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Why hasn't traditional text messaging (SMS) changed. Why do we still have things like character limitations? | Because the method of texting hadn't changed pretty much at all. Sms is still using capacities that the phone system was initially designed with. In fact Sms was a totally unintentional thing. It uses a kind of debugging and maintenance channel, that techs used to zip small messages back and forth. That evolved into Sm... |
Why are creases in paper so hard to remove? | Basically you're not bending it like you think you are, you're snapping fibers like you would snap a twig. Snapped twigs don't just get unsnapped. |
Why dont orcas (killer whales) see humans as food and attack swimmers/paddleboarders/ kayaks etc? Humans are the same size as most of their prey but them seem to mostly ignore us? | From what i understand about killer whales is that individual pods tend to have specific diets and hunting tactics passed down through the generations. Since humans are not consistently in killer whales hunting areas they wouldnt have developed a "taste" for humans or the tactics to hunt them. Thats obviously not to sa... |
The Redskins name and logo have always been controversial. What started the movement against them *now*? | The US Patent Office recently revoked their ~~patent~~ trademark on the grounds it was offensive. That put the controversy back into the news, and gave a sense of official gov't sanction against it. The NFL's current problems with other forms of insensitivity will all probably help to sustain the issue. |
Why do we use milli, micro, etc. seconds for small units of time but minutes, hours, days, etc. for large. | because of tradition. the concept of dividing days into smaller parts basically comes from ancient Babylonia. If I'm not mistaken they used a system based on multiples of 12, so a day was divided into 2x12 parts called hours , then those were divided into 60 = 5x12 parts of an hour called minutes, then those again into... |
I have just seen a bunch of videos showing 2 suns in the sky, usually during sunrise and sunset. Why does this happen? | tattooine is in a binary star system—hence the arid climate and the abundance of poor moisture farmers. regardless of its placement in the outer rim territories there's a reason it's of no value to the empire. |
How does Redbull make money sponsoring/creating such a variety of sports? | It's just a form of advertising. They sponsor the event, the Redbull logo is everywhere and everyone sees it. Later on, you think "I should get an energy drink" and the brand that leaps into your mind is Redbull. So you buy a Redbull. In addition, people like to buy things that they perceive as having importance. Redbu... |
How were cartoons in the early 2000's animated? | I think a layer of clear plastic over a background. They'd just draw the mouth each frame on that later and have the background. |
I am in the USA. If I believe that colleges here cost too much, can't I just move to another country or apply somewhere else? | Asian colleges offer better deals for international students and some have English language programs. Some are so desperate that free rides are common. Go check them out in Korea or China. Unfortunately most people prefer europe and ignore other regions because they assume fluency in the local language is a requirement... |
(How and Why) is Uruguay, a country of relatively small population, able to produce so many good soccer/football players? | Two major factors: -Uruguay actually has a really decent youth development program -Other sports are significantly less popular than in other South American countries, so most youth play 100% football all year which helps development. In Argentina for example many kids will split time with basketball and football, or i... |
How do school bullies who steal other kids' lunch money not get charged for mugging? | The school faculty deals with a deemed inferior issue so the teachers deal with the bully instead and there's no need to call the police for it. The bully just gets sanctioned by the teacher dealing with the issue thus no police intervention. Second, its law that if you're under 10 you can't be prosecuted. |
If there are so many indebted countries, who actually has money nowadays? What are we doing to reduce the debt? (Specifically in the UK and US) | Countries sell bonds to provide extra income for their country. These bonds are then paid off at a later date. Every country does it, and they pay off the interest of those bonds and eventually pay them off. All while selling more bonds. This gives the illusion of continous debt when in fact its being paid off all the ... |
2 judges were arrested for accepting money from for-profit prisons in exchange for doling out harsher jailtimes for juveniles. Why were there no charges in the lines of slavery or human trafficking? | It sounds, from your replies to people who are trying to explain this to you, that you would be better asking this in /r/changemyview. This sub is for people to give explanations, which they are doing. Just because you don't agree with the explanation, that doesn't give you the right *in this sub* to argue the counter-... |
Why does it feel like you actually produce more poop with a high fiber diet, rather than just pooping more regularly? | Partly because you do. Fiber isn't digested so you poop it out "minimally transformed". This makes it more voluminous than non-fibrous poop. |
