But there are rules, says Lewis Solomon, a law professor at George Washington University.
But there are rules that can make it easier to cope with the failures of such brittle technologies.
A:Yes, but there are rules, according to the Social Security Administration.
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But there are no rules saying they have to continue to buy the independent research after the five years are over, a potential hit to revenues for the independent providers.
But there are house rules against certain topics: politics, softball and chain saws.
But there are no rules for this emerging world of social media, only customs and habits, which is one of the things that makes it a fascinating mess.
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The rules for the daily deal offerings for Groupon and Living Social and the 500 or so other sites in this space are not exactly codified into law (at least not yet) but there are certain rules that people just understand as applying.
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Tall buildings pose an obvious danger to low-flying aircraft, but here too there are strict rules to minimise pilots' risk.
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But there are many who argue that the tougher budget rules are an irrelevance.
But there are no hard and fast rules about what kind of stick a player should use.
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The GAA holds a major meeting this weekend to discuss proposed changes to gaelic football rules but there are no plans to revisit the issue of opening Croke Park to soccer and rugby.
But there are wider concerns about the intellectual property rules obstructing technology transfer for example.
There is no single way to take people with terminal illness through the process, but, according to Block, there are some rules.
But we didn't realize that there are rules for this kind of work, so we had to understand really what is psycho-social activities.
This may seem somewhat draconian, but since the rules are relatively clear, there is no reason a well-designed plan should run afoul of the new law.
There are no set rules, but some conventions exist.
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There are many devices out there that could add value, but we need to upgrade the rules and regulations that are based on the old paradigm to make them work with the needs and technology that we have today.
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When it comes to the internet, there is no written contract, but the rules are the same.
There are clear rules set out for the people who are charged with war crimes, but many of the hundreds of people at Guantanamo Bay have not been charged with war crimes.
The bankruptcy rules on NOLs are complex, but there are ways that NOLs can survive.
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The bankruptcy rules on NOLs are complex, but there are ways NOLs can survive bankruptcy.
There are no hard and fast rules, but based on what we know so far, the percentage is likely to be on the low side, say 10% to 20%.
But what we have to do is ensure that there are not rules that are either in place that ignore the circumstances that surround the type of activities or provide an incentive to ignore those rules in order to pursue risky investments, obscene profits that ultimately lead to the taxpayer being on the hook for their solution.
But you may find there are surprising variations in how people interpret the rules.
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There are special rules that apply to private money managers but to which public pensions seem to be oblivious.
There are other more complex rules and behaviors that fall in place but in essence this is the working model.
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