Iscariot

NEW ANSWER IN: Are cops attracted to a certain car color?

Iscariot: Red cars cost more to insure in some (or most?) cases. I'm gonna guess yellow, while not as popular or highly discussed, is in the same vein.

NEW ANSWER IN: Is hitting someone else's car with your car door and then leaving the scene considered hit and run?

Iscariot: It isn't a "hit and run" by any legal terms. Pretty shitty of people to do most of the time, though. If some fucker parks badly, I have no qualms about letting them know how little respect I have for them.

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you have questional.com set to?

Iscariot: View All has always been my gig. Don't think that'll ever really change.

NEW ANSWER IN: Has anyone used Adobe / Macromedia ColdFusion before?

Iscariot: I've never even heard of it. Adobe already snagged Dreamweaver from Macromedia, but they've got like a dozen different design programs now, and I couldn't tell you the use of anything outside of Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
Why they need so many programs that have a lot of the ...

NEW ANSWER IN: How many pixels high and wide is an A4 piece of paper?

Iscariot: This depends entirely one your unit of measurement, and your resolution.
I'm most familiar with inches, since I'm in the US, so I'll use that as an example.
When you start a new piece, you'll be asked to define a resolution (measured here in DPI). A resolution of 120 dpi is...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do blind people have visual dreams?

Iscariot: That's a really interesting questions.
People who were born blind have never viewed reality, so I can't even begin to wonder what their mind's eye is like.
As for people who lost their sight, I think that over time, their mind would phase it out in order to adapt.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the best Legend of Zelda game?

Iscariot: I've only played "A Link to the Past" and "The Windwaker," but I thoroughly enjoyed them both.
"Windwaker" had a lot of fun mini-games and extras, and kept me occupied for hours. Definitely a fun game regardless of where it ranks.

NEW ANSWER IN: Who is your favorite Illustrator or Comic book artist?

Iscariot: Frank Miller comes to mind off the top of my head. He's got a very unique noir style.

In a completely different fashion, Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) had an amazing sense for aesthetics, and beautiful range.

I have tons of others, but I'll have to get back about that.

NEW ANSWER IN: Isn't global warming a natural process?

Iscariot: "Global warming" is a terminology label given to a theoretical increase in overall temperature due to a hole in our o-zone layer that is being attributed to our use to fossil fuels and other chemicals that eat away at said layer.
It is not a natural process, but climate shifts are, an...

NEW ANSWER IN: What's Your Favorite Questional Category?

Iscariot: Philosophy/Religion, Music, and Science/Math. Always entertaining and usually thought-provoking.

NEW ANSWER IN: Why use Questional?

Iscariot: Opinion-based questions are one of the biggest factors that come to mind.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the cause of depression?

Iscariot: Primarily, it appears to be a chemical imbalance, though too little is truly known about it to say to what extent, so treatments and diagnosis is based largely on theory and examined in psychological, psycho-social, and biological terms..
There are multiple types of depressions, ranging from un...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the best cure for the common cold?

Iscariot: Vitamin C and rest. That's just science, not to say there aren't ways to boost the effectiveness of each.

NEW ANSWER IN: What was your first video game console?

Iscariot: SEGA GENESIS 16-BIT.

My older brother had an NES, but Sega was what got me into gaming.

NEW ANSWER IN: What gas station has the best fuel?

Iscariot: Chevron's pretty widely acclaimed where I live, but I couldn't say for a fact that I get better gas mileage when I use it. The additives are probably worth the extra few cents per gallon if I can shimmy it (which, currently, I can't).
Shell's supposed to be good, but for mor...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the best cell phone?

Iscariot: I've personally been in love with the Sony Ericsson W810i for a few years now. Never owned one, though.
I had a t-mobile Dash for a little while, but it was way too much phone for me at the time.

To be perfectly honest, if I could afford an iPhone with all its required data packages and ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Is there way to prevent my Xbox 360 from losing connection all the time?

Iscariot: Perhaps you can try using a hard-wired router, if the option's there. It seems like running it through your laptop is more likely to cause an issue because it has to take additional steps.

NEW ANSWER IN: What internet browser do you use?

Iscariot: Firefox 3, and I'll never understand why IE is still being used by such a large population of people.

NEW ANSWER IN: Can animals/mammals other than humans really understand words when we speak to them? or do they just understand tones from our voice?

Iscariot: Words, not so much, but the sounds we make to form them can be taught to mean something; it's all about association.
Basically, the way a dog learns verbal commands is by hearing the word spoken during an action. Potty training becomes a habit of praising them when they do it right, and just st...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think we are being held back technologically?

Iscariot: I will input on one thing very quickly here: studies on memory seem to suggest that our dependence on electronic planners and cell phones are regressing our ability to memorize names and phone numbers as effectively as some would argue we should.