Why do humans and other mammals have a septum? What purpose does it serve? | Having two sides aids in the Nasal Cycle and it's impact on your ability to smell certain things well. The nasal cycle is the often unnoticeable alternating partial congestion and decongestion of the nasal cavities in humans and other animals. It is a physiological congestion of the nasal concha due to selective activa... |
Why is it that everyone has a ridge on their back where the spine is? Would it not make more sense for the body to protect the spine with fat? | The spine **is the protection**. It protects the spinal c~~h~~ord from damage. Plus, a layer of fat wouldn't protect the spine from the types of injuries that can damage it. No more than fat in your arms can protect you from a broken bone.It is. The body protects the spine by a) putting it behind all our fat and organs... |
Why do some hear "Laurel" while others hear "Yanny"? | It has two sounds added together. One is high frequencies and one is low frequencies. If you listen with a piece of good audio equipment you can turn the equalizer knobs and hear the sounds separately. But, everybody on Twitter is listening with their phone. Some phones, particularly the iPhone have resonance at the lo... |
why does it cost less to keep your house cooler? Wouldn't it take the same amount of energy to maintain temperature | > Won't it cool off at the same rate? Nope. In thermodynamics heat flows at a rate proportional to the difference in temperature. If I put something 40C on my skin it'll barely feel warm. If I take it off after a 1s exposure there will have been barely any exchange in energy. If I put some 500C steel on my skin I'll fe... |
Why do you hate internet explorer? | This is from the perspective of somewhat who writes code. Coding for Firefox/Chrome is pretty straight forward and if you write something and it looks perfect on those two, there's still a pretty good chance it'll look awful in IE. Then you have to go back and fix it just for IE, which is annoying. Because of this, man... |
The lighting in Childish Gambino's "This Is America" on SNL | I found a good explanation here: _URL_0_ Sounds like it's a TV-only effect because the TV is capturing about 32 still frames per second. Apparently the live audience would have seen something different. It's similar to how you can see a choppy rotation of propeller blades on TV but in real life it looks smooth. I guess... |
Why do muscles twitch? | I got an story related to this. It doesn't really answer your question, but it's interesting nonetheless. I was meditating last night. Eventually I got to a point where I wanted to go over lifting session that will be coming up tomorrow. I imagined myself standing, approaching the bar lying on the floor. I get close, d... |
How do snakes move without legs? | They actually move in four different ways. You're probably thinking about the serpentine method: "normal" snake moving through grass, or in water. Have you ever roller-skated or rollerbladed? Your wheels roll freely front-to-back, yet you still manage to make forward motion. This is done by pushing to the side: you ang... |
When, after birth, do babies figure out that they can't breath water? | It is an instinct. The first time I gave my infant daughter a bath, I accidentally got a little water on her face when rinsing her head. She immediately took a gasp for air and really disliked it, that leads me to believe it is a born instinct. Also, as someone else said, fetuses do not breath amniotic fluid in the wom... |
If the U.S. has run a trade deficit for decades (more imports than exports), how does its economy keep growing? | You're thinking about the economy as a sum zero game. Buying something from outside the country doesn't mean you're "losing" money. I don't know the US particular case, but in general, a negative balance of international trade doesn't prevent wealth growth. For instance, maybe the US buy raw materials from other countr... |
Why do our mouths water when we see something appetizing? | its your mouth adding more saliva to to prepare in eating, saliva adds enzymes among other things to aid digestion |
Why does it matter if a country is in debt? It seems like nothing happens anyways seeing the US is $17 trillion in debt. | Debt for a country is very different than debt for a person. People expect to retire some day and live on savings, but governments can reasonably assume they will exist forever. If they ever stopped existing, after all, then the debt may just get ignored by whoever comes after. As long as a country is able to pay its i... |
Why does the MLB have a 40 round entry draft while the NFL has only 7? | It's because of the minor league teams. Since NFL doesn't have minor league, they don't need to draft as many players each year.Instead of a strong college presence, baseball has a very deep farm system, and need a deeper draft to fill that system. Baseball players typically need a few years of seasoning before they ar... |
Why did the Universe NOT Annihilate itself? | Well ultimately there ended up being more matter than antimatter. We still have no idea why this happened and this is one of the big questions science is faced with. If it hadnt then you would be right the universe would have annihilated itself. |
