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Is it more profitable for a music artist to have a song in the number one spot for a short while, or to have a song in the charts for a lengthier amount of time?
It depends the number sold and length of time. You can sell 100,000 albums in a month then fall off the radar, or slow burn to 100,000 over a few months. Also, unless the artist is self publishing, they're not making all that much off album sales, at least initially.
Why does wind make such a strange noise when recorded on a device but not when we hear it with our own ears?
Have you ever had someone blow in your ears? Microphone are hyper-sensitive to anything and will accept sound from almost any direction. Your ears will block all the "simulated" sound waves of the force of the wind except when it's directly blown inside your eartube. That's basically the difference.This is the same reason why most good microphones have gigantic noise filters as they simply block wind, but still let soundwaves pass through.
Why my dog attacks me, when I try to kiss my girlfriend laying on the bed.
Ours do this too. Seems like they just want to play. It's how most dogs play with each other too", 'This dog needs to be banned from the bed. He is assuming possession of it.
Why do babies and small children fight sleep?
Because they think they'll miss out on something fun while asleep. They're minds are filled with curiosity and wonder
Why does time seem to slow down when I'm studying and passes by really quickly when I'm procrastinating?
You pay much more attention to the time when you're studying, probably something like "only 10 minutes left" or whatever, you probably don't do that when you procrastinate.
How exactly does our sense of smell work?
Minuscule particles emitting from some source is able to act as a "key" to one of your smell receptors in your nose. This "key" will then trigger the receptor to emit a signal that is sent to the brain and then relayed back to the sensors with a response. So if you think about it, when you smell shit, you're literally inhaling bits of shit in your nose.
- Why don't we hear babies cry or make other sounds when they are inside the womb?
The baby's lungs are the last thing to form in a normal baby, once they are formed, they will send out a chemical that signals to the uterus that triggers the mother's body to go into labor.Their mouths and lungs are filled with amniotic fluid.
Why is wearing a hat indoors considered rude?
It would be like wearing your coat inside, generally you don't do that. Hats have a very utilitarian function to either keep your head warm or dry and inside you don't need to do either. Eventually it morphed into a fashion statement but just like you are supposed to use the correct fork to be polite you are supposed to remove your hat.
how did beijing get so air polluted while shanghai remains rather clear?
Beijing is in a terrible spot for an industrial city. It is [surrounded by mountains on three sides] Meanwhile, [Shanghai] is surrounded by flat land and sea. Usually, it's warm at the surface and cold further up, so all the smog will rise with the warm air and blow over the mountains. But especially during winter, inversions can happen, meaning that it's colder on the surface than at high altitude. In this scenario, the only way for the smog to go away is if it's blown away by winds near the surface. Since Shanghai is so exposed, there is much more wind, which means that smog is not nearly as frequent and long lasting, in spite of the heavy pollution. In Beijing, the smog has nowhere to go during an inversion, it just stays there for days or weeks.
why is it we can it people into a medical induced coma but not any medical use to get them out of coma?
Medically induced coma is done through drugs. Drugs wear off, patient wakes up. Comas cause by accident are a result of damage to the brain which is slow to repair/rewire if it ever does.
Why are rhymes so pleasing?
Our brains like patterns. Patterns are one of the really basic intelligence tools that got our species to where it is now, from the simplest "hey, every time I eat this berry I get sick, maybe I shouldn't eat them any more" to modern scientific advances. When we recognize a pattern , our brain rewards us.
How did sites like Grooveshark, Spotify, and Google Play get all that music available for free streaming?
Grooveshark is currently in a number of lawsuits over copyright infringement. Spotify has licensing deals with music studios so that they are allowed to stream music on demand. On the free version, they pay for these license fees with ads. In the US, due to streaming music laws, anyone can use music for Internet Radio, assuming that they pay a set royalty fee. This is how Pandora and Spotify Radio work. Google Play All Access is similar to Spotify in that you need to pay $10/month and they use that money to pay for license fees to the recording companies. iTunes Radio is different in that it has worked out license fees with companies for streaming so they can operate in many more countries than something like Pandora. Pandora only works in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. While iTunes Radio is initially only available in the US, many people believe that because Apple's licensing deals span across many countries, it will be able to spread far easier than Pandora.
Why do football fans give Tim Tebow so much attention?
He wasnt a great NFL player. Coming out he was one of the most hyped College Players in YEARS. 2 National Championships and a Heisman to his name during his time at Florida. Basically Johnny Manziel if Johnny had actually won more games in college. That and his strong social example made him easy to cover.He's a very publicly religious player who was arguably one of the best quarterbacks to play the college game and he played at a school with a huge following in a conference and region that's rabid about college football. As a result he got a lot of media attention and developed a pretty big and vocal fan base between the religious types and the fans of the sport. On top of that the media built a lot of hype around him because he brought in ratings. All of that is well and good, but being a great college quarterback doesn't necessarily translate to the NFL. The media hyped the crap out of him and he didn't even see the field for a long while when he got to the NFL. This inspired a fair amount of backlash. When he did finally see the field he had some flukey wins that drove the hype levels higher and made the backlash stronger. Basically he was an elite college player who was very publicly religious and the media hyped him up but despite him having a string of wins he was a terrible NFL player.
If a person serves prison time for tax evasion, once he or she gets out, does he or she still have to pay what was owed to the government?
To answer your initial question, yes they're still liable for that tax money . But if they've served a couple of years, they may not owe anything once they get out. Why? They may have already paid it off. How? The federal government has a thing called the federal tax lien, which is perhaps the most aggressive and ruthless method of recovery known in the civilized world. Under the federal tax lien act, if you fail to pay taxes after a government demand, you may be subject to a lien **on all of your property** in favor of the federal government. Then there's the lien's brother, the levy, which is essentially the government's right to go after anything you own. This includes real and personal property as well as salary and wages . So the government has ways of making sure it gets paid. It's possible that someone's racked up a seven-figure tax bill and wasted the 7-8 figures of after-tax wealth that came with it, but even in those cases, the feds aren't necessarily out of luck. Tax liens are sturdy. They have a fairly high priority in bankruptcy court, and can even survive a discharge. Keeping tax evaders in prison costs money, sure, but it's a pittance in comparison with the usually staggering tax bills that it takes to get sent there in the first place. So if one or two years of incarceration deters a high-profile tax cheat from evading his taxes for just a year, it's worth it.
Can we pinpoint the angle of our trajectory from the source of the big bang?
The big bang wasn't what you seem to think it was. It wasn't an explosion *in* space that things are moving away from. It was an expansion **of** space, and it occurred at every location in the universe at the same time. Galaxies aren't moving away from some central point. Rather, space itself is expanding, which causes every point in the universe to see the rest of the universe as if everything else were moving away from that point. Every location looks exactly the same. There is no central point.
why don't checking accounts get interest?
