@Oli ah, sorry for asking, but i was indeed curious. Your reasoning makes sense now :)

Question unreleated to the discussion... does this thread really need the "bug" tag? Its not technically a bug with the system.

+2 The Ubuntu Forums site is much more appropriate for those kinds of questions, and as fluteflute says, there's more than one locale where these questions are acceptable, with none of those locales being here.

Indeed, i noticed that when @Stefano pinged me in the chat and woke me :P But now the question becomes one of how future moderation should deal with this, no? Should the type of question that's addressed by this discussion be included in the "Close on sight" list, and that be it? (if you can tell, i'm pushing for this thread to be a new precedent for moderating :P)

Please note, that I believe that should we come to a consensus on this issue, moderation policies will have to reflect the decision in some way, if not be changed to include the on-sight closure or deletion of the topic as "Doesn't belong here". Although this is my opinion, it is my belief that a consensus on this issue may require the moderators to agree with this decision, and to adapt accordingly.

My thoughts exactly, that's why I initially flagged the post.

Thanks much, I was wondering exactly why I just randomly lost access, and the mod who flagged me apologized because he forgot he was a mod for a sec :P