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- what is pink floyd's the wall about? | <p> pink floyd – the wall is a 1982 british surrealist live-action/animated musical drama film directed by alan parker with animated segments by political cartoonist gerald scarfe, and is based on the 1979 pink floyd album of the same name. the film centers around a solitude rocker named pink, who, after being driven i... | The walls we erect around ourselves to shelter us from the pain inflicted by the world / other people.. |
what does natural air smell like? one that's not polluted | <p> biological sources of air pollution are also found indoors, as gases and airborne particulates. pets produce dander, people produce dust from minute skin flakes and decomposed hair, dust mites in bedding, carpeting and furniture produce enzymes and micrometre-sized fecal droppings, inhabitants emit methane, mold fo... | Never been out to the middle of nowhere? Also air generally is very smell-neutral. (Which makes sense, smell is supposed to help you figure out what's going on around you and whether food is good to eat. Being alert to the air around you is just a waste of time and is rightly ignored.) |
when i listen to someone playing the piano, why do i know when they make a mistake even if i've never heard the song they're playing? | <p> "why this book? because few instrumentalists understand why the piano so often betrays their thinking. all the elements - stability and fingerprint, true relaxation, tactile and cerebral awareness - give the means for a real and not only intentional sound requirement."
<p> bullet::::- the 1991 party game "notabili... | Your ears will naturally lock on to the key/tune of the piece of music. So if someone deviates from it, your ears will notice. |
why do your gums and teeth feel weird when you don't get enough sleep? | <p> common symptoms include drooling or dribbling, increased chewing, mood changes, irritability or crankiness, and swollen gums. crying, sleeplessness, restless sleep at night, and mild fever are also associated with teething. teething can begin as early as 3 months and continue until a child's third birthday. in rare... | I've never felt this. Is this really a thing? |
what are the dangers/benefits of having a low birthrate and a large percentage of your population over the age of 65? | <p> these rates are especially pronounced for children under the age of 5-years old, particularly in lower-income, developing countries. these children have a much greater chance of dying of diseases that have become very preventable in higher-income parts of the world. the instances of these children dying of things l... | People over 65 generally work (much) less than young people. But, they consume much, much more of a country's social services, like healthcare. An aging population and low birthrate suggest that in the future there will be many fewer young workers to support the growing needs of the aged group within the society. Addin... |
why are nasal antiserums used so sparsely? | <p> in adults short term use of nasal decongestants may have a small benefit. antihistamines may improve symptoms in the first day or two; however, there is no longer-term benefit and they have adverse effects such as drowsiness. other decongestants such as pseudoephedrine appear effective in adults. combined oral anal... | Shots are the quickest way into the bloodstream. While a nasal spray vaccination works, it has to be absorbed into the blood vessels in the nostrils to trigger an immune response. More importantly, the flu shot is a dead strain of the virus while the nasal spray is a live strain. Neither can give you the flu but the sp... |
why do so many babies do that thing where they fidget and kick so much when changing their diaper? | <p> babies may have their diapers changed five or more times a day. parents and other primary child care givers often carry spare diapers and necessities for diaper changing in a specialized diaper bag. diapering may possibly serve as a good bonding experience for parent and child. children who wear diapers may experie... | Probably because they're either uncomfortable or stimulated by new sensations. They're always bundled up, then, suddenly their most sensitive (especially if they have diaper rash) parts are wet and exposed to open air. Then, your wiping sensitive skin which can sting. If they're not uncomfortable they may just find nov... |
is there a way to 'stop' in space, or would we in theory always have velocity above 0 m/s? | <p> if one's goal is simply to "reach space", for example in competing for the ansari x prize, horizontal motion is not needed. in this case the lowest required delta-v, to reach 100 km altitude, is about 1.4 km/s. moving slower, with less free-fall, would require more delta-v.
<p> if the speed is higher than the orbi... | The question of stopping in space is not a complete question. Relative to what is the rest of the question. Stop is only in relation to a certain object. It is possible to stop in relation to any particular object as long as you match course and speed. |
why has there been such a marked increase in spam/scam phone calls in the past few years, and is there anything that can be done about it? | <p> the lesser and geographically uneven prevalence of mobile phone spam is attributable to geographic variation of prevalence of mobile vs non-mobile electronic communications, the higher cost (to spammers) of and technological barriers to sending mobile messages in some areas, and to law enforcement in others. today,... | The level and detail of information about people is so accurate now that these companies can afford to ring you. Before they would need to randomly dial every number for a few hits. Now they can purchase data on things like, people who have had a car crash, people who have bought a PC etc. Our data is everywhere. What ... |
why has there been such a marked increase in spam/scam phone calls in the past few years, and is there anything that can be done about it? | <p> the lesser and geographically uneven prevalence of mobile phone spam is attributable to geographic variation of prevalence of mobile vs non-mobile electronic communications, the higher cost (to spammers) of and technological barriers to sending mobile messages in some areas, and to law enforcement in others. today,... | ELI5: When you mail a letter some place, you usually put a return address on it. However there is nobody that actually checks to verify the letter came from where you say it did. You could live in California and pretend to be from Washington, and if you use a re-mailer service the post marks will even show it's from Wa... |
just watched ford v. ferrari. how was the 1964 gt40 able to achieve a top speed of 210+ when modern supercars are still barely pushing 200? | <p> the next opportunity to reach the claimed top speed was a shootout at nardò ring organized by "auto, motor und sport". ferrari sent two cars but neither could reach more than , beaten by the porsche 959 s, which attained a top speed of , and the ruf ctr, which attained a top speed of . both were limited production ... | It's not that they can't. We have Hennessy making road cars that can hit 270. A lot of factors and a certain degree of risk/reward comes into play when you're going that fast. It's not worth it for a lot of manufacturers. |
just watched ford v. ferrari. how was the 1964 gt40 able to achieve a top speed of 210+ when modern supercars are still barely pushing 200? | <p> the next opportunity to reach the claimed top speed was a shootout at nardò ring organized by "auto, motor und sport". ferrari sent two cars but neither could reach more than , beaten by the porsche 959 s, which attained a top speed of , and the ruf ctr, which attained a top speed of . both were limited production ... | A modern supercar is quite different from a race car. race cars are spartan, lightweight, have no emissions (to speak of), and are designed to go very very fast. Also, most of them will kill anyone who's stupid. The 1964 GT40 was technically a prototype car. Yes, there were several, but they were all hand built, hand t... |
