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I know this is an old post, but I am still curious, does anyone know what the actual question was (I don't have 10k rep, so I can't see the actual question since it was deleted)

Ephraim
– Ephraim

2012-04-23 03:04:57 +00:00
Commented Apr 23, 2012 at 3:04
22

@Ephraim Apparently the boat question was one of only two that were purged from the system, so even if you have 10k to see deleted questions, this one is just gone.

Izkata
– Izkata

2013-08-24 02:49:29 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2013 at 2:49
5

I think this answer would be better if it didn't use examples like "food" or "movies" which seem like a real stretch in terms of their relationship to programming. The "boat question" seems like a perfectly legitimate "super user" type of question. The only reason it doesn't belong on SO is that that SO is about the process of programming, including programming tools, and doesn't extend to general computing infrastructure.

Peter Alfvin
– Peter Alfvin

2013-11-21 17:41:10 +00:00
Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 17:41
20

@Ephraim The only known capture of the question is here

tbodt
– tbodt

2015-01-21 01:42:49 +00:00
Commented Jan 21, 2015 at 1:42
@tbodt Are you sure this was the exact question? It was tagged as being "not-programming-related", so it seems weird that it would be used as an example of a programming-question-that's-not-really-about-programming-but-is-still-acting-like-one, as it was marked as such. It was edited, and there's no archive of the edits (not surprising), so that tag could not have been in the original post, but still I wonder if this is the correct origin for the meme as-is.

DCOPTimDowd
– DCOPTimDowd

2017-02-16 19:36:39 +00:00
Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 19:36
@SonOfSam Yes it's the correct origin.

Jason C
– Jason C

2017-02-26 18:42:22 +00:00
Commented Feb 26, 2017 at 18:42
Where can I ask about movies and food for programmers if I can't do it on SO? Would meta be appropriate?

user282657
– user282657

2017-11-03 15:05:04 +00:00
Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 15:05
2

@Daniel: Nowhere in the Stack Exchange network are those appropriate questions.

Welbog
– Welbog

2017-11-03 15:37:27 +00:00
Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 15:37
1

@Daniel if you can explain the special needs of programmers ask in the film or food parts. the answer might be "Sneakers" and "Ramen".

Jasen
– Jasen

2017-11-04 08:55:33 +00:00
Commented Nov 4, 2017 at 8:55

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