What do parents of babies/toddlers do in countries where toilet paper/diapers aren't a thing? | Hands. They use their hands. Actually even with a bidet, they use their hands. Atleast in South Asia. And for them, it is gross that the West only washes with tissue paper. |
When people convert to Islam, who picks their Muslim name? | Nobody does. They pick it themselves. There isn't a law or anything that says converts to Islam have to change their name; many just do it as a sign of their faith. |
Why /r/The_Donald Posts are consistently dominating /r/all? | The_Donald has a *huge* amount of active users, more than r/TIL, r/pics, r/funny and other default subreddits. There's simply a lot of people browsing it. The second reason is the culture of that subreddit is very, well, "upvote happy". Or \'high energy\' as they would call it. In essence, they enjoy covering the front... |
What is going on in the mind when you black out or go into a coma? | I can tell you about blacking out. I've done it several times due to a sudden drop in blood pressure due to a heart condition. Your senses all black out. Your vision blackens, and I don't mean like someone turned out the lights, indeed, the lights are still on; it's more like the image fades out by losing color intensi... |
How does RFID Encryption Work? | Encryption in RFID comes in two flavours, one involves securing the data held on the tag, and the second is securing the trasmission of that data. Securing tag data is essentially the same as the encryption methods used to secure digital data in other areas of computing. Plain text held on the tag is turned into a ciph... |
What does alcohol do to my brain, that i become aggressive, although i am a very nice person sober. | Because deep inside, my young one, you are an angry, angry person. Your anxiety is an expression of that repressed anger, but when you get to a certain level of drunk, nothing is repressed. Source: Professional Alcoholic |
If Microsoft did remove Internet Explorer from Windows, how would users install Firefox or Chrome? | In the EU version of Windows 7, you 'd get a program dedicated to downloading and installing browsers. From what I remember, it displayed 6 browsers per page with a short description of each, and all were in randomized order. ^For Windows devices,the command window can download files fron specific servers,provided that... |
What Is That Weird Feeling In Your Nose When You Go Upside Down In Water? | That would be water entering your nose, and since the salinity of the water doesn't match that of your body it burns. Or is burning not the feeling you mean? |
What does the "H" in Jesus H. Christ stand for? | It likely comes from the inscription "IHS" which is ubiquitous as an abbreviation for "Jesus", especially in the Roman Catholic church. It's often written in a stylized way with the "H" very prominent, which may have led some people to believe that "H" was Jesus's middle initial: _URL_0_ There's also an old biology jok... |
Can you deny a school from taking your phone because it's unconstitutional? Should they (legally) be able to punish you for not giving them your consent of seizure? | There is nothing unconstitutional about a school taking your phone. The only constitutional provision that addresses the issue is the Due Process Clause. However, you are likely not owed any process before the school initially takes your phone provided there was some sort of warning given to you at some point . And ref... |
Why and how does the exchange rate go up or down? | In short, it depends how a countries economy is doing versus another country. For instance, Canada was below the dollar for years, we used to get 132, 135, sometimes even 140 CDN dollars for every 100 US dollars we spent up there. Now, since Canada hasn't really been affected by the recession or the housing crisis near... |
EXLI5 How does the evolution of plants work? | Evolution stems from random mutation. Cyanobacteria was the first organism on the planet. Random mutations occur constantly, but are rarely seen because they don't change anything that matters. Very rarely a mutation will occur that gives the organism an advantage in an environment. That advantage means the organism is... |
Why aren't claw machines and other similar arcade games considered gambling? | In THEORY, those games involve skill. Now we all know the computer is a cheating bastard, but you do have to have skill with the machine to get the prize. Gambling is mostly or entirely down to luck. Also, gambling laws usually refer directly to money, not goods as prizes. Japanese pachinko parlors spent DECADES skirti... |
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) | Thorium is another radioactive material that can be used to generate nuclear power like Uranium. Unlike Uranium it doesn't produce as much left-over waste, and fuel is less viable for making nuclear weapons with. So it appears to be a good thing, why aren't we using it? Well when nuclear reactors were first invented it... |
Why is it such a big issue that Hilary Clinton used a Private E-Mail address for work related subjects? | It's a combination of the data not being subject to FOIA requests and the high likelihood that she was sending and receiving sensitive emails on a personal account. |
