That question is clearly not a programming question and, therefore, not suitable for a programming q&a forum. I think the moderators got it right on this occasion. You could argue that SO should be for all kinds of questions, or all kinds of questions that are anything to do with computers, but the founders chose to handle that with other sites in the Stack Exchange network.
That question is clearly not a programming question
Not programming? When the first and only answer contains JavaScript code? Looks like SO has a rather odd definition of "programming".
I don't use SO myself but often stumble across interesting bits of info on there from Google, and also a lot of the puzzling "is this really off-topic?" questions. That's mainly what put me off from registering and participating, even to answer someone else's question/leave a comment - the community looks far too rigidly moderated for my taste.
Fair point; you're totally correct. For some reason, I didn't see the 'from JavaScript' trailing words at first (i've seen a lot of genuine, 'how do I use this software' questions on SO before, which are definitely not programming)
