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What's happening in North Korean government following the death of their leader, and how this impacts on South Korea + other affected countries. | Short Answer: Nothing. The transition seems to have gone smoothly. North Korea is still just a dictatorial, backwards, and dear leader worshiping as everThis has been asked several times, with some very good answers. Please search the subreddit before posting. |
How can goats climb near-vertical walls without falling? | Their hooves have rubbery bottoms that help stick and the two halves can move somewhat independently that allow them to grip onto sheer surfaces. Source: [What If You Had Animal Feet!?] |
What makes that distinct smell when you heat up an old toaster? | Crumbs wouldn't smell different after a few weeks. It's dust on the heating coils. Same smell you get when you first turn on central heating for the winter. |
What will happen on first contact? Who is in charge? Etc. | I am not sure who is in charge, or what the response will be, however lots of people have developed Post-detection Policies . A post detection policy is a set of guidelines and rules put together that give us information on how to react if we meet extraterrestrial life. At the moment, I am not sure which PDP is the go-... |
The Apocrypha and why it's not part of the current bible. | There are many criteria used in determining what was to be considered "cannon" or not. It is a large topic which really is better studied in a Christian theology course, however, some of those criteria are along the lines of: 1. No certain quotes are made from them by Jesus or any of the apostles.2. Not accepted by the... |
how carcinogens effect the body to increase the risk of cancer. | There are three types of carcinogens; biological, physical and chemical. All of them can increase the risk of cancer in a couple of different ways. One is directly damaging DNA , which causes mutations leading to tumours, these are called genotoxins. The other is making the cells divide at an increased rate, which incr... |
What is the purpose of the propeller on current hologram projectors? | > Wouldn't make more sense to have a screen, grid, or lens for the holographic object to project from? In no case does an image "project from" the device. A spinning arm tries to fulfill the goal of having an image in an area where there doesn't appear to be a screen. When the arm is in an area it flashes some light, a... |
Why does a bigger budget mean better CGI movie effects? Isn't it all made with software? | Its made by people who know how to use the software. CGI is not easy. You need talented artists who know how to use 3D modeling software. Better artists cost more, but are able to make better visualsIt is, but making it *well* takes time and skill on the part of the effects team, which costs money. Additionally, render... |
Cthulus, HP Lovecraft. Is it real Mythology or is it just old horror books, is it actually good/scary/cool? | They just old horror books. For the most part they were originally published in monthly magazines where the authors were paid by the word. Over the years of writing them, Lovecraft started to weave together a fictional history and collaborated via letter with other authors and swapped ideas. Although he wasn't super su... |
Why do they call it Legend Of Zelda and not Legend Of Link? | Because you are Link, and his name is whatever you put for him. His name doesn't matter, and for all the games history knows his name changes from game to game. The one constant is Zelda because after the first Zelda was cursed to sleep forever the king decreed, "So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordere... |
What's the point of Whoaverse? | It looks like it was created as a "truereddit," so to speak. I imagine that some people were upset about the admins banning certain offensive subs and mods deleting comments in various subs . The main kick seems to have been from the vote change that was just enacted. So, it's basically a reddit with less rules and the... |
How were Romans able to build fountains ? | The fountain was located downhill from a river, and water from the river was delivered via a closed pipe, so that it arrived under natural pressure . Yo ho ho! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: How ancient Roman fountains worked ] ^1. [ELI5: How fountains were possible in Classical C... |
People always go on about land-fill sites, for what reason can we not just chuck all the rubbish in Volcanoes? | Fire does not destroy things. It changes them chemically sure, things go into the air and then there's the ash to deal with. Having said that, humanity does use incinerators to deal with trash . But incenerators have to deal with the problems of just changing it from one kind of polution to another. Overall land fills ... |
How do evolution deniers use the laws of thermodynamics to prove their case against evolution? | They take the notion of entropy, and point out that current scientific knowledge points out two things. First, entropy is always rising. Second, complex biological organisms decrease entropy. That sounds like a contradiction, right? That's the argument they make: there *must* be some divine intervention or, according t... |
What are we hoping to learn from landing on an asteroid? | One of the key investigations of Philae is the chemical composition of 67P. Philae has many sensors and gadgets on it that can collect and analyse samples from the surface. This data will be sent back to earth for the ESA and scientists to further analyse. This information can help us understand the history of the sola... |