just watched ford v. ferrari. how was the 1964 gt40 able to achieve a top speed of 210+ when modern supercars are still barely pushing 200? | <p> the next opportunity to reach the claimed top speed was a shootout at nardò ring organized by "auto, motor und sport". ferrari sent two cars but neither could reach more than , beaten by the porsche 959 s, which attained a top speed of , and the ruf ctr, which attained a top speed of . both were limited production ... | First of all you're comparing a 55-year-old racing prototype to brand new road cars. The Ford GT40 was made to go as fast as it could, reliably enough to win a 24-hour race; a modern 'supercar' is designed to look pretty, be comfortable, meet government safety regulations, etc. reliably for years. A more apt comparison... |
just watched ford v. ferrari. how was the 1964 gt40 able to achieve a top speed of 210+ when modern supercars are still barely pushing 200? | <p> the next opportunity to reach the claimed top speed was a shootout at nardò ring organized by "auto, motor und sport". ferrari sent two cars but neither could reach more than , beaten by the porsche 959 s, which attained a top speed of , and the ruf ctr, which attained a top speed of . both were limited production ... | I don't know where you get the "barely pushing 200" from. 1993 McLaren F1 - 240.1mph. ... 2005 Bugatti Veyron - 253mph. ... 2007 Shelby Supercars Ultimate Aero - 256.18mph. ... 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport - 267.857mph. ... 2014 Hennessey Venom GT - 270.49mph. ... 2017 Koenigsegg Agera RS - 277.87mph. ... 2019 Bugat... |
someone dies before they get a chance to retire. what happens to all of their social security benefits? | <p> similarly to u.s. citizens, a person who worked in h-1b status may be eligible to receive social security benefit payments at retirement. generally, a worker must have worked in the u.s. and paid social security taxes obtaining at least 40 credits before retirement. the person will not be eligible for payments if t... | Social security isn't a personal bank account. There's no fixed total sum of money each person is entitled to. There's a spousal benefit if the spouse survives. There's also a children's benefit with some limits. If there's no spouse or qualifying children, there's nobody entitled to a benefit. So there's no benefit. B... |
why don't general physicians cover teeth? | <p> often oral health education and training is limited for healthcare aids and nurses, leading to suboptimal oral care for dependent patients in long-term care and hospital settings. the toothette is inaccurately used in the long-term care and hospital setting as the predominant tool for oral care, and toothbrushes ar... | Dentistry is more complicated than you'd think. Dentistry needs to consider not only teeth, but the entire oral cavity. It's not just making sure someone doesn't have a cavity; you also need to understand how the bone structure of the skull and the associated soft tissue play into things. |
why do people go to different doctors for dentistry, surgery, and primary care but pets go to one vet for everything? | <p> most vets work in clinical settings, treating animals directly. these vets may be involved in a general practice, treating animals of all types; may be specialized in a specific group of animals such as companion animals, livestock, laboratory animals, zoo animals or horses; or may specialize in a narrow medical di... | The extent to which a human will pay for/enroll in specialized services and micro-management of their physical condition created a large market of providers. In other words, because there is enough money and patronage in the broad field to allow doctors to focus on the education, experience and infrastructure required ... |
why are there no sentient plant-based species? why is base intelligence so abundant and diverse in animals, but non-existent in the plant kingdom? | <p> it has been argued that although plants are capable of adaptation, it should not be called intelligence "per se", as plant neurobiologists rely primarily on metaphors and analogies to argue that complex responses in plants can only be produced by intelligence. "a bacterium can monitor its environment and instigate ... | > Is there something inherent to “plant cells” that prohibits that possibility? It is more something inherent to plant biology that prohibits the possibility, and is related to the lack of nerves within plants. Brains require *a lot* of energy! The human brain consumes about 20% of the total energy used by the human bo... |
why do unreleased cars get tested with the black wrap all over them? | <p> due to its high development costs in the midst of a competitive market, these testing sessions are intended to be as secretive as possible to prevent competitors gaining an advantage and sometimes developing a similar vehicle of their own. it has become a common practice for car manufacturers to mask details of the... | The manufacturer doesn't want their competitors or their customers to know exactly what they are developing until the product is actually released. It takes years to develop a product like a new car. If Chrysler were to know how the 2021 Corvette was designed they might borrow from that to make their own sports car. An... |
why in cartoons they show cats are scared from dogs but in reality most of dogs are scared from cats? | <p> kittens are vulnerable because they like to find dark places to hide, sometimes with fatal results if they are not watched carefully. cats have a habit of seeking refuge under or inside cars or on top of car tires during stormy or cold weather. this often leads to broken bones, burns, heat stroke, damaged internal ... | Back in the day, people kept their pets outdoors more often then now. Dogs would be leashed outside or keeped in a fenced yard, often as guard animals, and cats would typically be put out for the night. Strange animals would often come into contact with little human supervision, and the territorial dogs would chase any... |
when does a country go from a developing nation to a developed nation and when was this first coined? | <p> bullet::::- the origin and definition of developing countries: like walt whitman rostow, mohammed tamim believes that, beginning with the industrial revolution in england during the 18th and 19th centuries, developing countries can be defined as countries in transition from various traditional ways of life toward t... | There's technically no clear-cut definition and thus no 'true' answer to what makes a nation developed and not developing. Definition may differ and may have different ideological content attached to it. Hence the fact that developed and not developing deals with several aspects (which were already dealt with in the ot... |
what is a proxy, how do i get one and why do i want to? | <p> proxy is defined by supreme courts as "an "authority" or power to "do" a certain thing." a person can confer on his proxy any power which he himself possesses. he may also give him secret instructions as to voting upon particular questions. but a proxy is ineffectual when it is contrary to law or public policy. whe... | Basically it makes so people can't track your IP address and trace downloads or other browsing back to you. |
how come we can see the contrails of planes when they are high up but not when they are low down? | <p> this is when an aircraft is moving at very low altitude over a surface that has a regular repeating pattern, for example ripples on water. the pilot's eyes can misinterpret the altitude if each eye lines up different parts of the pattern rather than both eyes lining up on the same part. this leads to a large error ... | The same reason you can't see your breath on a warm day. Cold air cools down your breath, or in this case the jet exhaust, and allows the water vapour to condense into water droplets which are then visible. |
rene descartes' proof of god and his alleged circular argument | <p> many commentators, both at the time that descartes wrote and since, have argued that this involves a circular argument, as he relies upon the principle of clarity and distinctness to argue for the existence of god, and then claims that god is the guarantor of his clear and distinct ideas. the first person to raise ... | "concept of God as that than which nothing greater can be conceived. To think of such a being as existing only in thought and not also in reality involves a contradiction, since a being that lacks real existence is not a being than which none greater can be conceived. A yet greater being would be one with the further a... |
what is difference in coffee roasts such as medium and light? | <p> bullet::::- "dark roast" coffee tastes subjectively stronger than medium roasts. standards are based on medium roasts, and the equivalent strength for a dark roast requires using a lower brewing ratio.
