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Is it more profitable for a music artist to have a song in the number one spot for a short while, or to have a song in the charts for a lengthier amount of time? | It depends the number sold and length of time. You can sell 100,000 albums in a month then fall off the radar, or slow burn to 100,000 over a few months. Also, unless the artist is self publishing, they're not making all that much off album sales, at least initially. |
Why does wind make such a strange noise when recorded on a device but not when we hear it with our own ears? | Have you ever had someone blow in your ears? Microphone are hyper-sensitive to anything and will accept sound from almost any direction. Your ears will block all the "simulated" sound waves of the force of the wind except when it's directly blown inside your eartube. That's basically the difference.This is the same rea... |
Why my dog attacks me, when I try to kiss my girlfriend laying on the bed. | Ours do this too. Seems like they just want to play. It's how most dogs play with each other too", 'This dog needs to be banned from the bed. He is assuming possession of it. |
Why do babies and small children fight sleep? | Because they think they'll miss out on something fun while asleep. They're minds are filled with curiosity and wonder |
Why does time seem to slow down when I'm studying and passes by really quickly when I'm procrastinating? | You pay much more attention to the time when you're studying, probably something like "only 10 minutes left" or whatever, you probably don't do that when you procrastinate. |
How exactly does our sense of smell work? | Minuscule particles emitting from some source is able to act as a "key" to one of your smell receptors in your nose. This "key" will then trigger the receptor to emit a signal that is sent to the brain and then relayed back to the sensors with a response. So if you think about it, when you smell shit, you're literally ... |
- Why don't we hear babies cry or make other sounds when they are inside the womb? | The baby's lungs are the last thing to form in a normal baby, once they are formed, they will send out a chemical that signals to the uterus that triggers the mother's body to go into labor.Their mouths and lungs are filled with amniotic fluid. |
Why is wearing a hat indoors considered rude? | It would be like wearing your coat inside, generally you don't do that. Hats have a very utilitarian function to either keep your head warm or dry and inside you don't need to do either. Eventually it morphed into a fashion statement but just like you are supposed to use the correct fork to be polite you are supposed t... |
how did beijing get so air polluted while shanghai remains rather clear? | Beijing is in a terrible spot for an industrial city. It is [surrounded by mountains on three sides] Meanwhile, [Shanghai] is surrounded by flat land and sea. Usually, it's warm at the surface and cold further up, so all the smog will rise with the warm air and blow over the mountains. But especially during winter, inv... |
why is it we can it people into a medical induced coma but not any medical use to get them out of coma? | Medically induced coma is done through drugs. Drugs wear off, patient wakes up. Comas cause by accident are a result of damage to the brain which is slow to repair/rewire if it ever does. |
Why are rhymes so pleasing? | Our brains like patterns. Patterns are one of the really basic intelligence tools that got our species to where it is now, from the simplest "hey, every time I eat this berry I get sick, maybe I shouldn't eat them any more" to modern scientific advances. When we recognize a pattern , our brain rewards us. |
How did sites like Grooveshark, Spotify, and Google Play get all that music available for free streaming? | Grooveshark is currently in a number of lawsuits over copyright infringement. Spotify has licensing deals with music studios so that they are allowed to stream music on demand. On the free version, they pay for these license fees with ads. In the US, due to streaming music laws, anyone can use music for Internet Radio,... |
Why do football fans give Tim Tebow so much attention? | He wasnt a great NFL player. Coming out he was one of the most hyped College Players in YEARS. 2 National Championships and a Heisman to his name during his time at Florida. Basically Johnny Manziel if Johnny had actually won more games in college. That and his strong social example made him easy to cover.He's a very p... |
If a person serves prison time for tax evasion, once he or she gets out, does he or she still have to pay what was owed to the government? | To answer your initial question, yes they're still liable for that tax money . But if they've served a couple of years, they may not owe anything once they get out. Why? They may have already paid it off. How? The federal government has a thing called the federal tax lien, which is perhaps the most aggressive and ruthl... |
Can we pinpoint the angle of our trajectory from the source of the big bang? | The big bang wasn't what you seem to think it was. It wasn't an explosion *in* space that things are moving away from. It was an expansion **of** space, and it occurred at every location in the universe at the same time. Galaxies aren't moving away from some central point. Rather, space itself is expanding, which cause... |
