Steve Sidney <sbsidney <at> mweb.co.za> writes: > > Oh dear oh dear!!! another arrogant statistician/scientist > > One asks for help and instead one gets an ear full!!! > > So much for the much vaunted helpful R community. > > But thanks anyway, I guess you were trying........ > > Steve > I know I shouldn't bite, but didn't I give you a helpful answer? Shouldn't that be "One asks for help and gets an earful in addition to the help"? There are a variety of possible responses to a question that suggests that the questioner wants to do something that one thinks is a bad idea: they represent various combination of (1) (requested) help to perform the task asked and (2) (unrequested) advice. Personality, philosophy, and the degree of perceived unwisdom/danger in the specified activity determine the mix.
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