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How do they justify using government money to help build new sports stadiums? | decisions about money are often determined by whether or not the people making the decision think that decision will make other people spend more money on things they profit from. if enough people in city planning / government think a new stadium will bring more people to the city to spend money there, then they do it ... |
LI5: Why do we enjoy music? | [This Ted talk] has some info on that. I would say it has to do on harmonics, how notes relate to each other. In regards to pitch, they're all vibrations. An A4 would be around 440 Hz, when you go up an octave it doubles, so an A5 would be 880. This means that for every 2 cycles of A5, there is exactly 1 cycle of A4. T... |
"Peter's Map" | You mean the Gall-Peters projection map. It is a map that correctly represents the size of continents. Meaning that Greenland doesn't look as big as Africa on it. While it gets the area right it gets shape, direction and distance wrong, meaning it is useful to compare the size of places but a bad tool to navigate by. S... |
Why is queen Elizabeth also the queen of many independent sovereign nations (former colonies) ? | Because those countries have so far not decided to become republics. They are known as the Commonwealth Realms . Many of Britain's colonies did not violently break away from the British Empire. It was a gradual transfer of power until the point they were independent countries. So there was no big overhaul of their cons... |
Why does listening to people with certain types of accents sound pleasing (similar to an ASMR effect)? | Accents are produced by the vocal pallet being worked in different ways. Some accents fall onto deeper more bassey areas of the vocal pallet cresting a deeper resonant sound which can be quite nice and soothing. Other accents come up through the pallet and have a real tenor quality You can think of it like singing diff... |
I pay a monthly fee for cable TV. Why are there commercial advertisements, and, more importantly, why are movies censored for language? | You may a monthly fee for the cable company to hook you up to their data-distribution network. Ads exist to pay for individual programs. And movies are censored because the channel that broadcasts them want to censor them. If it's not being broadcast over the air, they aren't *required* to censor them, but may choose t... |
Why does melted cheese taste different than plain cheese? | I believe it has something to do with the enzymes and proteins that are reorganized once introduced to a higher temperatureThe matrix of milk proteins that provide cheese its structure break down, and the cheese takes on a creamy texture. Our nervous system is stimulated by creamy textures. The sensations associated wi... |
Why does the ISS not spin to create artificial gravity? | One of the points of the ISS is being able to do experiments in zero gravity. A spinning station would defeat that purpose. But also, complexity. More complexity equals higher costs, and AFAIK the ISS already went over its budget as it is.Spinning doesn't just create uniform gravity everywhere like they show in the mov... |
Why does the glass at the top of my car windscreen/windshield appear blue? | It appears blue because it is specifically tinted blue to keep the sun out of your eyes without significantly impacting visibility. |
How does eating food stop one from feeling the effects of Cannabis? | It doesn't. It just gives a burst of energy, but it in NO WAY sobers you. |
How does one body hair (like arm hair) grow so much longer than all the others? | I have the same issue, sometimes I get one hair on my arm or stomach that grows to be 4 inches or more. Always on my left side, too. I always assumed that it was a mutation. Hair goes through growth and resting cycles and I always assumed that the mutant hair wasn't getting the message to rest or fall out.Most people a... |
If your mouth has more germs than your anus, why is it easier for you to get sick from putting your mouth on someone's anus rather than kissing them? | Because "number of germs" is not in any way a good indicator of how likely you are to get sick. Your body contains many many billions of bacteria, most of which are actually beneficial to your body. In this specific case, E. coli is responsible for the sickness. Early in your life, one strain of E. coli colonizes your ... |
How does the fuel gauge work in a car? | Go to your toilet and lift the lid off of the water holder. Flush the toilet. See that little floaty thingy? Thats what in your fuel tank. The car takes a measurement of how high that float it floating . Take a volume measurement with the float being the heigh and you get how much fuel you haveAlternative to a "float" ... |
Why are there so many Martial Arts in Asia? | Asian cultures did not necessarily produce more martial arts. They just preserved them better. However, it's true that in China's case, education in militarized martial arts was more prolific than in other cultures. Folk fighting styles were commonly practiced by all people everywhere, but a high proportion of commoner... |
What exactly is sleep? And why do we do it? | Sleep is the brain's "clean" cycle. Your brain cells aren't connected directly to the bloodstream. There's a barrier in the way, the *blood-brain barrier*, that prevents random chemicals in the blood from affecting brain function. You wouldn't want your personality to change based on what you had for lunch, for example... |
When Animals interact with each other why do they not look at one another in the eyes like humans do? | A lot of animals see eye contact as intimidating. Looking an animal in the eyes can be a way to assert dominance. Dogs will usually try to avoid eye contact with a dominant individual, and they'll look down in submission. Other animals always try to maintain eye contact. Domestic sheep will usually only graze when they... |
Is the number of open gays increasing or is the ratio because of the change in times? | Both. Population increase and the fact that people are not as afraid to come out and say they are because ridicule is less than it once was.Very hard to say. Homophobia means we can't have very good stats because not everyone could tell the truth. |
Why don't we simply desalinate/clean ocean water for situations like droughts? | It's very expensive currently, and you have the problem of brine left over. The process is not perfect so you don't end up with pure water on one side and salt on the other, you get about half salt-free water and the other half is doubly-salty water, or brine. Disposing of brine is a problem. It is usually put back int... |
When something hits me in the nose but doesn't make me bleed, I smell something that I never smell in other situations. What is this smell? | Iron from blood vessels bursting inside your nose. Your smelling the iron in your blood most likely.Could be micro capillary bursts that means you bleed but not in any way that's going to be noticeable unless you use a fiber-optic scope and look. You could be smelling that. Could be that after getting struck there's a ... |
How does a queen bee/ant spawn and create their own colony? | When a hive gets too large they will raise a generation of new queens. These queens then leave the hive at maturity along with a few males and a bunch of workers effectively splitting the hive. This is what is happening when you see a bee swarm . They go and look for a new place to start a hive leaving only a fraction ... |
Why the Fibonacci Sequence is important | Most people say the fibonacci sequence is important, because phi pops up and that's in nature everywhere. That doesn't really make it important Anywhere, I'm just saying that the fibonacci sequence isn't really important. I mean, it's extremely interesting, but doesn't really make it important per se. It's just cool. T... |
Can a cat/dog comprehend what's on the tv screen? | I'm going to remove this, as it's not really an ELI5 question. > ELI5 is for requests for easy-to-follow explanations of complex concepts and subjects. That means no questions that are just looking for straightforward answers, *that are subjective*, a request for a guide/walkthrough, or that are objective but not askin... |
Why when you donate blood or get blood work done, do they take it from your veins rather than arteries or muscle? | Taking blood from an artery is possible, but much more risky as you bleed much faster from an artery. You don't get blood from a muscle. In order to get enough blood, you must be in a vessel big enough to draw from. That rules out capillaries . Your only practical option is to draw from a vein. |
What do other languages call the planet we live on? | _URL_0_ Actually a lot of European languages call Earth some variation of Terra, which is the Latin name for Earth. Scandinavian languages use a variation of the word Jord. All in all, the word for Earth in each of these languages usually has the same literal meaning - ground/soil, land, or both. |
Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard | It's a complex book, and you're going to be hard pressed to narrow it down to a single argument Long story short? It's largely about arguing that things which we perceive to be "fake," or "copies," of reality are in fact completely separate from reality to begin with, and that the thing we assume it to be copying may n... |
What is hypothyroidism and how does it pertain to obesity? | Hypothyroidism is the term meaning "extremely low thyroid-ism". This basically means due to something, your thyroid gland does not produce the amount of specific hormones it needs too. The thyroid is huge for the basic "control knobs" that control your entire metabolic process within the human body. When this control s... |
Why do most people prefer sleeping in a colder room under covers/blankets than being warm without blankets? | It was explained to me this way, the body goes into a Simi state of hibernation when it's colder. Therefore you sleep better. At least I do. |
Why do some hand lotions burn my hands? | You are allergic to one or more ingredients in them. Start comparing ingredient list from ones that dint to ones that do to figure out what it is. For example, I can't use products that have tree extracts. It will give me a rash. |
If electronic voting machines are so easy to hack, why hasn't a group exposed the loop hole publicly so that the problem can be solved? | It's like saying "If a PC is so easy to hack, why hasn't it been solved yet?" They're so easy to hack because they're based on PC's and there are uncountably many ways to do it if you're serious enough', "In order to take something apart to figure out how it works, you have to get your hands on it. Voting machines aren... |
