What exactly is UFC ?

The Great

I am an Indian & a WWE fan. We can also watch TNA in India but the telecast is very very delayed. Ever since i have joined yahoo answers, i have been noticing comments from Magic Marker, a user with a profile photo of ROONEY & some others about something caleed UFC. But i don't know anything about it.
What exactly is UFC?
Is it related to professional wrestling?
How is it as compared to WWE?
UFC fans don't mind. I am not saying anything against it. I just want to know, what it is?
ENJOY!!!

Answer
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently recognized as the major MMA promotion in North America. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC.

The UFC was started as a tournament to find the world's best fighters irrespective of their style, and was based upon Brazilian vale tudo fighting. Although there was a limited number of rules, the UFC was initially known as no holds barred fighting and contests were often violent and brutal. Early UFC fights were less sport than spectacle, which led to accusations of brutality and "human cockfighting" by opponents. Political pressures eventually led the UFC into the underground, as pay-per-view providers nixed UFC programming, nearly extinguishing the UFC's public visibility.

As political pressure mounted, the UFC reformed itself, slowly embracing stricter rules, becoming sanctioned by athletic commissions, and marketing itself as a legitimate sporting event. Dropping the no holds barred label and carrying the banner of mixed martial arts, the UFC has emerged from its political isolation to become more socially acceptable, regaining its position in pay-per-view television. With a cable television deal and legalization of MMA in California, a hotbed for MMA fandom, the UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with heightened media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on Spike TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide without a satellite dish and all countries worldwide with a satellite dish.


compared to the wwe its not that good. most wwe/tna fans hate ufc. there are no storylines and the people basically try to kill each other.

Pakistan - your views?

Shariq M

I've been using Yahoo! Answers for a really long time now.. and what bothers (and upsets) me most is the amount of ever-increasing hatred and misconceptions about Pakistan, Pakistanis, Muslims and Islam.

I would really appreciate if you all can let me know what are your views on Pakistan and Pakistanis for now. I would try my best to elucidate everything! =D

Oh and participation of other Pakistanis here on Y! Answers would be much appreciated!!

-- REGARDS
A Pakistani National!

PS: No, Osama is NOT in Pakistan! :P
PPS: And Pakistan is not composed of deserts, dunes and rock formation.. PLUS we use cars to travel, not camels!!! :P

@ BichBil...
um.. thanks?

@buzy body
well yeah there are some major similarities between indians and pakistanis..

@ ninja
dont generalize that! there are all sorts of people in any country.. take america for instance - its composed of native americans with traditional rituals, urban dwellers who live by the constitution and people in rural areas who follow their own rules and regulations. that same scenario is also valid in Pakistan. Although the constitution holds true all across the country, the tribal areas also have the autonomy to implement their own traditional rules. among its pros are some cons too - and this is one of them. But this is NOT the situation of the entire country. This is ture to a large extent in tribal areas.
@ BichBil...
um.. thanks?

@buzy body
well yeah there are some major similarities between indians and pakistanis..

@ ninja
dont generalize that! there are all sorts of people in any country.. take america for instance - its composed of native americans with traditional rituals, urban dwellers who live by the constitution and people in rural areas who follow their own rules and regulations. that same scenario is also valid in Pakistan. Although the constitution holds true all across the country, the tribal areas also have the autonomy to implement their own traditional rules. among its pros are some cons too - and this is one of them. But this is NOT the situation of the entire country. This is ture to a large extent in tribal areas.

--- continues.. ---
-- continued--

as far as the news item you are indicating.. it should be noted that this was the FIRST such incident that was reported in the city of Karachi.

@sania
hey thanks for that reply.. quite agree with ya

@layla
do come!!

@ guitar virgin
liar! you've not been to pakistan have you!? there's no religious police or anything here! there's no religious police even in many of the islamic countries!! Saudi Arabia is one of the very few Muslim Countries which have the religious police!!

caste system?? that is dominant in india but even there it's on a decline.

"I am aware of many of the of the worst excesses of the ignorant and barbaric religious police who commit atrocities in the name of Islam" ... .?!
you must be kidding me! name theM!

