http://www.answerbag.com/profile/1459 New Answerbag answers from Nohbdy Tue, 29 May 2012 13:30:05 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 13:30:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/10104 How do I decrease my blood pressure?<br /><br />Increases in blood pressure are caused by build up of fat in the blood vessels. So diet and exercise should do the trick. If that does not fully solve your problem, consult your doctor. He may perscribe you with medication. Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:03:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/10104 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/10101 Can I transfer games from my PC to my Xbox? If so, how?<br /><br />Yes, you will have to network them. With a modified Xbox you can load evox onto your xbox. You will have to buy a modchip or load a gamesave exploit. Evox gives you the ability to FTP files back and forth from your PC to your xbox among other things. Now if you want to play PC games on your... Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:47:17 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/10101 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/10034 When using System Link on the Xbox, can you use a regular ethernet cable, or does it require a special one?<br /><br />It is just an ordinary ethernet cable!!! All the system like cable is, is the exact same thing except it looks cooler and costs twice as much Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:42:08 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/10034 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/9462 What type of rifle do snipers in the US Army use? How is it different from the standard field rifle?<br /><br />I am not privy to all the the sniper rifles the US military uses, the 50 callibre sniper rifle is standard. The standard field rifle right now is the m-16. most of the time a sniper will will have a bolt action rifle, a grunt&#039;s m-16 is semiautomatic or fires in 3 round bursts. The m-16... Tue, 05 Oct 2004 21:49:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/9462 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/6190 What caused the Reformation?<br /><br />The primary reason for the Reformation was the desire of King Henry VIII to marry his concubine, Anne Boleyn, who had become pregnant. After numerous miscarriages and stillbirths, Henry&#039;s wife, Catherine of Aaragon, had been shunted off to live in near poverty on a remote estate. Since... Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:22:50 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/6190 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5995 Is it illegal to use file-sharing services such as WinMX or Kazaa?<br /><br />There is no specific law that states that these sites are illegal. All you have to go off of is precedent. It all depends on how copyright law is interpreted. For example: Metallica sued napster for giving out their songs for free; in that case the court interpreted the law to say that it was... Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:52:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5995 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5994 What is the highest number of babies birthed at one time by one mother?<br /><br />According to the 2004 edition of the Guiness Book of Records: In June 13, 1971 in Sydney AustraliaGeraldine Brodrick gave birth to nine children. Sadly none of them survived more than a week. There have been two cases of women giving birth to seven healthy babies at once. Bobbie McCaughy... Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:37:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5994 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5992 What are the risks involved with breast reduction? Are the risks greater for teens?<br /><br />There are risks, but they are very low. The only way to know whether it is right for you to get a breast reduction, is to consult your local plastic surgeon. Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:15:32 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5992 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5991 Is it legal for an American to go to Canada to buy prescription drugs?<br /><br />Yes, that in it of itself is legal. I&#039;m assuming the reason you ask this is because you heard that medicare in Canada is socialized (meaning it is payed for by the governmet so it is freee). So to get perscription drugs for free in Canada, you have to be a Canadian citizen. So to get a... Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:04:32 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5991 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5990 Will computerized "bots" be in Halo 2 for multiplayer?<br /><br />Yes, computorized bots will be one of the many features added to Halo 2 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:50:38 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5990 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5987 Is antibacterial soap harmful?<br /><br />If you are an adult, obviously not. Antibacterial soap is not harmful to a child, but there are reasons not to use it routinely. Here is why: Our immune systems develop from interaction with bacteria. Think of the chicken pox. You would not be immune to it if you did not experience it as a... Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:59:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5987 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5986 What are the potential benefits of stem cell research?<br /><br />There are many potential benefits in stem cell research. The main benefit is to gain the ability to duplicate parts of your body (arms, legs, heart, spinal cord, etc.). This would drastically change the world of medicine. Every time someone had to get a lung (or any organ) transplanted there... Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:40:15 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5986 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5985 Are there any ways of minimizing the extra skin after significant weight loss?<br /><br />The best solution for a significant loss would be plastic surgery, where a surgeon would operate to remove the skin. It is a fairly standard procedure. All you have to do is find a good surgeon and call in for an appointment. Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:24:49 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5985 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5885 How does a priest determine how many Hail Mary's one has to say after committing a sin?<br /><br />There is no set rubric on how many Hail Marys, Our Fathers, etc. a priest will give you. It depends entirely upon the priest himself. Some priests like to give you 5 Our Fathers, some might ask of you to do 3 Our Fathers and 2 Hail Marys for the same sin. Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:30:50 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5885 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4384 Which country has the fewest trees for its surface area?<br /><br />Vatican City would have the least amount of trees for surface area, it is both 100% urban and the smallest nation in the world. it would have no trees for surface area except for a few gardens. Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:59:39 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4384 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4354 Why did the Russian submarine, the Kursk, sink?<br /><br />What probably happened (nobody knows exactly what happened) is that a fire broke out in the torpedo room. Because the fire couldn&#039;t be contained, it set off an explosion in one of the warheads causing all the other warheads to explode. The kind of hole that would be produced from this... Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:37:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4354 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4352 What part did the United States government play in helping Al Qaeda defend Afghanistan against Russia?<br /><br />We didn&#039;t send any large groups of infantry. But what we did do is send advisors (CIA operatives) down to aid the resistence forces. It just so happens that Al Qaeda was part of the defending forces. Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:28:44 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4352 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4350 According to Catholic belief, how many days and nights passed between Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection?<br /><br />He died on Good Friday and rose from the dead on easter Sunday (three days two nights). Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:23:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4350 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4349 What is the Immaculate Conception, and what is its significance?