Why do some LED displays seem to "jiggle" if I make a low growling noise with my throat or chew crunchy food? | You're causing your eyes to vibrate, which leads to the illusion that the LED display is actually vibrating.LED displays blink very quickly because they use multiplexing. Take a typical 7 segment display like one that can be found in clocks or calculators. It's composed of 7 LEDs that together make up an "8" shape. By ... |
When going to bed after a day at the waterpark, doing rollercoaster or at sea, I can feel the "movements" of the day. Why is that? | Your inner ear detects your movements and send signals to your brain so you can respond to the situation and balance. Your eyes are also sending similar information. Eventually your brain gets used to the same signals being sent at regular intervals . Your brain starts to expect this movement as normal, and keeps compe... |
Why is the number pad on my keyboard opposite of the number pad on my phone? | > There isn't a definitive answer, but the most cited theory seems to be that the telephone keypad has letters associated with numbers, so 1 2 3 across the top made more sense. Otherwise, the end of the alphabet would be at the top.Calculators, and therefore computer keypads had 1 2 3 at the bottom because it is more e... |
Why was there no space or time before the big bang? | No one knows. We can speculate. We know because of Einstein and other cosmologists that the universe is expanding. Because of this it can be tracked back to a time when it was a single point with infinite density. But we don't understand why or how it happened yet. |
How do comas work? | There are a lot of reasons for a person to be in a coma, with varying gravity and reversibility, so take whatever I say next with a grain of salt, since it may not apply to a particular situation in your mind. Some comas are caused by damage in nervous structures responsible for keeping the person awake , or even diffu... |
Why isn't anyone(as in a country) doing anything to help Syria? What is going on? | Who said nobody was doing anything?_URL_0_ _URL_1_ _URL_2_If you're referring to sending in the troops, that's a much different and much more complicated issue. |
If a plane were to be flying as normal and then gradually on a steeper and steeper slope away from earth, what would happen? | Airplanes have a ceiling above which they cannot fly. It depends on their engine power and the amount of lift generated by their wings. Yes they could overshoot this ceiling but would falter, stall, and descend. The pilot could regain control and fly at the highest possible altitude. Airplanes use the air to burn their... |
Why are the lakes Michigan and Huron not considered the same body of water? | I live less than 2 hours from the Mackinaw Bridge. They are usually considered to be individual lakes because of their currents around the straights of Mackinaw, making some very rough waters. Lake Huron's current runs counterclockwise along Canada and Michigan while Lake Michigan's runs clockwise along the Lower Penin... |
How does a caller to 911 from California able to give an address from Kansas during the swatting incident? Are 911 operators not local? | It is very, very easy in this day and age to use software to make a phone call from either an anonymous number or spoofing a number. Even an anonymous call would have to be taken seriously by a 911 operator since obviously they can't risk the chance of not acting on a reported hostage situation. 911 operators are locat... |
Why does a ship captain face prosecution for abandoning his or her sinking ship? | I thought he faced manslaughter charges for running the ship aground, which is different than abandoning the ship. I could be wrong though.it's Italian maritime code of conduct that the captain of a ship that is in distress be the last to leave after the passengers and the crew. the Italian code isn't particularly diff... |
why can I not wake myself up from dreams even when I'm conscious of the fact I'm dreaming? | Are you sure you are actually conscious of being in a dream rather than merely dreaming that you are conscious within a dream?', "TIL being able to wake myself up from a dream is not normal. I couldn't tell you how I do it -- when I decide I don't like a dream, I just wake myself up somehow and dream something better. |
I'm salaried weekly to make the same amount as what a 40 hour hourly wage employee would make. Does the min wage increase (which increases hourly wage) affect my salary? | I'm not sure what 'salaried weekly' means. I presume it means you have an annual salary, which you are paid an equal portion of 52 times a year. If that's the case, then no, minimum wage increase means absolutely nothing to your pay. It only affects people who punch a clock and are paid hourly. |
Why is the trade deficit with China so bad? | China makes most of what it needs, and sells most of what other countries want. They have little incentive to buy things from countries like the UK, and we have lots of reasons to buy stuff from themChina has cheaper cost of labor which is vital for an economy with such a huge amount of manufacturing. Many western econ... |
Why does alcohol enhance one's taste and appetite? | I wouldn't say all alcohol enhances taste. Wine of various types can add an interesting and compatible side note to various foods. Cheeses, for example.More than moderate alcohol consumption lowers your blood sugar therefore increasing your desire for food. |
Why can i be injected with radioactive liquid for a bone scan and not get sick? | It's a very small amount of radioactive material. You are constantly receiving radiation all the time so while this is a larger amount than normal it's not at all enough to make you sick. Your cells can handle it easily. According to this, the amount of radiation you receive from a bone scan is 6.3 mSv _URL_1_ Accordin... |
Why does repeating a word or phrase over and over make it lose meaning in your brain? | It’s a phenomenon known as Semantic Satiation. It’s just as you describe; one will say a phrase or word so many times that it eventually temporarily loses its meaning. Interestingly enough, there’s also a phenomenon where if you engage in Semantic Satiation, doing the task at hand will become slightly more difficult. _... |
Why do planes often pass the destination airport and land from the other direction? | As a rule, planes take off and land into the wind. This means the speed over the ground is lower. Air is very much like a river. If you are swimming up the current, you are traveling slower in relation to the shore. Going with the current, you travel much faster. In both cases you are swimming at the same speed through... |
How does a democracy work if the majority of individuals don't understand most of the basic concepts involved within their government? | Well technically speaking, the US, alongside practically all other modern countries around the globe, isn't a 'democracy' - it's a 'representative democracy'. Effectively, this means the electorate don't *need* to be knowledgable in politics and the economy to make the political scene 'work', as they elect people who a... |
Why can I not just walk up to a drive-thru window & order food? | It would be a liability to have pedestrians in a lane built for cars to travel through. If they allowed people to do it they would be responsible when someone got run over* there is a safety issue, having pedestrians in a lane intended for cars* there is a pranking issue, as it is pretty easy to order then run off with... |
The recent addition of 80 million years to the age of the universe. | I think it is unfair to claim that scientists found an extra 80 million years, what they did was refine predictions based on more sensitive data. Using the previous set of measurements of the background radiation the prediction for the age of the Universe was 13.6 billion - 13.8 billion years, the newer, more sensitive... |
What's the big deal about /r/ShitRedditSays? | There's a common perception that the members of SRS go around downvoting posts they disagree with en masse . Their official rules *do* discourage their members from doing just that so I don't know how true it is, but I think a lot of the hatred stems from that generalization. They 've also developed their own sort of "... |
The new iPhone 6 and if it's better than current phones | It's a typical Apple release. Incremental improvement in the specifications, interesting new capabilities. In 2014, all phones are powerful, and specs are interesting only when then enable new capabilities. Here's the interesting new stuff in the iPhone 6: * Apple Pay Payment system. Scan your credit cards and pay with... |
How do pressurized cabins work? | I assume you mean pressurized **aircraft** cabins. On most turboprop and jet aircraft, the engines produce a large amount of hot compressed air. This air is ducted into the aircraft body, cooled to a comfortable temperature, and released into the cabin. Some aircraft, such as the 787, do not draw pressurized air direct... |
Why is posting your own content considered bad? | What's frowned on is spamming all of the content from your website to Reddit & trying to use it as a free advertising platform. If you're actually participating in the community & posting interesting stuff , it's not a problem. Imagine you're throwing a party & some asshole that nobody really knows shows up & tries to ... |
How is the length of a radioactive isotopes half life determined? | The halflife of a substance is the amount of time it takes for _half_ of it to decay. So, in the case of Carbon 14, if you start with 1kg of it, you'll have .5kg in 5715 years. Now, you don't actually have to wait 5715 years to figure that out. By observing and measuring it, you can determine the rate of decay and extr... |
If we could make giant ants, would they be just as strong as small ants? | No, in fact they would quickly die. In many engineering/biological topics there is something called the Square-Cube Law: If you grow/shrink something some properties vary by the square of the amount you are shrinking, others by the cube of the amount your shrinking. The thing is weight is a property of volume, so that ... |
Why is "bloody" a bad word? | "Bloody" is the modern form of of either "God's Blood" or "By Our Lady". It's part of a family of curses called \'Minced Oaths\'. "Gadzooks!" = "God's Hooks" = The cross/nails of Christ. "Blimey!" = "God Blind me" "Zounds!" = "\'S Wounds" = "God's Wounds" And one you will not have heard outside of the UK and AU, "Strew... |