why don't checking accounts get interest? | They sometimes do. It was once stipulated in banking regulations that *demand deposits* — deposits that you can get back out of the bank at any time with no restrictions — could not earn interest. This stipulation was called "regulation Q." In essence, regulation Q was pretty toothless anyway, because banks had long si... |
When taking pictures, why does the "red eye" instance occur? | Light from the flash reflects from the retina. One way to mitigate it is that "pre-flash" you see on some cameras: the flash blinks for a few seconds before the camera really fires and takes a picture. They idea is the bright light causes your pupils to contract, reducing how much light can reflect back from the retina... |
what is the difference between butter and margarine? | > Tub margarine can easily be substituted for butter at the table for spreading, and some people use it on the stovetop for cooking, though we typically favour using oil over margarine in cases like this. In baking, melted margarine could work in recipes that call for melted butter, but in recipes that call for softene... |
From ancient times to the present day, why is it acceptable in most parts of the world for men to be bare-chested but not women? | Women's breast and men's breast are not the same. Treating them differently is not arbitrary, it's meaningful. Women's breast are sexual, they develop during puberty and have a functioning role to feed their kin. They are affected by estrogen . It is sexual, and thus elicits a sexual reaction. To minimize this we cover... |
Why do my feet get cold and sweaty when I don't wear socks and have them underneath the blanket? | When you first get under the blanket your body begins to heat up, as it no longer has to work as hard to stay warm. As a reaction, it expands blood vessels near the surface of your skin to shed extra heat. The only problem is most of that heat gets trapped under the blanket. When your body registers that it isn't cooli... |
Why do many men's bathrooms have open stalls with no doors or doors that don't lock? | Many different possibilities, obviously, but if it was done by the establishment on purpose, it's in order to keep guys from doing hard drugs in there , or some other nefarious activity the place doesn't want occurring in their bathrooms. It can also deter men from using the stall at all, if the place doesn't want to d... |
What is inclusive growth? And what can we do to achieve that? | "inclusive growth" is a catch all term for economic growth that broadly benefits all parts of society. The most obvious method for ensuring that the benefits of economic growth are spread out is redistribution. However, there are countless ways to attempt to achieve broad based growth by way of public policy. A governm... |
How did they make a hex shaped hole on this lathe? | That was beautiful work with a CNC lathe.The CNC calculated how to spin both the parts to make the pattern required, similar to how it did the threads. I have not seen a good video of this particular pattern slowed down, but I'd assume it's very similar to _URL_0_ . |
How does an app like OfferUp make money? | Tons of startups don't make money. They lose shit loads of it trying to get users, hoping to make the ninety back by selling the company or having an IPO. |
Why does almost everyone who drives think it's ok to go up to 5 miles per hour OVER the speed limit? | The most likely reason is that 5 mph is within the speedometer's and radar gun's margin of error, so pulling people that are going 5mph over would result in a ton of legal headaches for everybody. |
what happened to RSS? Why did it suddenly just stop being a thing? | RSS lets you get quick updates of websites you like. For example [qwantz] updates every time a new comic goes up. The idea was that you could get updates and new information without having to go to each site and checkRSS was developed to pass data when bandwidth was a big concern. when bandwidth was measured in Kb/s. b... |
Why is it that we sound robotic when we speak into a portable fan on high speed. | Because the blades are rotating to push air. Sound is vibrations in air. So the blades are also affecting the sound. It will modulate your voice with the frequency of the spinning blades. |
How can a man be raped by a woman? | The human body will respond to physical stimulation even if you haven't consented and don't want it to happen. Mind over matter only goes so far, so sufficient stimulation will still have a predictable effect. The fact that your body responded in the way it is physiologically meant to respond has nothing to do with whe... |
where do freckles on nipples come from if they have never experienced sun exposure? | People produce pigments such as in freckles independent of sun exposure. Our skin does react to sun exposure by *increasing* pigment production but that is a separate issue. Your implication that freckles are only caused by sun exposure is just incorrect. |
Why do I like toasted bread, but not stale bread? | It is due to a reaction called the Maillard reaction, which is a non-enzymatic form of browning which is caused by heat. It is a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars. Maillard reactions are why we like browned meat, roasted coffee and biscuits . Caramelisation is a completely different reaction and... |
