The most creative entrepreneur in the world can't change these parameters.

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Broadcom and Atheros say that making the interface information public would be illegal, because it could allow users to change the parameters of a chip in ways that violate the rules for using unlicensed spectrum (for example, by increasing its power or changing its operating frequency).

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Gordon Brown's recent Budget did not change his broad fiscal parameters - as all the money he gave away in tax cuts was accounted for by the extra tax receipts he received this year.

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It's a great irony that the nation that has produced more high-quality Test spinners than any other, India, only gets half the benefit of this change the recalibrated umpiring parameters, but not the actual system itself thanks to its opposition to the use of DRS. In fact, Indian cricket officials are even able to block the DRS from being used in multi-team tournaments in which India is involved.

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Similarly, by adjusting the parameters of the mathematical model, it is possible to change the design of the virtual car, trying out different gearboxes and gear ratios, or adjusting the suspension.

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There was no significant change in the money supply, the Fed Funds rate or any other of the traditional parameters that track Fed policy.

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Then the volunteers will be given an antibiotic to essentially wipe out the population of M. smithii and the same parameters will be measured again, to see if eliminating the microbes will help change the patient's weight profile and alter their trajectory toward diabetes.

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