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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ju96gq$nho$8...@dough.gmane.org