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Do governments have bank accounts? If not, where do our taxes go when paid? | Governments have many bank accounts, normally at their private banks. The bank taxes are paid to is often called the "Treasury". A Treasury functions otherwise like a bank: it sends and deposits checks, transfers money, runs payrolls, and even sells debt. Other banks can include a central bank and trade banks Most gove... |
How did ancient civilizations settle on selecting their very first leader? | The very first leaders were likely the individuals most capable of producing food and protecting said food. That person could take on other people to guard said food, harvest said food, etc. |
How does turning a shower knob more or less regulate the temperature of the water? | Depends on the shower type. If it is one that heats cold water. Then it varies the amount of heating applied to the water. If it mixes hot and cold water together then it varies the ratio of hot to cold. |
What does it mean when a person is referred to as a "unicorn"? | The person is so rare that they are considered bordeline mythical. for example,, lots of companies are looking for people with deep technical skill in IT that also understand the business. Theyre hard to come by and some hr folks and CIOs would call them unicornsIt refers to the video: [Hot Crazy Matrix - A Man's Guide... |
American Television Times (9/8c) | The United States has several time zones. The 9 means it is on at 9:00 in the Eastern Time Zone, the 8 means it is on at 8:00 in the Central Time Zone, which is one hour earlier.the 8 c is for American central time zone it's UTC -6 most of Asia is anywhere from UTC+4 to UTC+9. so if a show airs Tuesday night at 9/8c fo... |
How does Craigslist maintain their servers? | They make the majority of their money through paid job postings. Their service is very simple. You don't buy or sell anything through the site. People post stuff, and then email each other. |
Why the iPhone 6 has a 1810 mAh battery and the Galaxy S6 has a 2550 mAh but they have very similar usage times? | The S6 has significantly better hardware and more background "features" running that drain the battery. The phone has double the cores at double speed in regards to the processing power, nearly double the screen quality , more RAM, etc. I'm sure they purposely chose the size of the battery to best Apple in battery perf... |
If water damage is so bad, how come houses can be doused by rain during construction? | When building a house once the basic frame is up you get the roof on it before anything like drywall, carpeting or anything goes in. That is what gets water damaged. Although plywood flooring and such can warp if water stands on it too long.Mold doesn't grow IN wood. It grows in warm, damp and, importantly, *dark* plac... |
Why do some people get so hyper off little caffeine? | The effect of sugar peaks very quickly. Caffeine peaks after ~1 hr under normal conditions iirc. I'd attribute their behaviour to hormons rather than coke. |
How and why did American pop culture become so prominent around the world? | We were on the winning side of World War II, which was followed by significant economic prosperity for a significant period of time while Europe, the Soviet Union and much of the world was in the process of rebuilding or under dictators that carefully selected what goods and culture could be imported . When we did go t... |
Why do toys that are low on battery slow down and change pitch instead of stopping completely | It's low voltage. Imagine if the toy were powered by pressurized water instead of electricity. As the water feed tank empties , pressure drops, and the device performs sluggishly. |
How do professional economists keep updated with discoveries, developments, and unanswered questions in the field? | I'm assuming that by professional economists you mean specifically people involved in economic research, particularly in academia. In this case, like in any other academic research environment, new discoveries and research are made public either through academic publications or at conferences. There are several economi... |
Why are there airpockets in underwater caves that are clearly under sealevel? | The caves may have a hidden opening or cracks somewhere to allow air in. If not the air pockets may come from methane or carbon dioxide from degradation of organic matter on the sea floor or some kind of natural gas pocket. It's unlikely that any air pockets in an underwater cave would be breathable since sunlight woul... |
9GAG have been committing mass-scale criminal copyright infringement for YEARS. Why haven't they been sued yet? | Because no one has cared enough to sue them. In order to be sued, someone has to do the actual suing.Reddit doesn't own the content posted to it; 9gag can take anything posted here and do whatever they want with it perfectly legally. If it's illegal for 9gag to post it, it's also probably illegal for Reddit to post it. |
Why do humans appreciate straight lines and/or symmetry in design? | Genetic flaws cause people to not be symmetric. Ugly people have lower reproductive chances. Nature is not kind. |