How is a torn ACL a potentially career ending injury if athletes like Hines Ward and Thurman Thomas played their entire careers without one? | Imagine you're Go-Kart racing, and one of your wheels falls off. You're totally screwed! It's kinda possible to still drive, if you lean all your weight away from the missing wheel so you stay balanced on the three remaining wheels. But you can't turn sharply as that'll throw the balance off. Your Go-Kart basically has... |
Do all mammals have periods? | No. In fact very few animals have a menstrual period. Most animals have what we call an estrous cycle. There are several differences between these, but the most telling is, as you said, that humans shed part of the uterus lining which results into a period, whereas animals completely absorb this lining. |
Why do people hate the holocaust more even though it killed less people than other incidents such as the Nanking Massacre? | > Historians and witnesses have estimated that 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed. Do you know how many people were killed in the Holocaust?Around 250,000 to 300,000 people are estiamted to have been killed in the Nanking Massacre. Using the narrowest definition of the Holocaust, over 5,000,000 people were killed. U... |
What does the Secretary of Education in the US do? | They advise the President on matters related to Education and supervise the US Department of Education and its programs on a national level. They don't have authority over State and Local educational institutions. The US Educational system is a complicated mass of authorities at every level. Decisions relating to thing... |
Why are all the soda cans of same shape and volume (12 US fl oz) are there any patents involved ? | Uniform manufacturing. It makes it easier to make the sodas, and it makes it easier to sell them. The shape and uniformity means they are easy to manufacture, easy to store, easy to hold, and easy to useActually, way-back-when ALCOA put a ton of thought into the design of the current soda can. My computational physics ... |
What is the Tide Pod challenge and how did it become a thing? | _URL_0_ First result explains it quite nicely. _URL_1_ > The "Tide pod challenge" is a real viral phenomenon whereby people bite into Tide brand laundry detergent pods. > The earliest instance we found of the “Tide pod challenge” as a concept involving eating the detergent pods was in September 2012, and we found a You... |
Why do some helicopters have two rotors on top of one another while others do not? | The main rotor of a helicopter also causes the body of the helicopter to rotate in the opposite direction. Normally, this force is countered by a rotor on the tail. However, you can accomplish the same task by having another rotor on top that is rotating in the opposite direction. At low speeds, two top rotors are a mo... |
How can we flex our bicep while our arm is extended? | That's a great question, and it shows you're really trying to apply your knowledge. So what needs to be differentiated is the [type] of contraction. If the bicep does a concentric contraction, the elbow will flex . The bicep does an eccentric contraction on the way down for that same bicep curl . When we hold a weight ... |
What happens to all the waste in our body when we die? | Like, poop and pee? After a little bit the body relaxes and lets them loose. It's called the postmortem purge. |
Why does tilt shift photography make things look smaller? | It's mainly the very thin depth of field. Depth of field is how much stuff is in focus, if you take a picture of big things you may have a lot of the image in focus. If you took a picture of small things but such that they were the same size in the image, you would have to get very close to them, which reduces the dept... |
In the USA, why is casually wearing a bulletproof vest everyday considered crazy but carrying a firearm is not? | The same reason it's okay to carry a knife, but not a tower shield.In terms of a life threatening scenario, wearing a bulletproof vest is not an effective means of combating an armed assailantBecause, statistically speaking, you are not going to get shot in the United States at a rate any higher than other countries un... |
why do temperature reading programs conflict with each other? | Temperature sensors are usually designed to provide a set number of reads per second. They don't tell the hardware monitor what the temperature is, they provide a voltage across a temperature sensitive resistor. So, every time you read across that resistor, you force more voltage into it, so it needs time to recover to... |
Buying stocks and how it can get me more money. | You buy shares of a company. A share is simply a percentage, you now own a percentage of the company. When the company succeeds those share prices go up in value because more people want in on the success. Then you can sell when the prices are high which makes you a profit. Example: you buy stock at 3.00$ a share, the ... |
How does higher oxygen content in the atmosphere lead to bigger insects | Insects respirate through a series of tubes that are connected to the air. They don't breathe the way we do, and their blood doesn't carry oxygen to cells . They have a bunch of holes in their exoskeleton that they can open and close. These holes are attached to tubes which allows air to flow directly to cells. It isn'... |
