"Andrew C. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : >With respect to 'tone' and 'friendliness', perhaps all that >is meant or needed is that people be polite and respectful.
>I shake my head as often at rude answers Oh, by gosh, by golly. I don't think an occasional dose of 'real life', via a jab from the Professor, will cause any lasting harm to the cosseted & emolumated students and academics on the List. On a Wall St trading desk, for example, every day one is kicked in the head more brutally by clients, superiors, counterparts, the markets & etc, than ever one would be by the Professor. Plus, the Professor's jabs are good Schadenfreudic fun for the rest of us. . Regards, Steve Wisdom Westport CT US ps/ In the interest of full disclosure, I own four of the Professor's books ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
