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Old 07-07-2012, 06:30 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That sounds like a contradiction. How can something be "required, but not mandatory"? If it's required, then it's mandatory; if it's not required, then it's not mandatory? No?
It's required by the guidelines (not the TOS, I think) but none is looked for and nothing happens if none is there. I think a mandate is much more tremble-making than a requirement. I'm required to stop at the red octagons, but if the day is clear and no traffic is in sight, I drive right on through. Perhaps I'm just lawless.

Mandate: An official order or commission to do something:

So if the copper looked me in the eye and told me to stop at the red octagon, I would do it.

Requirement: required activity;

That's much weaker, seems to me.

However that may be, I have yet to build my first NCX file, despite Hitch's good advice. There is so much more I want to do!
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