CULTURAL QA 09-2021-23

Being a compilation there may  be errors 

Q1              What is the most muscular animalthat ever lived?

A1              DavidDennis live male Updated September 17

The Belgian Blue isa sure contender.

It has a mutationwhich reduces myostatin, therefore it has more muscle mass.

    Belgian blue cattle often endure a slew ofserious health problems. 
Pregnancies are very difficult, and the animals almostalways require C-sections 
to deliver their babies. Once the calves are born,they may have a number of 
birth defects, including enlarged tongues, which canmake it difficult—or even 
impossible—for them to nurse. They may also sufferfrom cardio-respiratory, 
bone, and joint problems, among other ailments. Allthis can mean a very 
uncomfortable existence for these animals and oftentimesleads to a premature 
death.

Q2              Why don't they make cars out ofstainless steel so they won't 
rust?

A2              BillGillooly Former Bicycle Mechanic (1975–1977) September15

They did! AllegenyLudlum Steel made some 1936 Ford’s out of SS. They also built 
a 1960Thunderbird out of SS.

The truth is, it’stoo expensive & most customers don’t want at expensive car & 
they wantto get a new car every once in a while! Remember, the body isn’t the 
onlyproblem! The mechanical parts wear-out & the interior doesn’t last forever.

Q3              How acceptable is it to orderdelivery food during a severe 
storm if a restaurant is offering that service?

A3              BhuvanaRameshwar Former Teacher, Tue

I would rather gohungry, or cook some crap myself than order food during a 
storm, leave alone asevere storm. How can we make others work for us on such 
stormy days?

We should be humaneenough not to trouble others even if it is paid service for 
our selfish needson such abnormal days, as they are also humans like us who 
risk their lives forus. But why should we make them risk their lives for us 
just for some deliverycharges and meagre tips from us?

Rather go hungry orvisit the nearest shop or supermarket for some biscuits or 
instant noodles.

Q4              Should an air conditioner have adrain hole?

A4              2AnswersThayer Ward, HVAC Technician Answered Sun

If you’re talkingabout a window shaker, they will have a higher placed drain to 
drain excesswater, and the water left is slung onto the condenser coil by the 
condenser fanto increase heat expulsion capacity.

All other ACsystems have a drain, called a condensate line. One of the primary 
coolingmethods by an AC system is to remove heat from the air through the heat 
held inthe water vapor. Removing the heat in the water vapor causes the water 
to cooland condense, forming on the evaporator coil. The water falls down to 
the drainpan and exits via the condensate line.

2ND ANSWER -William Alles , formerFacilities Director at Nonprofit 
Organizations(1975-2015)Answered Sat

Installed windowunit air conditioners should tilt slightly towards the outside 
and on that endshould be a drain hole in the bottom of the pan to let 
condensate water drip tothe ground outside.

Q5              Why can’t India producesmartphones like China? Don't we have 
that technology to manufacture the mobilephones or lack of capitalism?

A5              KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam December 3, 2020

Let me give you aStep by Step Procedure of how China does things with respect 
to manufacturingproducts and a Ten Step Procedure of how India does the same 
thing

China

    Investors invest $ 100 Million into ChineseResearch and Development.

    Chinese Companies come up with 3–4Prototypes of lower Quality before coming 
up with better quality prototypes andfinally in a years time they produce a 
quality product

    Chinese Companies acquire the necessaryland from the Committees of the 
Provinces on a 99/999 Year Lease basis andbegin construction using the National 
Labor Force workers.

    Chinese Companies - liaise with other companieswhich manufacture components 
for phones like Apple or Samsung - which aremanufactured already in China - and 
begin to get almost all their componentslocally manufactured.

    Chinese companies -now begin to advertisetheir phones - slowly first in the 
domestic markets and acquire a reputation.They give over 1 Million free phones 
to many tech reviewers all around theglobe to review the phones.

