Re: What does group consider to be "on topic"?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:19:20 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> On Mi, 18 iul 12, 14:47:16, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:18:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>> 
>> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>> >> > Oh, right! like if you turn your hazard lights on in your car you
>> >> > can park anywhere you like. :(
>> >> 
>> >> Well, exactly... that's what an OT flag is for: you are saying "hey,
>> >> people, something happens here but I don't know what, watch out!"
>> > 
>> > As an aside, I was referring to people parking anywhere they like and
>> > thinking it is ok to do so if they turn their hazard lights on, not
>> > in the genuine case of "watch out! something happens here" An
>> > accident, or **genuine** hazzzzard.
>> 
>> There are times when you have an unmanageable/mechanical problem with
>> you car that forces you to park in the first place you find/can. Of
>> course, these situations are an exception and do not happen often so
>> the rest of the drivers have to be a bit patient.
> 
> You are missing the point: Chris is talking about people that would be
> able to make it to the next parking place or even repair garage, but
> chose to stop in the middle of the road asking other traffic
> participants about his problem (which they may not know anything about).

Then, of course, Chris is speaking about something completely different 
than I was talking about because I was referring to people who _does not 
know_ if his/her problem is fine for the list. 

> The least they could do would be to try not disturbing the traffic :(

If you know that the question is completely unrelated to what is expected 
to be posted here yet still you do, then you are making gratuitous noise, 
that's for sure.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón