mikep

NEW ANSWER IN: What's the difference between right and left speakers?

mikep: Well think of it like this. Say you're watching star wars on your iPhone and you got your earbuds in backwards? An X-wing comes from the right of the screen going SCREEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee! But the sound is coming from the left earbud!

The speakers are hard wired to provide specific "left...

NEW ANSWER IN: Should guns be banned in america?

mikep: When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.

NEW ANSWER IN: Where is the center of the universe? Do we know the location of the big bang and would that intuitively be the same place?

mikep: As my mother reminded me repeatedly as a child... It ain't me.

And according to some theories (many) there actually is none. The universe IS expanding, and that expansion is the same everywhere. A quote from the Physics FAQ by Scott Chase, Michael Weiss, Philip Gibbs, Chris Hillman, an...

NEW ANSWER IN: Is Steve Jobs dead?

mikep: Of course friends on my social networks are commenting on Steve Jobs' death. Some are making banal "RIP" updates. Some are celebrating. Some are acknowledging the passing of a megalithic figure in technology and pop culture.

I for one choose to let the man pass with dignity while ack...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think the Nintendo Wii U will recapture the Hardcore audience?

mikep: Are we talking the "core gamers" at large or Nintendo's core audience? The two don't always overlap.

NEW ANSWER IN: Can I convert it easily in word format?

mikep: I haven't tried it but...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are your thoughts concerning digital piracy?

mikep: I've looked at the constitution a million times and I still see no right to "Download free stuff because I don't think the product is very good." Not even in the quriky version the republicans decided to read this year!

Tho... Our guest does make a fine point: Does MCA, SONY or B...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the least spoken language on Earth?

mikep: Perhaps the government use of Native American tongue as secret code is telling:

NEW ANSWER IN: In films and television, when you see characters drinking wine/beer/spirits, what are they actually drinking?

mikep: Depends on the scene, director and actors. I was in an indie film once in a bit part at a bar and damned if I didn't have real beer. However I've heard on some commentaries they use Iced Tea for whiskey, water and vodka look shockingly similar and beer is often just non alcoholic. However, I...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are your thoughts concerning digital piracy?

mikep: So wait- you download artists you don't like? You don't download artists you do like? Why not? You're a very curious fellow, Nugget!

NEW ANSWER IN: What are your thoughts concerning digital piracy?

mikep: Thanks, guest, for saying in a nutshell what I said in a bushel!

NEW ANSWER IN: What are your thoughts concerning digital piracy?

mikep: Debating the merits and problems of digital piracy, even among my closest friends is always a torrent (pun intended) of misinformation.

Overall music sales in 1999 topped off at about 32 billion dollars. In 2009 we saw numbers peak at around 17 billion. In the interim file sharing via peer...

NEW ANSWER IN: You were chosen to go to another planet,never to return, what 3 books would you take with you and which 3 people?-must be rational

mikep: Books:
Carla Emory's Encyclopedia of Country Living - In Case I needed to fend for myself, make my own clothes, shelter and food.
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself - In order to stay connected to my humanity and my past by proxy.
The Great Gats...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think space exploration is worth the resources?

mikep: Space exploration doesn't have to be expensive actually. NASA is historically one of the most wasteful and bureaucratic institutions out there. If the question is weather public funds should be spent... I'm not sure that a private institution couldn't do it more effectively on the cheap...