http://www.answerbag.com/profile/205540 New Answerbag questions from rodschmidt Tue, 29 May 2012 08:23:59 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 08:23:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/974586 Are cancer cells anaerobic? Are HeLa cells anaerobic? Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:20:25 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/974586 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/783342 Why is it just tunes that get stuck in our heads? Why not, say, paintings? Or smells or flavors or textures? Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:42:58 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/783342 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/783308 I am using Spyware Detector and I cannot stop/end/cancel it -- message: "This program cannot be closed. If it is being debugged, please resume it or close the debugger first." Anybody else have this problem? Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:21:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/783308 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/783296 If you project an image of "notimenotimenotimetoobusytoobusytoobusy" -- does that tend to discourage people from giving you information? (particularly if you're a boss) Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:16:02 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/783296 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/780211 Has there ever been a movie scene showing a citizen's arrest? Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:53:16 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/780211 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/780149 I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So ... Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:18:25 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/780149 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/731184 If God is Christlike, why would there be a Judgment Day instead of a Forgiveness Day? Sat, 03 May 2008 18:01:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/731184 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/729525 In English / American literature, does the theme of "self-acceptance" often appear? The phrase "I deeply and completely accept myself" sounds strange to me. Fri, 02 May 2008 16:29:04 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/729525 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/724046 If you're a country girl, have you ever played with a horse's schlong? Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:30:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/724046 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/722956 I want to invest some money by buying cheap Third World real estate -- any ideas or recommendations? Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:43:30 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/722956 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/722949 Given two samples of acids, having the same pH -- sample A having a low acidity but high concentration, and sample B having the reverse -- what are the practical differences between them? Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:38:19 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/722949 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/722932 If wind is caused by high- and low-pressure areas, and those areas are caused by the sun's warmth or lack thereof, then why does the wind gust and change so often, when the sun's variation happens on a slow 24-hour cycle? Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:17:30 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/722932 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/698442 I want to write some programs which will print out reports based on data in an SQL database. I've used XDB (like DB2) and that was OK. Is there a simliar (free or cheap) package available to do this? Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:06:48 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/698442 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/578892 In Win2k, how can I copy a directory and preserve the "date modified" of all the files? (i.e. I want the copy to have exactly the same date info that the original does) Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:59:30 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/578892 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/531880 Is it true that vitamin A injections are used to treat cancer in pigs, but not in humans? Is this because humans and pigs have different tolerances to vitamin A? Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:29:41 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/531880 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/525892 I often hear "The Founding Fathers (or, our American ancestors) died for our freedom." Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that they KILLED for our freedom? How come I never hear that? Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:06:26 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/525892 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/524702 I just found out there's a law against a citizen leaving the country without a passport. Isn't this one of the things we condemned the Soviet Union for? (8 U.S.C. 1185(b)) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001185----000-.html Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:48:46 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/524702 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/522708 What benefits have you received or obtained from practicing a religion? Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:53:23 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/522708 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/521788 Does faking a TV image of a crime count as "tampering with physical evidence" ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30tUJg5Fsvg Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:39:02 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/521788 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/521013 Does faking a TV image count as "wire fraud" ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30tUJg5Fsvg Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:18:01 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/521013 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/521011 9/11 - Helicopter camera shows no plane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30tUJg5Fsvg what do you think? Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:15:34 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/521011 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/519048 I hear often: "Soldiers died for our freedom." When was the last time a soldier died for American freedom? Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:25:48 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/519048 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/518764 Which is the freeest country in the world? Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:44:32 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/518764 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516407 When I went to college, physics was based on calculus, but chemistry was not. Nowadays, is chemistry taught with calculus? Is calculus useful in chemistry? Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:32:24 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516407 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516405 If God loves sinners, and Satan is the ultimate sinner, does that mean God loves Satan? Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:29:37 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/516405 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/513611 Has any philosopher said that the line between subject and object is arbitrary and can equally well be drawn at any of a number of different places? Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:25:14 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/513611 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/511858 Did Jesus pay the price for my sins? How come I didn't know they were for sale? Who did he purchase them from? Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:52:56 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/511858 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/509612 Are Christmas trees un-Biblical? Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:19:17 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/509612 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/507324 Doesn't homework violate the Thirteenth Amendment? It's work, they force you to do it, and they don't pay you for it. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:12:03 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/507324 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/506764 If our bodies are made of atoms, what are our souls made of? Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:41:58 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/506764 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/505979 Can anyone recommend a basic SQL database language/system? Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:46:32 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/505979 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/505681 Has anybody used Parasoft's tools? Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:44:34 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/505681 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/505379 Isn't "menopause" a euphemism? Shouldn't it be called menoSTOP? Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:58:41 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/505379 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/500723 What is the state of the art of software development tools? Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:19:01 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/500723 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/500712 What is the law on citizen's arrest? (And isn't it pathetic that we didn't learn this in school?) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:34:07 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/500712 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/494398 Suppose we want to build things by assembling atoms -- but they're inconveniently small, so we can make buckyballs with a few substitutions, and then assemble those -- is anybody doing this? Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:25:30 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/494398 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/492079 Which one are you: Square, rectangle, triangle, circle, or wavy lines? Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:30:17 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/492079 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/491987 If everybody else jumped off a cliff, but they didn't hit the ground, did they really fall? Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:51:54 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/491987 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486760 Is it true that anything the children write as a part of their homework, and turn in to the government school teacher, can be used against them in a court of law? Doesn't that mean that mandatory homework violates the Fifth Amendment? Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:53:57 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486760 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486721 The universe began very hot. Had it not expanded we'd be at 100% entropy. So the expansion made it possible for all the interesting phenomena to happen, but what causes the expansion? Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:23:33 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486721 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486238 When a shiver goes down my spine -- what's really going on? Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:25:20 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486238 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486224 How did slavery come to an end without a civil war in the rest of the world (outside the U.S.)? Or did it? Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:51:06 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/486224 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/485168 How many orgasms do you have per week? Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:10:13 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/485168 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/485152 Which Norse god flies around in a sled and watches people from above to see what they're doing? Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:40:06 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/485152 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/480390 If a party fails to answer a Request for Admissions (i.e. misses a deadline), can that failure be cured by asking the opponent, after the fact, for more time to answer? Can such failure be cured/fixed/repaired/forgiven/waived? Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:24:42 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/480390 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/476133 What's the worst example of office politics you've seen? Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:35:04 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/476133 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/474122 Does your boss yell at you, or has your boss ever yelled at you? Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:09:28 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/474122 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/472306 Does your state allow slavery? (Trick question: Look at the 13th Amendment, and look at your state constitution's anti-slavery clause -- you will see an exception.) Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:39:57 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/472306 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/469726 As a Christian, could you serve on a jury, and vote to convict, knowing that the whole point of conviction is to cause punishment, when Jesus said to forgive? Do you think Jesus meant we should both punish and forgive? Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:17:21 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/469726 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/457904 Confirmation email Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:33:43 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/457904 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/455177 Is yoga related to Hinduism? Are the asanas associated with specific gods? Are you supposed to pray to that god while sitting in that asana? Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:18:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/455177 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/455165 Do you believe in "an eye for an eye" ? If so, how is this compatible with "love your enemy," "forgive those who hurt you," "turn the other cheek," and so on? Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:58:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/455165 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/452965 If we had paws, and cats had hands, would they pet us? Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:34:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/452965 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/451334 How many orgasms have you had in your life, total? Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:08:19 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/451334 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/451277 What, exactly, must I do to be saved? Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:40:16 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/451277 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/449513 What would happen if you say to a construction worker, "Hey! Nice caulk!" Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:40:04 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/449513 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/447671 In Christian theology, the people who were created sinless were: Adam, Eve, Mary, Jesus (and possibly Mary's mother). Satan would have been strongly motivated to corrupt Mary -- so why don't we read about the tempation of Mary? Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:01:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/447671 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/447622 What practical benefit have you gotten, or achieved, with your religious practice (or your atheism)? Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:19:04 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/447622 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/447572 If water is a web, is dissolved oxygen the same as H2O2? Can any experimental test distinguish them? Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:52:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/447572 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/445873 What does the phrase "direct descendant" mean, if there is no such thing as an indirect descendant? Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:04:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/445873 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/444010 What causes the Matthew Effect? (and if you have to ask what that is, you're not ready to answer) Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:48:32 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/444010 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/443128 A false statement of fact (plus other stuff) counts as fraud. But what about a false statement about the law? If an attorney lies about the law, does that count as fraud? Or does it not count because everybody is presumed to know the law? Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:35:43 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/443128 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/442777 Karl Marx said: "Own the means of production." John D. Rockefeller said: "Own nothing, control everything." Let's put them together: "Control, but do not own, the means of production." Good idea? Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:33:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/442777 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/439442 Why is the mobility of holes (in a p-type material) lower than the mobility of electrons (in an n-type material)? Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:03:10 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/439442 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/439101 When you get a tune stuck in your head, are the words significant? For example, when I had a major decision to make, I kept experiencing the song "Let it Be." It might have been a communication from my Unconscious. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:13:14 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/439101 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/437944 Objective test of transubstantiation: Give a Catholic priest two pieces of bread, one of which has been converted into the Body of Christ and the other one hasn't, but otherwise identical. Do they claim they can tell the difference? Can they? Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:32:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/437944 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/435895 The Gestapo is famous for saying, "Show me your papers, are your papers in order?" Just exactly what papers were they talking about? What was the German govt's motivation in requiring these papers? Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:22:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/435895 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/435884 What law are the "illegal aliens" breaking? I want to read it with my own eyes in black and white. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:43:10 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/435884