@ æé
hey thanks!
@ Lion's Roar

ah! finally someone who spoke quite comprehensively (and quite true too!).. I do hope the world gets a bit more sane..!
(no wonder you got a thumbs down from some anti-Pakistan, anti-Muslim person!)

Answer
At first ISLAM:

If ISLAM is not TRUE (may Allah forgive me) THEN âWhy Non-Muslims "ALWAYS" lose debate to "SHEIKH AHMED DEEDAT & DR.ZAKIR NAIK" in front of so many live audiences? And this tape is recorded for the TV. U can purchase their CDS as well, to know & propagate the truth (ISLAM).â

Those debates were not about individual but about the whole religion, they were not debating on any individuals but religious scriptures, basic religious believes, religious canons etc

Secondly about Pakistan:

âBy INVADING Pakistan in order to kill 1 Osama Bin Laden, this fool OBAMA will create 100000 Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan and all around the Muslim worldâ.
First USA should give Pakistan the proper and latest equipment to seal its border with Afghanistan then criticize Pakistan, I wonder how Americans can only blame Pakistan for Taliban attacks? Since all 35 NATO nations are in Afghanistan with their latest equipments USA itself is there with the number one technology in the whole world, Afghanistan should care about its borders but yet the whole world and specially USA blame only only only PAKISTAN.
We all know that USA can't secure its easy border with Mexico with its world number one technology but they expect Pakistan to secure its Mountainous border with Afghanistan, i just wonder on the hypocrisy of Americans.
Securing Pakistan Afghanistan border is a joint joint joint responsibility of all NATO and specially AMERICA & Afghanistan & then PAKISTAN.
And Pakistan has lost more troops & civilians than USA or any other country for this so called war on terror.
USA and WEST first look at their deeds then point out their fingers on Pakistan, USA must must must give Pakistan the latest spying equipments otherwise they should not expect something from Pakistan which is not possible even from them. E.g. of it: USA not even gave Pakistan Firefighting equipments just searched what happened at MARRIOTT hotel in Islamabad due to fire from suicidal attack.
Bush praises Pakistan in terror fight - South and Central Asia - MSNBC.com
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11651039/from/RSS
Dozens of soldiers missing in Pakistan tribal area - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_afp/pakistanafghanistan_070830172923
Pakistani army holds fire for funerals of 250
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21217976/
Pakistan troops die in gun battle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7261535.stm
US-led coalition fire kills 4 Pakistanis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_afghan_border

Pakistan bombards suspected Taliban hideouts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_re_as/pakistan

Pakistan blames US coalition for troops' death
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_border_clash
Americans killing us & also militants
Militants attack Pakistan forces near Afghanistan
etc etc etc

only such links list just goes on and on and onâ¦â¦â¦
AND LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ONNNNNNNNN, All USA is doing providing ARMS & having nuclear deals to Pakistanâs number ONE enemy India and despite of that asking Pakistan to do all for them. WOW what a friend USA is of Pakistan.
& REMEMMBER THAT âPAKISTAN IS NOT AN COUNTRY SO USA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY MAKE THEIR MOVE AND GET AWAY WITH ITâ.

USA only like those democracy which supports its goals and objectives, they don't like truly elected democracy. Most current examples are Hamas (elected by people but rejected by USA), Iran's president (elected by people but rejected by USA).

USA supported the dictatorship of Musharraf and they still not saying to him to leave the president house, now tell me whatâs that?

All USA has is just "double standards".

***What USA has done for Pakistan, in order to stop this, they must help Pakistan this is their duty, b/c if Pakistan leave USA in supporting in their so called fight against terrorism all suicidal attacks will start occurring in USA.?***

USA accused of infiltration from Pakistan to Afghanistan, but when Pakistan said that it will âmineâ the Afghan-Pakistani border they said âNOâ, when Pakistan said that it will âFenceâ â the Afghan-Pakistani border they said âNOâ, & now they accuse Pakistan.

