Whether or not a name is well-formed depends on the type of computer system being used.

Whether ClearType, or other rendering, should be used is very subjective and it must be the choice of the individual, with the report recommending " to allow users to disable if they find it produces effects other than improved performance ".

Whether the Islamic Jihad Organization ( IJO ) was a nom de guerre used by Hezbollah or a separate organization, is disputed.

Whether Gutenberg used this sophisticated technique or a somewhat primitive version has been the subject of considerable debate.

Whether uterine vellum ( vellum made from aborted calf fetuses ) was ever really used during the medieval period is still a matter of great controversy.

Whether or not underground, it needs to be housed in a pipe that is vacuum pumped in order to prevent internal air drag, such as with a mechanical shutter kept closed most of the time but a plasma window used during the moments of firing to prevent loss of vacuum.

Whether because it was an emblem of the Incarnation or of the fearsome animal passions of raw nature, the unicorn was not widely used in early heraldry, but became popular from the 15th century.

Whether they remained in their possession and was used together with other relics of Anno II from her estate for St. Maria ad Gradus, or already has been donated to her brother, is unknown.

Whether spoken out loud or unspoken, words are frequently used to access or guide magical power.

Whether in the close confines of trench warfare, night time raiding and patrolling, or attacking across open ground, soldiers of both sides soon recognized the inherent limitations of a long and ungainly rifle and bayonet when used as a close-quarters battle weapon.

Whether it's used for good or not depends on the person using it.

Whether sloping roofs were used is uncertain.

Whether they were used as " preaching crosses " at early dates is unclear, and many crosses have been moved to their present locations.

Whether ethnicity qualifies as a cultural universal is to some extent dependent on the exact definition used.

Whether in Augustan Rome or modern Europe, democracy all too easily gave way to totalitarianism, technology was as readily used for battle as for comfort, and immense wealth lay alongside abysmal poverty.

Whether one is estimating the total cost of their groceries, calculating miles per gallon, or figuring out how many minutes on the treadmill that chocolate éclair will require, math as used by most people relies less on proof than on practicality ( i. e., does it answer the question?

He said, " Whether it's pretentious or not, I think it depends on how it's used.

Whether they succeeded is an open question ; while at least one comparison exists which used implementations from the second quarter of 2008 – it shows x264 scoring higher than Dirac – it is now somewhat out of date, and is in any case of questionable scientific merit.

Whether the site is currently used for this purpose is unknown, as great secrecy surrounds the United States ’ siting of nuclear arms bases ; but on December 12, 1999, U. S. Under Secretary for Defense Policy Walter Slocombe told The New York Times, “ Our position is that there have been no violations of our obligations under the security treaty and related arrangements .”

Whether it truly became extinct in England is unknown ; it has been speculated that it may have survived wild long enough for trees used in cultivation in England to derive from native ( rather than imported ) sources.

Whether Thorpe used an authorised manuscript from Shakespeare or an unauthorised copy is unknown.

Whether to continue treating it as a suborder is still a subject of some controversy, as is whether the name itself should be used at all, though three basic approaches ranging from abolishing it entirely to maintaining the taxonomy with a slight change in systematics are proposed, two of which ( but not the traditional one ) agree with the phylogeny.

Whether the name " Coleorrhyncha " is to be retained for the basal lineage or whether the more consistent " Peloridiomorpha " is used instead is a matter of taste, as described below.

The solution will depend also on the used development environment ( Whether you build a solution from scratch or using reliable frameworks or at least implement some suitable design patterns )

He always asserts the substantive reality of the soul ; and in the opening words of his, " Whether we rise to heaven, or descend to the abyss, we never get outside ourselves -- it is always our own thoughts that we perceive ," we have the subjectivist principle that forms the starting-point of Berkeley.

" The Daily Telegraph wrote of his Jack Point: " Whether giving expression to poor Jack ’ s professional wit, or hiding a sorry heart behind light words ... Mr Grossmith was master of the part he assumed.

Whether one approves or disapproves his introduction of a number of Arabic words into Hebrew, and the fact that, by analogy with the Arabic, he gives to certain Hebrew words meanings different from the accepted ones, the magnitude of his work can not be questioned.

: Whether the provocative acts or words and the defendant's response met the ' ordinary person ' standard prescribed by the statute is the question the jury must consider, not the altogether looser question of whether, having regard to all the circumstances, the jury consider the loss of self-control was sufficient excusable.

