I am frequently having to adjust my brakes because of brake pad wear. I do not have to do major braking. Are there other brake pads that wear longer that do not cost big bucks? Thanks, Andy
Looking around for rim brake pads, I have noticed a wide variety:   low end-ish: cheap, rubber pad with metal stem, unknown brand high end-ish: expensive, rubber pad with metal stem, known brand cool end-ish: dedicate pad sections (1 for dry, 1 for mud, 1 for rain)   Is there any good reason to go for an high end-ish or for the cool end-ish, or is it just plain old marketing tricks?
"A friend of my father" vs. "a friend of my father's" — which one is right? Why? I have seen them both in my reference book, which is written by a native speaker. I wonder why there are two different phrases to describe the same meaning and am looking forward to some reasonable details to explain why this is so. How does RewriteBase work in .htaccess Polar form to cartesian Let $\Gamma$ be a circle that passes through the origin. Show that we can find real numbers $s$ and $t$ such that $\Gamma$ is the graph of $r = 2s \cos (\theta + t).$  I know this has to be converted to a cartesian equation, but how do I do this, and what do I do after?  Thanks Cost increase and suspend The first homology group $ H_1(E(K); Z) $ of a knot exterior is an infinite cyclic group which is generated by the class of the meridian. Doubly stochastic matrix proof A transition matrix $P$ is said to be doubly stochastic if the sum   over each column equals one, that is $\sum_i P_{ij}=1\space\forall i$.   If such a chain is irreducible and aperiodic and consists of $M+1$   states $0,1,\dots,M$ show that the limiting probabilities are given by   $$\pi_j=\frac{1}{1+M},j=0,1,\dots,M$$   I have no idea how to prove it but   If a chain is irreducible then all states communicate i.e $$P_{ij}&gt;0\space \text{and}\space P_{ji}&gt;0\space\forall i,j$$ If $d$ denotes the period of any state, if a chain is irreducible aperiodic, then $d(i)=1\forall i$   If $P_{(M+1)\times (M+1)}$ matrix and $\pi$ is the stationary distribution  $$\pi_j=\sum_iP_{ij}\pi_i\space j=0,1,\dots,M+1$$  but how I can get this expression? Mannequin Duplication glitch I am using different operating systems on different machines on different locations. I am using a USB flash disk to keep my files (source codes etc.).  I am new to Mac OS X and now I realize there are lots of files created with a dot underscore ._ prefix.  Questions  Why are ._ files created?   What are their purpose?   How can I avoid them? White's test for heteroskedasticity in R I am trying to estimate heteroskedasticity in R. I had Eviews available in my college's lab but not at home. I have been trying to use "het.test" package and whites.htest but the value that I get is different from what I get in Eviews. According to the author of the package, it is meant to do the same test as is done in Eviews.   My model looks like A~B+C. Kindly guide me what I am doing wrong.   I 1st run ols for equation A~B+C, after getting results, I clicked View&gt;Residual diagnostics&gt;Heteroscadicity tests&gt;White's (with Include white cross terms) and then Press ok. The result i got was Prob. F(5,27) = 0.2948.   For R, i tried code at this link [this link][1], here is the edited code that i used.  library(vars)  library(het.test) dataset &lt;- data.frame(A,B,C))  model1 &lt;- VAR(dataset, p = 1)  whites.htest(model1)   This gave me value of 0.63.  I tried searching this forum but none question seemed related. I am not a programmer not statistician so please pardon my ignorance. Content Assist for JSF2 + CDI (weld) beans + Eclipse Helios The value of $\lim_{n \to \infty}\int_{0}^{1}nx^ne^{x^2}dx$ is _____ I tried by taking the odd $n$ values as in that case, the integral I suppose was easier to calculate. So, denote $I_n=n\int_{0}^{1}e^{x^2}x^ndx$, then we have : $I_1=\frac{e-1}{2},\\I_3=\frac{3}{2},\\I_5=5(\frac{e}{2}-1),\\I_7=7(3-e)$ Then I tried calculating (random) values using calculator as integration was getting cumbersome. $I_{31}=2.488$, $I_{51}=2.57$. I do not see any kind of recurrence so that I can find a general term for odd $n$. I also tried the method given . The idea was that since integral doesn't depend on $n$ considering $I(n)=\int_{0}^{1}e^{x^2}x^ndx$, then $I'(n)=\int_{0}^{1}x^n\ln(x)e^{x^2}dx$, but this also doesn't lead me to any conclusion as well. I believe I couldn't get to a proper approach to tackle this question. Can someone please help with the idea that involves in solving these type of questions? Do electrical devices "take what they need" One concept of electronics I have a hard time understanding is if things like motors, actuators, solenoids etc. use as much power as they need or what you give them.   If a motor needs 12 volts and 500ma and I supply it with 12 volts and 3000ma will it only consume 500ma? Also, if I supply it with 15volts and 500ma what will happen?   It seems logical that an LED and a DC motor are way different when it comes to requiring/using electric where as an led has to be completely regulated and (I assume) a DC motor doesn't.   Is my understanding wrong? I have changed the coordinates of couple points in the attribute table and I want to update the location. I have found the script that is working in field calculator.   Does anybody know how to write it using a Python script in ArcGIS Desktop (not in Field Calculator)?  def XYsetVALUE( shape, X_value, Y_value):    point = shape.getPart(0)    point.X = X_value    point.Y = Y_value    return point  __esri_field_calculator_splitter__ XYsetVALUE ( !SHAPE!, !X_COORD!, !Y_COORD! )   COORDINATE FIELD TYPE ------ STRING !!!! Removing file / folder link after using "Save As..." then "Web Page, complete" When you right-click save-as a web page in FF, the page is saved along with a folder containing any associated media that page needs (images, js, etc).  My problem is that I want to reorganise the associated media folder, but wherever I move this folder, the saved .html file is moved as well. ARGH!   I can rename each folder, which breaks the "link" between html file and media folder, but there must be a cleaner way to do it. Does anyone else know? Are static class variables possible in Python? Is it possible to have static class variables or methods in Python? What syntax is required to do this? Let's assume we have a table where it has two columns, one an ID and one an hstore column, which stores key/value pairs.  You could query that column as such:  SELECT name, attributes-&gt;'device' as device FROM products WHERE attributes-&gt;'edition'= 'ebook'   Can you create a view for this table where the keys/values appear as columns in the view instead of all in the hstore column?  Example: I have an hstore key where it might have the key of amenity.  I want to create a view showing the the ID and the amenity values in a new view. What would happen if you used a dead person's hair in Polyjuice Potion? Polyjuice Potion is changing based on someone's current physical state. It shows tattoos (or lack of) and such from DH when Ron changed to Harry.     "I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo,” said Ron, looking down at his bare chest.    What would happen if someone used hair of a dead person, taken from their body after death, and drank the potion? Would they die as well? Submitting form elements with the same name Execute a program at login No matter how nice the composition, flow, and lines of my design are, if I am not copying directly from nature, I have a very difficult time picking a decent color scheme.  It either looks too drab, or too garish.  Is there a good resource that will help me to choose a color scheme that has 2 or 3 colors, and the colors do not clash?  I'm not looking for specific colors or color schemes.  What I need is a resource that will help me choose a color (or colors) that go nicely with, or provide a good accent to, whatever main color I am working with on the design.