What makes a bad joke bad and why is it viewed in distaste when there is a clear humor? | Jokes, at their core, are about subversion. The set up is mundane, common, understood. The punchline, a surprise, unexpected. Theres a reason they're called dad jokes. Kids haven't heard them before, puns and play on words that they've only recently gotten comfortable with are novel and fun. As we get older, even jokes... |
Why are meals at American schools so expensive? | Have you ever been to a baseball game? That same food would probably cost you $10. School lunches are run by a business who is a profit seeking entity. That being said, school lunches are generally pretty cheap unless you're going for the "premium" food such as pizza which is often brought in from the outsideThis may b... |
how dangerous are my uncovered florescent lights regarding UV rays | Not dangerous. There is a coating in the lamp that absorbs UV raysDo you hug them for an hour or more a day? If not you are probably just fine. |
If women on birth control don't menstruate, why do they have periods? | I think I know what your asking but here is a correction to your question: Period = Menstruation You mean to ask: "If women on BC don't *ovulate*, why do they *menstruate*?" The answer is they don't. While on standard hormone replacement pills the signals they create will block both ovulation and menstruation. In the s... |
Why does water have no smell? | Smell is the best sense for determining the toxicity of something. Because water does not have any toxicity or nutrients, and it is everywhere, humans did not need to evolve the ability to smell water, and so we didn't. Edit: the nose is just a chemical detector. There are certain chemicals that a human needs to detect... |
Suppose I'm a vampire. How much blood should I drink until I kill a person? | I think you'd need to drain more than 40% of the person's blood . Still, as a vampire, if you bit into a major artery, there's a good chance it will continue bleeding even after you're done unless you get immediate medical attention. So you could probably kill someone by draining much less, if you just left them.They'd... |
How do completely different strands of species all share similar qualities? (Ex: Mammals and Amphibians both developing Eyes in a similar fashion) | There are two factors at work here: One is **common ancestry**. All living things share a fairly small set of common ancestors. Living things that are more closely related to one another share a more recent common ancestor than things that are less closely related to one another. For example, chimpanzees and gorillas s... |
What exactly do people mean when they say a game runs on an engine? | > Is an engine just the basis of a game's physics? That's pretty close, but there is more to it than that. The engine is what takes the *data* physical description of the buildings, the vehicles, the people, the weapons, the lights and the shadows and the reflections basically everything in the universe, and draws it o... |
Why does heating the house to 70 degrees feel so different from cooling the house to 70 degrees? | Because it's impossible to maintain the room's temperature at exactly 70°F . In reality, when heating you heat the room to around 73°F, and when cooling you cool the room to 67°F. When the temperature cools or heats past a certain point the system turns on again. Also, thermostats are crap, even good ones need recalibr... |
why are gun sights always, or typically, red? | There not. Modern pistol sights often include color dots on the iron sights for easier contrast in lower light conditions, [but can be many different colors, and even combinations of colors]. Even most modern military rifle iron sights are still gun metal black. Red Dot Sights are not as used by the military as Call of... |
Given all the technological information we have in the world, why does YouTube just tell me "An Error" Occurred? | YouTube knows exactly what went wrong. They just have no interest in sharing that with youBecause what specific error occurred and why is not useful information to the end user if there is nothing they can do about it. 99.9% of users would not understand a detailed description of the error anyway. |
Stradivari violins and why they are better than others | I read about this a very long time ago, but what I recall is: As I recall, it was a *dentist,* of all people, who also happened to be an avid violinist and self-taught luthier, who managed to get ahold of some Stradivari fragments and studied them under a microscope. What he found was that the tiny pores in the wood we... |
What happens to children if they don't get adopted? | They become wards of the state. Bouncing around foster homes and so forth. More often than not brothers and sisters get separated. Unfortunately it is difficult and expensive for Americans to adopt inside the US. |
Despite having similar vocal cords, why do humans have a far versatile vocal ability than other mammals? | our vocal cords aren't actually that similar. They're built the same way but developed farther than other animals. if you gave a chimpanzee super intelligence, they still wouldn't be able to vocalize like we can. a lot of our nuance, like writing, speaking, art, comes down to our concentration of fast-twitch muscles as... |
