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Tony Cooper
SubjectRe: Will Tony apologize? (was: Re: Colonial Photo & Hobby)
FromTony Cooper
Date2014-04-24 18:31 (2014-04-24 12:31)
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On 24 Apr 2014 15:26:42 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:

Sandman
In article <l97il9p5mkmgsn3mi6kabn4bd56h8em2vn@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper wrote:

Tony Cooper 11/27/2013 04:03:26 PM <360c9956k64fpsu56a911250ggjs4no9qt@4ax.com>

"A requirement is what you want to do."

Eric Stevens
Of course, that's not quite what he said, is it?

Tony Cooper
Popinjay has ignored context. When you plan a system to do something, your plan includes certain requirements for that system.

Sandman
It can. It doesn't have to, of course.

Tony Cooper
Those requirements are put in there because you want to do whatever it is that the requirement provides.

Sandman
A requirement doesn't provide anything, Andreas. It is something that is a necessary condition for something to occur.

Only once they are included. They have to be inserted as requirements for them to be a necessary condition for something to occur.

I don't understand why you can't grasp that all requirements added to a system are there because someone wants them there. It's pretty simple.

Tony Cooper
For example, the use of a password might be a requirement in a system of doing something. You only include that requirement if that is what you want to do.

Sandman
Not at all. You want to use the system, you don't want to use a password. You don't sit down at the system with the purpose to use a password - using a password is a necessary condition you need to fulfill in order to gain access to do what you want to do.

I can't make heads or tails out of the above. What in the world does "You don't sit down at the system with the purpose to use a password" mean?

You show that you can't follow what is said when you write "a password is a necessary condition". In a system that is being planned - as I said above - the person planning the system decides if the use of a password is a necessary requirement. It isn't about what someone else has planned. In this case, it is a requirement if you want it to be a requirement.

-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL

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