They sometimes do. It was once stipulated in banking regulations that *demand deposits* — deposits that you can get back out of the bank at any time with no restrictions — could not earn interest. This stipulation was called "regulation Q." In essence, regulation Q was pretty toothless anyway, because banks had long since come up with service offerings that worked *basically* like demand deposit accounts but that weren't covered under that regulation. These were called negotiable order of withdrawal accounts , and were often marketed as if they were indistinguishable from checking accounts … because for all intents and purposes, they were. Regulation Q is no longer in effect, as of last year. It was repealed by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Now banks are free to offer interest on demand deposits … though of course they're not *required* to. Banks in general are happy to pay interest on deposits they're going to have for a long time, while they're less happy to pay interest on deposits that will stay in your account for just a few days or weeks. Since the interest earned on deposits like that is so minimal anyway, bank customers don't miss it.It's the bank's way of charging you for the convenience of a checking account. Btw, many banks do offer interest on checking accounts, especially when you maintain a certain balance.It's to compensate for what it costs the bank to provide checking and/or debit card services on the account. In fact, it used to be very common for checking accounts to **charge** a monthly fee of around $5 or $10 for the privilege of writing checks. Then, banks started advertising "Free Checking" as a way to bring in customers. More and more banks started jumping on that bandwagon until now free checking is actually considered normal in most places.
When taking pictures, why does the "red eye" instance occur?
Light from the flash reflects from the retina. One way to mitigate it is that "pre-flash" you see on some cameras: the flash blinks for a few seconds before the camera really fires and takes a picture. They idea is the bright light causes your pupils to contract, reducing how much light can reflect back from the retinaLike all animals, we have reflective material in the back of our eyes at the retina to help in low-light conditions. This material reflects red light, due to the blood, creating red eye
what is the difference between butter and margarine?
> Tub margarine can easily be substituted for butter at the table for spreading, and some people use it on the stovetop for cooking, though we typically favour using oil over margarine in cases like this. In baking, melted margarine could work in recipes that call for melted butter, but in recipes that call for softened butter, swapping in tub margarine may change the texture; for example, cakes will be less tender, and cookies will generally spread out more and be less crisp. > Tub margarines are too soft for pies, pastries and other recipes that call for cold butter, and don’t stand up in icings and frostings, either. Low-fat/light margarines tend to be inappropriate for cooking and baking due to a high water content – be sure to read the label! > Stick margarine, also known as block or hard margarine, has the same texture as butter, and is therefore a better substitute for baking and cooking than tub margarine. However, stick margarines are generally high in trans fats, which have been shown to be bad for our heartMargarine is a non-dairy product created as a substitute for butter. While originally made from animal fat in the 1800s, today the primary ingredients include vegetable oil, water, salt, emulsifiers, and some also include milk.
From ancient times to the present day, why is it acceptable in most parts of the world for men to be bare-chested but not women?
Women's breast and men's breast are not the same. Treating them differently is not arbitrary, it's meaningful. Women's breast are sexual, they develop during puberty and have a functioning role to feed their kin. They are affected by estrogen . It is sexual, and thus elicits a sexual reaction. To minimize this we cover them. If it feels unfair by women to cover them, then it is fair to have men not be allowed to walk around without a shirt, but vice versa is silly by all accounts. We have been covering them for tens of thousands of years. On a side note, not having nude women walk around is not "not equality", it's understanding there is a difference between men and women and embracing them. As if it's SUCH a luxury to walk around with no shirt. Wear a bikini on the hottest of days, the difference between that and no shirt is negligible, one can even check the skin temperature and see the difference. In fact, a white top keeps the body cooler.
Why do my feet get cold and sweaty when I don't wear socks and have them underneath the blanket?
When you first get under the blanket your body begins to heat up, as it no longer has to work as hard to stay warm. As a reaction, it expands blood vessels near the surface of your skin to shed extra heat. The only problem is most of that heat gets trapped under the blanket. When your body registers that it isn't cooling off it kicks on the sweat glands. This is why a lot of people sweat during sleep. As far as your feet go, it could be you're not used to noticing your feet sweat when you're walking around during the day, but at night it becomes noticable. If only your feet are under the blanket, it's probably because of the temperature difference. Your feet are trying to cool off while the rest of your body has to work to stay warm.This happens to me as well; as a result I wear socks to bed for about 15 minutes, then after my feet are acclimated I peel them off and everything is fine.
Why do many men's bathrooms have open stalls with no doors or doors that don't lock?
Many different possibilities, obviously, but if it was done by the establishment on purpose, it's in order to keep guys from doing hard drugs in there , or some other nefarious activity the place doesn't want occurring in their bathrooms. It can also deter men from using the stall at all, if the place doesn't want to deal with cleaning the thing repeatedly. It's also possible some guy just knocked the door off in a fight/drunken stupor, and the place just decided that they didn't want to replace it, as it would just happen again.
What is inclusive growth? And what can we do to achieve that?
"inclusive growth" is a catch all term for economic growth that broadly benefits all parts of society. The most obvious method for ensuring that the benefits of economic growth are spread out is redistribution. However, there are countless ways to attempt to achieve broad based growth by way of public policy. A government can ensure strong property rights and fluid capital markets to ensure that anyone with a good idea can find financing and benefit from their ideas. While this is, of course, good for growth overall, societies that lack the above are often heinously unequal. Governments can direct investment with longer term goals in mind. For example, agglomeration economies have often been cited as an issue in inequality. Basically, the idea is that firms want to be located where the best talent is and the best talent wants to be where the firms are. As such, some regions become fantastically wealthy while others suffer from underinvestment. Since the New Deal, the government has participated in a number of efforts to provide seed investments into smaller communities around the country in order to make them more attractive to private firms.
How did they make a hex shaped hole on this lathe?
That was beautiful work with a CNC lathe.The CNC calculated how to spin both the parts to make the pattern required, similar to how it did the threads. I have not seen a good video of this particular pattern slowed down, but I'd assume it's very similar to _URL_0_ .
How does an app like OfferUp make money?
Tons of startups don't make money. They lose shit loads of it trying to get users, hoping to make the ninety back by selling the company or having an IPO.
Why does almost everyone who drives think it's ok to go up to 5 miles per hour OVER the speed limit?
The most likely reason is that 5 mph is within the speedometer's and radar gun's margin of error, so pulling people that are going 5mph over would result in a ton of legal headaches for everybody.
what happened to RSS? Why did it suddenly just stop being a thing?
RSS lets you get quick updates of websites you like. For example [qwantz] updates every time a new comic goes up. The idea was that you could get updates and new information without having to go to each site and checkRSS was developed to pass data when bandwidth was a big concern. when bandwidth was measured in Kb/s. bandwidth is no longer a big concern.
Why is it that we sound robotic when we speak into a portable fan on high speed.
Because the blades are rotating to push air. Sound is vibrations in air. So the blades are also affecting the sound. It will modulate your voice with the frequency of the spinning blades.
How can a man be raped by a woman?
