Re: [PHP-DOC] Re: [PHP-DEV] Potential PC conflict.
On 8 November 2010 17:25, Daniel Brown wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 06:47, Richard Quadling wrote: >> >> And probably all sane, rational people will agree with you (and me). >> >> It's the loonies I worry about! > > The person who submitted that is a "mongoid." The term they were > trying to be funny about is "mongoloid," which is a racial > classification that was a crude (but quasi-official) term referring to > folks with Down Syndrome. As an internet-scored, higher functioning autistic, I don't have the common sense to resent that remark.. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY
Re: [PHP-DOC] Re: [PHP-DEV] Potential PC conflict.
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 06:47, Richard Quadling wrote: > > And probably all sane, rational people will agree with you (and me). > > It's the loonies I worry about! The person who submitted that is a "mongoid." The term they were trying to be funny about is "mongoloid," which is a racial classification that was a crude (but quasi-official) term referring to folks with Down Syndrome. -- Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/
[PHP-DOC] Re: [PHP-DEV] Potential PC conflict.
On 8 November 2010 11:32, Adam Harvey wrote: > On 8 November 2010 19:00, Richard Quadling wrote: >> [1] vs [2] >> >> Not asking for a change or anything. > > I think it's probably OK the way it is: the manual page is > specifically for MongoId, and the capitalisation's quite distinct from > any other meaning there. The URL might be a touch unfortunate, but I > don't think it's worth worrying about, personally. > > Adam > And probably all sane, rational people will agree with you (and me). It's the loonies I worry about! Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY
[PHP-DOC] Re: [PHP-DEV] Potential PC conflict.
On 8 November 2010 19:00, Richard Quadling wrote: > [1] vs [2] > > Not asking for a change or anything. I think it's probably OK the way it is: the manual page is specifically for MongoId, and the capitalisation's quite distinct from any other meaning there. The URL might be a touch unfortunate, but I don't think it's worth worrying about, personally. Adam
[PHP-DOC] Potential PC conflict.
Hi. [1] vs [2] Not asking for a change or anything. Regards, Richard. [1] http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=277701 [2] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mongoid -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY
