What don't you understand and it bugs you?

[ManUp]

How Soulja Boi became a platinum selling artist.

Why the M in MTV is still for Music.

[BballTim]

Why do people make viruses? The internet would be great without viruses, but there are nerdy jerks out there that spend their free time adjusting their 6 inch frames on the bridges of their noses and try to crash windows.

I agree.  I understand the accidental virus.  But what's the point of purposely crashing other's computers?

  Viruses were (I'm pretty sure) developed by software companies. The plan was to screw up the computers of people who used illegal copies of their programs. There was (obviously) a major outcry against it so they didn't end up implementing the idea.

[PistolPete]

OK, Goofy and Pluto are both dogs. Goofy speaks English (sort of), Pluto speaks Dog.

More seriously, why people hate other people just because they're different.

[ACF]

They are not worn to protect your hands. 

Are you sure?
 

[fairweatherfan]

Why do people make viruses? The internet would be great without viruses, but there are nerdy jerks out there that spend their free time adjusting their 6 inch frames on the bridges of their noses and try to crash windows.

I agree.  I understand the accidental virus.  But what's the point of purposely crashing other's computers?

Making viruses is like spreading your DNA for people that can't find anyone to let them do it the usual way. 

Here's another driving one: when you're turning left at a light with a red turn arrow, and the light for the straight lane is green, and you can see there's no oncoming traffic within a 1/2 mile, why is it illegal to just turn?

[byennie]

(NOTE: traffic p---es me off all the time and I'm not trying to be **** here... I actually find his interesting)

So what do you suggest, that the north/south light be 20 times longer? Think about how long those people would have to wait to go east. The road would be undriveable, you'd be sitting at that intersection for 20 minutes if you were on the "minor" road. You can't just make traffic lights proportional to the number of cars. And without the minor roads working properly, how does anyone get to the major roads?

Traffic is a harder problem than you think when you're stuck at a light...

Traffic lights.   You will have a traffic light where 95% of the traffic is going north/south because it is a main road, and 5% of the traffic is going east/west, yet the green light will be on 60/40.   So at every red light 25 cars will pile up north/south waiting for the 1 or 2 cars going east/west.  Not only does it waste gas, it wastes time, which in turn wastes money.  Why they run traffic lights like that I have no idea.   It doesn't cut down on accidents it just wastes people's time.  

I don't know how many times I've been stuck at a red light with as many as 70 or 80 other drives, while one car comes in going east/west and breezes right through while 70 or 80 cars sit there waiting for the light to turn green.

Recently on a main road where I didn't make 1 turn, I got stuck at 8 consecutive red lights, that is ridiculous.   If you think about how many traffic lights there are in the country if they would make the red/green ratio be about the same as the amount of cars that pass each way, the amount of money this country could be saving has to be in the trillions, not the billions.  It is ridiculous.

[byennie]

For the same reason it's illegal to drive straight through a red light if you can see nobody is coming???

Here's another driving one: when you're turning left at a light with a red turn arrow, and the light for the straight lane is green, and you can see there's no oncoming traffic within a 1/2 mile, why is it illegal to just turn?

[byennie]

One trillion dollars is about $4000 for every registered vehicle in the country (including cars, trucks, buses, EVERYTHING).

Somehow I doubt the average vehicle is losing $4000 at traffic lights.

Your gas theory might hold some weight, except I hate to tell you... every city planner and traffic light manufacturer in the world has already realized this and thought about it way more than you. Sorry to burst your bubble... but all of these things have already been considered in great depth since about the day after the first traffic light went up.

"I thought it was trillions? Maybe they would listen to you if you got more people involved--I agree a lone email won't do anything.

But what scientific evidence do you have that this "gas wastage" is so costly? I see how you came to your conclusion with basic reasoning, but how can you be sure there isn't a caveat, or a variable you're not aware of? "

Its probably in the trillions.  I don't have any evidence as of now.  Why wouldn't the "gas wastage" be costly, gas prices are on the news all the time and it is an important part of the economy.  What would the variable be?

[Eja117]

Why they didn't shoot Bernie Madoff

Why they don't castrate proven rapists

[Fafnir]

Why they don't castrate proven rapists

They often chemically castrate them. It doesn't keep them from committing more crimes though most of the time if that's their tendency. Rape is about power.

[celticinorlando]

why people still wear jorts (jean shorts)?

why some think mullets are actually a good look?

why my cable cuts out on a sunny day in the middle of the afternoon?

why teachers and childcare workers don't get paid more?

how lil' wayne sells so many albums?

[Fafnir]

Why do people make viruses? The internet would be great without viruses, but there are nerdy jerks out there that spend their free time adjusting their 6 inch frames on the bridges of their noses and try to crash windows.

I agree.  I understand the accidental virus.  But what's the point of purposely crashing other's computers?

  Viruses were (I'm pretty sure) developed by software companies. The plan was to screw up the computers of people who used illegal copies of their programs. There was (obviously) a major outcry against it so they didn't end up implementing the idea.

Computer programmers were bored and put malicious code into various things to see what they could do. Some eventually realized you could profit from it. It really didn't have anything to do with copy protection. The first viruses occurred before their was enough hard drive space or a good medium for mass stealing of software.

[Eja117]

Why they don't castrate proven rapists

They often chemically castrate them. It doesn't keep them from committing more crimes though most of the time if that's their tendency. Rape is about power.

In this country (USA)? I didn't say chemically. Who said anything about keeping them from committing more crimes? I guess my point would have been more deterrent, whereas yours would have been after the case.

[Fafnir]

Why they don't castrate proven rapists

They often chemically castrate them. It doesn't keep them from committing more crimes though most of the time if that's their tendency. Rape is about power.

In this country (USA)? I didn't say chemically. Who said anything about keeping them from committing more crimes? I guess my point would have been more deterrent, whereas yours would have been after the case.

Given how infrequently rape is reported or even prosecuted effectively I doubt castration would deter would be rapists anymore than the death penalty discourages murder.

[Eja117]

Why they don't castrate proven rapists

They often chemically castrate them. It doesn't keep them from committing more crimes though most of the time if that's their tendency. Rape is about power.

In this country (USA)? I didn't say chemically. Who said anything about keeping them from committing more crimes? I guess my point would have been more deterrent, whereas yours would have been after the case.

Given how infrequently rape is reported or even prosecuted effectively I doubt castration would deter would be rapists anymore than the death penalty discourages murder.

Perhaps, but I doubt the number would go up either.
I suppose people that receive the death penalty aren't usually repeat offenders.