The human body will respond to physical stimulation even if you haven't consented and don't want it to happen. Mind over matter only goes so far, so sufficient stimulation will still have a predictable effect. The fact that your body responded in the way it is physiologically meant to respond has nothing to do with whether you gave consent for it to happen. In short: no means no, and what your body does when pushed doesn't mean a damn thing in the face of that.I ordered a paid dominatrix service off the internet years ago. Set up to meet at a fairly nice hotel room where I was waiting. She made me go to the bathroom upon arrival and when I came out she had a mask and full outfit on. Tied me to the bed, gagged me and roughly anally penetrated me. Then I was chloroformed and I assume more penetration. When I woke up all my belongings and wallet were gone', "Along with the other responses here, I think you're jumping to a conclusion that raping a man involves his penis. There are plenty of other non-consensual sexual assaults that can happen to a man in a compromising position.Same way a woman can be wet and nonconsenting. The penis responds to physical touch Not even mentioning penetration of the anus, forced to eat a woman out, etc', "> How can a man be 'hard' and be considered a rape? Erections aren't something that you need to want to have, they happen with stimulus. Regardless of how you feel about it.
where do freckles on nipples come from if they have never experienced sun exposure?
People produce pigments such as in freckles independent of sun exposure. Our skin does react to sun exposure by *increasing* pigment production but that is a separate issue. Your implication that freckles are only caused by sun exposure is just incorrect.
Why do I like toasted bread, but not stale bread?
It is due to a reaction called the Maillard reaction, which is a non-enzymatic form of browning which is caused by heat. It is a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars. Maillard reactions are why we like browned meat, roasted coffee and biscuits . Caramelisation is a completely different reaction and is only the reaction of sugars. However, they may both occur in the same foods and cause the same browning and flavours in some cases. With toasted bread it is the Maillard reaction that is the main influence on preference. Staling is caused by starch granules losing their water content, which creates more linking between starch molecules causing recrystallisation. This causes the dryness and leathery feel to stale bread, which are deemed undesirable in most casesToasted bread is bread with a caramelized outer layer, as the sugar in it is partly burnt. Stale bread is just dry and nasty.
Why does the military have its own justice system?
Military members are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice in addition to the "normal" civilian justice system. Meaning military members can be tried for crimes under the UCMJ which are not crimes for "normal" civilians. In addition to more restrictive rules, there are different requirements for the trials and the sentencing as well as different punitive options available. Also, prosecutors can circumvent double jeopardy rights if the accused is a member of the armed forces. So, even if a military member has already been tried for a crime by a civilian court, they can still be prosecuted for the exact same crime by a military court. The UCMJ does not exist to allow soldiers to break foreign laws or exempt them from civilian laws. There are Rules of Engagement and Status of Forces Agreements that outline specifically exactly what a military member may or may not do for every country they operate in. The UCMJ and the military justice system is an extra line of punitive measures to ensure that military are held to military standardsIn the military we have different rules that don't exist in the civilian world. For instance, in order to maintain order and discipline required, we don't have the option to tell a commanding officer to go screw himself as we are turning in our two weeks notice. The members of an officer's command are legally bound to follow his lawful orders, otherwise face UCMJ punishment. The reason for that is that during combat operations, the commander's decisions must be obeyed and carried out without his subordinates rebelling, disobeying, or otherwise "going on strike" which are all things civilian workers are allowed to do. During combat, it's not the time for any of that.If a service member commits a crime in the civilian world, the military can take responsibility for trying and convicting that person, or they can allow the civilian authorities to proceed. Never both.This is a great ELI5 post. It's one of those things that people might not normally think to ask, but has a lot of interesting and complicated nuances.
Why do parabolic (curved) snow skis make skiing easier than the 'old' style straight skis?
When you make a turn, you tip your skis on their side edge towards the inside of the turn. [Like this]. With straight skis, the edge would touch the ground on the whole length of the ski when tipping. Since most of your weight is in the middle of the ski, that means that the tip and tail do not push as much into the snow. But with parabolic skis, as in the illustration above, you can see that the edge is only touching the ground at the tip and tail, and there's a gap in the middle. So what will happen is that, because of your weight in the middle, the ski will bend until the middle also touches the ground. [Like this]. This has two effects that make them easier to use: * First, and most obvious, the ski turns for you! Rather than being in a straight line, it's now touching the snow in the shape of a curve, and it will follow that curve on its own. * Second, since the tip and tail are forced to bend, they apply more force on the snow. That makes a better distribution of your weight on the whole length of the ski rather than just the middle. This is why skis don't need to be as long anymore, as they make better use of the available length. And shorter skis are easier to move around.
When sucking a piece of candy (hard or soft) why do you have the urge to crunch and swallow it instead of savoring the flavor longer?
Because your whole life youve been crushing things with your teeth and swallowing them immediately as they enter your mouth. It becomes a reflexi think it has to do with the same reason why when you toss a dog a piece of food they pretty much inhale it. while humans enjoy flavor i think we have a more basic instinct of "that was some food eat more right NOW" your body is less concerned with enjoying food as it is with consuming as much as possible. if you go back to the kill or be killed stage of are evolution it would make total sense to cram as much food into yourself as soon as possible before it went awayI am interested as to why gum does not give the urge as described. Is it pure fear that swallowing gum "gets stuck in your stomach for 7 years"? Every time I even think about swallowing a strip of Orbit, I seem to just say no to myself, but as the OP suggests, for every other food we have the urgeMust be a person to person thing, i prefer to let it melt away in my mouth and savor it all.
If someone poored the equivalent in mass as our sun, of water on to our sun, what would happen?
Well the sun wouldn't go out. It would actually burn brighter. Water molecules are two parts hydrogen and and one part oxygen. The sun uses hydrogen to burn so by adding water you'd be adding more fuel.
Why is smoke sometimes black and sometimes white?
It's only white when a new pope is elected. Seriously though, it depends on what material you're burning. Gasoline and oil tend to have black smoke while dry wood tends to have white smoke.
What tricks/methods does Hollywood use/how do they portray actions that are undesirable (to the actor/actress) or illegal (i.e using drugs, drinking liquor, sex) in movies and tv?
Drugs and alcohol is easy. How can you tell the liquid in the glass is alcoholic just by looking at it? You can't. How do you know the white powder is cocaine, or the smoke coming from the wrapped "joint" is from marijuana? You can't. I hope I don't need to explicitly describe how dyed water could be passed off as whisky for example. The sex scenes are achieved by small, controlled sets with only professionals allowed inside. The actors wear tiny garments to maintain modesty and simply grind against each other in ways where the carefully controlled camera angles can't distinguish exactly what is happening. That obscuring drape of sheet? Totally planned. They don't show actual penetration or it would be pornography, and without actually showing that there is no need for it to take place. What you can't see in the camera shot can be covered by clothing.
Why is it so much harder to hold your breath after breathing out then it is before breathing out?
When you take a breath and exhale it, your lungs will absorb about 20% of the oxygen in that breath. So if you instead hold your breath, you've actually got several full breaths worth of oxygen that are still available to your lungs, even though you haven't breathed in any new air. When you exhale and then hold your breath, there's very little oxygen available to your lungs, so you start feeling the effects a lot faster.
When to use a hyphen in between two words (global-scale, first-class, etc.)
