> Next time the launch of an incoming nuclear strike is detected, > set them to work as follows (following Karl Pearson's historical > precedent): > > "Anti-aircraft guns all day long": Computing for the > Ministry of Munitions > JUNE BARROW GREEN (Open University) > From January 1917 until March 1918 Pearson and his > staff of mathematicians and human computers at the > Drapers Biometric Laboratory worked tirelessly on > the computing of ballistic charts, high-angle range > tables and fuze-scales for AV Hill of the Anti-Aircraft > Experimental Section. Things did not always go smoothly > -- Pearson did not take kindly to the calculations of > his staff being questioned -- and Hill sometimes had > to work hard to keep the peace. > > If you have enough of them (and Pearson undoubtedly did, so you > can quote that in your requisition request), then you might just > get the answer in time! > > [ The above excerpted from http://tinyurl.com/6byoub ] > > Good luck! > Ted. >
That is absolutely classic. -- Insert something humorous here. :-) ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