American friendship:
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/feb-2008/6/index11.php

Bush approved secret orders for Pakistan raids: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080911/ts_nm/afghan_usa_pakistan_order_dc

USA bad polices of killing innocents in Pakistan and by doing so unintentionally USA is recruiting for TALIBAN & for AL-QAEDA, So Pakistan has to take following steps:

Pakistan troops ordered to open fire on US raiders
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

Liar America: After vows to respect sovereignty, U.S. strikes in Pakistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080917/wl_mcclatchy/3047956;_ylt=AjhaNQUWBRXGI2MRGg1SzxNvaA8F

On the other hand see what Pakistan has done for its so called fair weather friend USA:

Army: Pakistan troops capture militant stronghold

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What exactly is UFC ?

best led tv in india yahoo answers image

The Great

I am an Indian & a WWE fan. We can also watch TNA in India but the telecast is very very delayed. Ever since i have joined yahoo answers, i have been noticing comments from Magic Marker, a user with a profile photo of ROONEY & some others about something caleed UFC. But i don't know anything about it.
What exactly is UFC?
Is it related to professional wrestling?
How is it as compared to WWE?
UFC fans don't mind. I am not saying anything against it. I just want to know, what it is?
ENJOY!!!

Answer
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently recognized as the major MMA promotion in North America. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC.

The UFC was started as a tournament to find the world's best fighters irrespective of their style, and was based upon Brazilian vale tudo fighting. Although there was a limited number of rules, the UFC was initially known as no holds barred fighting and contests were often violent and brutal. Early UFC fights were less sport than spectacle, which led to accusations of brutality and "human cockfighting" by opponents. Political pressures eventually led the UFC into the underground, as pay-per-view providers nixed UFC programming, nearly extinguishing the UFC's public visibility.

As political pressure mounted, the UFC reformed itself, slowly embracing stricter rules, becoming sanctioned by athletic commissions, and marketing itself as a legitimate sporting event. Dropping the no holds barred label and carrying the banner of mixed martial arts, the UFC has emerged from its political isolation to become more socially acceptable, regaining its position in pay-per-view television. With a cable television deal and legalization of MMA in California, a hotbed for MMA fandom, the UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with heightened media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on Spike TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide without a satellite dish and all countries worldwide with a satellite dish.


compared to the wwe its not that good. most wwe/tna fans hate ufc. there are no storylines and the people basically try to kill each other.

Pakistan - your views?

Shariq M

I've been using Yahoo! Answers for a really long time now.. and what bothers (and upsets) me most is the amount of ever-increasing hatred and misconceptions about Pakistan, Pakistanis, Muslims and Islam.

I would really appreciate if you all can let me know what are your views on Pakistan and Pakistanis for now. I would try my best to elucidate everything! =D

Oh and participation of other Pakistanis here on Y! Answers would be much appreciated!!

-- REGARDS
A Pakistani National!

PS: No, Osama is NOT in Pakistan! :P
PPS: And Pakistan is not composed of deserts, dunes and rock formation.. PLUS we use cars to travel, not camels!!! :P

@ BichBil...
um.. thanks?

@buzy body
well yeah there are some major similarities between indians and pakistanis..

@ ninja
dont generalize that! there are all sorts of people in any country.. take america for instance - its composed of native americans with traditional rituals, urban dwellers who live by the constitution and people in rural areas who follow their own rules and regulations. that same scenario is also valid in Pakistan. Although the constitution holds true all across the country, the tribal areas also have the autonomy to implement their own traditional rules. among its pros are some cons too - and this is one of them. But this is NOT the situation of the entire country. This is ture to a large extent in tribal areas.
@ BichBil...
um.. thanks?

@buzy body
well yeah there are some major similarities between indians and pakistanis..

@ ninja
dont generalize that! there are all sorts of people in any country.. take america for instance - its composed of native americans with traditional rituals, urban dwellers who live by the constitution and people in rural areas who follow their own rules and regulations. that same scenario is also valid in Pakistan. Although the constitution holds true all across the country, the tribal areas also have the autonomy to implement their own traditional rules. among its pros are some cons too - and this is one of them. But this is NOT the situation of the entire country. This is ture to a large extent in tribal areas.

--- continues.. ---
-- continued--

as far as the news item you are indicating.. it should be noted that this was the FIRST such incident that was reported in the city of Karachi.

@sania
hey thanks for that reply.. quite agree with ya

@layla
do come!!