If the words are working separately, they aren't hyphenated. For example, "itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie yellow polkadot bikini." It's not itsy *and* bitsy, it's itsy-bitsy. Same with teenie-weenie. At the same time it's not bitsy-teenie, so those aren't hyphenated together. Now the part where it gets more flexible. It could be a yellow polkadot bikini or it could be a yellow-polkadot bikini. In the first example yellow is being applied to the bikini -- it's a yellow bikini with polka dots -- in the second it's being applied to the polka dots -- it's a bikini with yellow polkadots. It distinguishes whether yellow is an adjective being applied to the noun bikini, or a adverb being applied to the adjective polka dot, which is being applied to the noun bikini. TL;DR if the words work without the other one, don't hyphenate, if it needs both of them to make sense, hyphenateOften when two words act as single adjectives. For example, a long-awaited returnUse it to convey a single idea. For example, a good one I 've heard is a "violent weather conference" is different to a "violent-weather conference".
How come whenever I draw a face having a certain expression I end up making the same expression?
A fun little part of the brain known as mirror neurons. They're the reason that you empathize with actors on screen or in this case, your doodles. Mirror neurons believe that whatever your eyes are looking at, is actually you. So when you see someone hurt, you cringe. Or when you see an angry face you believe it's your face that's angry and these neurons trick your facial muscles into reacting to match. Remember this next time someone tells you that "A smile is contagious"
If calories are a measure of energy, does the same food have more or less calories/energy whether it is eaten hot or cold?
Food gets broken down to glucose sugar, and various vitamins and minerals. The vitamins and minerals are used by cells for their internal bio-chemistry, and the glucose is burned for energy. "Calories" are a measure of the amount of glucose that can be extracted and burned, and this is a chemical energy. How hot the food is doesn't really affect the amount of nutrients and glucose in it, just affects the taste, and possibly how long the stomach takes to warm it up to body temperature. It only takes a few calories to warm up the contents of your stomach, much less than the thousands of calories that a stomach full of ice cream would deliverHeat is kenetic energy -- Energy that's happening right now. Calories are a measure of potential energy. Hot foods would only increase your "energy" by heating up your body. Conversely, with cold foods your body would loose heat energy by ingesting cold foods.The food itself doesn't but the energy required to digest it could either be higher or lower. Such as ice cream. It will take more energy to digest than a very hot food like chili
Why do you see people advertise themselves as "pre-op transgender" in dating sites (and other dating mediums) but you never see "post-op transgender" written?
I think generally people who're fully done with transitioning are ready to set it behind them. The point isn't to be transgender, the point is to be male/female. > is it unethical or immoral to not make potential partners aware of your history? This topic comes up from time to time. Even within the trans community it's a pretty highly debated topic. You can cross-post this over at /r/asktransgender if you want an entertaining flamewar.
if someone was to melt down pre 1982 pennies for copper?
You would have to melt pennies at a large scale to make it worthwhile for the government to spend time investigating and arresting you. To melt pennies at that scale, you would have to industrialize the process . Somewhere along the line, you're likely to attract notice. If you try to just melt pennies by the handful among a large network, then yes, you are likely to avoid detection, but you still run into the problem of finding a seller to make a profit, and you'd have to pay those melting your pennies. No one is going to bother going after you if you melt $5 worth of pennies and use the copper to make jewelry to sell on Esty for a tiny profit. If you melt $50,000 face-value worth of pennies though ..
is there a chemical reaction in the brain that responds to cancelling appointments and social activities? I often feel good after lightening the social load!
You had to do a task you were dreading and nervous about, and by canceling it, your brain considers it accomplished. You are then rewarded for it chemically. It's alot easier than spearing a mammoth anyway.Acetylcholine is the introvert’s version of dopamine, though I’m not 100% sure that applies here.
Why are fractals considered to have fractional dimensions? What does a fractional dimension mean?
I highly recommend watching the following video by the best math presenter on YouTube. It should answer both your questions . _URL_0_
Why are bar codes relatively large when usually you only need one thin scan line to identify an item?
You May have expierienced how long it takes from time to time for the employees to find the Barcode, now imagine its only half a cm thick.
Why is it that diesel gas prices are now getting much lower to the point of being close to or even lower than the price of unleaded?
Did you know originally diesel was always cheaper per litre than petrol it was only when the government realised the extra miles people where getting out of a diesel car so they jacked up the price, and agricultural, and fishing boats, etc still get diesel at cheap prices for diesel .Technically it is because the diesal gas refineries are working more efficiently than the gasoline refineries which results in more diesel and drives down the price. Honestly I am pretty sure its because of price fixing.
How come we don't remember things exactly as they were?
Essentially, your brain plays *[The Telephone Game]* with itself and each time your memory tries to recall something, you're actually remembering the last time you remembered it. If little inaccuracies slipped in, some feelings were stronger or more important than another, or you forget that you told a white lie about something that had happened, over the course of time your brain edits and overwrites these now slightly distorted memories. When someone is in denial of a traumatic event, it could be that they have blocked those memories out so deeply and replaced them with a thought held so strongly that they eventually come to believe it as reality.
Why does the thread count of sheets make them softer?
Think of sandpaper the kind with large grit is rougher than the sandpaper with fine grit. Not imagine the same thing with threads. Fewer, larger threads will be rougher than more fine threads.
If we pressed down on a nail for several months, would that affect its growth?
I'm not an expert but this does happen with an ingrown toenail. The nail doesn't stop growing but instead starts to bend.
When taking a hot shower with cold feet, why does the hot water make your feet feel "icy hot" for a while?
Your cold receptors are firing because your feet are cold. When you dip your feet in the warm water, the nerves responsible for detecting heat are then activated. So for a moment, your brain receives signals for both hot and cold, leading to the sensation you describe. Source:medical schoolThere was a research experiment where cold water was run through a metal pipe, and people touching it perceived cold. Hot water was run through the pipe and people perceive cold. When extremely hot and cold water are run through the pipe, people perceive the burning hot sensation. When you experience extremes of hot and cold you perceive the heat instead of the cold.
In what way(s) will the universe theoretically end?
According to general scientific concesus, there's a few ways this could go down, and it depends on wether or not highly complicated theories like the overall shape of the universe turn out to be true: Heat death is one of them, a scenario in which, after billions of billions of years, all stars in the universe eventually burn out or explode, effectively rendering the entire universe uninhabbitable. Other options include the big Rip, stating that as space continues to expand eventually the space between particles in an atom for example would be too large for any matter to form, and the universe and all its contents would progressively disintegrate
Russia. Ukraine, oil, and the supposed "New cold war"
For now, let's ignore the social and geographic history of what is known today as Ukraine. Not too long ago, Ukraine was in the midst of deciding whether they were going to join the European Union, a move to which Russia strongly objected. Russia basically told Ukraine that if they join EU, then all the various economic partnerships, loans, subsidies, agreements, etc would have to be cancelled or renegotiated. Ukraine's then leader decided that it would be an economic catastrophe if Russia would play on their word and decided against joining the EU, calling for another round of discussions and planning. To which a good chunk of people said not very nice words and a revolution erupted. Fast forward to today, where you have east Ukraine that wants independence or join Russia, and west Ukraine that wants independence/join EU.. all the while firing rockets at each other and generally blowing things up. All the while NATO and USA are pointing fingers saying Russia is helping the east Ukrainians and being jackasses.. and Russia is pointing fingers at NATO and USA saying that they are helping west Ukraine and being even bigger jackasses. People will argue this point to death, saying one side is free of guilt but the reality is that everyone's hands are dirty and they're not being readily washed. Also Russian oil sold to the EU runs through pipes in Ukraine. So if Ukraine does something , Russia cuts the oil supply at the Ukrainian border which forces the EU to put pressure on Ukraine to cough up the money. Harsh but such is the reality. As for the Cold War comment, that's just something people like to use to give people a scare through negative association. Russia and the USA are not in a nuclear arms race on the brink of wiping humanity off the face of the earth! CALM DOWN PEOPLE.