As Bob Bows observes in his review of the 2008 Germinal Stage Denver production, whereas at first " ' The Birthday Party ' appears to be a straightforward story of a former working pianist now holed up in a decrepit boarding house ," in this play as in his other plays, " behind the surface symbolism ... in the silence between the characters and their words, Pinter opens the door to another world, cogent and familiar: the part we hide from ourselves "; ultimately, " Whether we take Goldberg and McCann to be the devil and his agent or simply their earthly emissaries, the puppeteers of the church-state apparatus, or some variation thereof, Pinter's metaphor of a bizarre party bookended by birth and death is a compelling take on this blink-of-an-eye we call life.

Whether he actually existed is commonly disputed ; however, the work attributed to him – the Daodejing – is dated to the late 4th century BC.

Whether this epithet refers to Don Alvarado's red hair, some esoteric quality attributed to him, or both, is disputed.

Whether these differences can be attributed to differences in the provenance or time period of the texts, to ideological or other disagreements between authors, or to some other factor is an issue open to debate.

Whether this decoration can be attributed to cultural similarities or whether it indicates similar construction methods in Germany has sparked much controversy.

Whether or not any of the above has a basis in fact, The Kybalion bears notable structural resemblances to The Arcane Teachings, an anonymous set of six books attributed to Atkinson.

Whether by virtue of their actual or ostensible authority as agents acting within their authority ( see Lloyd v Grace, Smith & Co. AC 716 ) or as employees acting in the course of their employment ( see Armagas Limited v Mundogas S. A. 1 AC 717 ), their acts and omissions and their knowledge could be attributed to the company, and this could give rise to liability as joint tortfeasors where the directors have assumed responsibility on their own behalf and not just on behalf of the company.

Whether in his forthcoming book C. P. Snow commits the errors of judgment and of fact with which your heavily autobiographical critic charged him is important.

Whether this was a reflection of his age or of the fact that Christie was by now heartily sick of him it is difficult to assess.

Whether a king de jure, and out of possession, can have treason committed against him?

Concluding quickly that since a writ of mandamus, by definition, was the correct judicial means to order an official of the United States ( in this case, the Secretary of State ) to do something required of him ( in this case, deliver a commission ), Marshall devotes the remainder of his inquiry at the second part of the question: " Whether it writ can issue from this court.

After Chinese radio broadcasts claimed to quote him admitting to participating in germ warfare, United Nations commander Gen. Mark W. Clark denounced said: " Whether these statements ever passed the lips of these unfortunate men is doubtful.

Whether in fact a person's actions promote and fulfill his own life or not is a question of fact, as it is with all other organisms, but whether a person will act to promote his well-being is up to him, not hard-wired into his physiology.

Whether it was because of the money he had ( most of which was from when he stole part of the ecclesiastic treasury ) or due to Greek influence that wanted to keep him in power for their own gains ( or perhaps a combination of them both ), it is clear that he must have had the support of an influential group to have stayed in power for as long as he did.

Whether this was true or not, it is likely that the future pope had conditions laid down for him by the conclave of cardinals.

Whether to honour a character or to mock him, these references were demeaning to the gods.

Whether Magnus managed to defeat him in war or not, " you can never be called king in England, and you will never be granted any allegiance there before you put an end to my life.

Whether Otto II released him from prison or if he escape is not known for certain.

Whether it was from, as he once wrote, " a desire to climb the family tree ," or that his fraternity brothers nicknamed him for his thick southern drawl, no one seems to know.

Whether Margaret genuinely believed in Warbeck's Yorkist credentials or considered him a fraud but supported him anyway is unknown.

Whether there were different viewpoints about Yahweh, some seeing him as an aspect of Hadad, some as an aspect of El, some with other perceptions cannot be unambiguously answered.

Whether or not I love him, I do not know, but it seems to me that I do .” She married Gumilev in Kiev in April 1910 ; however, none of Akhmatova ’ s family attended the wedding.

Whether Takeda is regarded as either the restorer or the founder of the art, the known history of Daitō-ryū begins with him.

Whether the title of " Doctor " was given to him due a knowledge of medicine, or conferred upon him as a degree, is unknown.

Whether Hu provided " inspiration " for the PLA on June 4 is a matter of debate, but it was clear that Hu's actions in Lhasa earned him unprecedented attention in the upper echelons of party power, including paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.

" Whether their personal relationship was an intimate one or not, her feelings for him were ones she also felt for his country, and that she knew were wholeheartedly reciprocated by the Magyars.

Whether this invasion was directed against Amlaíb, or perhaps intended to support him by plundering only northern Northumbria which may have been outwith his control, is uncertain.

Whether Bakke's exclusion from consideration in UC Davis Medical School special admissions program for minorities because he was white was unconstitutional and a violation of section VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; and 2. if it was unconstitutional, should UC Davis Medical School be required to admit him.