<p> the degree of roast has an effect upon coffee flavor and body. darker roasts are generally bolder because the... | The amount of time the beans are roasted for. Roasting for longer changes some of the chemical composition in the beans, which affects the flavor and mouth feel. Light roasts tend to have a sharper taste (called 'acidity' in coffee lingo but it's not talking about actual acid), while darker roasts tend to have a smooth... |
why some google's features aren't available in some countries? | <p> competitors of google include baidu and soso.com in china; naver.com and daum.net in south korea; yandex in russia; seznam.cz in the czech republic; yahoo in japan, taiwan and the us, as well as bing and duckduckgo. some smaller search engines offer facilities not available with google, e.g. not storing any private... | I just tried some of the things you mentioned, such as "etymology for euthanasia" and "university of Iowa acceptance rate", by visiting /ncr (to override the redirect to my local Google). I'm using IE11, even when I turned compatibility view on (IE7, Google puts a black link bar at the top of the page) it still worked.... |
how can i weight 252 pounds at 10pm and then weight 249 pounds at 6am the next morning? | <p> rates are rarely reported but in 1725 and 1761 is 18 pounds per person tournaments. he is 21 pounds in 1770 to reach 42 pounds in 1790 (fortunately for the traveler, it is stated that the "sleeping bag weighing 10 pounds is" free").
<p> in the early nineteenth century, there were no standard weight classes. in 182... | Poop? Pee? Sweat? You lost weight. We're you wearing more or less? Not yo mention just errors in the scale. If you were standing on it differently, etc. |
what makes the https protocol secure? | <p> historically, https connections were primarily used for payment transactions on the world wide web, e-mail and for sensitive transactions in corporate information systems. , https is used more often by web users than the original non-secure http, primarily to protect page authenticity on all types of websites; secu... | The 's' in https means secure. Jokes aside, https uses SSL/TLS encryption between your browser and the webserver. There are groups called Certificate Authorities (CAs) who exist to vouch for the identity of different websites. They use keypair cryptography (in which there are two keys, and you use one key to encrypt so... |
why don't computer processors run at 100% always when under load? wouldn't it complete the job faster? | <p> in a processor-based system, the speed of the processor is always more than that of the main memory. as a result, unnecessary wait-states are developed when instructions or data are being fetched from the main memory. this causes a hampering of the performance of the system. a cache memory is basically developed to... | When they need to they do. There are some reasons it may not though: 1. CPU speed isn't the bottleneck: if the program needs to pull a lot of data from its code, usually the limiting factor is the speed of the storage drive, (aka hard drive or SSD). The CPU can't do much if its waiting to receive data. 2. The program i... |
why artificial coloring perceived as worse than natural? | <p> widespread public belief that artificial food coloring causes adhd-like hyperactivity in children originated from benjamin feingold, a pediatric allergist from california, who proposed in 1973 that salicylates, artificial colors, and artificial flavors cause hyperactivity in children; however, there is no evidence ... | Some people are allergic to some additives. A lot of people believe that a lot of additives are in some way toxic or carciogenic. It makes food seem more 'natural' which is something a lot of people like. So it's also good marketing. |
how is it that we are still not able to truly soundproof a room without turning it into a fortress? it seems like the only solution is concrete. | <p> several different materials may be used for sound barriers. these materials can include masonry, earthwork (such as earth berm), steel, concrete, wood, plastics, insulating wool, or composites. walls that are made of absorptive material mitigate sound differently than hard surfaces. it is now also possible to make ... | Sound is vibration of matter. It is pretty hard to stop vibration from spreading. If you put a wall up, the vibration will simply transfer to the wall, then through the wall and out the other side. The only real way to stop sound is to suspend the source in a vacuum somehow, and that isn't really possible on earth. Eve... |
why it's called a semi truck. | <p> in the united states, canada, and the philippines "truck" is usually reserved for commercial vehicles larger than normal cars, and includes pickups and other vehicles having an open load bed. in australia, new zealand and south africa, the word "truck" is mostly reserved for larger vehicles; in australia and new ze... | The "semi" doesn't refer to the truck. It's called a semi truck because it's built to carry what's known as a semi-*trailer*: a trailer which doesn't have front wheels on it, because it just slides on top of the truck. (There are full trailers that do have front wheels, but they're much rarer.) |
how efficient are our muscles at converting energy to movement? | <p> the conversion efficiency of energy from respiration into mechanical (physical) power depends on the type of food and on the type of physical energy usage (e.g., which muscles are used, whether the muscle is used aerobically or anaerobically). in general, the efficiency of muscles is rather low: only 18 to 26% of t... | Our muscles are around 25% efficient. Electric motors can exceed 90% so an electrically powered robot could do much better, especially as they might be able to recapture some energy regeneratively. Still, the advantage of electric motors is not as big as it seems, since converting other forms of energy into electricity... |
why are bugs attracted to the indoors? and why do they struggle to go out the window once they’re in? | <p> during certain times of the year boxelder bugs cluster together in large groups while sunning themselves on warm surfaces near their host tree (e.g. on rocks, shrubs, trees, and man-made structures). this is especially a problem in the fall when they are seeking a warm place to overwinter. large numbers are often s... | There are a LOT of insects. Some are bound to get on on accident. You just don't notice all the ones outside, or even the ones that try to get in but fail |
why do i go cross-eyed and get blurry vision when i'm fighting falling asleep (such as during class or in traffic)? | <p> if blood is allowed to pool in the lower areas of the body, the brain will be deprived of blood, leading to temporary hypoxia. hypoxia first causes a greyout (a dimming of the vision), also called brownout, followed by tunnel vision and ultimately complete loss of vision 'blackout' followed by g-induced loss of con... | You go cross eyed and get blurry vision when you're fighting falling asleep because your brain is literally trying to shut down and you're not letting it. Eventually, your brain wins. Listen. I have fallen asleep at the wheel once. I woke up literally flying through the air, having veered off and ramped up a drive way,... |
what makes a food item filling? and why is that some high calorie items aren’t necessarily “filling” food? (ex. fries) | <p> this is a list of stuffed dishes, comprising dishes and foods that are prepared with various fillings and stuffings. some dishes are not actually stuffed; the added ingredients are simply spread atop the base food. one cannot truly stuff an oyster or a mussel or a pizza.
<p> some products are sold with fillers, wh... | Part of the feeling of being full comes from having your stomach stretched and your digestive system engaged. Foods differ in the amount of work your body has to do in order to get at the calories. Foods like pork take a lot of work to digest because its got a lot of tightly bound up protein and it gets prepared by che... |
if somebody is pointing a gun at me, how far away roughly would i need to be to be able to duck and miss the bullet if the trigger was pulled? ps i know this would change from gun to gun, but would like an example. | <p> neddie is doubtful. he says "how can someone shoot themselves by pointing their finger at their head like this and going..." at that point there is the sound of a gunshot, followed by neddie's body falling to the ground.
<p> with pistol quick kill, the pistol is gripped and pointed at a target much like a person w... | Human response time: 200ms Muzzle velocity of an average 9mm round is about 1200 fps. Assuming that you have the visual acuity to see the shooter pull the trigger, the bullet will have traveled 240 ft. This distance is pushing it for even the best of marksman. So if someone is shooting at you with a pistol from a reaso... |
oled displays: samsung vs apple | <p> universal display's oled screens currently feature in samsung's galaxy s, s ii and s iii, s iv and s v smartphones. the galaxy s3 sold 10 million units in the first three months after its launch in april 2012. also, their galaxy note has sold 10 million units since launch.
<p> the samsung galaxy sl has a superclea... | They can boast and claim whatever they want, its generally done with enough weasel words and qualifiers that its "accurate" Reviewers can also call them out on their odd claims and they do, but its still the best display that's been in an iPhone yet Samsung doesn't particularly care, they're getting nearly $100/screen ... |
why is it that sometimes you have to hold the toilet handle down to flush it? | <p> toilet seats often have a lid. this lid is frequently left open. it can be closed to prevent small items from falling in, to reduce odors, for aesthetic purposes or to provide a chair in the toilet room. some people also close the lid to prevent the spread of aerosols on flushing ("toilet plume").
<p> in those set... | The way tank toilets flush is by adding water to the bowl (the part you pee into) until the water pressure helps siphon the water down the toilet drain. When you flush, the handle is lifting a stopper at the bottom of the toilet’s water tank (the upper part of the toilet where the handle is) which allows water from the... |
why are high rise buildings safer than shorter buildings in the event of an earthquake? | <p> traditional seismic design assumes that the lower stories of a building are stronger than the upper stories; where this is not the case—if the lower story is less strong than the upper structure—the structure will not respond to earthquakes in the expected fashion. using modern design methods, it is possible to tak... | I'm no expert here, but I'll give a quick answer till someone can go into actual detail. It depends on the strength of the earthquake, as they produce different frequencies of vibrations. Taller buildings have different Resonance Frequencies than shorter buildings. Resonance frequency is the specific frequency (number ... |
how do those images where a 3d image appears when you cross your eyes work? | <p> when one image is presented to one eye and a very different image is presented to the other (also known as dichoptic presentation), instead of the two images being seen superimposed, one image is seen for a few moments, then the other, then the first, and so on, randomly for as long as one cares to look. for exampl... | All the random dots repeat in fixed-width columns. Crossing your eyes allows you to view the columns overlapping as if they were one, though they will still look flat. To get the 3D effect, for any individual dot, you can make that dot appear farther or nearer by shortening or increasing the distance between them (thin... |
assume the universe is infinite, is there then other realities in which everything is almost exactly the same as on earth? | <p> "only the pythagoreans place the infinite among the objects of sense (they do not regard number as separable from these), and assert that what is outside the heaven is infinite. plato, on the other hand, holds that there is no body outside (the forms are not outside because they are nowhere), yet that the infinite ... | that's not necessarily true. just because something is infinite does not mean it does anything interesting. i can come up with an infinite string of numbers that never repeats itself but is entirely bland. 10100100010000100001.... (i.e. add one more 0 between the 1s every time) |
how come we are legally adults and we can be tried as adults if we can't still buy alcohol? | <p> the age at which people are legally allowed to purchase alcohol is 18 or over in most circumstances. adults purchasing alcohol on behalf of a person under 18 in a pub or from an off-licence are potentially liable to prosecution along with the vendor.
<p> persons under 18 years cannot drink alcohol on licensed prem... | There's some evidence that alcohol abuse is still significantly more harmful at 18 than, say, 30. Because of this, the federal government made a large amount of highway funding contingent on states setting their drinking age to 21, and every state agreed. |
when we experience that tip of your tongue feeling, how do we know we know the answer when we cant name it? | <p> the tip-of-the-tongue state is the phenomenon that occurs when people fail to recall information but still feel as if they are close to retrieving it from memory. in this sense an individual feels as if they "know" but cannot "remember" the actual information desired. it is a frustrating but common problem that typ... | When we remember things we don't recall the original experience, rather we remember the last time we remembered it. This can mean that sometimes we remember the experience of remembering without getting to the actual data required. It also means that our memories of things drift out of shape with time, like a photocopy... |
china's presence in the democratic republic of congo | <p> the people's republic of china (prc) and the democratic republic of the congo (drc) have had peaceful diplomatic relations, and growing economic relations, since 1971. relations between the two countries go back to 1887, when representatives of the congo free state established contacts with the court of the qing dy... | I think it's because of all the mining taking place in DR Congo. The following is from : "DR Congo's largest export is raw minerals, with China accepting over 50% of DRC's exports in 2012." We've all seen "Made in China" on our consumer goods. But made with what? Well with DR Congo's raw materials! |
how come boobs and penises aren't proportional to a body like hands and feet? | <p> the internal structures of the penis consist mainly of cavernous, erectile tissue, which is a collection of blood sinusoids separated by sheets of connective tissue (trabeculae). some mammals have a lot of erectile tissue relative to connective tissue, for example horses. because of this a horse's penis can enlarge... | Hands and feet aren't really very strictly proportional either, though. |
what's the deal with the holy trinity? why is it still monotheistic? | <p> the doctrine of the trinity states that god is a single being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a communion of three distinct persons, the father, the son and the holy spirit. in islam such plurality in god is a denial of monotheism, and thus a sin of shirk, which is considered to be a major 'al-kaba'ir'... | The idea is that even though there are three parts they are the same thing. Believers might describe it as parts of the body. While your arm is obviously different from your head, it's all you. |
how is pain and suffering calculated in lawsuits? | <p> the amount of money damages a claimant gets for pain and suffering will also depend upon the amount claimed in a lawsuit if such is filed or the amount demanded to the responsible party in the underlying claim if it is an insurance claim. even though a lawyer representing a client in an injury negligence-based laws... | Pain and suffering is purely subjective but it is calculated in loss. •Loss of physical safety. •Loss of mental safety...e.g. peace of mind. •Loss of potential. That is future limiting factors to the complainant brought about by the action of the defendant. |
if the sun suddenly exploded, what exactly would happen? would we even know right away? | <p> bullet::::- astronomer c.t. elvey announced from the yerkes observatory in chicago that the sun could explode any minute, and added, "if the sun should explode, we would know of it in eight minutes and we would have 138 hours more to live. at that time the burning gases would reach the earth and we would be annihil... | I don't think we would know right away. It takes ~8.5 minutes for light from the sun to get to earth. So, basically the sun could have just exploded, and we won't know until 8ish minutes from now. For the effects of it? I have no idea. |
what is the difference between intraocular lenses and surgeries such as lasik? | <p> more commonly, aphakic iols (that is, not piols) are implanted via clear lens extraction and replacement (clear) surgery. during clear, the crystalline lens is extracted and an iol replaces it in a process that is very similar to cataract surgery: both involve lens replacement, local anesthesia, last approximately ... | Intraocular lenses are artificial ones implanted in the eye. Lasik is using a laser to change the shape of your existing natural lens. |
why do car tyres deflate over a long period of time? | <p> load transfer causes the available traction at all four wheels to vary as the car brakes, accelerates, or turns. this bias to one pair of tires doing more "work" than the other pair results in a net loss of total available traction. the net loss can be attributed to the phenomenon known as tire load sensitivity.