I feel like a dog can sense if a person is unhappy. How?
I am by no way at all a scientist or veterinarian but I have been working with dogs for over a decade. I spent a lot of time as a dog handler is a large off leash facility and the first thing I taught myself was to leave everything at the door before I went in. If something was happening in my personal life or my boss was pissing me off to put me in a bad mood the dogs would sense it right away. If I was sad or upset the dogs would he sympathetic and try to cheer me up by showing off or trying to get my attention. If I was angry the less dominant dogs would keep their dostance and the stronger willed dogs would push back or act up. I have always loved how intuitive dogs are and how much they can connect with us as humans.Dogs are very good at reading human body language. The dog shaming pictures that you see on the internet is a dog responding to the body language of the owner not actually responding to the bad action they performed. There's actually a pretty interesting PBS Nova program where they talk about how a dog gets body language cues from its owner. Dogs will look at a persons face like you or I do to read their body language. The Nova episode is called Dogs Decoded and it used to be on Netflix but you can also watch it on youtube. _URL_0_ As to what sense they use. Visual clues e.g. Body language, smell your nervous so maybe your sweating more or something. Despite being very much know of their ears and nose they do relying on visual clues a lot too.
how flashing coloured lights became associated with Christmas?
The Christmas tree became popular in Germany during the 18th to early 19th centuries. It was brought to America by German immigrants during the 1800s and also became popular in other European countries. During the spread of the tradition, people began putting candles on the tree. I couldn't find a good explanation as to why this happened, other than vague references that the candles somehow represented Christ or that they were supposed to represent miniature versions of a yule log. When Edison was popularizing the lightbulb, he strung lights around his laboratory around Christmas and also used electric lights to light a tree. Electric lights became safer and cheaper than candles and so they replaced them in popularity. The use of lights then spread to the outside of homes and lights also began to come in different colors. There is no particular religious significant to the lights that I am aware of, though I have anecdotally heard they are supposed to represent the light that guided the Wise Men .Christmas is a winter solstice festival. Like many festivals of that sort, candles/fires/electric lights are integral to the celebration. Cheap electrical wiring make electric Christmas lights popular in the mid 20th century. Glass bulbs could be painted any color and they were typically sold in strands and boxes of a single color. Thus the assorted lights took effort and were eye catching. While other options remain available to the decorative enthusiast, assorted colors or plain white are easy to set up casually without adhering to a broader decorative theme.
why lawyers and judges have to wear wigs in court?
It's just a tradition, dating back to when "court" meant an audience before the local sovereign ruler. Back then it was part of the protocol for appearing before someone superior to you, and a token of respect for the sovereign. We keep the tradition today as a token of respect for the gravity of the circumstances. Justice, as the kids might say, is "serious business." Different cultures have different standards for court dress. In commonwealth countries court dress includes robes of various kinds and *sometimes* wigs, but most wearing of wigs was dispensed with about four years ago. In the United States, we still expect judges to wear judicial robes, but everyone else is generally expected to present themselves in business daywear —\xa0though the standards for *that* have slipped considerably in the past half-century as well —\xa0and we don't do wigs.
What exactly is happening inside my body when I have a stomach ache?
Considering that there are a few different things that can be considered a stomach ache, I may not be answering your specific question: 1) Feeling like you are going to vomit. Your body is wanting to remove something that it really doesn't want in it's stomach. This can vary by a large amount, but can range from bad food, to poisons, to too much food, to too much stomach acid. Some diseases can also cause this feeling, although usually for the reasons above. 2) Feeling discomfort in your intestines. This can often feel like discomfort in your stomach if it is in your upper intestines. I'm going lump in both physical pain as well as just discomfort in here as they are both, generally speaking, caused by the same thing: a blockage in the intestines. Usually the body takes care of this itself, but sometimes you can become constipated. 3) Actual pain in the stomach. Another one that can be caused by a lot of different things. Diseases, bad food, etc. as well as actual damage to the stomach/upper intestines, more often than not in the form of an ulcer .
Why do we feel so dehydrated after sleeping, even for short periods?
Aside from simply not being able to ingest fluids while asleep; 1. Hormonal release/changes that occur predominantly during sleep.2. Increased sweating due to different temperature regulation when asleep.3. Increased fluid consumption by your body during sleep.4. Dryness of mouth.5. Possible desire for the body to purge refluxed digestive fluids with water.
How does a coding language like Python actually communicate with a piece of software?
In the case of Maya, I believe you write and run the code from inside the program . So Maya will be what is reading your code and so it will recognize specific commands in the code that refer to it and will execute them. So if you have a rotate command in your python code, when Maya reaches that section, it will rotate the object.
Why is Hillary Clinton's campaign paying for the Russian dossier not raising more concern?
Best I can tell is the Republicans can't make a big deal about it because they are where it originated. In my mind the most likely chain of events was RNC starts dossier and when Trump won the ticket theytold the DNC about it. If the contents are proven to be fiction the finger can be pointed anywhere. If proven true then who cares who paid for it? It's a toxic topic to both parties though not really anything I'm worried about to be honest. As far as I know it is not illegal. Also you'll notice the other headline is Trump doing the same thing with Wikileaks so it's a wash. We know they all play dirty. This is all just my opinion of course. There is no answer to your question. You're sure to hear Bcuz libruls.Concern about what? Buying op-o research; everybody does that. Getting op-o research that's unproven and maybe false; that happens every time. Looking for op-o involving the Russians because the optics of that's bad; it's identical to the Republican campaign looking for "home email" op-o on Ms. Clinton. You should not be concerned, this is very common and actually pretty desirable campaign behavior.
Whats the difference between the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and a Single Payer Health Care System?
Single-Payer healthcare is when the government pays for everyone's healthcare. It might be provided in public or private hospitals, but the government pays for it . Obamacare mandates that everyone either be covered by employer healthcare, qualify for government healthcare or buy their own private health insurance. It also does a heap of other important things, but the main difference is the role of private insurers. A single payer healthcare system replaces the role of private health insurance.
Why can't the Syria conflict be resolved through UN?
> Can Russia really just VETO everything regarding the Syria conflict? Yes. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, and the United States, can *all* veto **any** UN resolution. But it hardly matters, because the UN doesn't have any teeth. It can't resolve military conflicts. The best it can to is try to impose economic sanctions, and I highly doubt if Syria cares whether or not UN members will trade with them.