<br /><br />Ihe Immaculate Conception (celebrated sometime in December before Christmas) is the celebration of the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is important because according to the Catholic Church, Mary was born without original sin (she never sinned during her life). The woman that was to... Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:16:24 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4349 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4275 I rented a game, but it kept skipping and then wouldn't come out. How can I get the disc out?<br /><br />As with any machine made by microsoft, you turn it off and try agin. Unfortanutely, this probably won&#039;t work. So you&#039;ll have to call customer support (the number should be listed somewhere on the box). Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:18:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4275 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4274 Can I play my Xbox on a projection television? Is there any reason not to?<br /><br />Yes, the XBOX uses RCA cables for connectivety, so you&#039;ll just need to find the right adapter(s) to be able to connect the rca plugs to whatever your projection TV uses. There shouldn&#039;t be any reason not to connect your XBOX to a projection TV; though it is possible(but I... Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:10:09 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4274 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2412 What qualifies as insider trading?<br /><br />Buying or selling of goods based on information that is not available to the public. For example: A woman, let&#039;s just call her Martha, is involved with promoting, say, Kmart&#039;s products. Now, this means she has ties to the big whigs in charge. They tell her that Kmart is going to... Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:50:00 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2412 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/483807 What is a System Link Cable?<br /><br />It is EXACTLY the same as a standard ethernet cable. It can do no more, and no less than any other standard ethernet cable. Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:35:43 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/483807 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2408 How often are Catholics supposed to go to confession?<br /><br />In Catholic school, the nuns tell you it is good to confession once every couple of weeks at least; they just don&#039;t force you. To go to confessoin once every year would be the BARE minumum. I don&#039;t remember his name, but a saint once said that a righteous man sins seven times a day. Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:21:41 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2408 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2407 Do the Catholic teachings recognise Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution? Does the Catholic Faith recognise that dinosaurs existed?<br /><br />The above answer is correct, except that my church has no position of Darwin&#039;s theory of evolution. I personally recognize Evolution as an established and very probable means of the origion of our species. Just as long as you believe that God guided the course of evolution, any Catholic... Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:14:04 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2407 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2341 What is La Niņa?<br /><br />La nina (spanish for &quot;the girl&quot;) was the fluctuation in climate like el nino, but from warm to cold. Again, this does&#039;t mean that next year the ididerod will take place in south florida. The Earth has flutuations in climate all the time, so don&#039;t worry! Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:38:27 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2341 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2340 What is El Niņo?<br /><br />El Nino is Spanish for &quot;the boy,&quot; but that&#039;s probaly not what your looking for. El nino is the name given to the supposed change in the earth&#039;s climate from cold to warmer a few years ago. Don&#039;t worry too much about this. A few years after el nino, many... Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:33:03 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2340 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2334 I have an Xbox and it won't play X-rated movies. Why?<br /><br />If you have X rated movies I&#039;m assuming that you don&#039;t have any parents like me who would&#039;ve set the parental controlls and a passcode if I didn&#039;t do it first, and that these are undamaged DVDs. What should be the problem is that the parental controls aren&#039;t set to... Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:16:19 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2334 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2333 What secrets and cheats are in the game?<br /><br />Trust me, there are no cheats in HALO! The only way to expediate your progress is download levels from a memory unit either from a friend; or if you have the right adapter, you get to a website with the game information, hook your unit to your computer, and load the information on to your memory... Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:43:24 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2333 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2247 Is the speed of light constant?<br /><br />If we are on the subject of relativity, yes Einstien proved that light (in a vacuum) is a constant. He proved that nothing in the universe is travelling at the speed because as you near the speed of light your mass increases exponentially so something travelling at the speed of light would... Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:56:35 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2247 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2246 What is a pulsar?<br /><br />Little is known about pulsars, or PULSating stARS. What premier physisists theorize is that pulsar is basically a neutron star (if you don&#039;t know what that is you&#039;ll have to ask) that gives of electromagnetic radiation (this includes light, visible or not) in a peculiar way. What... Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:24:27 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2246 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2067 Are all Christian denominations considered to have branched off from Catholicism?<br /><br />Yes. The Catholic Church is the only Christian church that is apostolic, meaning the bishops can be traced directly back to the 12 apostles (it&#039;s just as easy to find a list of all 265 popes of the Catholic Church as it is to find a list of all 43 presidents). Of any person alive only Pope... Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:20:25 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2067 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2057 What trait enabled the Romans to become one of the most powerful peoples in history?<br /><br />Political structure and a DISCIPLINED fighting force The reasons the romans were such a powerful fighting force was due to their modern tactics. Like the Spartans before them, a single roman soldier was not much stronger than any other soldier, but when in a group with good commanders. They... Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:52:09 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2057 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2056 Is it true that Catholics are taught to believe in purgatory and limbo, and is there a biblical basis for this?<br /><br />In Catholic School I was taught to believe in purgatory on countless occasions. I don&#039;t think that these places are mentioned in the bible per say; but what really matters, and what I was taught in Catholic school, is that in parts of the New Testament praying for the dead is mentioned.... Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:33:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2056 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2055 Was there ever a time period when priests were allowed to marry?<br /><br />Yes. Ever since the birth of Catholicism to about the time of the rennaisance they were, Peter himself was a married man. But the reason it was changed was because priests would have property and material things passed on to their sons, but the idea of a priest is to be a person that spends all... Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:25:04 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2055 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2054 To which country does Easter Island belong?<br /><br />Easter Island belongs to the South American nation of Chile. Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:09:52 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2054