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"The people" are not suffering in the least because some things are under copyright protection. There are more books than you can ever read and more music than you can ever listen to that is not…

Top stories for Long   Why are copyright laws and copyright so Orwellian and inhumane against the people, like in the case of the music and content on Voyager 2? Mercedes R. Lackey, Author • Answered February 16 "The people" are not suffering in the least because some things are under copyright protection. There are more books than you can ever read and more music than you can ever... Read more » 190   Why are wooden houses so uncommon in Europe compared to North America? Gill Matthews, lives in The United Kingdom • Answered February 28 It varies a bit from place to place but in the UK at least one reason why we haven't used timber frame in cities for the last 300+ years is because of an early version of f... Read more » 434 31   What was your most horrible wedding experience as a guest? Ellen Sandbeck, Artist, Environmental Writer, Vermicomposter (1980-present) • Answered May 9, 2024 This was decades ago. My husband and I, and our two kids who were both under 5, drove halfway across the country to go to my husband's sister's wedding. We were treated lik... Read more » 960 82   Are computers still getting exponentially better, or are we nearing the limit? Kurt Guntheroth, 35+ years as a working scientist, two US patents, several publications • Answered September 28, 2019 Computers are approaching their maximum speed limits in dozens of areas. If we turn up the clock rate any more, the chips will melt because they can't dissipate waste heat f... Read more » 2.7K 85   What is the purpose of keeping hens that no longer lay eggs? Ree Young, former (Retired) Professor • Updated Fri We kept backyard hens for a number of years. We bought some of the hens (at a very low price) from an egg famer who was going to cull them. The following year, we bought a ... Read more » 2.3K 87   How do you justify human-like aliens when writing science fiction? Francis, Writes for fun, re-writes his fiction far too much • Answered March 2 Most SF writers don't have terribly human like aliens. What happens is that SF screenwriters like to use characters that don't make it impossible for the actors to act - an... Read more » 118 6   Which is higher, Everest or Kilimanjaro? Frank Langben • Answered December 9 That depends on what you mean by "higher." If you mean the summit's elevation above sea level, that's Everest. If you mean the base to summit distance of a mountain above sea... Read more » 42 6   How can I attract a hermit to live in my garden. If I build a log cabin near the lake, would one eventually appear and start fishing in the lake for food? I don't want to hire one as then would not be a real hermit. Martin Bayer, Chef (1994-present) • Answered March 6 The trick to luring a hermit to your cabin begins with finding a hermit. You have to find a hermit with a cabin slightly worse than yours, on a pond with slightly fewer fish... Read more » 144 8   Why are rulers not made of stone, glass, or fabric? John McC, 4 years in machine shops and 20 as a mechanical engineer • Answered March 11 Stone is generally too brittle to make a good ruler, and fabric is too floppy. Glass isn't unheard of, although it's also on the fragile side for a frequently abused desk a... Read more » 134 18   Why does Chick-fil-A give free food to the police, who can afford to pay for their lunch, but not to the needy, who can't? Steven Burton, Retired Soldier and best buddy of Jack Kitty. • Updated March 4 When I had my place open (not a Chik-Fil-A) Police and Fireman in uniform ate for free. Clergy also got comped and I got way more of them then cops and fireman. We used to ... Read more » 3.9K 258   What is the evolutionary reason that no animal species normally have three legs? Julian Banfield Randall, former Surgeon & anatomist, Retired Family Doctor at National Health Service (19... • Answered February 26 It's down to hydrodynamics. Limbs evolved from fins. The first fishes had only midline fins, dorsal & ventral, useful if swimming by side to side undulation, but not much us... Read more » 834 52   Why is Donald Trump not being prosecuted for illegally trying to fire civil servants and disobeying the law in the Constitution? Ken Bradmon, Technical Business & Data Analyst (2024-present) • Answered March 7 Why is Donald Trump not being prosecuted for illegally trying to fire civil servants and disobeying the law in the Constitution? Because Trump is firing people that HE HAS T... Read more » 1K Read more in your feed

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