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This is the answer to some one's question in "Random Sayings" about why birds fly south in the winter but don't stay there.

Well, birds migrate according to the average temperature outside. When the temperature gets too cold in the north, they move south to warmer temperatures. When it starts getting too hot in the south, they move north to enjoy cooler temperatures. It's quite simple. That's why you don't see many birds migrate during mild winters or summers.

Synchro wrote:Why does Zornak make it so easy to point laugh at him?

**point laughs at Zornak!**

waaaaahh!!

Hm! OK, chro, the age-old question:

Which is better - cable or DSL?

both are better than what i got

Ah, well since you're on, chro, might as well ask this in addition to my DSL/cable question: Which is better - Pentium or Celeron?

Hoo boy, this is going to get ugly. The most I can do for you in this case is give you the pros and cons, because you just gave me two opinion questions.

Well, DSL v. Cable. Both are forms of broadband internet, each with advantages and disadvantages. Let's start with speed: At the moment, DSL and Cable have the same relative max possible speed (1.5 Mbps), but, with DSL, you have your own dedicated line, so you have a better chance of actually getting the maximum speed, where with cable, you share a line with others in your neighborhood, so that top speed isn't always there. The flip side to this is that cable technology has a theoretical higher speed (10 Mbps), so by having cable, you can get a higher maximum speed. Now, reliability: DSL and cable both suffer from the environment, so the advantage here goes to whichever technology is backed by a more reliable company (Your telephone company or your cable company). Thirdly, price: Cable is generally cheaper than DSL. That's it.

Now, Pentium v. Celeron. Same problem, each has advantages and disadvantages. Starting with performance: Pentium gets this one. It's made to do more work than Celeron, flat out. Price: Celeron wins that. It's made to be sold cheaper than the Pentium. In this case, you buy based on what you need it for: Internet/E-Mail/Word Processing - Celeron. Gaming/3D Stuff - Pentium

is there a way to make my 56k faster than 5kb/ps?

No, and to understand why, you need to know how the terminology works. First of all, the better analog modems nowadays are marketed at 56 kbps. This is short for 56 kilobits per second. Now you need to understand the relationship between bits and bytes. A byte is 8 bits, but it's not as simple as that. When working with bits, you follow common metric standards. A kilobit is 1000 bits. But a kilobyte is not 1000 bytes. When working with bytes, it gets a little fuzzy. 1024 bytes make a kilobyte and 1024 kilobytes make a megabyte, and so on. So, you have to do a little conversion: 56 kbps = 56000 bps = 7000 Bps = 6.8 kBps. And this is the theoretical maximum. The highest speed you can get outside of a lab is 53 kbps, so that's 6.5 kBps, which is only a little higher than what you get. Based on what you told me, I assume that you connect to your ISP at 40 or 41 kbps.

according to my ISP, i'm connected at 52000 bps

Well, I forgot to mention that my calculations don't account for communication overhead. You may be downloading 5 kBps of data, but there's a lot more information in those packets, like destination and time.

Why do you bleed no matter how thin a cut is, even though blood is only carried in veins?

Veins aren't the only vessels that carry blood. Arteries and capilaries do as well, and the combination of the three vessels are all over our body. The skin, being an organ of our body, requires lots of nutrients to survive, so there are blood vessels almost everywhere. There are a lot of times that your skin gets cut but you don't notice it because you don't bleed. That just means that there's not a vessel in that place, which is a rare occurance. From the outside, we can only see the major blood vessels that carry blood back and forth between parts of the body.

why do paper cuts hurt more than most other cuts?

A paper cut is similar to a razor cut in that both slice the skin cleanly and almost never draw blood. What's uncommon, though, is that a razor generally doesn't leave anything behind, while paper, being made of tons of processed chemicals, often leaves bits and pieces and even bacteria in the cut. Such a shallow cut often seals quickly, trapping the foreign material inside, causing mountains of pain. Quick advice: try to wash out the wound before it closes. This won't stop the pain, but it might calm it down.

i have a couple of questions

1.Where does the modem sound come from?
2.Is there anyway to lower the volume on that sound?
3.Why can't i delete Recycle Bin?
4.Why is it called Recycle Bin if you throw away the stuff? shouldn't it be called "Trash"?