Why is a constitution important? Why were efforts made to create a EU constitution? | A constitution helps set basic laws that then can later be adapted with ammendments. It is the basis for a lot of countries because it is the most basic form of written law really. Im no expert though. |
What does refubished mean when looking at electronics? Is it worth buying? | Refurbished means it has been checked and possibly fixed by somebody who is certified, usually by the manufacture, to do such work on the product.It didn't work when originally built or was returned as defective. The manufacture or reseller had someone look at it and 'fixed' it so it worked and could be sold", 'It gene... |
What does "brought to you by ..." mean on television shows for the company? | It means that they are a sponsor of the show. They pay for ad time and product mentionsIt means they paid for the show to actually exist, so they get advertising in return. |
How can solid materials like glass be transparent? | First of all: Glas isn't transparent for all types/colors of light . As you may know, light can consist of different colors, each corresponding to a certain wavelength or a certain energy. On the other hand, molecules have discrete, so-called energy levels. There are distinct amounts of energy they can absorb or emit. ... |
If we need two eyes to perceive depth, how come I can close one eye and still see depth? | You can determine depth with what are known as *monocular vision cues*. . Your brain has learned a lot of tricks to help decide what *might* be closer or far away. Texture: Things you know have lots of texture, like grass or carpet if you know that you see a carpet, and it looks smooth, then it's likely not very close.... |
What is a fiscal year and why do we need it. | Fiscal years are used by government and some businesses concerning money. As to why they don't use a traditional calendar year, [here is one reason]: > December is a really bad month to try to close out an entire year's accounting books. Accountants and execs are on vacation for large parts of the month, most retail st... |
How do the Star Wars' (et. al.) Expanded Universes work? | Most of your questions are answered on the [Wikipedia page] for the Star Wars Expanded Universe. But to paraphrase some of it, and to answer a few of your questions: 1. They do have a hierarchy. If Lucas says it, it is considered **G** level, and therefore canon. If it was on TV it is **T** level, which is below **G**,... |
What is happening with the Ebola patients "rising from the dead"? | They aren't. The people either weren't actually dead, or the stories are complete fabrications. No zombie apocalypse for you. |
Why can't we transfer scents the same way we transfer images? | Scents are actual physical particles moving in the air. Transferring a scent then requires that you actually move physical things, or that the receiver have the necessary components to manufacture scents when sent instructions. Smell-o-vision is certainly possible. It would just require scent compounds that would need ... |
how a crackws touchscreen can work in some areas but not others on the screen | The glass part of the screen isn't what makes it "touchable", there is something under the glass called a digitizer that accepts your skin as an input through the glass. If this digitizer isn't broken due to dropping, or physical damage than the area will still accept input |
How do shows like Masterchef conduct so many interviews of the cooks before something is about to happen? | Just from watching, it definitely seems that the interviews are conducted afterwards. Possibly long after, when the producers develop a storyline from the footage they shot. You can watch closely for hair, makeup, & clothing changes to see that it is definitely not "in the moment". Of course, that means they already kn... |
When to use "myself" in a sentence and when NOT to. | Unfortunately, it is grammatically correct. *Myself* is a reflexive pronoun, but can be used as an intensive pronoun People hate it for the same reason they hate exclamation points. While technically okay, they're unnecessary and are only used to make your sentence seem more dramatic. |
How an Action Replay works | The code you enter translates into instructions, these could range from "only do the next instruction if a certain button is pressed" to "update the figure for health and set it to 9001". These instructions are then inserted into the instructions sent to the games console at regular intervals to make your cheats work. |
how complex mechanisms like the eye evolved. | Well the eye first started off as just a patch of light-sensitive cells, which would be beneficial to organisms that needed to know where light and dark was . Over time, this patch of light sensitive cells began to pit. The indentation meant that the cells could now differentiate direction based on what portions of the... |
where bitcoins come from and why everyone doesn't just mine bitcoins for profit | Basics first. * For each block there is a set bitcoin reward. * Each block is a race to see who can solve it first. * Only one person/group can claim the reward. Now, knowing that, we can also add the following: * Mining is difficult* It takes electricity * Electricity costs money * How difficult each block is adapts t... |
