I really don't see how it hurts anybody to have such a forum. A little bandwidth, I guess.

Here's why I think it's a good idea: The more successful RCU is, the more it starts to feel like a community. People trust the people here, because they've dealt with them, got advice from them, discussed things with them. Because they trust them, and because they feel a sense of community, they'd rather ask off-topic things here than to try to feel comfortable in a whole new discussion site. It's true, they'd probably get better advice from a site dedicated to what they want to ask, but that's not really the point. When you go to the field, do they restrict your conversations to just RC?