Why does the military have its own justice system? | Military members are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice in addition to the "normal" civilian justice system. Meaning military members can be tried for crimes under the UCMJ which are not crimes for "normal" civilians. In addition to more restrictive rules, there are different requirements for the trials an... |
Why do parabolic (curved) snow skis make skiing easier than the 'old' style straight skis? | When you make a turn, you tip your skis on their side edge towards the inside of the turn. [Like this]. With straight skis, the edge would touch the ground on the whole length of the ski when tipping. Since most of your weight is in the middle of the ski, that means that the tip and tail do not push as much into the sn... |
When sucking a piece of candy (hard or soft) why do you have the urge to crunch and swallow it instead of savoring the flavor longer? | Because your whole life youve been crushing things with your teeth and swallowing them immediately as they enter your mouth. It becomes a reflexi think it has to do with the same reason why when you toss a dog a piece of food they pretty much inhale it. while humans enjoy flavor i think we have a more basic instinct of... |
If someone poored the equivalent in mass as our sun, of water on to our sun, what would happen? | Well the sun wouldn't go out. It would actually burn brighter. Water molecules are two parts hydrogen and and one part oxygen. The sun uses hydrogen to burn so by adding water you'd be adding more fuel. |
Why is smoke sometimes black and sometimes white? | It's only white when a new pope is elected. Seriously though, it depends on what material you're burning. Gasoline and oil tend to have black smoke while dry wood tends to have white smoke. |
What tricks/methods does Hollywood use/how do they portray actions that are undesirable (to the actor/actress) or illegal (i.e using drugs, drinking liquor, sex) in movies and tv? | Drugs and alcohol is easy. How can you tell the liquid in the glass is alcoholic just by looking at it? You can't. How do you know the white powder is cocaine, or the smoke coming from the wrapped "joint" is from marijuana? You can't. I hope I don't need to explicitly describe how dyed water could be passed off as whis... |
Why is it so much harder to hold your breath after breathing out then it is before breathing out? | When you take a breath and exhale it, your lungs will absorb about 20% of the oxygen in that breath. So if you instead hold your breath, you've actually got several full breaths worth of oxygen that are still available to your lungs, even though you haven't breathed in any new air. When you exhale and then hold your br... |
When to use a hyphen in between two words (global-scale, first-class, etc.) | If the words are working separately, they aren't hyphenated. For example, "itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie yellow polkadot bikini." It's not itsy *and* bitsy, it's itsy-bitsy. Same with teenie-weenie. At the same time it's not bitsy-teenie, so those aren't hyphenated together. Now the part where it gets more flexible. It coul... |
How come whenever I draw a face having a certain expression I end up making the same expression? | A fun little part of the brain known as mirror neurons. They're the reason that you empathize with actors on screen or in this case, your doodles. Mirror neurons believe that whatever your eyes are looking at, is actually you. So when you see someone hurt, you cringe. Or when you see an angry face you believe it's your... |
If calories are a measure of energy, does the same food have more or less calories/energy whether it is eaten hot or cold? | Food gets broken down to glucose sugar, and various vitamins and minerals. The vitamins and minerals are used by cells for their internal bio-chemistry, and the glucose is burned for energy. "Calories" are a measure of the amount of glucose that can be extracted and burned, and this is a chemical energy. How hot the fo... |
Why do you see people advertise themselves as "pre-op transgender" in dating sites (and other dating mediums) but you never see "post-op transgender" written? | I think generally people who're fully done with transitioning are ready to set it behind them. The point isn't to be transgender, the point is to be male/female. > is it unethical or immoral to not make potential partners aware of your history? This topic comes up from time to time. Even within the trans community it's... |
if someone was to melt down pre 1982 pennies for copper? | You would have to melt pennies at a large scale to make it worthwhile for the government to spend time investigating and arresting you. To melt pennies at that scale, you would have to industrialize the process . Somewhere along the line, you're likely to attract notice. If you try to just melt pennies by the handful a... |
is there a chemical reaction in the brain that responds to cancelling appointments and social activities? I often feel good after lightening the social load! | You had to do a task you were dreading and nervous about, and by canceling it, your brain considers it accomplished. You are then rewarded for it chemically. It's alot easier than spearing a mammoth anyway.Acetylcholine is the introvert’s version of dopamine, though I’m not 100% sure that applies here. |