Why do large telecom, cable, and internet providers have such a culture of poor customer service? | In the most simple terms, customer services does not make the company any money. In fact it COSTS them money, so they try to find ways to reduce that cost the most they are able. They only want to keep it so that the cost of lost customer revenue is less than the cost of operating the service. If lost customer revenue ... |
Why do government drug schedules exist? In the US anyway. | Some drugs present more of a public health risk than others. Aspirin for example is not a particularly dangerous substance as a child could ingest an aspirin accidentally with little to no danger. An aspirin could be secretly dropped into a drink at the bar and be no problem. Having morphine as easily available is like... |
How does a Hotel determine how large or how many rooms to build when constructing a new building? | Marketing folks analyze the likely travelers to an area, what they are likely to spend, and what there expectations are. Investors bet money that those assessments are right by building a property. The failure rate is pretty high, so this is a known risky venture. Your expectation of "optimum number of rooms to provide... |
Is there a evolutionary precedence over 'pack animals' like dogs over 'non-pack animals' like cats? | Each animal species fills a specific niche. Cats eat rodents and small birds. Wolves hunt in packs and prey on larger animals. They get out of each other's way because they can't eat each other, so they just live their own lives. There isn't really a 'higher' or 'lower' evolved, they just evolved for different things, ... |
It seems as though many Subways, Dunkin Donuts', and gas stations are owned and operated by Indian/Pakistani people. Why is that so? | There are a lot of factors that come into play. I'm sure many people won't like what I have to say but here goes: - Immigrants typically have fewer skills than non-immigrants. It doesn't take a medical or engineering degree to run a franchise - Immigrants typically have a greater work ethic than non-immigrants. It's a ... |
what's the rule behind the different kinds of interaction between electromagnetic waves and different materials? | It's the same rules behind how glass lets visible light through but not certain range of infra red, and the same rules that make the sky blue: the laws of electromagnetism, ie the Maxwell equations and the Lorentz force law. The idea is that electromagnetic waves will push the electrons inside matter. As the electrons ... |
When two countries are at war and one country's leader decides he or she wants to end the war, how does he/she contact the other country? | They generally don't just cancel a war, one side either has to agree to the others demand or the invading forces would withdraw troops and that would be indicative of the war being over. As far as contacting the other side thats generally what the State Department exists for. |
What would life be like without friction? | I don't think you would be making this post. because you probably wouldn't be alive. KY sensations would go out of business though. |
Why is the human the only genus that all but one species has died out? | This is not true. [Here] is a list of other genera with only one speciesAs others have noted, the premise of your question is a problem. That said, it is somewhat of a semantic issue that humans are the only extant member of our genus. Some scientists believe that we should be in the same genus as chimpanzees, either m... |
why do back massages hurt so good ? | There's no concrete answer why massages feel good to us - some believe it is rooted in refreshing blood in your muscle tissue, promoting healing. Hence, the logic is that even if it hurts a bit, the mind knows you're doing a good thing for your muscular health, so it's rewarding you with good feeling response. |
Why are different franchises allowed to use Tolkien's lore (elves, orcs, etc)? | Tolkien didn't invent elves, goblins and dwarves. They already existed in Scandinavian myth and folklore, of which Tolkien was a scholar, and he used many themes from it. The games and other products that directly take from Tolkien's works are licensed - those who use them pay for the right to do so. |
The sinking feeling in your chest from anxiety | Stress hormones have vasoconstricting properties that cause blood to rush to the core of the body, causing tightness and strained breathing. Prolonged periods of this will stress the muscles in the lungs and cause an exhausted, "sinking" feeling. |
Why are our muscles sore the day after intense physical activity but not right after? | It's called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness _URL_0_ The general idea is we don't really know, but generally assume it's caused by the small-scale damage that your muscles sustain while exercising. As far as why it doesn't happen right away, the leading theory seems to be that there is stuff in your muscles which gets rel... |
Why do these pictures make people's brain hurt? | The eyes are trying to focus on an image that is not actually out of focus, it is just that the brain cant make sense of the image. The brain recognizes several familiar patterns, but cant quite focus on one at the time. |