How exactly does alcohol damage the liver?
in long term, Alcohol , which naturally through the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase and then by aldehyde dehydrogenase will be metabolized into acetic acid, which is basic kitchen vinegar. Acetic acid is then converted into CO2 + H2O the enzyme which converts this ethanol to acetaldehyde and then acetic acid, uses NAD + in the process and its byproducts are NADH This of course would increase the number of NADH while depleting NAD + right? this imbalance of higher NADH causes your liver to start producing fatty acids, which after awhile accumulates and form glycerol, which also accumulate and then forms Triglycerides. And where does this triglycerides stored? the liver of course. Having too much triglycerides inside your liver aren't good , as it could cause inflammation in the liver tissue, as well with acetaldehyde which is hepato -toxic and NADH itself could leads to oxidative stress. Hence, damage to the liver cells, resulting in hepatitis. Similar to other hepatitis, it could progress to cirrhosis of the liver . And like many cirrhosis, there's a higher risk of progressing to liver cancer.
Why do not Mexico's military forces just eradicate the cartels?
Because the Cartels are extremely well coordinated and armed and not just a bunch of thugs high on their stuff who whack anyone they don't like. They are practically a paramilitary group in how they are organized and have made usage of even computers as an art form in how they perform their criminal actions. They fight unconventionally, have no regard for military/civilian targets and are only looking to protect their business empire. The cartel Los Zetas, alone, are notorious for wiping out entire villages and stringing the bodies up from local bridges if they think a region is getting too uppity. Basically, reword your question as "Why is it the American military has so many problems with Afghan insurgents? Why don't they just eradicate them.". It's the same dilemma the Mexican military/police are having with the cartels. They are fighting what is effectively an unconventional army.That would lead to an all out insurgency. Look at the situations in Syria and Afghanistan. That's what would happen in Mexico. Worse even, because these guys are heavily armed, have a steady cash flow, and are good at what they do, since the original cartel members were trained by US special forces.
What exactly do a president and vice president do all day?
All sorts of stuff. Policy meetings, meeting with various heads of departments, briefings, public appearance stuff, meeting/calling foreign leaders,', "Well, in America the president is 1/3 of our government. If a bill passes through Congress, then he must sign it into action. He also has the ability to propose laws or policies for Congress to approve. He probably has a shit load of meetings everyday. I know for a fact the president's schedule is kept by the minute. He has to make several speeches and public addresses every year. Also, a state of the union address. He has the power to order military strikes. And if shit hits the fan he is the man we all look to for guidance.
How does mass have no effect on acceleration due to gravity?
The key you're missing is that the more mass there is, the harder it is to move it. The pull of gravity is stronger, but that is balanced out because it's harder to move. For instance, consider how much effort it takes to push a shopping cart with one hundred feathers compared to pushing a cart with a hundred bricks. The same applies to the force of gravity. If not for the air slowing the feather, you could see for yourself that it falls at the same rate as a brick. Actually you can see a video of an experiment involving feathers and a bowling ball in a chamber with the air pumped out right here: _URL_0_
Why is baldness much more common in men than it is in women?
Most of the baldness you see is caused by a gene on the X chromosome. If a man has the gene for baldness in his X chromosome then he will be bald. If a woman has the gene for baldness on an X chromosome, she has a second X chromosome that most likely will not have that gene so it is suppressed and she will not be bald. Edit - Remember Women have two X chromosomes and men have an X and a Y Chromosome.
Why was windows '98 so good?
You probably don't remember windows 3.1.. when windows 95 came out shit was forever changed. When win98 came out, everything wrong with win95 was fixed . Better question- why was windows 95 so good? Edit: just to wrap this question up in three simple words.. the start menu.
Are we all capable of being indoctrinated into believing anything no matter how immoral it seems now?
You might roll your eyes at the cliche I'm going to give you here , but check out the Milgram Experiment. People can be conditioned under the right circumstances to do immoral things. Very few people are outliers that take serious effort to condition like that. In short, yes. People can be made to do almost anything in the right conditions.
Why are the subreddits /r/news and /r/worldnews so widely hated amongst redditors?
Because they are typically either a) wrong b) misleading or c) some combination of the two. There is no incentive to be truthful or analytic in those forums. The only incentive is karma. The truth may set you free, but it sure as hell doesn't get you reddit gold .There are lots of different complaints people have about them. Some people say they are bad because they attract a large amount of "low content" posts . Also they say that people rarely read the articles, and will heavily upvote a comment that is directly contradicted by it or only vaguely about the topic. Some consider them a circle jerk about many topics. Often people will make opposite accusations of which direction this jerk goes, even in the same topic, but are all angry about it. Linked to this is claims they are overrun with astroturfers and shills, or are being raided by a variety of organizations. Also, some have the standard issue complaints about mods being censors, paid off, or just lazy idiots. Or just generic grumpy reddit/internet/people suck complaints with few specifics, as to be expected everywhere. I 'd recommend making your own assessment, though. Just remember to not trust everything people say without checking , don't worry about votes, remember Hanlon's Razor, and see if you like them or notI come to reddit to escape, not to become depressed.
- Why do we eat cows and pigs abd not horses and dogs in the Western World?
Horse meat isn't rare at all. You can get it in many parts of europe. Tastes ok too. Anyway, that's culture. The same reason we think that bacon and eggs is a breakfast food, and don't eat grasshoppers.When you work on a farm each animal is used for several things. Pigs will eat almost anything, but they won't herd like dogs or work like horses so they mostly serve as waste management. Cow manure is useful on a farm and their meat has a high market value. Also, the horse and dog lobby doesn't really support the idea of eating "man's best friend", ha! It may interest you to know that in 1910 President Roosevelt supported a huge plan to bring Louisiana hippos into the US food market, and it might of worked if Anton Feuchtwange of Louisiana hadn't invented the hot-dog bun _URL_0_
why does the flu season start around the same time every year?
Cooler weather puts more strain on the immune system and people begin sealing themselves inside to stay warm, rather than letting in fresh air. In addition, it happens shortly after students go back to school - which are great breeding grounds for disease
If you're not supposed to flush wipes, why are they explicitly stated to be flushable?
There is no law that defines "flushable." That it fits down the toilet means it meets the common definition. If you ask a sanitary worker they will tell you they 've never seen a wipe that breaks up like toilet paper. At the treatment plant there is a scrubber that pulls out all of the condoms, tampons, wipes, etc that people carelessly flush down the toilet. Someone has the job of cleaning that scrubber and the more things people flush, the more times that person has to do that job.
The light dependent and the light independent stages of photosynthesis.
The light dependent stage is where the leaf take in the energy from the sun and turns it into energy it can use for the next step . The light independent stage is where the leaf takes that energy and uses it to break apart CO2 molecules and put them back together again into glucose molecules For a much more in-depth explanation of all the steps I highly recommend you watch [this] video.The light stage is the part where light excites electrons in the photosystems; the energy of the excited electrons is used to generate ATP and NADPH. The light independent stage is the stage where Carbon is assimilated through the calvin cycle. This uses the energy and reducing power derived from ATP and NADPH which was generated in the light dependent stage.
