Science fiction said cigarettes would be self igniting. why are they self extinguishing?

So many things that were science fiction have become science fact, ie: small shiny discs that can play music and movies, little kindle type books, Tracy two way wrist radios, robot companions, the list goes on and on. When these visionary authors concieved all of these things, how could they have been so wrong about cigarettes? Don't tell me it's because of the health risks either.

Why is my java not working right on yahoo and pogo?

When I open up yahoo pinochle and sit at a table my java has a caution sign in the corner of the page. The cation sigh says java script when i put the curser over it. Some days I will be able to play with some slight mess ups. On other days the error wil cause my pc to crash. I have tried the java in two other browsers and it still acted up. Is there anyone out there that could help me with this problem. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the program several times. Odd thing is that I don't get the error on all yahoo games. So far I have tried canasta and I had no erroe over there.

How to explain these sayings?

the second one is a joke- there is only one thing other than being talked about, so there is only 1st and 2nd place. he is saying 'it sucks to be talked about, but it sucks more not to be'.

Please please help me. i couldn't go to a baby shower listen to me...?

I'm not judging you but you were dancin' with the devil and you got burned. You make choices and you live with the consequences. You ended the life of a baby/child and now you're depressed. What did you expect? This boyfriend of yours sounds like a jerk too.

If eating 5 meals a day is the fastest way to lose weight,y do gastric byp/lap band surgeries work so well?

The basic idea behind these surgical procedures is to reduce your stomach size so that you feel full all the time, DRASTICALLY reducing the amount of food you're eating (next to nothing). Based on the theory of eating 5 small meals a day, I hear that if you eat next to nothing your body will go into "starvation" mode and hang onto the fat very effectively, making it very hard to lose the fat. This is against conventional wisdom, which says if you want to lose weight, stop eating. So how come these surgeries, which force you to eat next to nothing, are so effective in losing weight? Is conventional wisdom correct?

Do you agree with this quote?

You're more likely to pick up on other people's flaws than you are to notice them in yourself. This makes sense psychologically because we have defense mechanisms to skew the way we think of ourselves. In this sense, the quote is accurate.

Hel my mom has a bad hot body rash!?

it juss spread all over! we cant c a dr. till tomarrow but it hurt & weve try alot...if u have any ideas plz help!