Why do plastic objects (grocery bags, any plastic tubing) turn white when bent or stretched? | Plastics are made up of long interlocking hydrocarbon chains. When plastic items leave the factory, these hydrocarbon chains are semi-randomly entangled, like a drawer full of computer cables or a well-stirred bowl of spaghetti. This is called an amorphous crystal structure, and it happens to be rather transparent to t... |
Why do some people pass out when they see blood? | The vagus nerve which helps control your heart rate and blood pressure is sensitive to emotions and trauma because of the route it takes through your brain to it's primary neurons. Pressure and blood flow decrease temporarily and you faint. |
What's happening when my back "pops" and is it bad? | Usually, when bones 'pop', you're basically popping very small air bubbles between your bones . Your back popping is not a big deal if it happens rarely, but if it happens regularly it could be a sign of back problems, especially if it hurts. Don't be scared about this though , but if it's just the popping, it's usuall... |
How do all-you-can-eat buffets turn a profit? | - Lower overhead. Most buffets do not have to pay as many waitstaff/servers, because customers serve themselves. - lower food costs. If you make really delicious, really cheap starchy foods , people can/will fill up on those, and now you're selling a product that you can buy for pennies on the pound at $7.99/plate. |
Why dextrose is considered an artificial sweetener when it is another form of glucose. | The dextrose is not artificial, it's just added to the artifical sugar as a bulking agent. The thing about Splenda and aspartame is that they are EXTREMELY sweet, ten or twenty milligrams of Splenda is about as sweet as a big spoonful of regular sugar. It's impossible to package such small quantity of Splenda and so de... |
Which absorbs more CO2: a growing plant; a plant in bloom; a plant fully bloomed | The vast majority of a plant's mass comes from CO2. It absorbs nutrients from the soil, but most of what you're looking at when you see a plant was built from water and atmospheric CO2. That's where it gets the carbon to build the long molecular chains that are critical to life. The build-up probably takes up substanti... |
Why is Ronald Reagan glorified by republicans and why democrats strongly dislike him? | Republicans love Ronald Reagan because, to them, he represented the pinnacle of achievement of conservative principles. He was a strong, and beloved leader - who brought America out of the economic wilderness of the late 1970s, "won" the Cold War - and talked tough to the Soviet Union. In hindsight he was a conservativ... |
Why are processed foods bad? | There are many different ways to process food and I would hardly say that processed food is necessarily bad, however, when food is processed it is usually for the purpose of making it easier to ship and to store, and seldom for the purpose of making it more nutritious. Nutrition and flavor are often sacrificed"Processi... |
Why are some people extremely ticklish while others are not at all? | It might not be all, but at least partly, about self control. Some people have more self control and can resist the urge to laugh. Anecdotally, I sometimes am not ticklish at all, and sometimes I'm ticklish as hell. It depends on my mindset. |
Why is it in the movie "Captain Phillips" towards the end there is like 3 military ships? | just because you see one boat with 4 guys, does't mean there's not another 10 boats in the area. when you are going into a gun fight, always bring the bigger gun. and bring 10 friends with even bigger guns. there is no such thing as a fair gun fight, only survivors and bodybags.Navy ships tend to travel in convoys for ... |
How does Random Number Generation (RNGs) in computers or other devices work? | First and foremost, computers don't actually generate *random* numbers. Instead, they use an algorithm that generates a seemingly random sequence of numbers. This generator is loaded using a single "seed" number , and each new number is generated from the previous one. The most commonly used way to generate random numb... |
Theoretically, could one construct and consume a diet so perfectly balanced and measured such that their nutritional needs were met without any waste, thereby eliminating the need to go to the bathroom? | your poop is not created because you have ubalanced diet. your poop is created because you don't digest everything. secondly you will need to pee to get rid of byproducts of metabolism.Your body is constantly shedding material. On the outside it can be seen as growing hair and fingernails, for example. If you had a per... |
'Conservation of Energy' vs. Tempurpedic bed. | > Where does the energy go? is the bed slowing charging up and will eventual explode like a spirit bomb? No, but it does get a teeeny-tiny bit warmer at the place of impact. Perhaps, if you drop a ball quickly hundreds of times, and it's heavy enough, you may be able to measure the temperature raise, something like a f... |
How do ride simulations (e.g. Transformers ride, Star Tours, Simpsons ride) create the sensation of speed, falling, flying etc.? | They tilt backwards. Feeling the pull of gravity is the same sensation as the feeling of acceleration . Since you're looking at a screen, you can't tell the difference. |