If the ocean was void of water and I went down to the bottom, say, the Mariana Trench, would the area be habitable for me? | If I may rephrase your question, you're asking what the atmospheric pressure would be at 35,000 feet below sea level? Keep in mind that the air pressure is just the weight of the air column per unit area; increasing the depth increases the "length" of the air column, and thus the pressure. Using the "barometric formula... |
Difference in functional volume based upon hearing in one ear vs both ears | The science behind hearing is very poorly understood, but I took a class under one of the bigger experts in hearing perception so lemme take a swing at it. What you're talking about is the hearing form of "lateral inhibition." First thing to know is the ears have their own volume control. There are muscles that restric... |
Why do some movies list the cast in order of appearance? | What order people's names are listed in, both in the credits and on marketing materials is often argued over vigorously by actor's agents, and enshrined in contracts. Going at the start of the list is seen as more prestigious. This is why you often see posters with several people on, but the names over their heads does... |
Why do parallel lines meet at infinity? | It is metaphor, because nothing can get to infinity they do not meetJust to blow your mind, my school teacher used to say: A line is actually a circle With radius equal to infinity.Lots of layman speculation in here, especially since this is a **theoretical topic** with **no one real answer**. Please, if you're making ... |
Why do some dogs and cats react to their reflections in mirrors and others seem to not notice/care? | They generally learn that the reflection is not real/not interesting. Some may realize the reflection is themselves if they recognize changes in their body in the reflection. But most interact with reflections as pups and gradually lose interest as they realize nothing ever happensMost of the time it's logic. If a dog ... |
Why are fines for breaking the law set fee's instead of a percentage of a persons income? | if it was based on income, does that mean that the unemployed or retired can speed as much as they want and not get a fine? Also, wouldn't it give the police incentive to stop nice looking cars to get higher fines? |
Why can't CGI create a realistic looking person? | Uncanny Valley. When the CGI of humans is highly stylized , they look pretty good. But when you try and make a realistic looking person, your mind tends to exaggerate the subtle movements and picks up on all the little things that feel "off" about it. Like, say they decide to make a CGI movie of a giant robot. Have you... |
If a different sperm cell fertilized the egg that eventually became me, would I be a different person? | Well what is 'you'? There's a bit of philosophy going on here. A simple answer is that the being you are now is a descendant of the egg and sperm cells that combined. Were we to go back and let some other sperm have the honours the sperm cell you descended from would die without offspring while a different sperm had it... |
What is Scientology and why do so many people dislike it? | This is asked several times a day . Please use the search function. Short-short version: Business/Cult masquerading as religion. |
How do lungs control breathing rate? | Breathing is controlled by the brain stem The breathing rate is controlled by the levels of carbon dioxide in the blood as the body produces carbon dioxide the levels of carbon dioxide in the blood increases the respiratory rate increases to exhale the Co2. Taking a breath in involves the diaphragm moving downwards and... |
where do the other ions of salt go to in the body? | Chloride is not an oxidizer . Your body uses Chloride ions. For example, your stomach acid is hydrochlroic acid, that's one of the places Chloride ends up. But that's not the only place. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that involves Chloride channels and it causes problems from the lungs to the reproductive syste... |
Why is it countries like Kazakhstan and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union but could not be considered as former territories of Russia? | Why can't you say that? Kazakhstan and Ukraine are former territories of Russia. There I just said it. It has truth in it, and I said it Want to get more interesting? Ukraine was part of a Mongolian Khanate. Thats true as well, and I just said it. |
How do people with credit become thousands of dollars in debt? I'm talking like $80,000 type debt. ??? | Cars, houses, school. You don't have to use a credit card to get yourself in debt. |
Why don't (legal) online streaming websites like WatchESPN, CBS Sports Live, etc. play ads? | Money. Probably they don't get money for it so then don't play it. It is all about money. |
Wouldn't evolution accelerate because of how many humans are being cycled through these days? Or is evolution only exponential in lengthy timescales? | Evolution happens when there is change in the genes of all of the people . It doesn't mean the genes of any one person changes, just all the people all together. People are different so their genes are different. When different people have babies they pass those differences on. The same differences are in the new gener... |
