy. It's human to desire the nice things that other people have -whether those things are cars or opportunities.
How is it possible that the original Super Mario Bros for NES is only 40 kilobytes?
The lower power of computers back then requried some very clever usage of storage space. Limited color palattes, no moving backgrounds, and reusing sprites in multiple locations .
What's the difference between sexual assault and sexual harassment?
Well harassment tends to be verbal/communicative while assault is any sort of physical act. If he/she didn't touch you, it's harassment. If he/she did, it's assault.
Why do we physiologically have individualized physical attractions to different types of physical traits instead of just simple homogenized attraction to traits that represent strength and survivability?
first of all, there are trends in what we find attractive. very few people find truly maladaptive traits attractive. most people who like men find strength attractive. most people who like women find some amount of curves attractive. most everyone finds healthy people more attractive. secondly, there is no way for natural selection to perfectly optimize for survivability, because there's no way to tell what the future holds. the environment might change. the available sexual partners might change. so having a variety of traits is actually a good bet for a species, and in social species like us, that means it's a good bet for our genes, too.