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Exploring "Why" questions about Technology
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Why do Television News Programs get locations completely wrong on maps so often?
In the past you had a newspaper once per day. The journalists supplied the stories, editors checked them for editorial issues, content checkers (that's a job, not some feature of your word processor)
Why, when quoting a Sanskrit text in English, did Oppenheimer say “I am become death”? Why would you translate something into a target language using poor grammar?
"Joy to the world, the Lord **is come**." "Christ **is risen**. Christ will come again." "I **am come** in the name of the father." It isn't poor grammar, it's an archaic use of to be as an auxilia
Why are units of storage measured at intervals of 1024 instead of a round number, like 1000? (e.g. 1024 MB = 1 GB)
Because computers deal with powers of 2 naturally. 1024 is 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2, or 2^10. A number normally takes up 8 (2^3) bits (8 zeros and 1s), or maybe 16 bits (2^4).
Why Don’t Word Processors like MS Word have Extensive Autocorrect like Smartphone Keyboards Do?
Extensive autocorrect on smartphones exists because typing on them is hard for most people. When you have a full keyboard, and in a word processor for desktop you are expected to, it's more annoying t
Why are PC digital downloads cheaper than console digital downloads?
Console downloads are a closed market. You have exactly one source for your downloads. PC digital downloads have competition, so there are more market forces at play.
Why do Western movies picture robots and cyborgs like evil beings, but Japan portraits them as the good guys?
This isn't correct at all. Western depictions of cyborgs/robot are often positive (Chappie, WallE, Short Circuit), and depictions in Japanese media are often negative (Bubblegum Crisis is the only one
Why Internet connections are fastest in South Korea?
> People in the United States basically invented the Internet. [people working at CERN in Europe basically invented the internet](_URL_0_)
Why does it take Android OEMs so long to get new versions of Android to their phones?
One of the biggest parts of it is that every phone has a slightly different kernel (the core of the OS). Yes, it's all Android, but the specifics are tailored to that specific phone's hardware. If you
Why do livestreams always have a small delay but group calls (on skype for example) don’t
Well, for starters, a video game stream is sending the data to sometimes *hundreds* of viewers (or more), whereas you're just sending data directly to your Skype contacts. In addition, the Skype video
Why do phones have a limit of how much expandable storage they have?
Different standards. There are three different types of SD formats, these also apply to MicroSD. SD: Up to 2 GB SDHC: Up to 32 GB SDXC: Up to 2 TB, although cards of that size don't exist yet.