How do our vocal cords create a voice that is different from everyone else's? How is the sound of our voice determined (aside from the obvious answer of our genes)? | It's controlled by our brains, including parts of the brain associated with physical/motion control, which we don't consciously think about and can't 100% control without practice. This is similar to how we naturally walk a bit different from other people, we can control our gait but usually don't think about it. Our b... |
I've smoked for over 2 years now, but I don't feel addicted to it. What's up with that? | Go a week without smoking a single cigarette and then get back to us. Or at least track how long you can go without a single cigarette. |
why does congress have the power to redraw their congressional districts? | Gerrymandering always occurs. [Due to the perceived issues associated with gerrymandering and its impact on competitive elections and democratic accountability, numerous countries have enacted reforms making the practice either more difficult or less effective. Countries such as the U.K., Australia, Canada and most of ... |
How to interpret this quote | I think you have it right. The first part of solving any problem is understanding what the actual problem is. Once you have that, you are half-way there.If you don't know what the real root of the problem is, you can't fix it. Say you have a car that won't start. It would be easy to say the problem is that the car won'... |
What's the difference between 100A at 12V and 10A at 120V? | The total amount of power is the same, but there is a difference. Voltage is basically what kicks the electricity and gets it moving. The higher the resistance of the path, the more voltage you need to push the electricity through that path. That's why it is relatively safe for people to work with low voltage wiring, e... |
Why is insurance and Obamacare such a touchy subject? | You could ask this about any political point. In general people freak out about things when they don't necessarily know enough details to actually argue you but they do know that it somehow hurts people and there are people who are telling them that it is, they just forget why. It's like if you went off saying that vac... |
Why could we previously not have any socio-economic/political relations with Cuba, but now are moving towards having a relationship with them again? | Most of the people who cared are now dead. Fidel Castro overthrew a dictator friendly to the US, and invited the USSR to put missiles there. The US tried to assassinate Castro about a million times. This lead to some hard feelings. On top of that, a lot of Cuban exiles fled to Florida, an important swing state in US el... |
How come girls handwriting is so much better than guys. [Generally] | According to a former teacher of mine, it's because girls develop fine motor skills earlier than boys. Handwriting is taught after girls generally start developing fine motor skills, but before boys generally do. Legibility can always improve through practice, but boys essentially start off learning how to write with a... |
What is the role of a judge in a criminal trial? | I assume we're talking the American legal system, here. The judge is responsible for making all decisions of law. That is, the judge is responsible for determining "If X, Y, and Z are true, then the defendant should be found guilty". The jury is only responsible for making findings of *fact*; they determine if X, Y, an... |
Why can I hear people better if I am looking at them? | You can better understand people when you are reading lips as well as listening to the words. Along with this, our ears have evolved a shape that is slightly forward angled to help capture noises. Along with this, watching someone and learning to interpret body language can also help with listening and general comprehe... |
Canadian federal election, why are the Liberals doing so much better than the NDP in the polls right now? | Momentum has a lot to do with it. With the Liberals starting to pull ahead, people who care more about defeating the Conservatives than voting NDP are taking their vote to Trudeau's Liberals, sending the NDP into a death spiral. As for why the NDP started falling off in the first place, some say it's because leader Tho... |
how does using George Foreman compare to other cooking methods | It really depends what you're cooking. Its basically a panini press with an incline which is supposed to let the fat drip away and therefore cut calories from your diet. If you're looking for a BBQ type experience then don't bother. Hot sandwich, however, definitely recommend. |
what does post-modernism, and minamilism mean, In American literature? | Literary minimalism is a little difficult to explain, and I 'd suggest googling if I make no sense. It has a lot to do with simply not being overly wordy and descriptive. The writing relies on context and other clues to help give weight to a scene or story, for instance. It might not give a ton of background informatio... |
Why is there a disproportionally large percentage of celebrities who follow Scientology? | I'm definitely not an expert, but I've heard that Scientology targets celebrities and doesn't show them the dark sides of their organization. |
