Category: FAQ

What did Bukowski think of Kerouac? Charles Bukowski However, for Kerouac he reserved special distaste, portraying him in his book, Hollywood, as Mack Derouac: “a writer who couldn’t write but who got famous because he looked like a rodeo rider.” What music did beatniks listen to? The Beats were very much influenced by jazz music…

How do you say my Chinese is not good in Mandarin? 对不起，我的中文不好！ Can I learn Mandarin without characters? Can I speak Chinese without learning characters? Technically, yes. Just as one can be illiterate (as in unable to read or write) and speak fluent English, a Chinese speaker can understand and speak Chinese no problem even…

Is StartUp a good Kdrama? Nam Joo Hyuk is Nam Do San. He is a very smart but awkward man who runs a struggling startup company. A series of events leads Dal Mi to believe he wrote her letters when they were younger, and he gets swept up in the lie as he falls for…

How is hedge fund performance calculated? Take the ending balance of your hedge fund account before it imposes its fees and divide it by the balance that you had at the beginning of the period. Subtract 1 and then multiply by 100, and the result gives you your percentage gross return from your hedge fund…

Is it worth it to major in biomedical engineering? Biomedical engineering is a really broad field. In general, having a degree in engineering gives you better job security than most other majors, but at the end it’s based on the individual. So study hard, explore, network, be inquisitive but not overbearing, and you’ll find the…

How do I get my AOL account back online? Account Management: Cancel or reactivate your AOL account Visit MyAccount.aol.com. Click My Services. Click Subscriptions. Click Manage next to the plan you’d like to change. If prompted, verify your account. Under products, click Change Plan. Click Select Plan to choose a new plan. Confirm plan change….

What is The Lost Symbol based on? Dan Brown Based on the 2009 Dan Brown novel of the same name, The Lost Symbol is the story of a young Robert Langdon (Ashley Zukerman) being tasked by the CIA to solve a number of puzzles when his mentor (Eddie Izzard) is taken. Is Dan Brown The…

Why do some of my Blu Rays not play? There are several reasons a disc may not play in the Blu-ray player. A dirty or scratched disc is the most obvious cause, but an incorrect region code or configuration of your home theater system can be the reason as well. Whether you’re having trouble with…

How is a bit represented physically? In most modern computing devices, a bit is usually represented by an electrical voltage or current pulse, or by the electrical state of a flip-flop circuit. For devices using positive logic, a digit value of 1 (or a logical value of true) is represented by a more positive voltage…

Why was Squidward so mean to SpongeBob? The source of Squidward’s hate towards SpongeBob is unclear, though a potential reason was shown in season 6’s episode “Truth or Square”. In it, Squidward was living a happy and peaceful life at his home in Bikini Bottom, where he had a fancy garden right next to his…