<... | The seal between the tire and wheel isn't perfect, valve stems rot and leak, the tire itself will dry rot and leak, and you have the weight of the car constantly trying to squash them. |
hypothesis testing, f-test, z-test, t-test etc | <p> analysts may use robust statistical measurements to solve certain analytical problems. hypothesis testing is used when a particular hypothesis about the true state of affairs is made by the analyst and data is gathered to determine whether that state of affairs is true or false. for example, the hypothesis might be... | In statistics, you'll have a null hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis. The null hypothesis is what you would expect to see if everything is normal, while the alternative hypothesis is (generally) that the null hypothesis is wrong. Every test in statistics does the same thing: based on the sample data you have, it ... |
how does the police choose what cars to use as patrol cars? | <p> a police car (also called a police cruiser, patrol car, cop car, prowler, squad car, radio car, or radio motor patrol (rmp) ) is a ground vehicle used by police for transportation during patrols and to enable them to respond to incidents and chases. typical uses of a police car include transporting officers so they... | I asked my father in law who was a retired lieutenant in a good sized department. 1. Safety. Car accidents are the #1 cause of death for officers 2. Space, they have a lot of gear and need seats big enough to get in and out with their vest and belt on, also a rear seat big enough to carry anybody that needs a ride. 3. ... |
- how do ice machines make crunchy ice? | <p> ice cubes, made with any standard ice cube machine or purchased in bags, can be loaded into the icestorm90. the machine has a crusher mechanism inside it, which crushes these ice cubes into smaller ice particles, suitable for blasting (the particles are around the size of a grain of rice). the ice particles drop in... | The ice freezes in a mold. If the mold has a jut in the middle, then the ice will be hollow and therefore crunchy. |
how can stress give you neck pain? | <p> in psychology, stress is a feeling of strain and pressure. stress is a type of psychological pain. small amounts of stress may be desired, beneficial, and even healthy. positive stress helps improve athletic performance. it also plays a factor in motivation, adaptation, and reaction to the environment. excessive am... | When the body is stressed, muscles tense up. Muscle tension is almost a reflex reaction to stress — the body's way of guarding against injury and pain. With sudden onset stress, the muscles tense up all at once, and then release their tension when the stress passes. Chronic stress causes the muscles in the body to be i... |
why water completely damages a cell phone when submerged. | <p> the phone has been specified to be dust, splash, and water resistant, however, it has not been certified with an ip code and oneplus suggests against submerging the device. water damage is not covered by the warranty.
<p> electric shock drownings are most commonly caused by improper electrical connections on boats... | Electronic circuits are designed to only allow electricity to pass through certain parts at certain times. That's how your phone works. It's a set of boolean functions (1 or 0/true or false). Electricity passes through chip, and it makes a decision such as "and/or". If it's 'and', it sends the signal one way, and if it... |
how stars come to be formed and kept in place by gravity? | <p> most stars will eventually come to a point in their evolution when the outward radiation pressure from the nuclear fusions in its interior can no longer resist the ever-present gravitational forces. when this happens, the star collapses under its own weight and undergoes the process of stellar death. for most stars... | First you need to understand how gravity works. Gravity is one of the four fundamental forces of the universe, meaning it's there and exists because it is there and it exists, end of story. No real explanation as to WHY Gravity is a thing but we know WHAT is it. Gravity says that anything with mass has gravity. The mor... |
how this helicopter is still in air without any tail rotor? why isn't it spinning out? | <p> for a standard helicopter with a single main rotor, the tips of the main rotor blades produce a vortex ring in the air, which is a spiraling and circularly rotating airflow. as the craft moves forward, these vortices trail off behind the craft.
