Re: [R] Fortune candidate

2018-01-29 Thread Robert Baer
On 1/27/2018 12:16 PM, David Winsemius wrote: John (to a serial querulant): ...but with such a sweeping lack of information from you, don't congratulate yourself if you get a helpful answer. It wasn't your fault. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA Second that nomination! 'Any technolog

Re: [R] Fortune candidate

2018-01-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, David Winsemius wrote: John (to a serial querulant): ...but with such a sweeping lack of information from you, don't congratulate yourself if you get a helpful answer. It wasn't your fault. Looks like what H.L. Menken or P.G. Wodehouse would have written. Rich ___

[R] Fortune candidate

2018-01-27 Thread David Winsemius
John (to a serial querulant): ...but with such a sweeping lack of information from you, don't congratulate yourself if you get a helpful answer. It wasn't your fault. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corol

Re: [R] fortune candidate

2017-12-17 Thread Achim Zeileis
On Sun, 17 Dec 2017, J C Nash wrote: From Dirk E. on the R-devel list Many things a developer / power-user would do are very difficult on Windows. It is one of the charms of the platform. On the other hand you do get a few solitaire games so I guess everybody is happy. Thanks, added to the d

[R] fortune candidate

2017-12-17 Thread J C Nash
>From Dirk E. on the R-devel list > Many things a developer / power-user would do are very difficult on > Windows. It is one of the charms of the platform. On the other hand you do > get a few solitaire games so I guess everybody is happy. JN __ R-hel

Re: [R] Fortune candidate: Re: Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread Achim Zeileis
Thanks, Sarah, added now in the devel-package on R-Forge. Z On Tue, 31 May 2016, Sarah Goslee wrote: On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: However, please don't apply R like a magic answers box, because you can mislead others and cause harm.

[R] Fortune candidate: Re: Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

2016-05-31 Thread Sarah Goslee
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > > > However, please don't apply R like a magic answers box, because you can > mislead others and cause harm. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.eth

Re: [R] Fortune candidate, was Re: Shaded areas in R

2016-05-26 Thread Achim Zeileis
On Thu, 26 May 2016, Michael Dewey wrote: In a reply Duncan said Nice, thanks, added to the "fortunes" package on R-Forge now. Best, Z On 26/05/2016 16:12, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 26/05/2016 11:03 AM, Óscar Jiménez wrote: You should try things; R won't break. Duncan Murdoch __

[R] Fortune candidate, was Re: Shaded areas in R

2016-05-26 Thread Michael Dewey
In a reply Duncan said On 26/05/2016 16:12, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 26/05/2016 11:03 AM, Óscar Jiménez wrote: You should try things; R won't break. Duncan Murdoch __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://st

[R] Fortune candidate! Re: Why can't R understand if(num!=NA)?

2013-05-03 Thread Sarah Goslee
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:36 PM, David Winsemius wrote: >> >> On May 3, 2013, at 17:24 , jpm miao wrote: >> >>> I have a program, when I write >>> >>> if(num!=NA) >>> >> snipped > > On May 3, 2013, at 10:46 AM, peter dalgaard wrote: > >> Because comparison with an unknown value yields an unknown re

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

2010-02-23 Thread spencerg
On 2/23/2010 5:07 AM, Cedrick Johnson wrote: library(rant) I'm sorry: I'm not familiar with the "rant" package. I couldn't find it on CRAN. I recall just over a year ago (Fall08) when I was new to the R language. I realize there's a steep curve in any language, especially with R and the m

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

2010-02-23 Thread Cedrick Johnson
library(rant) I recall just over a year ago (Fall08) when I was new to the R language. I realize there's a steep curve in any language, especially with R and the multitudes of packages that exist. With that being said, I still took (still do) time out to read the manuals, the vignettes and perfor

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

2010-02-23 Thread Petr PIKAL
Hi r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 23.02.2010 05:50:25: >I have a concern with the sentiment expressed: When one is new > to a language, it is often not easy to know where to start in the > available documentation. It's hard to RTFM when one does not know which > FM2R. > >

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

2010-02-22 Thread spencerg
I have a concern with the sentiment expressed: When one is new to a language, it is often not easy to know where to start in the available documentation. It's hard to RTFM when one does not know which FM2R. I currently subscribe to email help for three other open source collabo

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

2010-02-22 Thread Achim Zeileis
Thanks for the pointer, Detlef, added to the devel-version on R-Forge. Z On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, Detlef Steuer wrote: One vote goes to Dave's answer! You made (saved) my day detlef On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:07:23 + "Dr. David Kirkby" wrote: chinna wrote: hi everyone, i am new to R project

[R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

2010-02-22 Thread Detlef Steuer
One vote goes to Dave's answer! You made (saved) my day detlef On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:07:23 + "Dr. David Kirkby" wrote: > chinna wrote: > > hi everyone, > > i am new to R project can anyone please help me by providing documents > > > > my goal is using R i have to connect to the datab