How come people from England/Australia Ect. keep their accents after moving to the USA for good? | Talk to yourself for a minimum of 5 hours a day, I would say', "In Psychology, there is a term called 'critical period' which refers to an age limit where an individual must experience and be directly exposed to something otherwise they will almost certainly never be able to develop the skill to the degree that someone... |
What is Greece doing wrong financially? | The problem for Greece is mostly that for too long they have spend much more money than they took in. That is true for a lot of countries but Greece was especially bad at that and unless most countries with similar situations they did not have the ability to print more money and get rid of their debts by inflation. Bas... |
Why European countries can't become tax havens? | Tax haven countries tend to be small and underpopulated - and they wish to attract large amounts of money and investment. France and Germany don't need to attract money in the same way- because their economies thrive on a middle class that benefits greatly from tax revenue: healthcare, schools, infrastructure, etc. Tho... |
why is it that I wake up in the morning starving after eating a full meal before going to bed at night | There is a certain resting energy that our body uses, even if we sleep, to maintain our body's metabolism. Over the 8 hours or so that you sleep, you digest all the food and use it as the resting energy for your body systems. That's why breakfast is the most important meal of the day! |
Why does the Moon get hit by space debris much more frequently than Earth? | It doesn't, but because it has no atmosphere every rock that hits it makes it all the way to the surface. Lots more hit Earth but most burn up.Most of it are smaller fragments. Which would burn in the atmosphere if Moon had one. A lot of stuff falls on Earth too, but it burns up in the atmosphere. |
Why did humans migrate to harsh environments? | It was where no people already lived. It's not a question of people moving to a climate markedly different from the one they already live in, but more often simply establishing a home or a village, or following herds, a short distance away from where they were. Over long enough time frames, that causes even vast contin... |
How did Twitter go from being a regular social media site to an official platform for many political figures, celebrities, and businesses? | It's a quick way to send a message and "communicate" with the people who follow you. Its popularity is probably due to the fact that it is much easier to manage and use than FB and gets the job done. After that, it's the same social media effect as with FB. Once many are on it, soon, everybody's on it.Short Answer: The... |
How does hiring an IT company for a project work? | As a person who works in the software industry, please take this seriously from me: your idea is not worth anything. The world is full of ideas. Most of them are bad. Even the good ones aren't inherently valuable. An implemented system is valuable. An idea for a system is worthless. Or let me put it another way: if the... |
when you have a swimming pool installed in the middle of a suburb, how does the FIRST water boatman (or other water bug) get there? | Many insects and insect-like arthropods can fly at certain stages of their life. Water Boatmen, Back Swimmers, and Water Striders all have a life stage in which they have wings and can fly to mate and disperse. Additionally, there is a great deal of accidental dispersion via people moving water containing insects or th... |
Why do you sometimes get the urge to jump when you stand on the edge of something extremely high? | I'm not 100% sure about this, but I read an interesting theory a while back that basically goes like this: Imagine you're holding a baby. You have a sudden, crazy urge to drop the baby. You imagine dropping the baby and how much it'll hurt him/her. Imagining what would happen causes you to hold onto the baby more tight... |
how does obamacare give free healthcare to women but not men without being legally gender discrimination? | > So I've been chronically ill for a while and have been seeing lots of doctors. I always have to pay for every test, and my insurance had stopped covering my appointments. That's not legal under Obamacare. The problem isn't what women get for free, it's that for some reason your health insurance is still screwing you,... |
How do FHRs(Flameless Heating Rations) in MRE packs work? | FHR's are essentially like rusting iron. But with a few differences. Instead of Iron rusting the FHR's use Magnesium rusting to generate heat. But this process on its own is too slow. To be of any use this process must be accelerated. In essence a catalyst is needed just like the catalytic converted in your car which c... |
Why is it that when I drive through Iowa and I see a stand of windmills, only half (or so) of them are spinning? | Several reasons, but usually the first one based on the units we have in operation: The grid is receiving the desired output of energy, so the additional wear is avoided. The wind is too strong in that area. The wind is too weak in that area. The windmill requires maintenance. It is too coldWindmill blades can "feather... |
Why are actors not allowed to drink real alcohol on camera but you can imply that you are drinking by showing bottles and such? [other] | Because almost all scenes require shot after shot after shot. If you were really drinking, you'd be smashed! |