Why are fractals considered to have fractional dimensions? What does a fractional dimension mean? | I highly recommend watching the following video by the best math presenter on YouTube. It should answer both your questions . _URL_0_ |
Why are bar codes relatively large when usually you only need one thin scan line to identify an item? | You May have expierienced how long it takes from time to time for the employees to find the Barcode, now imagine its only half a cm thick. |
Why is it that diesel gas prices are now getting much lower to the point of being close to or even lower than the price of unleaded? | Did you know originally diesel was always cheaper per litre than petrol it was only when the government realised the extra miles people where getting out of a diesel car so they jacked up the price, and agricultural, and fishing boats, etc still get diesel at cheap prices for diesel .Technically it is because the diesa... |
How come we don't remember things exactly as they were? | Essentially, your brain plays *[The Telephone Game]* with itself and each time your memory tries to recall something, you're actually remembering the last time you remembered it. If little inaccuracies slipped in, some feelings were stronger or more important than another, or you forget that you told a white lie about ... |
Why does the thread count of sheets make them softer? | Think of sandpaper the kind with large grit is rougher than the sandpaper with fine grit. Not imagine the same thing with threads. Fewer, larger threads will be rougher than more fine threads. |
If we pressed down on a nail for several months, would that affect its growth? | I'm not an expert but this does happen with an ingrown toenail. The nail doesn't stop growing but instead starts to bend. |
When taking a hot shower with cold feet, why does the hot water make your feet feel "icy hot" for a while? | Your cold receptors are firing because your feet are cold. When you dip your feet in the warm water, the nerves responsible for detecting heat are then activated. So for a moment, your brain receives signals for both hot and cold, leading to the sensation you describe. Source:medical schoolThere was a research experime... |
In what way(s) will the universe theoretically end? | According to general scientific concesus, there's a few ways this could go down, and it depends on wether or not highly complicated theories like the overall shape of the universe turn out to be true: Heat death is one of them, a scenario in which, after billions of billions of years, all stars in the universe eventual... |
Russia. Ukraine, oil, and the supposed "New cold war" | For now, let's ignore the social and geographic history of what is known today as Ukraine. Not too long ago, Ukraine was in the midst of deciding whether they were going to join the European Union, a move to which Russia strongly objected. Russia basically told Ukraine that if they join EU, then all the various economi... |
I feel like a dog can sense if a person is unhappy. How? | I am by no way at all a scientist or veterinarian but I have been working with dogs for over a decade. I spent a lot of time as a dog handler is a large off leash facility and the first thing I taught myself was to leave everything at the door before I went in. If something was happening in my personal life or my boss ... |
how flashing coloured lights became associated with Christmas? | The Christmas tree became popular in Germany during the 18th to early 19th centuries. It was brought to America by German immigrants during the 1800s and also became popular in other European countries. During the spread of the tradition, people began putting candles on the tree. I couldn't find a good explanation as t... |
why lawyers and judges have to wear wigs in court? | It's just a tradition, dating back to when "court" meant an audience before the local sovereign ruler. Back then it was part of the protocol for appearing before someone superior to you, and a token of respect for the sovereign. We keep the tradition today as a token of respect for the gravity of the circumstances. Jus... |
What exactly is happening inside my body when I have a stomach ache? | Considering that there are a few different things that can be considered a stomach ache, I may not be answering your specific question: 1) Feeling like you are going to vomit. Your body is wanting to remove something that it really doesn't want in it's stomach. This can vary by a large amount, but can range from bad fo... |
Why do we feel so dehydrated after sleeping, even for short periods? | Aside from simply not being able to ingest fluids while asleep; 1. Hormonal release/changes that occur predominantly during sleep.2. Increased sweating due to different temperature regulation when asleep.3. Increased fluid consumption by your body during sleep.4. Dryness of mouth.5. Possible desire for the body to purg... |