How do snow fences prevent snow from building up on roads?
As the air moves through the slats, it has to slow down to get through. This pool of slower moving air, on the upwind side of the snow fence, is carrying some snow with it. The slower air can't haul as much snow, so it drops it there instead of dropping it in the road. On the downwind side, the air has lower pressure, and the lower the pressure, the less it can carry, so any snow that does get through the fence has a second chance of hitting the ground.It's actually the signs with the fences that does the job. They say "no snow beyond this fence".Everyone knows that snow is notorious for rule-following behavior.
the medical explanation for why in Saving Private Ryan, the medic's hands were all curled up after he go shot.
tendons in the hand, it takes effort from your muscles to straighten your fingers. Try it your self stretch them straight then relax and watch as they curl back towards your palms I would say the primary reason was he was acting and trying to make it appear as if he was in pain. The closest medical reason I could think of would be from breathing too fast because he was in pain and scared. Hyperventilation can cause someone to "breathe off" too much CO2 and experience spasms in their hands and feet called carpopedal spasms. Decorticate posturing would be another cause but would likely involve more posturing of the arms and a decrease in his mental status, since he is talking and somewhat conscious I would lean toward the hyperventilation. Edit: Clarification.I can't remember where he was shot off the top of my head, but what the medic is doing is probably Decorticate posturing. Its a response of the body to extreme shock and injury to the brain/spinal cord. _URL_0_ source:EMT training
me: why do skunks and marijuana smell similar?
The chemicals that "give off" the smell you are noticing belong to a group called "terpenes". Various terpenes are found all throughout nature and are the reason you are reminded of one item's scent by the other. I would venture a guess that a skunk and "Skunk" share a common or similar terpene. Limonene, for example, is common to both Cannabis and the ordinary orange peel. Source: my reddit handle is Despite these comments, I am on board with you and looking for a similar answer.I don't know why people are acting like this isn't a thing they smell very similar depending on the type of pot. I have also been in people's yards who are definitely not growing or smoking pot and some gardens have the same odor so I think it's just a plant smell..
why does a natural gas furnace have to be vented out of the house while the gas oven/gas cooktop does not. What happens to the exhaust gases created from the oven/cooktop?
* A gas furnace burns waaaaay more fuel than a small oven or cook top. That's the reason its gasses have to be vented while for the oven the natural air exchange is good enough.* You use the oven only while cooking so you would be aware of problems, while a gas furnace operates automatically.* Ovens need to be in a room where you can ventilate , local building regulations have all the details
Who is Chooter and why was she fired from Reddit?
Her name is Victoria, and she was the Director of Talent at Reddit, she also coordinated all of the AMA's. Why she was fired, we do not know. What we do know is that it's lead to a massive shit storm. You can read more about it here: _URL_0_", '_URL_1_ U/chooter is Victoria from Reddit. She helps with all the AMAs but she just got fired and nobody knows why EDIT = spelling
What are stretch marks?
You have two layers of skin: the epidermis, which is the outer most layer, and the dermis that sits below that. Both of these layers can be broken down into even smaller layers. In the lower layer of the dermis lies collagen. Collagen is rubber band like strands of proteins that essentially holds up all the shit above it. Whenever the skin stretches, such as in pregnancy, weight gain, rapid growth in puberty, and the body fails to keep up with this process by not producing enough collagen to hold everything up, the existing collagen tears, and you now have a stretch markTake a rubberband and stretch a small portion of it a decent amount. As you stretch it it will become lighter as small fibers are being torn apart. Upon un-stretching it that discoloration will still be there as well as the damage.
Why do aircraft need so much maintenance?
Let me just throw 2 random facts out there. This is a long story short version, I'm sure someone else might post a more detailed one. There are over 250 MILES of wiring in a 747 and over SIX MILLION parts . Point being, it all needs to be inspected, and replaced or repaired as necessary. There's a lot that could go wrong. There are also parts that have expirations, so to say. Some of these parts can only be used X amount of cycles, or X amount of flight time. There are 4 types of inspections, A, B, C, and D type checks. A check is common, gets done aprox every 125 hours or every 200-400 cycles. 20-50 man hours . B check, done every 4-6 months, 150 man hours. C check, every 20-24 months, or by flight time determined by manufacturer, could take 1-2 weeks. D check, or HMV , aprox every 6 years. This is a SERIOUS inspection, tearing a lot of the plane apart to make sure it is all good. Can tank up to 50,000 man hours and can take 2 months or more depending on what needs to be done. Most planes also have progressive inspections to keep time of the plane on the ground down. So one year, they might tear the whole right wing apart and make sure it is all working, next might be the tail, so on and so forth. It is all in the name to keep us safe. TL;DR, could be 6 million parts or more depending on the aircraft , and just making sure they're all doing their job so planes don't fall out of the sky. Credit: graduated A+P student, about to get my A+P license in the very near future.
Deep sea exploration. What's being done and what has been done?
I have a friend who is a hadal ecologist so I'll answer with what I know from talking to her. What do we know? very little. Her PhD dissertation is trying to figure out what is down there and what they eat - in other words, the most basic ecological questions you could possibly ask. What's being done? Exploration. She has been on several cruises already in the past year to different trenches where they use a variety of equipment to collect organisms and try to see what they can find. Once they have animals they do genetic analysis and look at stomach content, etc. There's still a lot to be done - it is a branch of science that is wide open for discovery and will really start taking off soon. It's pretty amazing and exciting really, that with everything we know about the planet and beyond we are still at such a basic level of understanding about the deepest parts of the ocean.
Why is Bob a funny name to children?
I don't know for certain, but I can infer several reasons: - In addition to being a palindrome, it's linguistically simplistic. There was a study conducted at the University of Alberta that suggests that one's expectations have an impact as to the subjective "funniness" of a word. It could be that the unusualness of the occurrence of the certain letter permutation, as well as the term's unexpected simpleness, could make it seem funnier. Wikipedia page on the study: _URL_0_ - I would wonder if there is a societal aspect to the humour. That is, if other kids think the name "Bob" is funny, then maybe I should, too. This might even be on a subconscious level, as kids are trying to fit in with their peers.
Can humans be allergic to meat?
Yes. After being bitten by a Lone Star tick, you can develop an [allergy to red meat.] I'd bet this isn't the only situation.
Cloud Storage and how it's different from storing stuff on servers like we always have
"Cloud" is just a marketing buzzword. It means serversTechnically, storing your files on a server is no different than "cloud" storage. The phrase "cloud" was invented to give less computer-savvy people a way to visualize how their data is being stored. They picture some intangible thing that they can't really reach, but *exists*, and it's easier for them to conceptualize.
Why do smaller dogs generally live longer than large dogs?
Larger dogs have larger bodies, which require larger organs and larger bone structures. Larger organs and bone structures have to work harder and don't typically last as long. On top of that, we have traditionally used larger dogs for work, which adds "extra mileage."
