In 1816, the New Hampshire state legislature passed a bill intended to turn privately owned Dartmouth College into a publicly owned university with a Board of Trustees appointed by the governor. The board filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the legislation. The suit alleged that the college enjoyed the right to contract and the government changing that contract was …

Pros and cons, derived from the Latin words "pro" (for) and "contra" (against), may refer to: . Pros and Cons, a television series that aired from 1991 to 1992; Pros & Cons, a 1999 film starring Larry Miller and Tommy Davidson; Pros & Cons (comic strip), a comic strip by Kieran Meehan "Pros and Cons", an episode of Garfield and Friends "Pros and Cons", an episode …

Fixed-pixel displays such as plasma TVs scale the video image of each incoming signal to the native resolution of the display panel. The most common native resolutions for plasma display panels are 852×480 (), 1,366×768 and 1920×1080 ().As a result, picture quality varies depending on the performance of the video scaling processor and the upscaling and downscaling …

A good example that highlights the pros and cons of using dynamic arrays vs. linked lists is by implementing a program that resolves the Josephus problem. The Josephus problem is an election method that works by having a group of people stand in a circle. Starting at a predetermined person, one may count around the circle n times.

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the first solo album by English singer and musician Roger Waters; it was released in 1984, the year before Waters announced his departure from Pink Floyd.The album was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 1995.

Pros and cons. The double-elimination format has some advantages over the single-elimination format, most notably the fact that third and fourth places can be determined without the use of a consolation or "classification" match involving two contestants who have already been eliminated from winning the championship.

The merits of digital versus film photography were considered by photographers and filmmakers in the early 21st century after consumer digital cameras became widely available. Digital photography and digital cinematography have both advantages and disadvantages relative to still film and motion picture film photography. In the 21st century, photography came to be …

Archimedes' principle (or, more properly, Archimedes's principle) states that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Archimedes' principle is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics.It was formulated by Archimedes of Syracuse.

About.com's Pros & Cons of U.S. Free Trade Agreements; Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurio Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine; U.S. bilateral trade agreements, from the Office of the United States Trade Representative

Net promoter score (NPS) is a widely used market research metric that is based on a single survey question asking respondents to rate the likelihood that they would recommend a company, product, or a service to a friend or colleague.The NPS is a proprietary instrument developed by Fred Reichheld, who owns the registered NPS trademark in conjunction with Bain & Company …