How does a coding language like Python actually communicate with a piece of software? | In the case of Maya, I believe you write and run the code from inside the program . So Maya will be what is reading your code and so it will recognize specific commands in the code that refer to it and will execute them. So if you have a rotate command in your python code, when Maya reaches that section, it will rotate... |
Why is Hillary Clinton's campaign paying for the Russian dossier not raising more concern? | Best I can tell is the Republicans can't make a big deal about it because they are where it originated. In my mind the most likely chain of events was RNC starts dossier and when Trump won the ticket theytold the DNC about it. If the contents are proven to be fiction the finger can be pointed anywhere. If proven true t... |
Whats the difference between the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and a Single Payer Health Care System? | Single-Payer healthcare is when the government pays for everyone's healthcare. It might be provided in public or private hospitals, but the government pays for it . Obamacare mandates that everyone either be covered by employer healthcare, qualify for government healthcare or buy their own private health insurance. It ... |
Why can't the Syria conflict be resolved through UN? | > Can Russia really just VETO everything regarding the Syria conflict? Yes. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, and the United States, can *all* veto **any** UN resolution. But it hardly matters, because the UN doesn't have any teeth. It can't resolve milita... |
How exactly does alcohol damage the liver? | in long term, Alcohol , which naturally through the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase and then by aldehyde dehydrogenase will be metabolized into acetic acid, which is basic kitchen vinegar. Acetic acid is then converted into CO2 + H2O the enzyme which converts this ethanol to acetaldehyde and then acetic acid, uses NA... |
Why do not Mexico's military forces just eradicate the cartels? | Because the Cartels are extremely well coordinated and armed and not just a bunch of thugs high on their stuff who whack anyone they don't like. They are practically a paramilitary group in how they are organized and have made usage of even computers as an art form in how they perform their criminal actions. They fight... |
What exactly do a president and vice president do all day? | All sorts of stuff. Policy meetings, meeting with various heads of departments, briefings, public appearance stuff, meeting/calling foreign leaders,', "Well, in America the president is 1/3 of our government. If a bill passes through Congress, then he must sign it into action. He also has the ability to propose laws or... |
How does mass have no effect on acceleration due to gravity? | The key you're missing is that the more mass there is, the harder it is to move it. The pull of gravity is stronger, but that is balanced out because it's harder to move. For instance, consider how much effort it takes to push a shopping cart with one hundred feathers compared to pushing a cart with a hundred bricks. T... |
Why is baldness much more common in men than it is in women? | Most of the baldness you see is caused by a gene on the X chromosome. If a man has the gene for baldness in his X chromosome then he will be bald. If a woman has the gene for baldness on an X chromosome, she has a second X chromosome that most likely will not have that gene so it is suppressed and she will not be bald.... |
Why was windows '98 so good? | You probably don't remember windows 3.1.. when windows 95 came out shit was forever changed. When win98 came out, everything wrong with win95 was fixed . Better question- why was windows 95 so good? Edit: just to wrap this question up in three simple words.. the start menu. |
Are we all capable of being indoctrinated into believing anything no matter how immoral it seems now? | You might roll your eyes at the cliche I'm going to give you here , but check out the Milgram Experiment. People can be conditioned under the right circumstances to do immoral things. Very few people are outliers that take serious effort to condition like that. In short, yes. People can be made to do almost anything in... |
Why are the subreddits /r/news and /r/worldnews so widely hated amongst redditors? | Because they are typically either a) wrong b) misleading or c) some combination of the two. There is no incentive to be truthful or analytic in those forums. The only incentive is karma. The truth may set you free, but it sure as hell doesn't get you reddit gold .There are lots of different complaints people have about... |
- Why do we eat cows and pigs abd not horses and dogs in the Western World? | Horse meat isn't rare at all. You can get it in many parts of europe. Tastes ok too. Anyway, that's culture. The same reason we think that bacon and eggs is a breakfast food, and don't eat grasshoppers.When you work on a farm each animal is used for several things. Pigs will eat almost anything, but they won't herd lik... |
why does the flu season start around the same time every year? | Cooler weather puts more strain on the immune system and people begin sealing themselves inside to stay warm, rather than letting in fresh air. In addition, it happens shortly after students go back to school - which are great breeding grounds for disease |
