On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 06:03:49PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Julian" == Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Julian> - there's no longer a suggestion of using policy as anything other > Julian> than a set of guidelines > Is that really the case? I certainly do not find that I treat > Policy as a guideline, to be followed or violated at my whimsy; I do > think of it as a set of rules, and as all rules, there may be > exceptions.
I've been using the word "guideline" to mean this. It seems a better match to me. If you break rules, you get punished, if you don't follow guidelines, you just have to give a valid justification. Guidelines are still there for a reason, though. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
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