If unions were even marginally competent, wouldn't they start their own competing business?

Why depend on some entrepreneur when you can cut out the middle man and use union dues to start a competing business with only union labor?

Why weren't the gods gigantic like their parents in Greco-Roman and Norse mythology?

The term "giant" didn't refer to size. Loki, the Norse god of mischief, was actually a "giant" by birth.

How do i make my computer run faster?

My laptop, an asus u50a, suddenly got extremely slow today after working perfectly fine yesterday. I've already done many things mentioned here or elsewhere online. I deleted all my internet history and cookies. I downloaded easycleaner to clean up my registry. I uninstalled about 30 different programs i don't use. I used system restore to restore it back to a few days ago. The computer works well for 2 or 3 minutes after turning it on but then starts sporatically freezing, which usually happens when i open up the internet browser. After browsing through a page or two it would freeze up and say that the shockwave plug-in has crashed and it stops the scripts from shockwave, but keeps freezing up so i tried using ie, firrfox, and chrome but none of them worked so i uninstalled them then downloaded them on another computer to a usb and reinstalled it on here but it still didn't work. It freezes up on its own actually when im doing absolutely nothing on it as well. I tried creating a new user on the computer but that didn't work. The computer is only a year old and worked smoothly until today. All the changes I've done i did in safe mode because.that's the only way it doesn't freeze while im making the changes. Please give me somewhere else i could start to try to fix this issue. I've spent literally the last 6 hours nonstop trying to fix it and its only gotten marginally better at best.

I blew all my laptop's usb ports..way to fix it?

I seem to have broken pretty much all four of my usb ports on my laptop. It's not a terribly old laptop at all, maybe a year and half but I don't think we're under warranty anymore. Is there a way to fix this? Two are physically broken, a piece fell out of one and the other got jammed under the plug's lip. Two are marginally workable, but very sensitive, they tend to loose connection rather easily so plugging in usb hubs really haven't been working, and have been a pain with the ac adapter to plug into an outlet. I really am not in the position to get a new laptop, should I take it to a shop to have new usb ports soldered on the motherboard? There are other ports on the left side of the laptop, like HDMI and I believe a cable jack and one other thing, are there any ways to convert one of them into a usb port/station? Thanks

Best one of Plato's works to compare to Marx's Communist Manifesto and Sir Thomas More's Utopia?

Hello, I am writing a paper for school which entails a compare and contrast essay of fifteen pages in length. I am writing on the depiction of a Utopian society, and marginally dabbling into social justice/injustice. I have already selected Sir Thomas More's utopia as well as Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, which one of Plato's' works corresponds best to these tow and would make a nice compliment to my essay. I was thinking either Crito or the Republic. I am only allotted with a time frame of three weeks, so anything obstreperously long is out of the question. Any answers appreciated, thanks.

Semi-Automatic Paintball Gun Not Working Correctly.?

Im no pro paint ball player but you can just unscrew the back of the gun where all the springs and cocking rod is and re assemble. or it can be your tank. you should always be running nitrous tanks not c02. your air might not be making it to the air chamber? check your local paint ball store

WOULD IT LOOK GOOD IF I WEAR THIS DRESS WITH THESE SHOES?

That would be oh so adorable together! the gold around the top of the dress matches the shoes, it would look so cute :) hope I helped!