If you're not supposed to flush wipes, why are they explicitly stated to be flushable? | There is no law that defines "flushable." That it fits down the toilet means it meets the common definition. If you ask a sanitary worker they will tell you they 've never seen a wipe that breaks up like toilet paper. At the treatment plant there is a scrubber that pulls out all of the condoms, tampons, wipes, etc that... |
The light dependent and the light independent stages of photosynthesis. | The light dependent stage is where the leaf take in the energy from the sun and turns it into energy it can use for the next step . The light independent stage is where the leaf takes that energy and uses it to break apart CO2 molecules and put them back together again into glucose molecules For a much more in-depth ex... |
How do snow fences prevent snow from building up on roads? | As the air moves through the slats, it has to slow down to get through. This pool of slower moving air, on the upwind side of the snow fence, is carrying some snow with it. The slower air can't haul as much snow, so it drops it there instead of dropping it in the road. On the downwind side, the air has lower pressure, ... |
the medical explanation for why in Saving Private Ryan, the medic's hands were all curled up after he go shot. | tendons in the hand, it takes effort from your muscles to straighten your fingers. Try it your self stretch them straight then relax and watch as they curl back towards your palms I would say the primary reason was he was acting and trying to make it appear as if he was in pain. The closest medical reason I could think... |
me: why do skunks and marijuana smell similar? | The chemicals that "give off" the smell you are noticing belong to a group called "terpenes". Various terpenes are found all throughout nature and are the reason you are reminded of one item's scent by the other. I would venture a guess that a skunk and "Skunk" share a common or similar terpene. Limonene, for example, ... |
why does a natural gas furnace have to be vented out of the house while the gas oven/gas cooktop does not. What happens to the exhaust gases created from the oven/cooktop? | * A gas furnace burns waaaaay more fuel than a small oven or cook top. That's the reason its gasses have to be vented while for the oven the natural air exchange is good enough.* You use the oven only while cooking so you would be aware of problems, while a gas furnace operates automatically.* Ovens need to be in a roo... |
Who is Chooter and why was she fired from Reddit? | Her name is Victoria, and she was the Director of Talent at Reddit, she also coordinated all of the AMA's. Why she was fired, we do not know. What we do know is that it's lead to a massive shit storm. You can read more about it here: _URL_0_", '_URL_1_ U/chooter is Victoria from Reddit. She helps with all the AMAs but ... |
What are stretch marks? | You have two layers of skin: the epidermis, which is the outer most layer, and the dermis that sits below that. Both of these layers can be broken down into even smaller layers. In the lower layer of the dermis lies collagen. Collagen is rubber band like strands of proteins that essentially holds up all the shit above ... |
Why do aircraft need so much maintenance? | Let me just throw 2 random facts out there. This is a long story short version, I'm sure someone else might post a more detailed one. There are over 250 MILES of wiring in a 747 and over SIX MILLION parts . Point being, it all needs to be inspected, and replaced or repaired as necessary. There's a lot that could go wro... |
Deep sea exploration. What's being done and what has been done? | I have a friend who is a hadal ecologist so I'll answer with what I know from talking to her. What do we know? very little. Her PhD dissertation is trying to figure out what is down there and what they eat - in other words, the most basic ecological questions you could possibly ask. What's being done? Exploration. She ... |
Why is Bob a funny name to children? | I don't know for certain, but I can infer several reasons: - In addition to being a palindrome, it's linguistically simplistic. There was a study conducted at the University of Alberta that suggests that one's expectations have an impact as to the subjective "funniness" of a word. It could be that the unusualness of th... |
Can humans be allergic to meat? | Yes. After being bitten by a Lone Star tick, you can develop an [allergy to red meat.] I'd bet this isn't the only situation. |
Cloud Storage and how it's different from storing stuff on servers like we always have | "Cloud" is just a marketing buzzword. It means serversTechnically, storing your files on a server is no different than "cloud" storage. The phrase "cloud" was invented to give less computer-savvy people a way to visualize how their data is being stored. They picture some intangible thing that they can't really reach, b... |
Why do smaller dogs generally live longer than large dogs? | Larger dogs have larger bodies, which require larger organs and larger bone structures. Larger organs and bone structures have to work harder and don't typically last as long. On top of that, we have traditionally used larger dogs for work, which adds "extra mileage." |