Why do some manufacturers print their own prices on items? | to prevent strors from over inflating prices. They know how much thier product costs. if someone is selling it for more, the customer knows its not Arizona and does not have those hostle feelings. keeps everyone in checkManufacturer Suggested Retail Price : what the manufacturer *would like* a retailer to sell their pr... |
Why are posts on Reddit archived and cant be voted on? | Reddit posts are meant to be contextual - they are interacted with by users in real-time through comments, replies, and up votes. These interactions reflect the situation at the time of the post - comments on the Greek referendum, for example, are based on the relevant information users have now, in June/July 2015. In ... |
Why is my internet worse at nighttime? When its day time, multiple people are using it (family) but when its nighttime and its just me, it's painfully slow. | Not a lot of details offered to give a clear explanation, but likely your internet is limited by the hub in your street and the connection your provider has with the world. When it is nighttime in the US, Asia and Europe are activeAs /u/baldhermit said, it all has to due with how many people are connecting to the servi... |
We attribute pollution to death tolls. Why can't we sue or press criminal charges against the united states government for being complicit in these deaths? | > We attribute pollution to death tolls. First of all, you have that backwards. "To attribute A to B" means that B causes A, and I'm pretty sure you don't mean that death tolls cause pollution. Second, expecting the government to be responsible for deaths caused by pollution would be like expecting the government to be... |
Why churches and banks almost always include the word "first" to their names. | To establish that they are the first church or bank of that type in a given location. It indicates to people who want to use them they are an older, more established organizationThe "first" this is motivated by being the first in a region; eg, the "First Baptist Church of Hartford" is literally the first baptist church... |
The science behind two mirrors facing each other, and the amount of images or frames of reference of real life created? | be careful bro you never know. you might like pull a Doom-esque scenerio, and accidentially open a portal to hell if you witness what is at the end of the endless mirror chain. |
How come Trix stopped making the shape cereal? why is it only circles??? | Well, young 'un, back in the day, *way* back in the day, in the dark ages before the 1990s, Trix *were* round. So, really, what they are now is what they should look like, not your hippity hop fruit shapes. Now get off my damn lawn, you punk kids, or I'll turn the hose on ya ag'in. |
Why can't we remember memories when we were a infant? | our brains are still developing the ability to interpret and store information gathered from the sense, so the structures required to store long term memories don't exist yet. |
What does a president do in his free time? | Many read or play golf. Some spend time with their families. GWB liked to go to his ranch in Texas. Many presidents are fairly intelligent individuals who enjoy any number of activities. The problem is that the job of president offers very little in terms of true free time and due to security doesn't usually allow much... |
Why isn't dodgeball a popular professional sport? | There was an NES video game in the 80s that was an international tournament. Of course Russia was one of the final bosses, cause cold war. It was amazing in the ways pro Dodge Ball could be. It would need sponsers, eventually. Start up some local tournaments. Heck, check for a subreddit. There was a paper,rock,scissors... |
Surely someone must know: How do blind people use those bird chirping noises to cross the street? How do they know it's not for the kitty-corner side of the street? | Bob is walking north when he approaches an intersection that he knows has an auditory signal. He wants to continue north. He presses the button and listens for the next auditory signal. There is one particular sound that's used for north-south intersections and a different sound that's used for east-west intersections.... |
How does the Leuxs hoverboard actually hover? | The board itself is a superconductor, kept super-cold through liquid nitrogen. This causes it to magnetically repel ferric metals. Then they stick it on a steel platform so it repels the floor and hovers. |
Why is .3^.3 larger than .4^.4? | The answer is **0.367879441171442321595523770161460867445811131031767834507** Disclaimer: IANAM Why is an interesting question to answer! I'm assuming you want an intuitive answer as the mathematics is self-evident. I'll try to do this without using [logarithms], though that's probably a mathematicians preferred way of... |
Why are dreams so crazy & random? | While you are awake, your brain constructs an understanding of what's going on around you with continuous correction and revision based on information from your senses. While you are asleep, your brain constructs an understanding of what's going on around you with almost no correction or revision based on your senses, ... |
Why does vanilla extract taste amazing when paired with some foods , but tastes horrible alone? | Pure vanilla extract is made from soaking vanilla beans in vodka or other strong clear alcohol, which is why it doesn't taste as good without any sweet flavoring to go with it. |
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