@chikinpotpi said:
I share your pet peve, and i've let loose a few rants over the years about the same thing. ...snip ...
he must be stopped
Holy carp dude. That's a lot to read into this single error message.
It's probably a lot simpler than that or any of the equally convoluted explanations posited here -- speaking specifically of the text of the stupid message. A lot of times, developers don't or can't think of things in the terms of end users. Even had this been the technically correct message, it likely just never occurred to him that anybody would look at this and not know what it meant.
Those of us who can make the distinction -- and consequently are comfortable talking to The Users in their own terms -- are depressingly rare.