IRREGARDLESS

[Tom H]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Christopher Chan
<christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
> Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Christopher Chan
>> <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
>>>
>>> I, therefore, would rather tolerate off-topic posts that are not in bad
>>> taste but not drivel from self-assumed experts in on-topic threads. The
>>> list rule "technical support for ubuntu only" can be buried for all I
>>> care because that rule would have prevented, for example, Rashkae from
>>> provided one gem of information regarding ON-LINE UPS systems had he
>>> stuck to that rule besides not being very conducive to building the
>>> community.
>>
>> I remember that thread and Rashkae excellent info but I don't remember
>> why it might have been considered off-topic.
>
> Ubuntu was not even mentioned for a good part of the thread leading to
> those posts. Power supplies could easily be marked: "Not Ubuntu related,
> take it to a hardware list."

IMHO, if it's a Ubuntu box, it belongs here...