CULTURAL QA 07-2022-02 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 How is it possible for new windowair conditioners to not drip any water? A1 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now I am from India.95% of window AC are replaced with split AC and shops have either inverter ACor split AC for sale. Drippingof condensed liquid is a feature of these AC unit. Normally it is taken downthrough flexible PVC pipe. In homes it is permitted to fall down. Inflats I have seen many collecting it in bucket and poured in waste water line. When the AC unitsare new this condensation is more. Q2 Are there any other fully bipedalmammals? If no, why are humans the only ones that have evolved bipedallism? A2 Claire Jordan,Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaperJun 23 There are lots ofbipedal animals - all birds, kangaroos, jerboas etc. Humans and penguins are the only ones whohabitually stand completely upright. It’s not a very efficient wayof doing it - it’s far more efficient to sling the body horizontally at thehip, like ostriches. I’m not sure why penguins stand bolt upright, but humansdo it because we evolved from primates who brachiated - that is, hung below thebranches from their hands - so we evolved from primateswho had already adapted to have their shoulders directly above their hips. Q3 What do you think about IRCTC's decisionto charge for luggage and levy penalties for carrying extra baggage on trains,just like airlines? A3 Prasanna Bhalerao, Knows about trains.Jun 26 I think charging extra for excess baggage is a good idea.Some people in India seem to travel with their home at times on the train. Thenthey ask, “Bhaisahab, jara adjust kar lijiye, please“. My note- Now thecoaches are compact, able to carry small luggages. My suggestion is tocarry extra luggage in a separate coachand permit passengers going out with ID in luggage andticket tally. Q4 Do mosquitoes drink water the sameway they drink blood? A4 Ken Saladin, Textbook author andprofessor emeritus Tue They drink water, but they don’t have to stab the skin ofa host to get it. They drink from rain and dew on plants,from muddy soil, from animal sweat, and from standing bodies of water. Males,of course, also drink water, and they never drink blood. Q5 How do you clean potable waterpipes? A5 Steve Smith Retired M&E Engineerin ukJun 26 You disconnect the water pipes cap off one end and fillthem with a propriety cleaning fluid for new potable water pipes leave for therecommended time and thoroughly flush out beforeputting I into use Q6 Did medieval people eat dinner late? A6 Alice Twain, Eating and cooking for40 years. Jun 4 Most didn’t eat dinner. Neither they ate breakfast andlunch. As a matter offacts they often didn’t follow the three-meal pattern. In northern Europe people ate ona two-meal pattern. They had a main meal around midmorning, and a secondarymeal in mid afternoon. Why? Because of this.Yes, that is ahandy-dandy light switch. You press on the button and a bright electric lightgoes on. I have one on in the room I am writing right now. I can reach over andturn it off when I want. What happens when I turn it off? All light goes away.I need to find my slippers by feel, and to walk carefully least I bump intosome object. Medieval houses (but also modern houses and early contemporaryhouses) were dark at night. And I mean seriously dark. The rich could afford candles, which were outrageouslyexpensive. Even the rich used as few candles as possiblebecause they were so expensive. The others had rush lights and oil lanterns,which were less costly because they could be handmade and used old fat as theirfuel, but shed even less light and (especially the rusk lights) sputtered andburned fast. This madeit nearly impossible to cook after sunset, and quite hard to eat after sunset. For the most partpeople made good use of the sun light, eating the first meal of the day afterjust about long enough as it took to cook a full meal from scratch, so say 3hours after dawn (don’t forget they had to first rebuild the fire), and thelast meal of the day ought to end early enough to allow people to finish eatingwhile there was still light enough. Sometimes the rich could afford organizinga party that extended past sunset. Serving food after it got dark wasconsidered very sophisticated for the simple reason that it would cost a lot toburn enough candles and lanterns to create enough light to allow eating. Andeven so the light was far from bring bright. Go to your room, close the door,and turn off all lights except you reading light. That small light would havebeen very bright by premodern standards, and it is still where people don’thave a supply of electric light. My note- In South India most homes just warm food prepared in the afternoon.Preparing afresh is rare. Q7 What is the process to bring waterto dry land? A7 Cyril Babiyan Employee at OmegaHealthcare (2021–present) 6mo Dry farming, also called Dryland Farming, thecultivation of crops without irrigation in regions of limited moisture,typically less than 20 inches (50 centimetres) of precipitation annually. ...Moisture control during crop growing consists largely of destruction of weedsand prevention of runoff. Q8 As we all know there is water underland. Then why doesn't land sink in water? A8 Sonali Sharma Ph.D - ResearchScholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (2018–present)4y Because densityof land is much lesser than that of oceanic water. Lets get understoodby this example Why don’t a plasticball get immersed in water instead keeps on floating in a bucket. on theanother hand if you keep a leather ball it will get sunk cause of its heavyweight. Continental crust is lighter than oceanic one. So basically we allare safe.Keep exploring.Have a great day and a day full of smiles and laughter:-) Q9 What are the differences betweenland and water? A9 Naraina Group of Institution,Livesin Naraina Group of Institutions (2000–present)7mo Land is solidwith a fixed shape. Water is a fluid; it easily changes shape to fit whateverspace contains it. Although we think of land as being"dry", land, or solid material is actually continuous underneath allbodies of water. Lakes, rivers, and oceans actually cover land. My note- Though we studied liquids take the shapeof vessel it contains. But when hot coffee/teais cooled by pouring from a height, it takes a straight line path while in air.For further thinking …. Q10 What process does water move from waterto land? A10 Un Known,Studies Chartered Accountants(CA) (Expected 2024)Apr 3 In short, Precipitation is one of many ways water is cycledfrom the atmosphere to the Earth or ocean. Evaporation, condensation, andprecipitation are important parts of the water cycle. However, theyare not the only ones. Runoff, for instance, describes a variety of ways liquidwater moves across land. All the above QA are from Quora website on 02-07- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled andposted by R. Gopala krishnan on 02-07-2022 -- 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/187764610.864630.1656747229099%40mail.yahoo.com.