Even though birds can't taste the capsaicin in hot peppers, does it still burn like the core of a thousand suns when they defecate? | Humans don't "taste" it either. Humans have receptors that register it as pain. Spice is literally a sensation, not a taste, which is why you feel it on the way out too. Birds dont have receptors sensitive to capsaicin anywhere in their body, so it doesn't burn coming or going |
How do we keep discovering new amazing things in astronomy when it takes millions of years for said discoveries to develop? | The universe is very big, we estimate there are over 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. With that sort of number, it's almost guaranteed that somewhere, something interesting is happening at this moment.Because they started happening millions of years ago, and only now are we noticing them or realizing th... |
Why does petting animals give us physical comfort? | Most mammals have special sense receptors that respond favorably to gentle touch, which is why the vast majority of mammals will enjoy being pet . So gentle stroking feels good to them, almost as much as it feels good for you to do it. We also have a certain chemical in our body which is related to bonding and affectio... |
Why are some people able to function on much less sleep than others? | Very few people can actually function properly with a good amount of sleep debt. Most of those people just get used to it, like a high functioning alcoholic.Sleep is incredibly important to the longevity of our bodies, we do the majority of the recovery while sleeping for things like muscle repair, memory consolidation... |
why don't girls have Adam's apples | Adam's apples are found on both women and men they just show up more prominently in men as a chunk of bony cartilage that's wrapped around the larynx. Also known as the laryngeal prominence, the Adam's apple sits right on top of the thyroid gland, so the area is fittingly called the\xa0thyroid\xa0cartilage. Grown men h... |
If the U.S can use drones in foreign countries, how is it that these foreign countries aren't capable of doing the same thing to the US? | The US would shoot it down. Most of the time, US drones operate in places were there aren't really ~~air-to-~~ air defenses, so the drone is fairly safe. Also, very few countries that would want to operate drones have a base close enough to operate drones from, whereas the US has bases all over the world. EDIT: Air def... |
Munching Noises (More in Description) | You don't? Really? I hate the noise my mouth produces when eating pop corns at the cinema, it doesn't let me hear the movie. Anyway, I guess is because we are not really able to be annoyed by something we do. For example, have you have tried to leave the toothpaste's cap open? Isn't that annoying as hell when someone e... |
What exactly is Quantum Dot Technology for TVs supposed to do? | The basic idea is that they're made of a material that absorbs a wide range of light, and then re-emits most of the absorbed energy as a very fine-tuned frequency of light. Being powered by light re-emission rather than electricity means that you can use them as passive filters to improve the light quality of the LCD b... |
Which version of the bible is "the bible" | None of them. Before Constantine the roman emperor made Christianity romes state religion there were different sects of Christians and hundreds of gospels competing for attention. When Constantine adopted it he called for the Christina elders to make one book everyone could rally around. Mark, Luke, Matthew, etc. weren... |
If we can build the Keystone XL pipeline, why don't we build a giant water pipeline from the Great Lakes to California to alleviate the drought problems there? | Because keep your hands off our water. But seriously, there's a whole ecosystem going on over there, and mass-draining the water will fuck with that. A ton of goods get shipped in and out of Detroit and other cities via freighters, and if the water level drops too low, it could cut off supply chains. Tourism would be a... |
How is outer-space relevant in modern warfare, what would space combat look like? | It's where satellites are, and satellites are the backbone of modern communications and photo-reconnaissance technology. The GPS satellites, for example, allow the US military to guide vehicles and weapons to anywhere on the globe with a tiny margin of error. That's a *HUGE* advantage in a fight. Reconnaissance satelli... |
How does hitting hard surfaces with your fists make your knuckles stronger? | The same way that walking barefoot for an extended period of time makes the sole of your foot more durable and tolerant to pain. The skin forms calluses . Another phenomenon is something called Wolff’s law. The link below explains this law. Essentially, if you load a bone with physical stresses, it stimulates the bone ... |
why is there no thunder or lightning during a snowstorm? | I've seen and heard lightning in a snowstorm. Worked at a ski resort as a lift operator, nothing more scary than lightning when you're sitting in a metal shack at the top of a mountain. The weather people call it *thundersnow*.It's possible. Meteorologists call it "thundersnow", but it's pretty rare. I'm far from a wea... |