When we jump into very cold water, what occurs in the human body that makes us feel acclimated when we're actually getting colder?
your body has a process of adjusting to things as they happen so you dont become a husk of a person from sensory overload - ie putting on cologne in the morning that you wear regularly you will smell for a few minutes then it goes away, you still smell it, but your brain purposely ignores it so you can pay attention to necessary items. similarly, when you jump in to ice cold water, at first you feel your skin and muscles tighten, your stress as the coldness lowers your body temperature, but then your brain decides you are not in danger and goes back to normal functioning.
Why do the Bloods and the Crips hate each other so much?
It wasn't always that bad until drugs got involved. With the advent of cocaine and crack, the gangs needed to have places to sell it because it was an extremely profitable revenue stream. Eventually, those territories began to overlap and what was once minor disagreements turned into outright violence. In short, C.R.E.A.M.
Where is a virus/malware stored in a computer system, how is it removed?
A virus/malware is a program like any other but it's task is to harm you computer. It is stored on your hard drive and it can be remove by deleting the file. Unfortunately, most virus execute on windows loading so you load the virus every time you launch your computer. The tricky part is to know which files to remove since any virus will try to make their name seems like it's a windows file. There is also some virus that inject themselves into other files so you can't really find them.
Why is my muscle memory so much better than my memory for other things?
How much effort did you make in learning that instrument? Months, years? How much effort did you make in remember those names? Probably not much.
How do companies continue for years without ever making a profit?
The value of a company and whether investors want to be involved is not based on current earnings or profitability, but instead on what they think it will eventually be worth. Companies called Venture Capitalist specialize in providing seed money to these companies while they are just starting out. This money keeps the company going during the early years when there is little or no income. Usually in return they get a piece of the company and make out like bandits if the company become the next big thing. Most of the time, the bet fails, but when they hit, they hit big.
If an AC unit says it is 900w, what is the time frame in which it uses that much energy?
A Watt is a complex unit, like a Newton. A Watt is actually a measure that includes time. One Watt is equal to one joule per second. So 900 watts means 900 joules per secondA Watt is a unit of power. In physics, power and energy are two separate, but related, concepts. Energy can be thought of as the ability to do work . Power describes how fast that work is happening, and can be expressed as work per time, analogous to the way that speed is expressed as distance traveled per time. Asking how much energy an AC unit uses at 900W is like asking how far a car will go at 60 MPH. Electrical energy usage is usually billed by the kilowatt-hour . A kilowatt-hour is the amount of energy that is used to do work at 1 kilowatt for 1 hour . Since power is energy per time, when you multiply a unit of power by a time, you get energy again. To figure out how much energy your AC unit uses, you just need to multiply the power by the time that the unit is running for.1 hour. *technically* speaking, it will draw 900W 'constantly' or every second. However, for your power bill's purposes, it will draw .9 kWh every hour.
Why don't we wake ourselves up when sleeping in an uncomfortable position?
When your brain falls asleep your body is flooded with chemicals that both numb and paralyze muscles, so yeah, you dont actually feel it until you wake up.
Why when I get sick does only a single nostril get clogged?
contrary to popular belief, your nose doesn't get clogged with snot, it gets clogged by the blood vessels expanding so blowing your nose a lot does not clear it. I always thought laying on one side relived pressure on the other allowing me to have at least one working nostril. Failing that, lying on my back but in a slight sitting up position and breathing through my mouth in a controlled fashion brings my heart rate down and usually relieves some of the blocking .but I agree it's a pain when trying to sleep
Why do people go to see Operas in languages they aren't fluent in?
Why do a lot of russians enjoy AC/DC even though they can't speak english? Because music is universal. Anyone can listen to music, and vocals are an instrument. All part of the piece.
What causes the heartache you feel in your stomach/chest when you love someone and miss them?
subtle physical changes you get, but don't notice. changes in breathing, digestion, muscle tension, etc. The odd sensation is a result of a bit of confusion. All the symptoms you get are features of the sympathetic nervous system. So the activity of the sympathetic nervous system ends up triggering the.. sympathetic nervous system. This all happens because it does not recognize a difference between physical and emotional pain. But anyway. the largest part of this system is the vagus nerve. That is what's transmitting the 'heartache' feeling. You'll notice you're not just feeling it in those couple areas. You'll feel it in your throat, in your jaw.. _URL_0_ everywhere along this path, and specifically along that path and nowhere else. Why does all this happen? We don't know. But we do know whats physically happening.
If someone were born in Hawaii, before its annexation into the US, could they run for President of the United States?
It is actually a misconception that someone must be born in the US to become President. The Constitution states that you must be a "natural born citizen." Note, this is not the same as a "native born citizen." What it probably means is that only those people who were American citizens at birth may be eligible to be President. You can be a "natural born citizen" even if born outside the US. Now the reason I said "probably" in the first sentence is because this specific question has never actually been raised before the Supreme Court; we actually don't have a for sure answer. Still, IMO, the language clearly implies that only people born with American citizenship may become President. I am attorney, fwiw
What happens to the 3 minutes and 55.9 seconds in a day?
23 hours and 56 minutes is the amount of time it takes the Earth to make one rotation around its axis. However, during that time, Earth also makes about 1/365 of a revolution around the Sun. This means that Earth needs to rotate around its axis for 4 more minutes in order to orient itself relative to the Sun. [This image explains it]. It takes 23 hours and 56 minutes for Earth to get from #1 to #2, but a person standing where the red arrow is pointing will no longer be directly under the Sun. It takes 4 more minutes for Earth to get from #2 to #3, where the point where the red arrow is pointing will again be directly under the Sun.That's the time it takes for the earth to turn through 360 degrees. But in that time it has also moved through about 1 degree of its orbit. So it has to turn another degree or so to get the same bit of the earth pointing at the sun again, and that brings the solar day up to 24 hours.
Why is cut faster than copy on a PC?
You may imagine that cutting requires additional time to write zeroes to the old places on the disk aside from writing in the ones to the new places, rather than copying which just writes the ones, and as such cutting will take additional time because it's actually a copy-first, then-delete process. However, that is untrue. Most modern OSes do it by a little bit of cheating. Rather, information about the placement of all files on disk is written to this giant file called the index; when you copy files, indeed there is physical writing done on the new spots and the index is updated to tell the filesystem that now it has a new file at the new spots. However when you cut and paste files, no physical writing is done; simply the index is updated to tell it that the file now should be known by another name . On our file explorer interface, it looks like the file has really "moved" but actually it's just our filesystem showing it at a different directory, no physical change on the disk level has been made. It's thus a much more efficient and shorter process than copying. If you have heard people talk about drive fragmentation, this is how it happens over time when files within the same directory are actually dispersed across different parts of the physical hard disk.
What exactly happens in the eye of a storm?
in the eve of the storm it is very calm, not much wind is present due to wind rotating around the eye not past it. if you are able to stay in the eye you will be completely safe. the wind spirals upwards due to convection around the eye.
why 4G doesn't cover as much area as 3G
4G typically runs at a higher frequency than 3G. This means that it can pack in more data, but it also means that it travels less distance before the signal degrades. This is why you hear low-end bass coming from the car driving down the street, but you can't always hear the lyrics. The lower frequencies travel through material better than higher frequencies.4G/LTE is at a higher frequency, higher frequencies have less range and less penetrating power.