You can't choose such an incredibly generic name though and then expect all existing references to update, that's simply illogical.
Update: http://jdon.at/1cgIw the emails in question
You can't choose such an incredibly generic name though and then expect all existing references to update, that's simply illogical.
Update: http://jdon.at/1cgIw the emails in question
Since you're asking, yeah, you went a little overboard.
The guy clearly didn't "expect" anything, he just made a simple request. He could have worded it a bit better, but it was reasonable enough - not something that deserved such a tongue-lashing.
> This is worse than the grid style sheets I was hating on. Much worse. They simply aren't semantic which was nitpicky whereas this is a literal crime against humanity namely accessibility.
Seriously, a literal crime against humanity? :-) I was impressed that Dan replied as cheerfully and graciously as he did.
Look, I've said nastier things to people myself - it can be so tempting - but it never worked out that well. It took me a long time to learn that it pays to try to get along.
It's great that you're passionate about technology, if you can temper that with keeping disagreements cheerful and sympathetic toward other situations and points of view.
One last thing... Dude! Did you get Dan's permission to publish his private emails to you? He seems like a level-headed guy and probably won't mind, but it's polite to ask first.