    Chinese companies ensure that the qualityof the phones and the price of the 
phones are kept well in control to ensure adominance. They compromise neither 
Quality nor the Price.

    Finally Chinese Companies after decidingtheir Price and Revenue Model - 
plan a Huge Advertising campaign. The Money forthis comes from Potential 
Profits - not from Investments.

    RESULT = Good Quality Product, Good Price,Excellent Market both 
Domestically and Overseas.

India

    Investors invest $ 100 Million intoProducing an Indian Smartphone

    Manufacturer pays $ 80 Million to topromote the brand even before beginning 
production.

    Manufacturer is hailed as the Competitor ofApple or Samsung by the News 
Media and has 10 Interviews a day even before hisphone is being produced.

    Manufacturer is short of funds borrows $ 50Million more from Banks because 
he blew a big chunk of his money on advertisingand endorsements.

    Manufacturer struggles to build hismanufacturing plant for 18 months due to 
issues between State and CentralGovts, Officials etc….

  Manufacturer has to import 80% of thecomponents for his phone. Having blown a 
lot of money on PR and Publicity - hedecides to compromise on the Quality of 
his smartphone with inferiortouchscreens, inferior PMC units, inferior lobes 
etc.

    Manufacturer has now built a phone which is far inferiorto the original 
design but he promotes it by paying more money onAdvertising than on real 
quality.

    Manufacturer realizes he has to sell hisphone at a price of 1.5 times more 
than a cheaper yet far more superior Chinesephone.

   Manufacturer decides to go to the Govt and scream “Atmanirbhar” and rageand 
rant against foreigners. He blows even more money on funding elections andeven 
more publicity to hope people buy his phones.

    Finally Manufacturer fails. His products are inferiorand he has spent 3 
times more money than his Chinese rivals - bulk of it onAdvertising, Election 
funding and Fancy new Bentley cars.

    RESULT = Disastrous Failure , UtterlyInferior Product, Zero Market Overseas 
and a very small market in India.

    POSSIBLE RESULT = ED Investigation and CBI investigation

Conclusion

In China - theInvestors, the Manufacturers, the Govt, the System - all work 
positively inproducing Quality Products at Affordable Prices. Everybody Profits.

In India- Nobodyworks positively. The General attitude of the Manufacturers is 
simply this

Public of India canbe fooled easily by Glitzy Advertisements … Public of India 
can be fooledeasily by screaming Patriotism and palming of worthless products 
in the name of‘Made in India’

In my opinion onlytwo manufacturers - Bajaj and Mahindra still have some 
semblance of deliveringQuality products to Indian Markets.

My notes- I have removed certain names mentioned in theanswer. 

Q6    Why are South American countries lessvisited for tourists?

A6              AlfredoCofréCasual touristSeptember 3

Because foroutsiders we are very far away, and we locals don’t have that much 
money totravel abroad. This subcontinent is huge! The whole Europe could fit 
insideBrasil. You can take a car in Brussels and be in Netherland, France or 
Germanyin two or three hours. If I take a car in Santiago, in 2 hours I’ll be 
just inValparaíso, San Fernando or if I drive fast (very unwise*) reaching 
Portilloand with 5 more hours on the way to Mendoza, not accounting for the 
time I’dspend in Customs.

*¨You don’t want todrive fast here

Q7              How does an air conditionertransfer heat from inside to outside?

A7              PatrickMarshall, Interest in the physical sciencesand the 
scientific method.Answered 23h ago