After a heavy nights drinking, why do you still feel exhausted the next day even after sleeping for hours? | Aside from throwing off your normal sleep schedule. Metabolizing alcohol also taxes your liver, and requires energy to accomplish, the more you drank, the longer it takes. Alcohol will also dehydrate you, which can cause lethargy, electrolyte imbalance, and the crappy feelings that go along with that. |
Why does squeezing an injured body part temporarily reduce the pain? | Your nerves and brain can only convey and interpret so much information at a time, so if you overwhelm your sensory nerves with pressure signals, it can block out the pain signals. |
[Meta] /r/answers should be our new best friend. | It's already in the sidebar, attitude in the sub needs to change . As for the answering of questions simply, there's one helluva lot of whinging and buthurt when anyone explains something vaguely complex in scientific/technical/appropriate terms, queue the inevitable: > "HUR DUR I don't know any 5 year olds that know q... |
Why is a tomato a fruit? | First, note that "fruit" and "vegetable" are not mutually exclusive nor are they opposites. Also, note that both have different definitions depending on context. When people say that a tomato is a fruit they're generally speaking from a botanical perspective: looking at how plants grow and what parts different plants h... |
Life on Earth has existed for millions of years, growing and adapting. So why do small amounts of exposure to the sun still harm its organisms? | Your premise is false. Small amounts of exposure to the sun usually do *not* harm organisms. The exceptions are organisms that have evolved to live in non-sunny locations.Because for most of the world, while it's harmful, it doesn't kill you before you reproduce. So there's little evolutionary pressure that favors a mu... |
the phrase "red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning". | The original mariner saying appears to be: Red sun at night, sailor's delight. Red sun at morning, sailors take warning. It appears to mean that if the skies are clear over the horizon to the east, that would allow the sun to light the undersides of moisture rich clouds, which could possibly be bringing storms with the... |
how do you measure how much of your body is made of water | 1. Fully hydrate yourself. 2. Weigh yourself. 3. Completely dehydrated yourself until you make really tough beef jerky look moist and delicious. 4. Weigh your now completely dehydrated husk of a body. There are probably less terminal ways of doing this, but I imagine it would be the most direct way to figure it out. |
How did ownership of inventions work before the patent system? | Previous answers are correct -- there *was no* ownership of inventions, only the ability to try and keep them secret. For example some glassmakers in Venice invented the modern mirror and there was a law setting a penalty of *death* for revealing to any outsider how it was done. This preserved their exclusive for many ... |
Why do people feel nauseous or vomit after being hit in the testicles? | I’m not entirely sure, but i think the part of your brain that controls pain is in proximity to the part that regulates nausea and the pain can sometimes “spill over” into the part that controls nausea and that’s why in moments of extreme pain nausea often sets in. Edit: a wordBecause testicles are sensitive. Why? Beca... |
How does a GPS calculate the best route to a destination? | This is known as the [shortest path problem] in Graph Theory. There are several different algorithms which solve this problem, for example [Dijkstra's algorithm]. Generally speaking, what this algorithm does is build a route from point A to point B by going through every other point and asking what is the shortest rout... |
What would be the economic effects of enacting some sort of maximum wage? | People who are working at or near that wage will stop trying as hard, since their rewards for their work is going to be capped. Why put 110% into your job if you're only going to be paid for the first 100%? |
Is it possible that a person has a split personality, but both of them are equal (or very similar) so nobody is able to notice it? | According to Wikipedia, no. Wikipedia gives the following definition for dissociative identity disorder : > previously known as multiple personality disorder , is a mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states that alternately show in a pers... |
How does /r/SubredditSimulator work? | Subreddit Simulator uses markov chains to generate text. You can think of markov chains as an algorithm that stochastically pick words from some source. The likelyhood of it picking a word depends on how often that word is used in that context. So they feed text from some subreddit into the markov chain to generate pos... |
Why do people get really long black hairs on their arm/neck/face randomly? | I always thought that maybe they were ingrown hairs that naturally ruptured, and it would look like you suddenly had 2 inches of growth in that one hair overnight. |
How and why rotation matrices work. | You should just run through a few 2D examples. It's make it make sense way better than I can do with words. But I'll do one generic 2D example for you Say you have a point and you want to rotated it by r Our rotation matrix is [cos r -sin r] [sin r cos r] Our x,y is represented by [x] [y] Use your imagination on those ... |