In that vein, we could say that our brain power as...

NEW ANSWER IN: What causes arthritis?

Iscariot: To begin with, arthritis takes many forms, each of which is set on by different factors. Osteorarthritis is the most common and least severe. It triggers a gradually degenerating process in the affected joints and surrounding bone and cartilage.

It's a common misconception that arthritis is c...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does music relax you?

Iscariot: I cannot deal with silence. Period.
I have music for every occasion and mood, and have a few playlists set aside specifically for relaxing, consisting mostly of ambient instrumental and electronic music.
Naturally, death metal isn't something I put on to go to sleep.

NEW ANSWER IN: Feedback on Notifications?

Iscariot: What an amazing tool! Kudos, Bobbo! Very Facebook-esque.

NEW ANSWER IN: Why is there no term for the moment right before the end of the world?

Iscariot: Seems irrelevant.
The end of the world is nothing but speculation as is, and we really don't know anything about it. Will it be the death of our planet, our species (thus, life, as we know it), or our sun?

I guess, to put it into perspective: is it worth coming up with a term for ba...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are the odds of winning the lottery?

Iscariot: From what I understand, the money won by that one lucky person is brought in by the ticket sales. So if you're big lottery is $31 mill., your chances are probably a little ways below 1 in 31,000,000.

I'm of the belief that statistics are kind of bullshit, though. I mean, when you break it...

NEW ANSWER IN: What should I do if I am Below 18 and keep getting internet job offers?

Iscariot: One thing to sort out before any of this: where do you live? Labor laws are different all over the globe. I don't know quite what you mean by PHP jobs, either.
In the US, you're legally allowed to work when you're 16, but we'll need more details in order to gain a clearer understand...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is AUTEC? and what is their TRUE purpose?

Iscariot: AUTEC (Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center) is a US Navy-owned laboratory used to study undersea warfare. It's basically there to keep the US Navy on the technological cutting edge of naval combat supremacy.
I'm certain the research serves additional purposes as well, b...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does marijuana kill as many brain cells as alcohol?

Iscariot: The effects of marijuana on the body and mind are highly understudied at this point. A lot of new discoveries are being made in recent times that debunk myths of the past few decades beyond a reasonable doubt.
As far as killing brain cells, the studies would have to be conducted in a very controlle...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do I make a link in HTML open in a new tab?

Iscariot: Don't quote me on this, but I have a feeling it takes a bit of CSS, or at least a step beyond HTML.
Some of that's based on people's browsers, as well, but I can understand you wanting to set up a link that opens in a new tab regardless. Those are my preferred links, after all.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is your favorite Sega Game either by Sega or on a Sega system?

Iscariot: Vectorman was so dope! I loved all the Sonic games as well, particularly the Sonice 3/Sonic & Knuckles combination (and what a unique concept for its time).
I was a big fan of the Echo the Dolphin series, too.

NEW ANSWER IN: What was your first video game console?

Iscariot: Sega Genesis 16-bit, and I believe I got Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic 2 passed down to me with it.

NEW ANSWER IN: How did you find Questional.com?

Iscariot: Bobbo referred me via a conversation we had on Neoseeker. Major props, as I've said!

NEW ANSWER IN: What causes the brain to switch from waking to sleeping states? From sleeping to waking?

Iscariot: Just to elaborate a bit: circadian rhythms are engrained into the biochemical and physiological process of every living thing, be it plant or animal. It's the body's way of adapting to the surrounding environment, and if functions in 24-hour periods, with the main cue being sunlight, act...

NEW ANSWER IN: How long will it take the United States to be completely free from fossil fuel?

Iscariot: The sooner, the better. I wouldn't go as far as to say I'm a total nut about trying to save the environment, but I certainly do my part. No matter how much speculation there is behind global warming and related subjects dealing with fossil fuel use, it never hurts to try and and be as resour...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the fastest production car made in the world today?

Iscariot: The Bugatti Veyron, previously the only production car to breach 1000 horsepower, was the fastest production car until Shelby introduced the SSC Ultimate Aero TT in 2006.
It's a limited production model of their SSC Aero mid-engine sports car.
Apparently the 2006 model produced 1062 hp an...

NEW ANSWER IN: Are energy drinks bad for you?

Iscariot: It's really just the ingredients in there. Odd little chemicals that we don't need in our bodies, and a lot of simple carbohydrates (sugar) that is metabolized quickly and causes the sudden plummet in energy once it's out, not unlike the effects of caffeine on their own.

NEW ANSWER IN: Why do your ears ring when you've been around loud music?

Iscariot: The cells in our ears are fine-tuned to pick up and translate specific frequencies, and once that cell is pushed too far, it dies off with a ring. The frequency of the rings are those of dying cells, and you'll never hear that pitch again.

It sounds pretty bad, but then, I have no idea ho...

NEW ANSWER IN: What does pixels mean when it comes to digital cameras?

Iscariot: Essentially, a digital photograph is a mosaic comprised of pixels of color representing an image as accurately as possible, where a film photograph lets in the image exactly as the lens sees it.

NEW ANSWER IN: What's the better game system, Xbox 360 or PS3?

Iscariot: I think the PS3's more capable and better equipped, but the 360's game selection seems way ahead, and it's probably for the more casual gamer.

NEW ANSWER IN: Will my engine explode if i use deisel instead of unleaded?

Iscariot: Won't explode because diesel fuel isn't combustible by a standard gasoline engine. But say goodbye to that engine, anyhow, because it won't be functioning the same way after an incident like that.

NEW ANSWER IN: 0 has to have some sort of value! Can anyone help me figure this out?

Iscariot: Because it holds no value. It is an exception to many such rules because it's completely unique.

NEW ANSWER IN: Can cell phones really cause any harm, cancer or brain tumors?

Iscariot: Makes me worry about my fellas down south with my phone always in my pocket.

NEW ANSWER IN: What colors do dogs really see?

Iscariot: Far as what I've heard my whole life, monochromatic.

NEW ANSWER IN: Is there a difference between a solar power car and an electric car?

Iscariot: Essentially they both run on electricity, but they're derived of different sources.

NEW ANSWER IN: Who is more into video games, men or woman?

Iscariot: Probably men, though I'd say females are carving their niche these days. I think the market is aiming for just that.
I've personally kind of outgrown them for the most part.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is glass made of?

Iscariot: Sand is one form, but most often, I hear it's pure silica (quartz), which has a very high melting point.

NEW ANSWER IN: If frogs can be frozen in the tundra for months on end then re-animate when they defrost, why can't we apply natures innovations to the field of cryogenics?

Iscariot: Do we know what it is about frogs that cause this phenomenon? Who's to say it isn't being studied?

NEW ANSWER IN: How similar is morphine to heroin?

Iscariot: Heroin is a semi-synthetic form of morphine. It's derived directly from it.

NEW ANSWER IN: How does a computer receive a virus?

Iscariot:

As discussed there, there are a few different types of viruses, and they do different things. Some run executable which damage files and/or slow down processing speeds, both of which are very harmful in different ways.

As far as receiving one, it used to be that you had to plant it on a compu...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is MSG?

Iscariot: Monosodium glutamate. It's a compound of sodium salt and glutamic acid, which is a non-essential amino. It's a food additive used to basically give food a specific flavor, namely in low-end Asian eateries of the past.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the difference in content between regular paper and recyclable?

Iscariot: Far as I know, most paper is recyclable, unless it's coated in, say, cellophane, which makes breaking it down a very different process.

Biodegradable paper's making a huge step forward, which is something I'm pretty pleased with.

NEW ANSWER IN: Anyone think that if people spent the amount of time playing an actual guitar as they do guitar hero there would be a lot more guitarists in the world?

Iscariot: For sure. I personally don't care much for the game, and it doesn't teach you a thing about the real deal, but picking up a guitar and just strumming will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from it, so it's easy enough to learn.
Remember, anyone can play guitar. Just not part...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you like the new comments feature?

Iscariot: Looks great.

NEW ANSWER IN: Does alcohol add or cause depression?

Iscariot: It certainly can in excess.
Chemicals like serotonin can be affected by the way the body metabolizes toxins and other outside agents. Liver damage would cause all sorts of imbalances in the body and the possibility seems likely.

As far as being a "depressant," that simply means it slo...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why doesn't my body immediately adjust to day light savings?

Iscariot: Hardly so. A weeks transition sounds perfectly normal, but it would certainly be annoying having so set our clocks by ten minutes per day for six days, so a full hour jump makes more sense.

NEW ANSWER IN: Why don't I ever see police cars, ambulances, or fire trucks gas up at the pump?

Iscariot: Corporate pumps. And that's true for a lot of company fleets.

NEW ANSWER IN: Do people still use public libraries?

Iscariot: Sometimes I go in just to kill time or for local wifi access in a quiet, safe environment.
On the rare occasion I go in for a book, it's on a whim.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is better, Myspace or Facebook?

Iscariot: The general user rate of Myspace users seems to be higher than that of Facebook users, at least in terms of just setting up a site for others to get a feel for your attitude and personality, something Facebook doesn't communicate as well.
I prefer Facebook for it's clean, professional appea...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is better an Ipod or a Zune?

Iscariot: I own an iPod, but playing around with the new Zunes makes me feel like I'd enjoy those more if I took the time to get used to the way they function.
Being able to set songs up to "play next" is a nice feature that has been absent from regular iPods for way too long now.

It's a...