It's called the vaporcompression refrigeration cycle, same as a refrigerator. A 
working fluid (whichused to be Freon, but is now different refrigerants) starts 
as a compressedliquid coming from the condenser loop. Inside the “cold” part 
where air to becooled is inducted (which can either be re-circulated inside air 
or outside airor a mix if both) and blown over the evaporator coils. The high 
pressure liquidrefrigerant passes through a throttling valve designed to make a 
narrow passagewhich drops the liquid pressure drastically. Past the valve, the 
liquid startsto boil in the evaporator coils (at ambient temperature) picking 
up heat fromthe air to be cooled. This does two things, as well as simply 
cooling the air,humidity will condense out as liquid water (since cold air has 
much lowercapacity to hold moisture). This water flows into a water trap, 
sometimessprayed onto the warm condenser coils to improve heat transfer and 
efficiency.Finally, the now warm vapor passes into a vapor compressor pump 
where considerablemechanical work must be done to squeeze the vapor. This 
compressed vapor in thecondenser coils is now exposed to the OUTSIDE. ambient 
temperature air, whereit loses the heat from the evaporator coils and consenses 
back to liquid,completing the cycle.

Mechanicalrefrigeration is not a “passive” cooling process like simple 
evaporation. Workmust be performed to move in the reverse direction from hot to 
cold. This isknown as the Coefficient Of Performance (COP) which is a measure 
of workexpended versus heat units moved.

Q8              Why should the kitchen beespecially clean? How do I make sure 
there is no water in the house or garden?

A8              ValliappanKalaiyappa  , Consultant-Floricultureat 
Self-Employment (2002-present) Answered 5h ago

Clean kitchen cankeep away germs and insects

As I understandfrom the question: Excess water in sink or pans or dishes can 
lead to mosquitobreeding grounds, excess moisture always invites spores of 
pathogens togerminate and contaminate kitchen surfaces. Dry surfaces are good 
for hygiene.

Q9              What is the most expensive liquidin the world? What is its use?

A9              JesusOrdosgoitty September 14

The venom of theyellow scorpion without a doubt. It can sell for up to $ 39 
million a gallon.

But even with themoney, you couldn't buy the gallon, you could just buy a drop 
for $ 130.Getting a gallon of this liquid is not an easy task.

Scorpions aremilked by hand, and a scorpion at most produces 2 milligrams of 
venom at atime. You would have to milk 2.6 million times to get one gallon.

But why is this liquid so expensive?

As this has beenused to eliminate malaria in mosquitoes, in rats for bone 
diseases, scientistshope that it can also be used in the future to work in 
humans.

The truth is thatevery time the venom of this scorpion is investigated, more 
uses are found forit, therefore, the more valued it is and the demand for this 
appreciated liquidcontinues to increase progressively.

Thank you for yourattention, I hope I have resolved your question

Q10            Will an air conditioner work if itis cold outside?

A10            2AnswersRay Wieters, former Certified Indoor Air Quality 
ManagerAnswered Sun

Short answer, NO.Unless the equipment was designed to work at low outside 
ambient temperatures,it will not work properly if at all. The low temperatures 
outside will causethe refrigerant to migrate to the outside coil and the unit 
will not createenough high pressure to move it through the system correctly. 
There suctionpressure will be low and could cause the compressor to pump out 
too much lubricationoil from the sump. This could cause the compressor to fail. 
There are ways tocompensate for the low outside temperatures, but they must be 
engineered intothe system when it is built.

2nd answer-Gary Ahlers, Lapidary, HVACDesign, Astrophotographer, Constr'n 
(1975-present)AnsweredMon

Not “as-is” Thesystem must be modified. These modifications are only needed 
where there is avery high internal heat load and no access to outside air 
(economizer).

Condenser fanambient control are add-ons and can be installed on any split 
system. Many willuse a variable speed fan motor for even better control. There 
is, of course, ahefty hit on performance.

There is also hotgas bypass that can be used individually or in combination 
with the above. 

For package unitsthere are also volume dampers that can be installed to 
decrease condenserairflow.

Suction line Ptraps assist oil return to the compressor

All the above QA are based on Quora  digest on 22-09- 2021. Quora answers need 
notbe 100% correct answers 

Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 23- 09-2021

 

 

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Thatha_Patty" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to [email protected].
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2061563351.326067.1632359417748%40mail.yahoo.com.

Reply via email to