How and why do spider webs become cobwebs? | > How do the webs lose their "stickiness"? They get covered in dust. Spiders frequently rebuild their webs in new locations. The old, abandoned web ends up collecting dust, which makes it less sticky, just like covering a piece of tape with dirt and debris makes it less stickyi believe its an accumulation of dust and d... |
Why does the raidio only play certain songs by an artist and not any song that is good by them? Even old artists with no albums to promote. | To put it simple, it's been analysed that the audience stay on the station when the music is recognisable.A local radio morning show actually explained this a few weeks ago in my area. Basically, the stations quickly lose listeners if they play "unknown" music. Playing popular and recognizable songs is what most people... |
How come it seems no one on the east-cost of America is able to handle and prepare for a snowstorm? | I live in coastal New England. One thing to note is our winters are extremely unpredictable. Last year we had like 20 feet of snow, this year we haven't had any . How do you budget in something that can cost anywhere from five million to nothing. Another thing to note is that our snow tends to be very wet and heavy. 18... |
Why is it a bad idea to freeze food that's been defrosted? | Freezing and unfreezing food can destroy the integrity of that food. When you freeze something whether it is meat, vegetables, a fully prepared meal, or bread the water in the food crystallizes. These crystals can ever so slightly damage the material/tissue around them. When you thaw the food the crystals disappear, bu... |
I’ve stood every single day of my life, so how are my legs and back still sore after a day of work when they should be used to the strain? | Your body doesn't handle standing all day well . It didn't evolve that way. Standing and moving takes a lot of muscle effort for us to maintain and is very hard on our joints.You can only get used to it to a certain extent and then it starts to strain. It'll take evolution over generations doing the same thing to get t... |
Why does looking at a monitor from a sharp vertical angle change the color of the image on the screen? | It's not the easiest question to answer, but basically because of light refraction. _URL_0_ When the light from your monitor passes through layers of liquid crystals, polarizing filters and others, the light will bend if not viewed directly perpendicular to the surface. It will bend more the larger angle you view it fr... |
Why is the United States giving up control of ICANN? | It can help stave off employment off the "nuclear option" by other countries of building their own competing DNS servers. According to the World Bank , as of 2013 45% of China's population used the Internet, compared to 84% of the US. Nevertheless, this means that China still has roughly twice the number of Internet us... |
Why does soapy water pressurize a sealed container when I shake it? | It's not the soap thats pressurizing it. It's the super hot water. The water is turning to steam in the carton and building pressure. You could watch it happen in a ziploc bag with hot water then sealing it! Hope this helps!", 'put very hot water in, let it sit for a couple of minutes to warm the air inside. and then p... |
If California is in a drought, why not build water desalination plants by the Pacific Ocean to make water readily available for everyone? | Because a large scale plant costs literally a billion dollars and takes years to design and build. It's extremely expensive and requires a lot of approvals, environmental assessments, etc. This isn't something you can do on a whim. |
only because my son is five and I didn't have an answer. Where do primary colors come from? (We were mixing play doh) | It's because each of your eyes is actually three eyes! You have one eye which only sees red, one which sees green, and one for blue/violet. But they're all combined into one eye. But actually your red eye can see red-ish light: it sees red, but also orange and yellow. Why? What's this about? And the green one sees gree... |
How am I able to sleep eight hours without having to take a piss yet I can't even last three or four hours on a long car ride? | When you sleep, your body secretes anti-diuretic hormone , which instructs the kidneys to reduce urine production .When you are awake, this hormone is not produced, your body makes more urine making you have to go pee. |
Do atoms or molecules have colour? | When a photon interacts with the electrons on the outside of an atom, some of the interactions result in a photon of a different wavelength . Certain molecules hold their atoms in a way that causes them to absorb all but one color and reflect that color, and we call these molecules pigmentsNothing inherently has a colo... |
Why do our public universities spend enormous sums of money on football/basketball coaches? Why do they need athletic teams at all? Universities should focus on education. | Money. People watch sports, which earns them more money. Money they can then put into education. |
How does the world look like to People with stereoblindness | Every picture you see on the internet simulates stereoblindness. Another trick is to cover one eye and try to go about your normal activities. |
EL5: Bill Nye and the irony of green plants. | Plants can not absorb green light, it is reflected away and is why the plant looks green. The reason it is ironic is because "green light" is emitted from the sun more than any other color. Basically the plants excluded the most common wavelength of light from being part photosynthesis, which is rather ironic. |
Why doesn't tin foil burn your fingers when its been in the oven for 15 minutes? | Aluminum has a low [specific heat] - the change in energy required for it to increase or decrease in temperature is relatively low. That is to say, not much energy is stored in a piece of hot aluminum . Since aluminum foil is so thin, you're talking about a very small amount of material which is lousy at storing energy... |
Why do we take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for anxiety and depression, instead of just taking serotonin? ELI5ish. | A *very* ~~convoluted~~ ELI5ish explanation. Serotonin is a messenger molecule that causes many different reactions. Let say that cells are like machines with switches, messenger molecules switch them on for some time before they switch back off. Serotonin works on many switches in different parts of the body - bowl mo... |
Why does it feel like every damn book is "#1 on new york times best seller list"? | There is more than one New York Times bestseller list , so more than one book can be #1 at the same time, just not on the same list. Also, these lists are frequently updated , but you get to claim the title forever. So a book may have been #1 on the list briefly for one week a couple of years ago, but it is still a "#1... |
Why were women's doubles badminton players deliberately trying to lose in the Olympics? | Think of it in groups, where the top 2 teams in each group continue on to the next round. Let's assume, in the next round: * The Winner of Group A plays the 2nd place team of Group B* and* The Second place team in Group A plays the winner of Group B If the 2nd placed team of Group A was a particularly strong team, The ... |
Why haven't scientists genetically engineered trees to grow faster than they do now? | The thing about fast growing plants is that they usually have very little biomass compared to slower growing plants. Things that grow quickly would be things like corn and bamboo. Things that sequester more carbon are the things that grow more densely and more slowly. I'm no botanist, and what I know of plant genetics ... |
How do things like Vending Machines know which paper Bills are being deposited? | They use optical sensors to determine the location of markings on a bill. Since the markings on each form currency are unique to that specific amount, its very easy to set it up so it knows which markings correspond to a value. Its the same idea as bar code readers, at least as far as detection goes. |
Why do scientists assume that without liquid water, a planet cannot have life? Why can't aliens function off a different substance, why must it be water? | More about likelihood, then absolutes. Of course a planet without liquid water could sustain life, but in our experience, only planets that have life, to our knowledge, are those with liquid water, to which life is dependantIt is the only thing we know. Life on Earth depends on liquid water. The assumption is that we a... |
Could Texas vote for Independence? | We fought a war over that question, and the winning side was the 'no' side.They tried that back in 1861. You probably learned about it back in school. It did not end well for them, or for the rest of the ConfederacyThis will explain it better than I can. _URL_0_Vote? Yes. Legally separate from the union as a result of ... |
How can it be possible to be declared innocent of a crime when there is video and audio of the event? | The point isn't to be declared "innocent", more "not guilty". The distinction is important because innocent means "we know he didn't do it" which is nearly impossible to know. "Not guilty" means there's not enough evidence to convict someone of a crime.Crimes are specific. For example, for murder, you need to fit certa... |
How can a negative emotional state create physical symptoms, such as depression causing you to become sick or sore ? | Think about fight, flight, or freeze response. When do they usually kick in? When you perceive a threat. Your body physically responds to that emotion of fear. Adrenaline increases your heart rate, blood pressure, & energy supply to do what you need to. There’s also this other hormone called cortisol. It’s known as the... |
Why do phones sound so much worse when on speaker? | The energy in a sound signal dies off pretty fast the farther away you get from it. This is fine for really small speakers that you put *very* close to your ears like headphones, earbuds, and telephone speakers. When you switch to "speaker" mode on a phone the speakers used are still very small and the power dies off p... |
What exactly is a Diplomat and why do we have them? | Trade agreements, negotiation of travel between boarders, military cooperation, cultural study, national security advisory .Diplomats are points of contact for official communication between countries, and are of particular importance in making agreements between governments. If you had a king for example the king isn'... |
Why don't your palms grow hair? | Animals evolved to not have hair on palms/soles of feet in order to have better traction for movement. Dogs, cats, primates, etc - all mammals have areas of hands/feet without hair. Primate have broader palms instead of the pads you see on the feet of other mammals, so our entire palms are hair free for practical use. |
What causes the sound you hear when two people harmonize? | Do this: Count in your head 1, 2, 3, 4, nice and even, over and over. Now tap your right foot on 1. Now tap your left foot on 1 and 3. Pretty easy for you feet to fall into a nice pattern, right? That's what happens when you harmonize, the soundwaves fit together in a nice pattern. Start over. Tap your right foot on 1.... |
what causes surges in a free flowing river? | A few seconds seems to be a really small time scale for a surge, and could really only be caused by a couple things. First, as was mentioned, a flash storm upstream, in addition to a few really wide areas of the river could result in surges of that nature. Another reason could be groundwater pumping. If a well is being... |
How can bird/predators eat bugs or insects that are venomous? | There's a difference between poison and venom. Poison takes effect when eaten or inhaled. Venom takes effect when injected into the blood, typically through a bite or sting. Their predators may produce a natural anti-toxin or, in the case of those that prey on venomous creatures, are just really good at avoiding gettin... |
Why do small dogs think they are big and big dogs think they are small? | I believe it is discipline. Larger dogs are heavily disciplined - controlled from barking and mis-behaving. Where as small dogs receive little discipline from barking or jumping because they are more harmless do to their size. |
Why African Americans are not given the prefix of their country of origin while European's are? | Because Black Americans who are descendants of slaves usually don't know their family's country of origin. Slave owners and traders were not interested in the ethnic origins of their slaves and kept only the most rudimentary records. Many Black Americans find it impossible to trace their families back more than a few g... |
What exactly is the Internet, where does it exist, how am I receiving it, and who is sending it? | This is like asking where does mail exists. The Internet is a collection of devices all around the world that communicate using IP. There are major data centers for peering/etc but the answer is it's all around us. |
If lower frequencies mean less energy, why does bass seem so much more powerful than treble? | Because the described frequency/power relationship assumes the same amplitude. Bass can be played at higher amplitude without being uncomfortable, and frequently has dedicated speakers for it . Thus, the bass is played at a higher amplitude. There is also the association of low-frequencies with large, heavy impacts due... |
Does fire weigh anything? | Fire is simply burning matter. The visible flame is basically plasma, which is when a gas gets hot enough to ionize giving it the distinctive appearance. Solids are the first state of matter, then liquids, gases and finally plasma. As such it has mass, but it's a very hot plasma . Think of the molecules of a gas as a b... |
How do people (and pornstars) manage to fit so much stuff in their ass without doing crazy damage? Is everyone built like that? | The same way you do anything. Practice. They start small and ease their way up over a few years . They also learn to control the 2nd sphincter which allows them to go deeper . Source: Asked DirtyGardenGirl how she got to be the way she was, 3 years of practice was her answer. Edit: Essentially if you really want to, yo... |
with regards to vodka, how can something that has such a strong flavor, have such a weak smell? | Smell happens when volatile compounds are clouding around an object and you inhale them. Vodka is mostly alcohol and water. Alcohol has a pretty distinctive smell but compared to something like rum with a bunch of other aromatic ingredients like sugar and spices, vodka's gonna have a pretty muted smell. |
Why is WiFi loss measured in dB? and how does that work? | Most people associate decibels with sound, but really decibel doesn't actually measure anything. A decibel is a way of comparing something to some reference point. Every 10 dB marks being 10 times larger or smaller than you were before. This scale is called a logarithmic scale, and basically involves scaling things by ... |
Scientists grow beating heart tissue from plants | Scientists grow bigger by beating up the heart tissue from innocent plants?We can get cells to turn into heart tissue fairly well with our research. But we mix them up in a test tube and if we just grow them that way we get a lump of unorganized tissue rather than something we could hook into the blood supply of a livi... |
why is it generally taboo to ask someone how much they get paid even when you guys are friends? | Generally because it can cause tension, if you work with that friend on they work in similar roles and you earn considerably more - while you might expect them to be happy for you - many people are simply annoyed by it.People often define themselves, or expect that others define them, by how much they make. If the numb... |
Why are television channels such as TruTV allowed to advertise that what they show is true, when it obviously isn't? Isn't this false advertising? | I believe that a false advertisement claim can only be filed if the advertisement somehow put the plaintiff in some sort of danger or caused a financial, legal, or moral burden to them or their family. The use of "or" was rampant in that sentence, but in my sleepy state I can't think of any other way to word itFox "Fau... |
What causes people to have fetishes, esp bizarre ones? | Youi basically have something happen to you at some point during/close to puberty. Something that somehow combines sexual arousal with something normally not associated with it. I remember my Psych professor told us a story of how a certain man came to have a fetish for cutting himself during sex. I don't remember it e... |