<p> the tail rotor is powered by the helicopter's main power plant, an... | That uses NOTAR: There's a fan inside the tail boom that blows air out the side of the boom to mimic the effect of a tail rotor. A heli set up exactly like the one in your pic appears in the movie *Speed*. |
how does leverage work? | <p> in negotiation, leverage is the power that one side of a negotiation has to influence the other side to move closer to their negotiating position. a party's leverage is based on its ability to award benefits or impose costs on the other side. another conceptualization holds that the party that has the most to lose ... | You are trading distance for power. Pay attention to how much you are moving the lever at your end, and compare it to how far the end crushing the can moves. The amount of work is the same, you are just spreading it over a greater distance. |
what is physically happening when you get a shudder down your spine after hearing a high pitched noise? | <p> individuals with exploding head syndrome hear or experience loud imagined noises as they are falling asleep or waking up, have a strong, often frightened emotional reaction to the sound, and do not report significant pain; around 10% of people also experience visual disturbances like perceiving visual static, light... | Wouldn't it be because the hairs standing on end on your back? I'm sure we could date a high pitched noise to some caveman audible warnings. I've read before that the hairs standing on end would make a hairier version of you look 'bigger', thus scaring away whatever is screaming like a banshee |
since archeology is a thing, and so much history is buried underground, how did those things get buried? what's creating these layers of earth over the items? is the earth technically growing in diameter? | <p> today archaeology is viewed as a science for reconstructing the past, but in the eighteenth century it was understood as a method of recovering "antiquities." trenches measuring well over three hundred and fifty metres in length were dug with the sole object of recovering vases, statues, and various other objects f... | Mostly dead plants, animals, dust in the air, land movement, volcanoes etc. And no, the diameter of earth isnt increasing, for every new amount of land you have land somewhere else get eroded. |
how did "special head" on america's got talent do his levitation act? | <p> martin joe laurello (born martin emmerling, 1885-1955), also known by the stage names human owl and bobby the boy with the revolving head, was a german-american sideshow performer and biological rarity who could turn his head 180 degrees. he performed with groups such as ripley's believe it or not, ringling brother... | This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Most magicians will know what's going on the instant they see he's using a stick. |
why can humans only hold their breath for a few minutes while, say, marine iguanas, with their tiny lungs, can hold it for about 30 minutes? | <p> manatees have nostrils, not blowholes like other aquatic mammals, which close when under water to keep water out and open when above water to breathe. although manatees can remain under water for extended periods, surfacing for air about every five minutes is common. the longest documented submergence of an amazoni... | Sounds like iguanas have been covered already. In case anybody is wondering how mammals can hold their breath longer, they have a lot of a different form of hemoglobin called myoglobin which is usually found in our muscles. It's much better at holding oxygen than hemoglobin and allows them to more readily "store" the a... |
why are electrolytes so important to the brains many functions? | <p> electrolytes are important because they are what cells (especially nerve, heart and muscle cells) use to maintain voltages across their cell membranes and to carry electrical impulses (nerve impulses, muscle contractions) across themselves and to other cells. kidneys work to keep the electrolyte concentrations in b... | Electrolytes help stimulate electrical impulses and release of neurotransmitters in the brain. This allows for cell to cell communication. There are "pumps" and "channels" within the plasma membrane of muscle, nervous, and endocrine cells of the body. Electrolytes flow through these channels and pumps between the insid... |
the leaning tower of pisa is leaning because of the soft ground under it. if that is the case shouldn't the tower be sinking straight? | <p> the leaning tower of pisa () or simply the tower of pisa ("torre di pisa" ) is the "campanile", or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the italian city of pisa, known worldwide for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. the tower is situated behind the pisa cathedral and is the ... | The ground on the left side is slightly soften than the ground on the right side. So it is sinking in unevenly. It is almost always the case that if the ground is too soft for a particular building, it won't sink in *directly* downwards. |
why did 3d movies disappear after being so wildly successful in the 1950s, and how did they make a comeback around the time avatar came out? | <p> 3d films have existed in some form since 1915, but had been largely relegated to a niche in the motion picture industry because of the costly hardware and processes required to produce and display a 3d film, and the lack of a standardized format for all segments of the entertainment business. nonetheless, 3d films ... | The old technology wasn't very good, it relied on colored glasses (blue and red I think, one color for each eye) to block out parts of the image on screen for each eye. It was successful at the time because it was new and it looked cool but it added very little to the movie itself and the colored glasses tinted the pic... |
how does league of legends differ from dota2 | <p> "league of legends" is a 3d, third-person multiplayer online battle arena (moba) game. the game consists of three current running game modes: summoner's rift, twisted treeline, and howling abyss. another game mode, the crystal scar, has since been removed. players compete in matches, lasting anywhere from 20 to 60 ... | How does Call of Duty differ from Battlefield? How does Binding of Isaac differ from Faster than Light? Same genre but different features. Different champions, different map layout, different abilities, different graphics styles etc etc. Watch a game of each and you will probably spot quite a few differences and simila... |
reciprocal altruism | <p> reciprocal actions differ from altruistic actions in that reciprocal actions only follow from others' initial actions, while altruism is the unconditional act of social gift-giving without any hope or expectation of future positive responses. some distinguish between ideal altruism (giving with no expectation of fu... | Here is an interesting Wikipedia article: Since I don't know what point your starting from ill start from the simplest. Altruism is the practice of being concerned with another persons welfare. Reciprocal means going both ways. So in nature, an organism that helps another organism hopes that the organism that is helped... |
why is psychopathy considered a personality disorder when a more natural and accurate definition of psychopathic behaviour is a higher "predatory instinct"? | <p> psychopathy is associated with several adverse life outcomes as well as increased risk of disability and death due to factors such as violence, accidents, homicides, and suicides. this, in combination with the evidence for genetic influences, is evolutionarily puzzling and may suggest that there are compensating ev... | Psychopaths are predators only in so much as house cats are: they both play with their food. |
why do your eyes jerk/jump while reading fragments of sentences and not move in a fluid left to right movement for the entire text? | <p> when reading, the eye moves continuously along a line of text, but makes short rapid movements (saccades) intermingled with short stops (fixations). there is considerable variability in fixations (the point at which a saccade jumps to) and saccades between readers and even for the same person reading a single passa... | The human eye can't actually do fluid movements at all, it always needs an object to focus. It even completely drops the few frames it records while switching targets because they're too blurry. You forget a few milliseconds every time your eyes re-focus. The eye is fast, but not fast enough to keep up with blurry move... |
can someone explain the lifecycle of a skyscraper (how long are they designed to remain structurally sound, what factors affect their longevity, etc.)? | <p> bullet::::- structure: the foundation and load-bearing elements are perilous and expensive to change, so people don't. these are the building. structural life ranges from thirty to three hundred years (but few buildings make it past sixty for other reasons).
<p> building life cycle refers to the view of a building... | Outside of Las Vegas they are expected to last hundreds of years. Keep in mind most buildings if properly maintained will will last until something catastrophic happens to it or maintanence stops and they decay and become unsafe. |
what lengths did war journalists have to go through to survive and document invasions and other battles in wwii? | <p> the first world war was characterized by rigid censorship. british lord kitchener hated reporters, and they were banned from the front at the start of the war. but reporters such as basil clarke and philip gibbs lived as fugitives near the front, sending back their reports. the government eventually allowed some ac... | Army film core is a thing. They had units dedicated to filming major military actions, mostly for propaganda purposes. |
in medicine, why is it considered good when something inhibits tnf (tumor necrosis factor)? | <p> the main source of tnf (tumor necrosis factor) are cells in the immune system called macrophages which produce it in response to infection and other stimuli. tnf helps activate other immune cells and plays a major role in initiation of inflammation.
