On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 13:38 -0600, Greg Snow wrote: > Matt Austin wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin, Matt > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:25 PM > > To: r-help > > Subject: Re: [R] Excel > > > > > > Ah . . . the hammer analogy. In a conversation like this > > it's not a question of will somebody drop it, it's when will > > it be dropped. > > This is actually the 2nd time I have used the hammer analogy in this > thread (but it's cuter with a 3-year old involved). > > If a hammer is dropped in an analogy and nobody responds, did it really > land on anyone's foot? (my attempt at reference to trees falling in > forests not making noise)
Or as Mr. Spock stated in the ST episode entitled "Court Martial": "If I release a hammer on a positive gravity planet, I do not have to watch it to know that it will fall." Can one really engage in a conversation on logic and not mention Mr. Spock? ;-) Regards, Marc Schwartz ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.