When couples get married, why does the wife take the last name of the husband? | Historically women were, by today's standards, sold. Their original last name tells you that they are still 'possessed' by their father. The new last name tells you that they are now 'possessed' by the husband. Many of our marital traditions are carry-overs from this paradigm.Because in traditional culture she becomes ... |
Why has no country yet extradited Polanski to the US if he is so easy to find and a convicted fugitive? | Polanski is a French citizen. France won't extradite its own citizens to face foreign charges. That policy is very common and dates back to Greek and Roman laws . He's cautious in his foreign travel not to travel to nations that would extradite him to the US . Would you want the US to send you to a third world country ... |
Does the team behind Forza pay to use the cars or do the car companies pay them to feature their cars in the game? | A little from column A, a little from column B. It really depends on the car company involved. Some car companies will "pay" for placement in the game by not charging a license fee.Forza pays to license the cars, otherwise it would be stealing the likenesses of real life vehicles, and that's forbidden by copyright laws... |
Why is, no matter the colour of the shampoo, the foam always white? | Because the bubbles that make up the foam are so thin that the pigments that make up he color are too thinly spread to matter much. Instead the light is fractured everywhere by every bubble making it effectively reflecting white light.[So meta ] Anyway it's because the colour gets spread so thin and infused with microb... |
What is the connection between oysters and Thanksgiving? | This is the first I've heard of this; however Oysters, clams, and lobsters are a readily accessible food item in New England where the first two-hundred odd years of American culture more or less developed, and the food remains a staple of the entire diet of the region, sort of in the way cows are associated with Texas... |
Are some Japanese songs written specifically for anime in mind, having 90 second cuts? | Both; depends on the anime. [death parades OP is just a real song by the band BRADIO] its not hard to cut a song to a shorter version; remove a verse or two etc. but then theres also [shows like jojo, who have custom songs written] [btw all of jojos openings are amazing]most songs are cut down to be 90 but a few are or... |
What exactly is a black box? | It's a general term people use when they deal with a functioning component without necessarily knowing or needing to know how the component works. You know *what* the component does, but not necessarily *how*. For example, when you run [black box testing] on a software package, you are examining the output you get when... |
Would a black hole be able to swallow another one? If so, what would happen? | [Space Cannibal: Ginormous Black Hole Caught Eating Another] *A monstrous black hole at the heart of one galaxy is being devoured by a still larger black hole in another, scientists say. The discovery is the first of its kind.* [Can Black Holes Swallow Other Black Holes?] *Yes. If such an event occurred, and we were lo... |
What is the point of a telemarketing business that hangs up or is just dead air when you answer? | Much of the time it is because of a technology known as "predictive dialing". A computer dials hundreds of numbers, knowing that a certain number will be busy, most will not be answered, some will be answered by answering machines, etc. The program continually monitors how many calls are likely to get picked up by a hu... |
How do freeways or Highways get their number assigned? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? | For the US interstate highway system: _URL_0_ > the numbering scheme for the primary routes, east-west highways are assigned even numbers and north-south highways are assigned odd numbers. Odd route numbers increase from west to east, and even-numbered routes increase from south to north Three digit numbers are used fo... |
How does our body process foods with large amounts of artificial additives? | This is really going to depend on the specific additive. The word artificial in your question is probably the least useful one. Your body doesn't really care how a substance came to be, it will do what it can to either turn it into something else, absorb and piss it out, shit it out, or some combination of all of those... |
Do fish not feel pain like mammals do? Why is it so acceptable for us to do things like shove our fingers in their gills or drag them around by hooks in their mouths? | Nobody knows. There brains are simpler than a mammal's. But they still react to pain and such. On the other hand, it's not difficult to make a computer program that reacts to "pain", and few people would consider that sentient. It probably mostly comes down to tradition and the fact that they're not as cute. If people ... |
Does "Student Athlete" status vary from sport to sport in the NCAA | Ryan Donato is no longer eligible to play NCAA hockey. He has joined the Bruins. He's still a junior at Harvard but he isn't allowed to play hockey for the Crimson anymore. This was something that he chose, to turn pro early and forfeit his remaining NCAA eligibility. |
What is a Virtual Meeting Room (VMR) and what is its use | It's an attempt to bridge the gap between the folks who work in the office and the folks who work remotely. I work on a team that is roughly half in the company's main office, and half in remote locations; of the remote half, half of them work at one of two satellite offices, and the rest work from home. Once a year, w... |