When we jump into very cold water, what occurs in the human body that makes us feel acclimated when we're actually getting colder? | your body has a process of adjusting to things as they happen so you dont become a husk of a person from sensory overload - ie putting on cologne in the morning that you wear regularly you will smell for a few minutes then it goes away, you still smell it, but your brain purposely ignores it so you can pay attention to... |
Why do the Bloods and the Crips hate each other so much? | It wasn't always that bad until drugs got involved. With the advent of cocaine and crack, the gangs needed to have places to sell it because it was an extremely profitable revenue stream. Eventually, those territories began to overlap and what was once minor disagreements turned into outright violence. In short, C.R.E.... |
Where is a virus/malware stored in a computer system, how is it removed? | A virus/malware is a program like any other but it's task is to harm you computer. It is stored on your hard drive and it can be remove by deleting the file. Unfortunately, most virus execute on windows loading so you load the virus every time you launch your computer. The tricky part is to know which files to remove s... |
Why is my muscle memory so much better than my memory for other things? | How much effort did you make in learning that instrument? Months, years? How much effort did you make in remember those names? Probably not much. |
How do companies continue for years without ever making a profit? | The value of a company and whether investors want to be involved is not based on current earnings or profitability, but instead on what they think it will eventually be worth. Companies called Venture Capitalist specialize in providing seed money to these companies while they are just starting out. This money keeps the... |
If an AC unit says it is 900w, what is the time frame in which it uses that much energy? | A Watt is a complex unit, like a Newton. A Watt is actually a measure that includes time. One Watt is equal to one joule per second. So 900 watts means 900 joules per secondA Watt is a unit of power. In physics, power and energy are two separate, but related, concepts. Energy can be thought of as the ability to do work... |
Why don't we wake ourselves up when sleeping in an uncomfortable position? | When your brain falls asleep your body is flooded with chemicals that both numb and paralyze muscles, so yeah, you dont actually feel it until you wake up. |
Why when I get sick does only a single nostril get clogged? | contrary to popular belief, your nose doesn't get clogged with snot, it gets clogged by the blood vessels expanding so blowing your nose a lot does not clear it. I always thought laying on one side relived pressure on the other allowing me to have at least one working nostril. Failing that, lying on my back but in a sl... |
Why do people go to see Operas in languages they aren't fluent in? | Why do a lot of russians enjoy AC/DC even though they can't speak english? Because music is universal. Anyone can listen to music, and vocals are an instrument. All part of the piece. |
What causes the heartache you feel in your stomach/chest when you love someone and miss them? | subtle physical changes you get, but don't notice. changes in breathing, digestion, muscle tension, etc. The odd sensation is a result of a bit of confusion. All the symptoms you get are features of the sympathetic nervous system. So the activity of the sympathetic nervous system ends up triggering the.. sympathetic ne... |
If someone were born in Hawaii, before its annexation into the US, could they run for President of the United States? | It is actually a misconception that someone must be born in the US to become President. The Constitution states that you must be a "natural born citizen." Note, this is not the same as a "native born citizen." What it probably means is that only those people who were American citizens at birth may be eligible to be Pre... |
What happens to the 3 minutes and 55.9 seconds in a day? | 23 hours and 56 minutes is the amount of time it takes the Earth to make one rotation around its axis. However, during that time, Earth also makes about 1/365 of a revolution around the Sun. This means that Earth needs to rotate around its axis for 4 more minutes in order to orient itself relative to the Sun. [This ima... |
Why is cut faster than copy on a PC? | You may imagine that cutting requires additional time to write zeroes to the old places on the disk aside from writing in the ones to the new places, rather than copying which just writes the ones, and as such cutting will take additional time because it's actually a copy-first, then-delete process. However, that is un... |
What exactly happens in the eye of a storm? | in the eve of the storm it is very calm, not much wind is present due to wind rotating around the eye not past it. if you are able to stay in the eye you will be completely safe. the wind spirals upwards due to convection around the eye. |
why 4G doesn't cover as much area as 3G | 4G typically runs at a higher frequency than 3G. This means that it can pack in more data, but it also means that it travels less distance before the signal degrades. This is why you hear low-end bass coming from the car driving down the street, but you can't always hear the lyrics. The lower frequencies travel through... |
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