Why Unplugging Devices Is Needed to Reset Devices | With some dumb devices, like most lamps, when you turn power off, you're physically disconnecting power and electrically doesn't flow though it any more. However, the on / off switch on a lot of high tech devices doesn't actually disconnect the flow of power. Instead, it sends a message to a piece of electronics that s... |
The distinction between someone being made redundant & being dismissed (sacked) from their job? | If you are terminated then you are being fired for a specific reason related to your character, i.e: you did something very wrong. If you are made redundant, then you are no longer required. Maybe that job role has been outsourced to a Philippine sweatshop, or the company is changing hands and that job is already taken... |
What benefit are the zero G experiments on the ISS to us on Earth, where zero G is rarely (if ever) encountered? | Eventually we will need to explore space. A mars colony would be at much lower gravity than earth and we don’t think that would be a good thing for development of baby anythings. Another thing is we need to figure out what solar radiation will do to our food or other things we growWe do lots of "useless" experiments wi... |
What are the main differences between aspartame, saccharine, and other artificial sweeteners? | Aspartame is probably the most common artificial sweetener. It can't be cooked, and doesn't taste exactly like sugar, but we know it's safe. Saccharin was the first artificial sweetener, and is still somewhat common. It has a bitter aftertaste. Most major food safety agencies have decided it's safe, but it is harmful t... |
How are some of these websites able to give you a credit score without a credit card? | Your FICO score is your real credit score. There are only three places that calculate real FICO scores - Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. There's a lot of shady websites out there that will calculate a FICO-like score that's not a real FICO. These fake FICO scores are probably what you're thinking of. |
How can Google model so many buildings at once? | At least this was the way it was done some years ago; I have not done this in quite a while: individuals draw the buildings using Sketchup . In order for it to be destined to be in Google Earth, Sketchup provides a "location" tool that lets the user select the geographical location of the actual building. Then the buil... |
How power banks understand the difference between being charged and charging? | You plug it in the laptop via a USB port, and in the mobile phone via a micro USB port. This means you use two different ports on the powerbank as well. This decides if you're charging the bank or the device.actually it is very simple. for mobile device, the port that you plug it in is the receiptor of input voltage, s... |
Why did primitive societies in Europe form technology, but not those in the Americas? | I assume you are talking about tangible inventions likes guns, machines, and other tools. There is a good PBS documentary on this called Guns, Germs, and Steel. _URL_0_ Basically there were so many European and Asian cultures fighting and commingling with one another than in order to be on top you had to advance your t... |
Why is it suggested that you not induce vomiting if you swallow something toxic? | > I feel as though vomiting will get the substance out of the system and therefore should be induced. It isn't always advised that you not vomit, but usually the idea is that the substance should be avoided contacting the throat and potentially the lungs. Caustic materials for example would be more damaging to throw up... |
Why do some items have a Canadian and US price and why is the Canadian price always more? | Because the price is in Canadian dollars which are/were worth slightly less than US dollars. Then you have to factor in differences in taxes, and other such fees. Currently a Canadian dollar is worth about $.94. In the past it was more extreme. |
whats going on in Egypt, what happen to triger the protests? | 1. Their economy has been in recession even since they ousted mubarak, Foreign investors have already left and theres a lot of capital flight going on ever since. Unemployment in egypt now is at a high 13.2%. 2. Lawlessness - Ever since the mubarak regime collapsed, Crime has gone up, gangs are popping up. And sexual h... |
Why should I tip a tattoo artist? | You tip a tattoo artist because most of the money you are paying goes to the tattoo shop housing the artist, it goes to tax, supplies and fees so the artist doesnt get as much as you would think. If you tip him/her, its a good gesture because it goes straight to their pocket I generally tip for artistic services . Your... |
why do quilts and blankets with holes in them still do a decent job keeping you warm? | the air pockets in them actually hold the heat. no material is 100% solid if you look close enoughAir is actually one of the best insulator of heat, so that when you stagnate the air flow with those holes, the air keeps your warmth nearer to you . This is actually why fur is awesome for insulation, although fur is some... |
