But a piece of wood is a possiblity in other places. Duane
>Thanks Volkar for explaining it once again. A lot of people do not >understand the >difference between a regulatory requirement, which is a set of requirements >that must be met to ensure that the device does not cause any harm, and a >design specification, which tries to ensure that the thing will actually >work. If it weren't for the "social" requirements added to North American >regulatory requirements, you could get a piece of wood approved. It won't >cause any harm to the network or anyone else and therefore meets the >"essential" requirements. Unfortunately, the piece of wood can not meet >the hearing impaired requirements that were later added. > >Ciao, > >Vic