@ guitar virgin
liar! you've not been to pakistan have you!? there's no religious police or anything here! there's no religious police even in many of the islamic countries!! Saudi Arabia is one of the very few Muslim Countries which have the religious police!!

caste system?? that is dominant in india but even there it's on a decline.

"I am aware of many of the of the worst excesses of the ignorant and barbaric religious police who commit atrocities in the name of Islam" ... .?!
you must be kidding me! name theM!

@ æé
hey thanks!
@ Lion's Roar

ah! finally someone who spoke quite comprehensively (and quite true too!).. I do hope the world gets a bit more sane..!
(no wonder you got a thumbs down from some anti-Pakistan, anti-Muslim person!)

Answer
At first ISLAM:

If ISLAM is not TRUE (may Allah forgive me) THEN âWhy Non-Muslims "ALWAYS" lose debate to "SHEIKH AHMED DEEDAT & DR.ZAKIR NAIK" in front of so many live audiences? And this tape is recorded for the TV. U can purchase their CDS as well, to know & propagate the truth (ISLAM).â

Those debates were not about individual but about the whole religion, they were not debating on any individuals but religious scriptures, basic religious believes, religious canons etc

Secondly about Pakistan:

âBy INVADING Pakistan in order to kill 1 Osama Bin Laden, this fool OBAMA will create 100000 Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan and all around the Muslim worldâ.
First USA should give Pakistan the proper and latest equipment to seal its border with Afghanistan then criticize Pakistan, I wonder how Americans can only blame Pakistan for Taliban attacks? Since all 35 NATO nations are in Afghanistan with their latest equipments USA itself is there with the number one technology in the whole world, Afghanistan should care about its borders but yet the whole world and specially USA blame only only only PAKISTAN.
We all know that USA can't secure its easy border with Mexico with its world number one technology but they expect Pakistan to secure its Mountainous border with Afghanistan, i just wonder on the hypocrisy of Americans.
Securing Pakistan Afghanistan border is a joint joint joint responsibility of all NATO and specially AMERICA & Afghanistan & then PAKISTAN.
And Pakistan has lost more troops & civilians than USA or any other country for this so called war on terror.
USA and WEST first look at their deeds then point out their fingers on Pakistan, USA must must must give Pakistan the latest spying equipments otherwise they should not expect something from Pakistan which is not possible even from them. E.g. of it: USA not even gave Pakistan Firefighting equipments just searched what happened at MARRIOTT hotel in Islamabad due to fire from suicidal attack.
Bush praises Pakistan in terror fight - South and Central Asia - MSNBC.com
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11651039/from/RSS
Dozens of soldiers missing in Pakistan tribal area - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_afp/pakistanafghanistan_070830172923
Pakistani army holds fire for funerals of 250
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21217976/
Pakistan troops die in gun battle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7261535.stm
US-led coalition fire kills 4 Pakistanis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_afghan_border

Pakistan bombards suspected Taliban hideouts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_re_as/pakistan

Pakistan blames US coalition for troops' death
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_border_clash
Americans killing us & also militants
Militants attack Pakistan forces near Afghanistan
etc etc etc

only such links list just goes on and on and onâ¦â¦â¦
AND LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ONNNNNNNNN, All USA is doing providing ARMS & having nuclear deals to Pakistanâs number ONE enemy India and despite of that asking Pakistan to do all for them. WOW what a friend USA is of Pakistan.
& REMEMMBER THAT âPAKISTAN IS NOT AN COUNTRY SO USA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY MAKE THEIR MOVE AND GET AWAY WITH ITâ.

USA only like those democracy which supports its goals and objectives, they don't like truly elected democracy. Most current examples are Hamas (elected by people but rejected by USA), Iran's president (elected by people but rejected by USA).

USA supported the dictatorship of Musharraf and they still not saying to him to leave the president house, now tell me whatâs that?

All USA has is just "double standards".

***What USA has done for Pakistan, in order to stop this, they must help Pakistan this is their duty, b/c if Pakistan leave USA in supporting in their so called fight against terrorism all suicidal attacks will start occurring in USA.?***

USA accused of infiltration from Pakistan to Afghanistan, but when Pakistan said that it will âmineâ the Afghan-Pakistani border they said âNOâ, when Pakistan said that it will âFenceâ â the Afghan-Pakistani border they said âNOâ, & now they accuse Pakistan.

