Doesn't "should" mean it's not required?
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Your password should contain at least 6 characters
If you're going to require it; don't say "should", say "must". :mad:
SHame + cOULD = SHOULD Could says there is a choice to be made and is an element of should. Shame on those who don't follow the implied directive is an element of should. Should is one of the most stress-inducing words in the English lexicon and absolutely... ...ought not be used in message boxes, forms or web pages. IMNSHO :)
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From the requirements document: "The password entered by the user should be rejected if it does not contain at least six characters." If I received that requirement from my boss, I would make darn sure that the password is rejected. I don't think I would randomly reject some and not others. How about "You shouldn't break the speed limit"? Now, if you were being chased by a tyrannosaurus rex, I think the judge would (should?) let you off the hook.
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If I receive a requirement document from the boss, I just do what I want. It usually has an "optional requirements" section...
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Your password should contain at least 6 characters
If you're going to require it; don't say "should", say "must". :mad:
I think it is just local interpretation. I used to work with a guy who thought if a sentence contained the word "are" that it was then a question. "Are you going to do that?" "Where are you?" He didn't have an audible response when I said. "You are out of your mind." So maybe in the writer's local culture, saying "should" implied "have to".
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Your password should contain at least 6 characters
If you're going to require it; don't say "should", say "must". :mad:
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If I receive a requirement document from the boss, I just do what I want. It usually has an "optional requirements" section...
Well then, what exactly do you do when they are not in the "optional" section? Please enlighten us! I'll check, but I'm sure I did not mention optional requirements.
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Well then, what exactly do you do when they are not in the "optional" section? Please enlighten us! I'll check, but I'm sure I did not mention optional requirements.
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Do I need to buy a sarcasm sign?
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Do I need to buy a sarcasm sign?
No, but if you do, would you pick one up for me as well? :)
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Your password should contain at least 6 characters
If you're going to require it; don't say "should", say "must". :mad:
As used in many standards documents, "should" means, "This is a best practice. You're an idiot if you don't." It is the concensus advice of the standard-writers who are usually very experienced people. It is the behavior of a very junior, very unimformed person not to treat "should" advice in a standards document as "do it". But hey, knock yourself out, do a half-assed job. That's the way to impress your boss and your customers. I think there are people who are still rebelling against "should" advice in standards documents because they hated hearing their mom tell them what they "should" do. Chances are mom was right too.
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No assigngment must be finished.
It must be finished as a prerequisite for getting top marks. But if you don't desire top marks then it needn't be finished.
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Your password should contain at least 6 characters
If you're going to require it; don't say "should", say "must". :mad:
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Your password should contain at least 6 characters
Isn't that another way of stating: "Penis" is too short ?
I would then expect the validator to say, "Is it in yet?".
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In most cases, 'should' gives you some wiggle room. For DOD purposes, 'shall' means absolutely must be, required to be.
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In most cases, 'should' gives you some wiggle room. For DOD purposes, 'shall' means absolutely must be, required to be.
James Lonero wrote:
In most cases, 'should' gives you some wiggle room.
So, more a very strong recommendation. Something like "all variable names should have a meaningfull name", and "code comments should be not stating the obvious".
James Lonero wrote:
For DOD purposes, 'shall' means absolutely must be, required to be.
Good thing I don't work there then. We shall die, the rest is uncertain and open to discussion :)
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Do I need to buy a sarcasm sign?
WiganLatics wrote:
Do I need to buy a sarcasm sign?
Yes, you really should ;-)
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WiganLatics wrote:
Do I need to buy a sarcasm sign?
Yes, you really should ;-)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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