That is because other categories of pipes have the same function, it said.

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Given that many protein structures have the same function, for example, why do proteins use only some and not others?

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Those terms have the same taxonomic function and fulfil the same structural role, but they have different semiotic payloads.

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For morally flexible media consumers, ripping DVDs isn't new: Downloadable programs like Magic DVD Rip Studio and Easy DVD Ripper have long offered the same function.

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Would an internal audit function staffed by Colonial employees instead of an outside vendor have been sued under the same circumstances?

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Using the same accelerometers, a new calling function will dial whoever's contact details you have displayed when you raise the phone to your ear.

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While most equipment in computer rooms have received major upgrades in the past decade, devices called routers and switches that move data around function largely the same way.

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If success in school is a function of intelligence and hard work, and less intelligent students have to work harder to achieve the same grades as their more intelligent counterparts, only hard work seems to matter in predicting career success.

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