All categories - 2 November 2007

See this link:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/robo_picker#

Before answering, remember that enforcement of our immigration laws in the 1960's led to automation in tomato-harvesting. To this DAY, automation (provided by well-paid engineers, rep's, marketing specialists, techs, etc) is so much cheaper than manual labor, NO MAJOR GROWER is using labor, today!

Thanks in advance for your answers.

2007-11-02 18:49:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Does this tell the world about what America's values really are?

2007-11-02 18:49:36 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I was just wondering if your child has to actually commit a crime (e.g. theft) before you can legally put them there.

2007-11-02 18:49:16 · 15 answers · asked by Steve S 2 in Parenting

have you ever stole something because when i was younger (10 - 12) I stole yugi oh cards from Wal mart i would stuff my pants full of them. I had like 50 dark magicians

2007-11-02 18:49:16 · 18 answers · asked by Stevvvven 2 in Polls & Surveys

what happenes
if u drive on snow tires in the summer?

2007-11-02 18:49:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Is it sweet? or bitter? or salty?

2007-11-02 18:49:11 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

will you get it when it comes out

2007-11-02 18:48:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

"The history of Wicca is much debated. 'Gardner claimed that the religion was a survival of matriarchal Pagan religions of pre-historic Europe, taught to him by members of the New Forest Coven; their rites were fragmentary, and he had substantially rewritten them. It has been posited by authors such as Aidan Kelly and Francis X. King that Gardner invented the rites in their entirety,[27] incorporating elements from the thesis of Dr. Margaret Murray, incantations from Aradia[28] and practices of ceremonial magic.[29]
Heselton concludes that while Gardner may have been mistaken about the ancient origins of the religion, his statements about it were largely made in good faith"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca#History

2007-11-02 18:48:37 · 18 answers · asked by Macy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

what fish should i get in a 70 litre tank?
Any sugestions?
I want clown fish though.
can a dwarf lion fish go with them?
Thanks

2007-11-02 18:48:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

My son's pediatrician is always telling me about new balances that I have accrued there because of what insurance won't pay. So every time we're there I end up paying off the "balance" (which is never less than $100) in addition to my co-pay. We have also have a chiropractor, a dentist, our regular GP and my OB-GYN doctor. I have never had anything like this with the other doctors. I may have a small balance but nothing like what his pediatrician is charging. So I think the woman who does the billing either doesn't know what she is doing or she's playing dumb and scamming me. How can I tell? Have any other parents had anything like this come up?

And the insurance is a PPO- Blue Cross Blue Shield. It's the best coverage you can have. So it's not like I have a cheap plan.

2007-11-02 18:48:01 · 4 answers · asked by Crocodile Dundee 5 in Insurance

2007-11-02 18:47:51 · 17 answers · asked by Makihele 1 in Dogs

2007-11-02 18:47:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

That is, why isn't the inverse of f(x)=x^2, equal to the square root of x?

2007-11-02 18:47:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

With all the work that has been done on the benefits of optimism and the disadvantages of pessimism, when you ask WHY should I be optimistic, you always get the same answers.

"you should be optimistic because you'll accomplish more"
"because you'll likely be healthier"
"because people will like you more"

But if you ask WHY you should CARE if you are healthier, if people like you, or if you accomplish anything, they are pretty much left with one answer "because it feels good". Now that I can relate to, because the only thing that really matters to me in life is how I feel from moment to moment. Everything else is just a means to an end of how I believe it will make me feel.

But go to a morgue and look at a corpse...rotting, discolored, quickly turning to a squishy pile of mush. Does it matter now how accomplished that person was, or healthy, or popular, or happy? And I'm not saying there's no afterlife, but who knows, who cares?

2007-11-02 18:47:24 · 14 answers · asked by egocentric_loner 1 in Philosophy

or do you know some poisen by the box jelly? no? what about all those vicious venomous snakes in austrialia, do they come into your homes like on adventure world tv. two places i am afraid to visit -- india and austrailia. i am afraid of snakes and i see nothing pretty about them and the argument they are important rat killers, well that is phooey. i have poison to take out all rats if need be. you have so many awful poisonous creatures why not eliminate them so i can come visit and surf and sail and see the funky looking little black midgets that blow the diggerydoo thingie? dont mind the gigantic crocks. would bother with them. they stay in the river, i hope. they are cool from a distance like on tv.

2007-11-02 18:47:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Reptiles

If anyone could help me out with the following physics question, I would appreciate it greatly:

"An aircraft is traveling in a vertical loop of diameter 3000m. The pilot has a mass of 90kg. At the bottom of the loop, the seat exerts 2550N on the man.

a) At what speed is the plane flying?
b)What force does the seat exert on the man when he is upside down at the top of the loop?
c) What is the minimum speed that the plane can fly at so that the man will feel "weightless" at the top of the loop? (ie when will the seat not exert force on him?)"

If you could possibly give me full working out, that would be great. I especially need help with knowing when to add and subtract any force vectors, such as force of gravity and centrifugal force.

Thanks!

2007-11-02 18:46:26 · 3 answers · asked by Robbi 1 in Physics

I love Chris (Heartbreak kid) ♥

2007-11-02 18:46:21 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-11-02 18:46:20 · 7 answers · asked by Adios 7 in Celebrities

my study is problem-based, I got a case of a male patient presented with severe pain, redness, hotness of his big toe, with no history of trauma....the rest of the case indicates It's gouty arthritis..anyway, while taking history, the doctor asked the patient about any preceding attacks of urinary tract infection or gastroentritis... I need to know what was that question for?

2007-11-02 18:46:20 · 5 answers · asked by the god father 2 in Medicine

and you do have legitimate questions needing legitimate answers but, instead of skipping, some reply with "stop asking", "shaddap" or "that's wishful thinking"? I mean questions cost us 5 points. Should we be giving nonsense replies just to get points instead?

2007-11-02 18:46:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 18:46:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

do you ever think of another ......
be honest good people .......
actor / friend / friends spouse .........
a friends boyfriend or girlfriend .....
whoever it may be ... do you not think of them ????
at least sometimes .... keep it real people .... thank you again

2007-11-02 18:46:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

greenwich mean time and not british winter time?

2007-11-02 18:45:43 · 4 answers · asked by Andrew1968 5 in Geography

2007-11-02 18:45:40 · 2 answers · asked by Lovely 4 in Other - Skin & Body

I need cute dog names for a two year old boy-dog that are easy to pronounce. Help pleaz.

2007-11-02 18:45:38 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-11-02 18:45:25 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Football (American)

2007-11-02 18:45:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Ford

than sex......try to think of somthing...... because i was and i couldnt think of anything

2007-11-02 18:45:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Now that I'm at Level 2 in Yahoo Answers?

2007-11-02 18:45:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Marriage & Divorce

so up to this point I know strings are categorized in pounds such as 15 pounds, 40 pounds and such. what are the U.S. version of types, class, size number mean? at which store can I find a nylon string that's about 1.5mm to 2.5mm wide? thank you.

2007-11-02 18:45:09 · 3 answers · asked by None 1 in Hobbies & Crafts