how a car engine works. | Suck, squeeze, bang and blow. Sounds dirty, but basically it describes the 4 strokes of a 4 stroke engine. To simplify it, the cylinder sucks petrol, compresses it , ignites it , then forces out the burnt exhaust gases |
Why is wheat bread considered more healthy than white, especially to those dieting. | white bread is made from white flour, which is flour *without* pretty much everything that naturally makes flour a good thing for us. nutrients, vitamins and especially fibres. they get shifted out of it to make white bread. brown bread flour has had no such treatmentWheat flour contains at least some of the germ, bran... |
What is "unlocking" your smartphone? What is it now illegal and punishable by up to a $1 million fine? | Phones provided by service providers are usually locked by their firmware into only working on that provider's network. Unlocking disables that so the phone can be used on any network. |
what happens if a plane flies in the opposite direction of the rotation of the earth. | Unfortunately the atmosphere largely travels with the rotation of the earth and so the effect on planes is minimal compared to things like local weather.So, what happens when a plane flies west? At least in the Northern Hemisphere in the Continental United States, the prevailing winds generally move from west to east. ... |
How are fantasy sports companies like DraftKings and FanDuel legally allowed to operate? | These fantasy sports sites are considered games of skill, because a better player will in the long run turn a better profit than a poor player. They are granted an exemption from sports gambling because the score for the fantasy sports site is not directly tied to the outcome of the actual game, AND they are over more ... |
What is the earned income tax credit? | The earned income tax credit is a tax credit for low/medium-low income people. "Earned income" is basically the tax policy way of saying "income from a job" as opposed to investment income or gifts. The EITC gives low income people money back on their taxes, potentially more than they actually paid in taxes. Liberals l... |
Why do cell phone/internet providers only focus on "New Customers"? | Because changing cell phone providers is a hassle that many won't put up with, and the cell phone market is saturated. So the only real way to grow is to take customers from other carriers. |
Why does almost every app you download on the android app store have permissions where they can delete folders, access your contacts and turn your phone on and off among other things? | As a former android developer I can give you a bit of insight into how permissions work, and why sometimes applications require permissions that seemingly do not make much sense. An Android application is somewhat different from a desktop application. You can't write an android application from scratch you are forced t... |
Why isn't the 3.5mm audio jack updated for better sound and power transmission capability like USB ports. | Adding another ring, for microphones, produced a lot of compatibility issues when Apple tried it. There isn't an established need for "analog + power" or "better analog", and after gold plating it's not clear what the better analog concept even means . |
Why the word "second" is used for the number two. | \'Second\' is Latin, from *secundus* "following, second in a list", in turn from sequi "follow" . First and third come from German. How we managed to mix etymologies between ordinals is flatly beyond me. |
How do large venues and sporting organizations, which ban lots of people for unruly behavior, actually enforce these bans? | For the most part they aren't actively enforced. But what the ban means, in a legal sense, is a trespass warning. So, if they come back and cause any trouble, they immediately go to jail for trespassing. |
Fine then, why is 0! = 1? | It's a matter of probabilities. If there are 5 different books to arrange on a shelf, you have 5x4x3x2x1 different ways to arrange them = 5! = 120. With 3 books you have 3! ways = 6 possibilities. If you only have one book, then you've got 1! = 1 way to arrange the book. If you have 0 books, then there is not 0 possibl... |
Why do countries want to host events such as the Fifa world cup or the Olympics when it costs them billions of their own money? | My guess is that the people in charge of getting it to come to their countries still make a lot of money in bribes and backroom deals. So, even though it is overall a large financial drain on the country, it makes the people in charge a lot of cash. Similar to war profiteering.They don't really any more. The 2022 bid i... |
How can USA get kicked out from the international space station if they funded 81% of it ? | We didn't get kicked out. Russia isn't letting us use their rockets anymore. There's a big difference. |
They say that 95% of the ocean remains unexplored. Why is that we can explore billions of miles into outta space but not a couple of miles down in the ocean? | Sea Pressure. In outer space, it's essentially a vacuum. So the difference in pressure between the inside of the space shuttle and the outside is about 15 psid. The deeper underwater you go, the stronger the sea pressure. Imagine a column of water. The water at the very bottom of that column is being squished by ALL th... |
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