American friendship:
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/feb-2008/6/index11.php

Bush approved secret orders for Pakistan raids: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080911/ts_nm/afghan_usa_pakistan_order_dc

USA bad polices of killing innocents in Pakistan and by doing so unintentionally USA is recruiting for TALIBAN & for AL-QAEDA, So Pakistan has to take following steps:

Pakistan troops ordered to open fire on US raiders
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

Liar America: After vows to respect sovereignty, U.S. strikes in Pakistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080917/wl_mcclatchy/3047956;_ylt=AjhaNQUWBRXGI2MRGg1SzxNvaA8F

On the other hand see what Pakistan has done for its so called fair weather friend USA:

Army: Pakistan troops capture militant stronghold

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Does anyone have info about solar water distillers?

best led tv in india yahoo answers image

I see you

Is there a way to purify water using the sun's energy? An affordable method everyone could have?
Thanks you guys, I'd like to make a miniature one for ALL people to be able to collect rainwater, then purify it. I'll be researching your ideas.
Yse, Jim, I was trying to open a dialog where someone could come up with a way for peoples around the world to have access to their own drinking water derived from rain water. thank you all who responded, I "lerned" something already. Anyone else want to answer before Jim get 10 points?
Sorry about the spelling errors, everyone.

Answer
Water has the highest specific heat of any liquid below the molecular weight of 100 - it really takes a lot of energy to boil water!!! Using solar energy to boil water is certainly possible, but are you really interested in creating drinking water, or distilling water?

Someone in India needed an affordable way to make lots of drinking water inexpensively (I saw this on TV). What they came up with was a "germicidal" UV lamp and a shallow aluminum tray for the water to pass under the lamp, thereby "purifying" the water to drinking water quality by killing all the bacteria.

The germicidal lamp fits in an ordinary fluorescent fixture, and is very efficient on power. His task was to design the parts that would certify that all the bacteria was killed. The design will treat LARGE volumes of water economically; something a distiller won't do.

One more important point to consider: a true steam distillation process is intended to remove the minerals from the water as well as everything else. You need to think this through very carefully and research what happens when people drink (only) distilled water.

Because of difference between salinity in people's body and the distilled water, the distilled water will strip the electrolytes (minerals) from your body. This is not a good thing! If you distill the water, you'll have to add some minerals back before it would be drinking water quality.

This is why the bottled water at the store offers both drinking water (water with small amounts of minerals) and steam distilled water (for your steam iron, where you don't want any minerals)

One other person in Yahoo! Answers wanted to purify water using UV LED technology - UV LEDs operate at even lower power that UV germicidal bulbs, and could be driven by solar cell/battery combinations. UV LEDs are just now becoming available, and will soon be affordable.

This is assuming that the water you have is drinkable but just needs to be affordably cleaned of bacteria.

Water that is brackish or saline would need to be steam distilled, but that is expensive due to the energy required. There are other water treatments available (osmosis, filtering, dissolved mineral removal such as iron, hard water treatment, etc), but these cost money.

Why do US companies dominate the internet businesses and global business?

computer

Why do US companies dominate the internet businesses?
i asked the following question here a couple of minutes ago and recieved a huge respons to the post
Why do you think the US are dominating the internet business?
I will like you to give 10 reasons why you think US companies are in complet dominion of all viable internet business : yahoo , google , ebay ,amazon , paypal , msn , youtube , myspace etc . why do you think is hard for start ups to come from countries that are not US . what is the magic ingredient found in the US that is not found else where . what is the magic wand that the US has that is hard to be copied else where .
why is it that Europe , china , india canada can't make it ?
Give your reasons in 10 precise answers
you can check some of the respons below
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

the whole thing boils down to :open market innovation , VC , . my question is , if all this are true why can't canada and UK be also on the lead why can't canada and uk ?

Answer
Countries in Asia make money from copying U.S. inventions.

The U.S. invented the internet, and all of the computer languages used to run the internet.

Americans invented most of the stuff in the world.

AMERICAN INVENTIONS:
(Everything on this list is proven to be an American invention.)
(This was posted by reporter_on_the_streetsss.)
Electronic televisions, email, transistors, microwave oven, tobacco cigarette, refrigerator, lcd screens, plasma TVs, computer chips, electronic calculators, VCR, harddrive, internet, lightbulb, telephone, cellphone, satellite communication, portable communication radios(walkie talkie), digital satellites, fluorescent light, stabilized rubber(shoes, condoms, tires, etc), nuclear powerplants, moon rovers, martian rovers, digital music(a/d converters), inkjet printers, laser printers, copy machine, best modern medicines, iron furnace stove, electric stove, air conditioning, airplane(engine-powered), animation (motion-picture), aspartame(sugarless sweetner), assembly line, automated teller machine (ATM), prepared baby food, bag (flat-bottomed paper), bandage (adhesive), barcode, barbed wire, blood bank, blow dryer, bra, bread slicing machine, portable camera, motion picture camera, food cans, can openers, cardboard (corrugated). carbon 14 dating, cash register, cat litter, mail order catalogs, breakfast cereal, chewing gum, laptop computer, personal computer, oral contraceptives, cotton gin, crayons, credit card, heart defibrillator, smoke detector, artificial diamond, disposable diapers, dishwasher, drinking fountain, electric chair, modern rocket, escalator, fiberglass, freeze dried food, frozen food, genetic engineering, electric guitar, coat hanger(wire), electric iron, jeans, jello, kevlar, laundromat, laser, lipstick, LED, electric motor, morse code, nylon, paper towel, parking meter, phonograph (records), petroleum jelly, Post-it Notes, potato chips, car radio, electric razor, safety razor, revolver (gun), remote control(television), roller coaster, safety pin, Scotch tape, skyscraper (steel-frame), stapler, first successful steamboat, drinking straw, sunscreen, tampon(cotton), teflon, telegraph, toilet tissue, disposable tissue, tractor, automatic signal lights, viagra, video games, washing machine(electric), digital watches, zipper, High level computer languages, computer databases, handheld computers, optical recording and playback (used in DVD and CD ), glass bottle making machine, CCD(digital chips used in all digital cameras) which are used to convert light into pictures(also used in missiles made by the U.S., Russia, and Europe), DSL, CAT Scans "diagnostic X ray systems", laser ranging, laser multiplexing, air brakes, sili

Does anyone have info about solar water distillers?

best led tv in india yahoo answers image

I see you

Is there a way to purify water using the sun's energy? An affordable method everyone could have?
Thanks you guys, I'd like to make a miniature one for ALL people to be able to collect rainwater, then purify it. I'll be researching your ideas.
Yse, Jim, I was trying to open a dialog where someone could come up with a way for peoples around the world to have access to their own drinking water derived from rain water. thank you all who responded, I "lerned" something already. Anyone else want to answer before Jim get 10 points?
Sorry about the spelling errors, everyone.

Answer
Water has the highest specific heat of any liquid below the molecular weight of 100 - it really takes a lot of energy to boil water!!! Using solar energy to boil water is certainly possible, but are you really interested in creating drinking water, or distilling water?

Someone in India needed an affordable way to make lots of drinking water inexpensively (I saw this on TV). What they came up with was a "germicidal" UV lamp and a shallow aluminum tray for the water to pass under the lamp, thereby "purifying" the water to drinking water quality by killing all the bacteria.

The germicidal lamp fits in an ordinary fluorescent fixture, and is very efficient on power. His task was to design the parts that would certify that all the bacteria was killed. The design will treat LARGE volumes of water economically; something a distiller won't do.

One more important point to consider: a true steam distillation process is intended to remove the minerals from the water as well as everything else. You need to think this through very carefully and research what happens when people drink (only) distilled water.

Because of difference between salinity in people's body and the distilled water, the distilled water will strip the electrolytes (minerals) from your body. This is not a good thing! If you distill the water, you'll have to add some minerals back before it would be drinking water quality.

