Thank you for your confidence in our abilities ---------------------------------------- But have you read this <a href="https://serverfault.com/faq">FAQ</a>? We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals. In other words, Server Fault isn't meant to cater to every computer problem - just those that only exist in or can best be solved in the IT and sysadmin domain Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of IT professionals. It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked "offensive." It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs. In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help: (This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.) - **Programming** - [Stackoverflow][1] - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware** - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2] - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3] - **Computer Software** - [Anandtech Forum][4] - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS** - [SitePoint Forums][5] - [Web Hosting Talk][6] - **Math, Science, Engineering** - [Physics Forums][7] - [PlanetMath][8] - **Other/General** - [Ask Metafilter][10] - [Google Search][11] - [Mahalo Answers][9] Check out the answers below for even more suggestions! ---------- What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here? Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top. [Return to FAQ Index][13] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/ [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/ [8]: http://planetmath.org/ [9]: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/ [10]: http://ask.metafilter.com [11]: http://www.google.com [12]: http://answers.yahoo.com/ [13]: https://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq