I will be visiting my friend who lives in Germany in August. I would rent a car and drive from Frankfurt to Milan along with my friend who is an EU citizen. I have read in different forums that there is no speed limit on the highway in Germany. I would like to ask 2 questions here:   Is there really no speed limit on highways in Germany? If there is no speed limit, can non EU citizens also drive cars in Germany without any speed limitations?
As every American teenager "knows" there is no speed limit on the Autobahn. My understanding, however, is that there is still such a thing as excessive speed even on this free-for-all.   So, ignoring the practical "don't be an idiot" and "don't drive faster than you can handle," at what speeds would die Polizei be pulling you over?  Bonus points for translating km/hr into miles/hr.
I want to do research but I'm too old for a PHD I really love research. I started a research project in graduate school for my M.A. in English. My research topic is a very viable and interesting topic for a dissertation. I'll be 60 on my next birthday and I know that many Ph.D programs are traditionally geared toward younger students.I was wondering are there any programs that I can continue this research in without facing the issues of ageism in academia? One Object won't Show up in Final Render even though it shows up in the Preview Render A (highfalutin) word for a highfalutin word? To illustrate the question, badroit used the word "meretricious" meretriciously.   Is there an English word that describes highfalutin words like "meretricious" that are (gratuitously) used in place of better-understood words like "garish"?  The word may or may not be self-describing. Let $A \in {M_n}$ is nonsingular and each eigenvalue of $A$ is either $+1$ or $-1$.Why $A$ is similar to ${A^{ - 1}}$? Why is Lamarck's evolutionary theory considered incorrect? Many sources postulate without much argumentation that Lamarck's evolutionary theory is "obviously incorrect". A classic example provided in such sources is the one with giraffes, in which Lamarck argued that the necks of these animals became long as a result of continually stretching to reach high foliage. This mechanism for adaptive change in response to the environment is considered wrong.  Now the counterargument to Lamarck's ideas comprises modern findings in genetics. So it is stated that organisms pass down traits through predetermined genetic information, not based on environmental adaptations during their lifetime. Furthermore, genetic research shows that living organisms cannot alter their genetic material as needed.   Doesn't the latter contradict the evolutionary theory itself, which states that nature (i.e. environment) shapes species through natural selection in the environmental milieu? If it is not the environmental/natural factor that is responsible for genetic evolution, then what is? If genetic material were to be unchangeable, then how would adaptation to the environment and consequent evolutionary change would ever be possible? The genotype (following this logic) would remain the same. And lastly, maybe giraffes do not develop long necks at such a rapid pace (as Lamarck probably thought) by simply stretching their necks in one generation; however, what, if not neck stretching, is responsible for their consistently longer necks throughout thousands or millions of years? Hadn't the environment gradually shaped their genotype? Similarly, if I run more often, maybe my children will not become more fit, but isn't it just a matter of time (thousands of years) that if all of us consistently run a lot, then our offspring will eventually become more fit? Wouldn't our voluntary efforts eventually enhance our genetics? I do not see any problem with Lamarck's logic at all, except probably the time frame. How could I detect (preferably with Python) duplicate MP3 files that can be encoded with different bitrates (but they are the same song) and ID3 tags that can be incorrect?  I know I can do an  checksum of the files content but that won't work for different bitrates. And I don't know if ID3 tags have influence in generating the MD5 checksum. Should I re-encode MP3 files that have a different bitrate and then I can do the checksum? What do you recommend? If $ua = au$, where $u$ is a unit and $a$ is a nilpotent, show that $u+a$ is a unit.   I've been working on this problem for an hour that I tried to construct an element $x \in R$ such that $x(u+a) = 1 = (u+a)x$. After tried several elements and manipulated $ua = au$, I still couldn't find any clue. Can anybody give me a hint? How do i show that $w=z^2$ maps $|z-1|\leq 1$ onto the cardioid $R=2(1+\cos \theta)$? Is there an easy way to calculate the total cost of tolls for a trip within the United States? Is there a convenient way to calculate the cost of tolls between two arbitrary points within the United States? I'm planning to take a trip along the Eastern seaboard and will be passing through multiple states with different toll-collecting authorities. The mapping and trip planning resources I've found so far will only indicate whether a particular section of road has tolls, not the price of those tolls. I'm aware that the various toll-collecting authorities post their rates online, but these charts are often difficult to use if you're not already familiar with the area. Isn't there an easier way? I'm confused. Running Fedora Linux, lscpu yields:  Architecture:            i686 CPU op-mode(s):          32-bit, 64-bit ...   But when I try to install a 64-bit program (Chrome) I get error like:     Package /....x86_64.rpm has incompatible architecture x86_64. Valid architectures are ['i686', 'i586', 'i486', i386']   I'm less interested in being able to install Chrome and more interested in why lscpu says that my CPU can run in 64-bit mode; clearly this can't mean I can run 64-bit programs. Can anyone clarify? Assume that a person (not me, I only hold a single citizenship :) has a double citizenship in countries such as the US, Singapore, Australia, Japan, etc, which are eligible for 90/180 visa-free stays in the Schengen area. Could they officially remain in the Schengen area indefinitely by taking a trip to (say) the UK every 89 days? MySQL Results as comma separated list I need to run a query like:  SELECT p.id, p.name,         (SELECT name            FROM sites s           WHERE s.id = p.site_id) AS site_list   FROM publications p   But I'd like the sub-select to return a comma separated list, instead of a column of data.  Is this even possible, and if so, how? Why does evolution not make our life longer? Why does evolution not make life longer for humans or any other species?  Wouldn't evolution favour a long life? I need to set the default home page for the entire domain via GPO. Where is the IE Home Page Policy located? File access time not updating in ubuntu 12.04 Make locking posts more granular Deleting a channel on slack.com I've got a problem using \label and \ref in Texmaker 3.1 (MiKTeX 2.9). When I put label somewhere, i got a frame with label name in it. How can I hide it?  \begin{figure}[h] \includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth]{img/2}\caption{SomeCaption} \label{fig:4eb1} \end{figure} $\frac{w}{w_1}-1=4$ $4\leqslant n\leqslant3$, using (pic. \ref{fig:4eb1}),blah-blah.   PS: Sorry for my awesome English. :) Merge around a face So, I'm working on a control station that has buttons. It is a one-mesh creation, that means, I don't want to create buttons and things like that separated from the main mesh, but as you can see, I have problems. I would like to make the highlighted parts to be one with the main part around them. I've tried everything, and I have this problem on multiple creations. Any idea?  Update: I've added another example of the problem. I want them to be one face, instead of two. (2nd picture) I have an interest in contour integration. I am not that good at it, but I enjoy learning what I can about it.  Here is a version of a rational log integral rarely encountered.  $\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1}\frac{\ln(x^{2}+1)}{x+1}dx=\frac{3}{4}\ln^{2}(2)-\frac{{\pi}^{2}}{48}$  I can do this using real methods (via double integral and substitution). I can post my workings if anyone would be interested.  My question is, can this be evaluated using contour integration due to the limits being $[0,1]$ instead of $[0,\infty)$?.  Contours may not be the most efficient way to go about it, but what is the course of action when the limits are 0 to 1 instead of 0 to infinity?.