Why does water not spill out of a glass that is full of water and ice cubes when the ice melts? | Ice is less dense than water. When it melts the liquid water takes up less space.Ice cubes have already displaced the water in the glass, so it's not like it'll add any additional volume of water by melting. |
Why did the Pittsburgh Mills mall sell at auction for just $100? | well hard to say. were there terms about keeping the mall in place? Are you allowed to shut it down? If you are, would its salvage value be positive? You cant just strip a few parts and walk away or youd get buried in property taxes in a month. would you waste money demolishing it? would the land be worth anything? cou... |
How sore should I be after working out? | In short, you should normally be sore after working out, kind of like a deep feeling inside the muscle that is a little tender to the touch and aches a little when you use it, but it should not be in constant pain nor be really painful under any circumstances necessitated from normal use. When you're sore from working ... |
How can my PS3 play games with no problem, but the PS Store and other apps that should not be very intensive have tons of lag and respond very slowly? | I don't know if the PS4 connects to a better network, but the PSN that the PS3 connects to is *insanely* slow. Downloads that should take a minute or two if the remote server was even trying can take *hours*. So as /u/LerrisHarrington says, those programs are not local. I will add that Sony seems to have made zero impr... |
Why do American's typically say "John and I" while English people would typically say "Me and John"? | This is not in fact a national difference. In both countries the rule is the same . If you would say "I" you say "John and I". If you would say "me" you say "John and me". I | me -|-I hit a car|A car hit meJohn and I hit a car|A car hit John and meWhen a subject of a sentence John and I is correct, when an object of a ... |
The difference of drinking 8 cups of water in one go each day and drinking 1 cup of water every 3 hours each day. | Yes it does. If you only drink once a day, your body will go along getting rid of water thinking, "It must be really easy to get water. I just had some, I feel great, I'll get rid of it like I normally do and we can have some more later." So your body eliminates water normally . So your body gets rid of some water and ... |
EL5: What do different grades of gas do differently to your car? | The main difference between the "regular" and "premium" gas at most stations is the octane rating. The octane rating is a measure of how much of certain chemicals, mainly octane, exist in the gasoline. This is important because it affects the flammability and explosiveness of the gasoline - specifically, higher octane ... |
Why is Russia so against the US building a missile defense system? | How effective is your missile defence system? Not very. With limited operational capability since 2012, it potentially could take out a North Korean ICBM, but if Russia started a major attack, throwing lots of nukes all over the place, the only thing left for America to do is throw lots of nukes back before the Russian... |
Is it possible to live off 100% empty calories if you also have an appropriate nutritional supplement. | You still need, at the very least, both fat and protein in your diet. I'm not certain, but while researching ketosis/ low carb diets , I didn't come across anything about fat being turned into protein. Protein, however, can be processed into carbs. Some few cells in your body must have carbs to survive, but the rest ca... |
Why does the calorie count of an egg change depending on how you cook it? | Do you have a source for this change? I have never seen it. Where are you getting your numbers? Are you asking if it changes, or are you asking why it changes? |
Why don't movies hire kids that are the age of the actual character they're playing? | Usually because kids of the appropriate age suck at acting. We expect a higher quality of acting. Also, dealing with laws and pereonalities on set for minors can be annoying. I'm sure the 10 year old comes off as cute on camera, but in real life that little brat is probably an obnoxious diva and her mother is a bitch. |
How intelligent were the dinosaurs? | Your question is too broad to really answer. Dinosaurs are a clade. They span a massive amount of different species throughout various time periods. It is a bit like asking how intelligent are mammals. In such a big clade, you'll find representatives on either end of the spectrum, just like how we have mammals that are... |
Diffrence between Myth vs story? | > story/mtyh about a guy turning into an instect and shaared his horryfying experiences as an insect in a diary form of writing That's Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Great book. Its a story, written in 1915. Generally, 'myths\' go back so far we often aren't aure where they come from. People also talk about 'modern myths\'... |
Why isn't time in base 10? | In the days before pocket calculators dividing numbers was a pain in the ass. Using 60 and multiples of 60 made life easier because 60 is cleanly divided by the factors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30 and 60. That's a lot of useful, easy-to-divide fractions. |
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