<p> deficiency of vitamin k or antagonism by warfarin (or similar... | TNF is part of the body's inflammation response, which is normally a good thing, yes. But there are a lot of ways for the body's inflammation response to go awry, causing problems like rheumatoid arthritis. People who have those kinds of autoimmune diseases often have *too much* TNF, and can sometimes get relief by tak... |
what does it mean when a manual car as an "agressive" clutch? | <p> clutch control refers to the act of controlling the speed of a vehicle with a manual transmission by partially engaging the clutch plate, using the clutch pedal instead of (or in conjunction with) the accelerator pedal. the purpose of a clutch is in part to allow such control; in particular, a clutch provides trans... | An aggressive clutch has little slip so matching your engine RPM with your vehicle speed is more important and less forgiving. These clutches sacrifice comfortable drivability for greater strength for high powered vehicles. |
why is "salt of the earth" considered a good thing. | <p> this is a very famous verse, and "salt of the earth" has become a common english expression. clarke notes that the phrase first appeared in the tyndale new testament of 1525. the modern usage of the phrase is somewhat separate from its scriptural origins. today it refers to someone who is humble and lacking pretens... | The expression is from the bible. Salt is very important - it is used as a preservative, a component in fertilizers, and for ritual sacrifices (salt is used to drain the blood out of an animal after the slaughter). Salt is also considered "pure" (therefore salting the earth causes the earth to be pure of any living thi... |
what is brown sugar? | <p> brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. it is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content (natural brown sugar), or it is produced by the addition of molasses to refined white suga... | Brown sugar is less refined sugar that contains many of the impurities of the original sugar cane. |
why does data cost anything and how much does it cost the companies to provide it? | <p> "cost of revenue. our cost of revenue consists primarily of expenses associated with the delivery and distribution of our products. these include expenses related to the operation of our data centers, such as facility and server equipment depreciation, energy and bandwidth costs, and salaries, benefits, and share-b... | You pay for the spectrum use. Other countries pay way less than the usa, but they have you by the balls. |
if i'm driving at a constant speed of 60mph and get rear-ended by a vehicle which is moving at a constant 80mph, would the force of impact be the same as if i were sitting at 0mph and got rear ended by someone driving 20mph? | <p> bullet::::1. figure 1 (center panel). to an observer at rest on an inertial reference frame (like the ground), the car will seem to accelerate. in order for the passenger to stay inside the car, a force must be exerted on the passenger. this force is exerted by the seat, which has started to move forward with the c... | yes, the impact would have the same amount of force. The big difference would be the whole spinning out of control at 60 mph would be much more dangerous than at 0 mph. |
how to buy stock in companies and the easiest way to monitor it and sell it if needed. | <p> there are other ways of buying stock besides through a broker. one way is directly from the company itself. if at least one share is owned, most companies will allow the purchase of shares directly from the company through their investor relations departments. however, the initial share of stock in the company will... | Get a brokerage account at one of the no frills on line brokers. But if you are this new to the market, you should not be trying to pick your own individual stocks. Look more at mutual funds where a professional does the buying and selling. |
what are we smelling when it smells 'hot' or 'cold'? | <p> thermoception is the sense of heat and the absence of heat (cold) by the skin and internal skin passages, or, rather, the heat flux (the rate of heat flow) in these areas. there are specialized receptors for cold (declining temperature) and for heat (increasing temperature). the cold receptors play an important par... | You're not smelling the heat, your smelling the heat's effects on the environment. That hair straightener singed some hairs and lofted some lovely burnt flesh scent into the air, you smell it and immediately know that there is a hot element around somewhere because your brain has made that association many times before... |
cotton mouth? why does it happen and can you do something about it? | <p> the cause is unknown. geographic tongue does not usually cause any symptoms, and in those cases where there are symptoms, an oral parafunctional habit may be a contributory factor. persons with parafunctional habits related to the tongue may show scalloping on the sides of the tongue (crenated tongue). some suggest... | It's caused by your salivary glands not releasing saliva. After a night of drinking it could happen because you're dehydrated. |
what made einstein so regarded as a genius? | <p> einstein published more than 300 scientific papers and more than 150 non-scientific works. his intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "einstein" synonymous with "genius". eugene wigner wrote of einstein in comparison to his contemporaries that "einstein's understanding was deeper even than jan... | In 1905, Einstein was the modern-day equivalent to a doctoral-candidate student working at the Swiss Patent Office to pay the bills while he worked on finishing the papers he needed to get his final degree. (This is to put a bit more perspective on the whole "he was a patent clerk" line. It's true, but perhaps a bit mi... |
how is it possible that an open-source encryption program is safe? also why is it that 2048 bit encryption is currently unbreakable? | <p> the majority of publicly available encryption programs allow the user to create virtual encrypted disks which can only be opened with a designated key. through the use of modern encryption algorithms and various encryption techniques these programs make the data virtually impossible to read without the designated k... | > If I make a secure, hard to break lock and everyone know how the lock is made then everyone can just fabricate a key for it based on how the lock functions and open it. An encryption system isn't a lock, it's a tool for making locks. Er... for making keys. Or- you know what, just don't rely too heavily on the lock-an... |
why when traveling in a moving vehicle we feel the wind/air always coming in from windows but never going out, always wind/air coming inside shouldn't be possible since it will result in high pressure buildup inside the vehicle. so why we never feel wind/air flowing outside? | <p> automobile flex when going over bumps, and vibrations cause relative motions between the relatively fixed body and movable parts like doors, windows, and sunroofs. this movement could allow water in the vehicle so the weatherstrip must compensate by filling the gap. furthermore, this relative movement can cause noi... | When moving in a vehicle the wind isnt blowing. It is a static column and your vehicle is running into it. The vehicle forces the air outwards, compressing it. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The compressed air pushes back against the vehicle the same amount. If your window is open the outside... |
thermal & potential energy relationship to mass. ("is a hotter item more massive?") | <p> scientifically, thermal mass is equivalent to thermal capacitance or heat capacity, the ability of a body to store thermal energy. it is typically referred to by the symbol "c" and its si unit is j/°c or j/k (which are equivalent). thermal mass may also be used for bodies of water, machines or machine parts, living... | Heat is kinetic energy, or the increase of motion at the atomic level. Thus, when an object is heated it gains more energy by having its atoms moving around more, with no effect to how many atoms there actually are. Potential energy is the energy that CAN be given by something's position, and so doesn't even "exist" in... |
why do bigger document scanners cost exponentially more? | <p> the range of hardware available to turn paper documents into digital images has increased considerably in the last 10 years. although desktop scanners and multi-function devices (mfds) are now very affordable and well suited to small office or departmental scanning requirements, the need for high speed, high volume... | The main reason is that the market for these devices is very small, so they don't benefit from the economies of large-volume manufacturing and competition. |
how do computers display graphics? | <p> graphics hardware is computer hardware that generates computer graphics and allows them to be shown on a display, usually using a graphics card (video card) in combination with a device driver to create the images on the screen.