This is why the bottled water at the store offers both drinking water (water with small amounts of minerals) and steam distilled water (for your steam iron, where you don't want any minerals)

One other person in Yahoo! Answers wanted to purify water using UV LED technology - UV LEDs operate at even lower power that UV germicidal bulbs, and could be driven by solar cell/battery combinations. UV LEDs are just now becoming available, and will soon be affordable.

This is assuming that the water you have is drinkable but just needs to be affordably cleaned of bacteria.

Water that is brackish or saline would need to be steam distilled, but that is expensive due to the energy required. There are other water treatments available (osmosis, filtering, dissolved mineral removal such as iron, hard water treatment, etc), but these cost money.

Why do US companies dominate the internet businesses and global business?

computer

Why do US companies dominate the internet businesses?
i asked the following question here a couple of minutes ago and recieved a huge respons to the post
Why do you think the US are dominating the internet business?
I will like you to give 10 reasons why you think US companies are in complet dominion of all viable internet business : yahoo , google , ebay ,amazon , paypal , msn , youtube , myspace etc . why do you think is hard for start ups to come from countries that are not US . what is the magic ingredient found in the US that is not found else where . what is the magic wand that the US has that is hard to be copied else where .
why is it that Europe , china , india canada can't make it ?
Give your reasons in 10 precise answers
you can check some of the respons below
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

the whole thing boils down to :open market innovation , VC , . my question is , if all this are true why can't canada and UK be also on the lead why can't canada and uk ?

Answer
Countries in Asia make money from copying U.S. inventions.

The U.S. invented the internet, and all of the computer languages used to run the internet.

Americans invented most of the stuff in the world.

AMERICAN INVENTIONS:
(Everything on this list is proven to be an American invention.)
(This was posted by reporter_on_the_streetsss.)
Electronic televisions, email, transistors, microwave oven, tobacco cigarette, refrigerator, lcd screens, plasma TVs, computer chips, electronic calculators, VCR, harddrive, internet, lightbulb, telephone, cellphone, satellite communication, portable communication radios(walkie talkie), digital satellites, fluorescent light, stabilized rubber(shoes, condoms, tires, etc), nuclear powerplants, moon rovers, martian rovers, digital music(a/d converters), inkjet printers, laser printers, copy machine, best modern medicines, iron furnace stove, electric stove, air conditioning, airplane(engine-powered), animation (motion-picture), aspartame(sugarless sweetner), assembly line, automated teller machine (ATM), prepared baby food, bag (flat-bottomed paper), bandage (adhesive), barcode, barbed wire, blood bank, blow dryer, bra, bread slicing machine, portable camera, motion picture camera, food cans, can openers, cardboard (corrugated). carbon 14 dating, cash register, cat litter, mail order catalogs, breakfast cereal, chewing gum, laptop computer, personal computer, oral contraceptives, cotton gin, crayons, credit card, heart defibrillator, smoke detector, artificial diamond, disposable diapers, dishwasher, drinking fountain, electric chair, modern rocket, escalator, fiberglass, freeze dried food, frozen food, genetic engineering, electric guitar, coat hanger(wire), electric iron, jeans, jello, kevlar, laundromat, laser, lipstick, LED, electric motor, morse code, nylon, paper towel, parking meter, phonograph (records), petroleum jelly, Post-it Notes, potato chips, car radio, electric razor, safety razor, revolver (gun), remote control(television), roller coaster, safety pin, Scotch tape, skyscraper (steel-frame), stapler, first successful steamboat, drinking straw, sunscreen, tampon(cotton), teflon, telegraph, toilet tissue, disposable tissue, tractor, automatic signal lights, viagra, video games, washing machine(electric), digital watches, zipper, High level computer languages, computer databases, handheld computers, optical recording and playback (used in DVD and CD ), glass bottle making machine, CCD(digital chips used in all digital cameras) which are used to convert light into pictures(also used in missiles made by the U.S., Russia, and Europe), DSL, CAT Scans "diagnostic X ray systems", laser ranging, laser multiplexing, air brakes, silicon solar cells, digital light processor, digital signal processor(used in all digital telephones), fiber optic wire, nearly all types of lasers, MASER, first laser medical treatments, microprocessor, automated telephone switches, radiator, modem, word processor, ethernet, computer mouse and computer windows, etc.

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