The summary and article both misuse the word "grant". The quoted text is not from a patent grant but rather a patent licence (or "license" in the US). A patent grant is something issued by the government to an inventor or his employer, not something issued by a patentee to anyone else.
How is this arcane? The article plainly describes how a British-style parliamentary system works, as practiced in many countries throughout the world (including Canada), and with a special emphasis on the outcome of the most recent election. This is only confusing to foreigners and people unfamiliar with basic civics.
The American parliamentary motion "to Lay on the Table" does in fact mean to remove something from consideration. The slang expression "to table" therefore has the same meaning.
Actually, Wikipedia is licensed under the GFDL, not Creative Commons. Some editors choose to dual-licence their contributions, but it is not mandatory.
The movement of the bar travels along the bar at the speed of sound (in the material of the bar), which is always less than the speed of light. For example, in a steel bar, the speed of sound is 5.1 km/s, so it would take one whole second for the other end of a steel bar 5.1 km long to start moving after you push on it.
Patents are country-specific. There are international agreements in place to help inventors get equivalent patents in multiple countries, but that is not at all the same as countries honouring other countries' patents.
Actually, that isn't the law in every jurisdiction. For example, in Ontario it is decided on a town-by-town basis, and only applies to people driving straight through rather than those who are turning.
I do, however, agree that it is a good way to drive in general.
Yes you certainly can "test out" of this course, or at least you could back in September 2000. I should have done so when I had the chance, but I was under the naïve impression that they would be teaching new and interesting stuff.
In reality, for someone who has high school and/or independent programming experience, it's a bird course.
We're talking about a university, here. Teachers don't just "walk by" as students work on their projects.
On a related note, I took ECE 150 two years ago (that's the course they're changing from C++ to C#) and I can't say this will make much difference. The bulk of the course is "this is an if statement, this is a while statement," etc. (in hindsight, I should have just challenged the course). At this level, the differences between C++ and C# are very subtle.
I don't know how it is in the States, but in Canada there seems to be a legal bias in favour of whoever currently has possession of real property, in terms of expelling trespassers and the like. The police could probably get a warrant of some sort, however.
Universities in Canada do accept charitable donations, and do issue receipts for income tax purposes, however I don't know how useful such a receipt would be to a foreigner.
Also, a quick search revealed that in Ontario and BC (at least) if a purpose is specified, they must spend the money on that. Presumably this would be similar in Alberta, but I don't know for sure.
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The summary and article both misuse the word "grant". The quoted text is not from a patent grant but rather a patent licence (or "license" in the US). A patent grant is something issued by the government to an inventor or his employer, not something issued by a patentee to anyone else.
How is this arcane? The article plainly describes how a British-style parliamentary system works, as practiced in many countries throughout the world (including Canada), and with a special emphasis on the outcome of the most recent election. This is only confusing to foreigners and people unfamiliar with basic civics.
The American parliamentary motion "to Lay on the Table" does in fact mean to remove something from consideration. The slang expression "to table" therefore has the same meaning.
Sure it does. A good portion of the transactions on the NASDAQ are day-trading real-time PvP activities.
Actually, Wikipedia is licensed under the GFDL, not Creative Commons. Some editors choose to dual-licence their contributions, but it is not mandatory.
That rules does not apply to the owner of the copyright; it only applies to licensees.
The bar gets shorter for a little while.
The movement of the bar travels along the bar at the speed of sound (in the material of the bar), which is always less than the speed of light. For example, in a steel bar, the speed of sound is 5.1 km/s, so it would take one whole second for the other end of a steel bar 5.1 km long to start moving after you push on it.
Admittedly, rackhamh's comment had a lot more substance than mine.
This was published last month, not filed. It was filed last December.
Patents are country-specific. There are international agreements in place to help inventors get equivalent patents in multiple countries, but that is not at all the same as countries honouring other countries' patents.
Canadian pennies are copper-plated steel.
An "AnCap" is an anarcho-capitalist.
NASA has already planned a mission to rescue the astronauts from the ISS.
Actually, that isn't the law in every jurisdiction. For example, in Ontario it is decided on a town-by-town basis, and only applies to people driving straight through rather than those who are turning. I do, however, agree that it is a good way to drive in general.
Yes you certainly can "test out" of this course, or at least you could back in September 2000. I should have done so when I had the chance, but I was under the naïve impression that they would be teaching new and interesting stuff.
In reality, for someone who has high school and/or independent programming experience, it's a bird course.
We're talking about a university, here. Teachers don't just "walk by" as students work on their projects.
On a related note, I took ECE 150 two years ago (that's the course they're changing from C++ to C#) and I can't say this will make much difference. The bulk of the course is "this is an if statement, this is a while statement," etc. (in hindsight, I should have just challenged the course). At this level, the differences between C++ and C# are very subtle.
I don't know how it is in the States, but in Canada there seems to be a legal bias in favour of whoever currently has possession of real property, in terms of expelling trespassers and the like. The police could probably get a warrant of some sort, however.
Refer to the Criminal Code, 40-42.
Universities in Canada do accept charitable donations, and do issue receipts for income tax purposes, however I don't know how useful such a receipt would be to a foreigner.
Also, a quick search revealed that in Ontario and BC (at least) if a purpose is specified, they must spend the money on that. Presumably this would be similar in Alberta, but I don't know for sure.
If you take into account the fact that "^H" represents "backspace", the title makes an awful lot more sense.
The rules (4.8.3) seem to be quite specific about just how far you need to be from a pole.