<p> computer graphics is responsible for displaying art and image data effectively and... | Imagine 9 people sitting in a 3x3 square. They each have a black or white sign that they can hold up depending on what I tell them to do. I would be the graphics card in this example and they would be individual pixels. In a grid like this 1-2-3 4-5-6 7-8-9 So I tell certain people to hold up black and and certain one ... |
why is the formula for standard deviation different for a sample and a population? | <p> in addition to expressing the variability of a population, the standard deviation is commonly used to measure confidence in statistical conclusions. for example, the margin of error in polling data is determined by calculating the expected standard deviation in the results if the same poll were to be conducted mult... | When you compute the standard deviation from a sample, you almost always have to compute it "around" the observed mean of the sample (not the true mean of the population) because the true mean of the population is unknown. The difference between the observed mean and the true mean causes a bias in the standard deviatio... |
why some geographical locations have stunning clouds and sunrises/sunsets and others have mostly a boring sky? | <p> on a continental scale, it can be noticed based upon a long-term satellite recording of cloudiness data that on a year-mean basis, europe, north america, south america and asia are dominated by cloudy skies. on the other hand, africa, the middle east and australia are dominated by clear skies.
<p> on a regional sc... | Mainly has to do with climate. Humidity, pollution, and clouds have a big effect on the color of the sky. I've found that springtime and autumn are the best time of the year for photogenic sunsets where I live due to all of the above factors. |
if it's illegal to be clearly and obnoxiously drunk in public, why is it acceptable to be drunk at events such as football games or concerts, if the locations are considered public (i.e. payed for by taxpayers)? | <p> while drinking in public is legal in general, most city governments include laws in their local ordinance that cite certain public streets and locations in which it is forbidden to drink alcohol or carry open bottles and cans (except in restaurants, pubs, bars etc). furthermore, "public drunkenness", which refers t... | In many places things like concerts, sporting events, and holiday celebrations apply for permits allowing them to be a "festival zone". Alcohol laws such as open container regulations become more lax, however there is usually strict enforcement to keep alcohol and intoxicated people from leaving the specified area, and... |
why are people evacuated to higher levels of a building during lockdowns and attacks? | <p> fire fighters have cited overzealous guards who told people during a fire that they are not allowed to use emergency exits. the practice is actually quite common in the absence of fires, as well. some skyscrapers have stairwells with standard emergency exit signs on each door, which then lock upon closing. users of... | Possibility of traps at the entrances for law enforcement? I have seen all the Die Hards it makes sense. |
what happens to all the caffeine, nicotine, ibuprofen, anti-depressants, etc, in your blood when you give a blood donation? | <p> massive overdose can result in death. the ld of caffeine in humans is dependent on individual sensitivity, but is estimated to be 150–200 milligrams per kilogram of body mass (75–100 cups of coffee for a 70 kilogram adult). a number of fatalities have been caused by overdoses of readily available powdered caffeine ... | They are still there. That is why you are required to disclose all your medication information when making donations. It can limit or even prevent the use of anything you donate, at least as far as actually being given to another person. It might still be valid for medical research. Disclosing some other information, l... |
even if there no air current indoors, why does smoke move around from a lit cigarette? | <p> restrictions upon smoking in offices and other enclosed public places often result in smokers going outside to smoke, frequently congregating outside doorways. this can result in non-smokers passing through these doorways getting exposed to more secondhand smoke rather than less. many jurisdictions that have restri... | No air currents? Not even from you breathing or leaving the room? Not even from the force of the cigarette smoke rising? Hot air is lighter than cold air, so it rises. If it cools it rises more slowly, and more hot air from underneath will push it aside. This will form mushroom clouds and other irregularities. The high... |
if one country gets fined by another, how is the fine enforced? | <p> imposing sanctions on an opponent also affects the economy of the imposing country to some degree. if import restrictions are promulgated, consumers in the imposing country may have restricted choices of goods. if export restrictions are imposed or if sanctions prohibit companies in the imposing country from tradin... | I don't understand. It is impossible to fine other countries. If you are referring to reparations for war, that is different. It if you are referring to fines imposed by a treaty organization (I.e. UN, NATO, etc) that is also different. Can you please clarify. |
what is the internet hosted on or hosted by? | <p> a web hosting service is a type of internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the world wide web. web hosts are companies that provide space on a server owned or leased for use by clients, as well as providing internet connectivity, typically in a data ce... | The internet is a massive network connecting computers all over the globe. There are computers (including your phone). There are wires that connect them. There are special computers known as routers that “route” the signal to its intended destination. And there is a set of rules for this communication which the routers... |
why do some people who have no belly fat have a very large gut that hangs out further than the waist and makes them look unjustly fat? | <p> in humans, females generally have more round and voluptuous buttocks, caused by estrogen that encourages the body to store fat in the buttocks, hips, and thighs. testosterone discourages fat storage in these areas. the buttocks in human females thus contain more adipose tissue than in males, especially after pubert... | Anterior pelvic tilt, which means they stick their butt backwards which leans their upper body forward. Its somerhing a lot of us develop in the modern world. |
how come mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) are developing faster than larger devices (computers, smart tv, some game consoles)? | <p> mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, have surpassed desktop computers in sales worldwide. this has led to a direct increase in consumers of internet technologies using wireless technologies and mobile computing.
<p> due to the growing penetration of smartphones across nigeria and mobile broadband acces... | They aren't, really. However, people are willing to pay for bells and whistles on their phone that they don't buy for their PC, and people are more inclined to buy new phones--often once a year, especially if it is part of a contract with a carrier. Hence there is more drive to include special features, update frequent... |
- what processe(s) do archaeologists go through to produce facial/body reconstructions? | <p> forensic facial reconstruction (or forensic facial approximation) is the process of recreating the face of an individual (whose identity is often not known) from their skeletal remains through an amalgamation of artistry, anthropology, osteology, and anatomy. it is easily the most subjective—as well as one of the m... | It's mostly artistic speculation, and a lot of assumptions are made. However there's only so many ways muscles and skin will hang from a skull. |
why does good alcohol feel "smoother" than bad alcohol? | <p> mixing alcohol with normal soft drinks, rather than diet drinks delays the dizzying effects of alcohol because the sugary mixture slows the emptying of the stomach, so that drunkenness occurs less rapidly.
<p> excessive concentrations of some alcohols other than ethanol may cause off-flavors, sometimes described a... | Pure ethanol is flavorless. The off flavors in spirits come from other fermentation products like esters and fusel alcohols. Those other fermentation products can't be totally separated from the ethanol without multiple distillations and losing a fair percentage of the end product. So cheaper spirits generally do fewer... |
are memory palaces real? how useful/powerful can they become? | <p> a "living memory" application was prototyped for visitors of cultural exhibitions to create and exhibit their personal contributions by interacting with the cultural objects shown in an exposition or museum. this prosumer paradigm is also reflected in an annotation tool for curators or visitors to create annotation... | They don't increase your.. eidetic memory. You can't memory-palace glancing at a phone book and then remember the entire page. No one has a photographic memory of that sort as portrayed on television. It has to be something you're consciously trying to remember. But it is a real thing, and it can help you memorize larg... |
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