How would the space agencies respond if they detect an incoming asteroid large enough to cause damages? | The space agencies would report it to the public. They are in no position to keep anything like that a secret and in no position to do anything about it. The only thing they can do is warn people the best they can in the hopes that people might get to safety. The only thing anyone might be able to do about it is to lau... |
What happens to shoptlifters who are frequently caught for minor things(ie. candy) | The fine varies by state in Kentucky you can face a civil penalty of $100-250 plus the cost of merchandise. You can get a criminal fine of up to $500. The fines don't increase if you keep doing it. You can eventually get jail time for it if a judge thinks that diversion and fines aren't working. Also what will happen i... |
Why does alcohol evaporate faster than water? | Alcohol is a larger molecule that has greater van der Waals interactions, so it is harder to pull apart than water if you only consider this, but water is more polar and forms hydrogen bonds, which weighs up to the van der Waals interactions. Therefore it takes more energy to seperate water molecules enough to form a g... |
Why don't/can't motor vehicles have spherical wheels like in "I, Robot"? | A spherical wheel just isn't practical. A sphere is going to have a small contact patch for the size of the wheel compared to a normal wheel. They would be hard to manufacture as well. A car COULD have spherical wheels, but it just doesn't make sense to have them. |
how to safely use the pirate bay | What are you using it for? Where are you located?', "Move to a country where government isn't a wholly owned subsidiary of Hollywood Or Get a no contract mobile data device or phone paid by cash Or Leech a neighbors wifi, until they are kidnapped and sent to gitmo |
Why is it that when we are very sad it feels as if our hearts are hurting? | There is a nerve that starts in your brain stem and runs through your neck, chest and abdomen called the Vagus nerve. The vagus nerve can be stimulated by a part of your brain that controls emotional reactions, but if it is overstimulated it could cause pain and sometimes nausea. This could be one reason why you are ex... |
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, its repeal and the implications. | This has been asked before. Actually it was asked today. Do a search for an answer before posting a question. It actually was not repealed. It was modified. Depending on who you ask it means there is less of a burden on banks and greater ease in lending. Or the Republicans may have set us up for another financial melt ... |
Does a bullet continue to accelerate once it leaves of the barrel of a gun, or is it always getting slower? | Acceleration in physics doesn't mean the velocity is increasing. It merely means the velocity is changing. Slowing down is acceleration. |
Why doesn't alt + f4 work for every program? | Alt+F4, like all commands, just sends a message to the active program. In this case, the default handler sends the the WM_CLOSE message. Programs normally respond to this message by posting the [WM_QUIT] message, which tells Windows to terminate the program. However, any program can ignore the close message and carry o... |
Why do low-resolution videos viewed in full-screen look blurry and not pixelated? | Because the program you're using decided that it would handle stretching videos by blending colors together instead of pixelating it.Because most modern video players use a method of post-processing that takes chunks of pixels from one area and another chunk from another area and guessing at the transitions to fill in ... |
Why does the pressure in your ears build up when you become sick. (similar to when you are in an airplane) | Ear, nose and throat are all connected together. Usually when you get sick your sinuses swell up causing pressure in your ears.It's due to phlegm/fluid buildup in your eustachian tubes keeping pressure from equalizing. |
How are auto races coordinated? (Formula 1, IMSA, NASCAR, etc.) | With F1, the tracks pay a lot of money for the series to come there. They are also very limited in what they can make money off of during the race, as a lot of the income of the event itself goes directly to the series, not the track. As a result a lot of the tracks currently used in F1 are actually struggling to be ca... |
Why are spaceships always portrayed flying on the same axis? | Star Trek has some battle scenes that has craft all on differing headings and axes. I think the Battle of Wolf 359, vs the Borg was a good example. But I agree. It seems that they always rendez vous eye to eyeCheck out Battlestar Galactica. They went out of their way to try to avoid most space battle cliches.When ships... |
Why can we hear multiple sounds at once? | when you drop two stones into a pond, you don't see two different ripples forever. The ripples hit each other and combine and form a brand new ripple. Sound is just ripples in the air . When there's a few at a time they combine and that new ripple is what your ear detects. The ear then has a pretty neat set of tubes ca... |
Why is it colder in the mountains than at ocean level? | The Earth is covered in a blanket of gasses called the atmosphere. The atmosphere helps keep the Earth warm by hugging the Earth as best it can. However, the farther away from the Earth you get , the less of a blanket you get, and the colder it is. |
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