On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 17:01, Jari Oksanen wrote:
>
> I just wait for someone jumping off and saying this is off-topic and you
> should stop posting to this list -- and I'm afraid it could happen just
> at this point.
Just to make it clear and to avoid misunderstanding: I was trying to
reach a p
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 17:01, Jari Oksanen wrote:
>
> I just wait for someone jumping off and saying this is off-topic and you
> should stop posting to this list -- and I'm afraid it could happen just
> at this point.
Just to make it clear and to avoid misunderstanding: I was trying to
reach a p
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 14:10, Rau, Roland wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> browsing through the suggestions, I have the impression that the general
> direction is towards an animal from New Zealand (I guess because of the
> roots of R). But since the R Foundation is now located in Vienna,
> Austria. What ab
Given the likely reception that newbies get on r-help, those two
classifications, i.e. a reptile which is cold-blooeded animal or
an insect which is an annoying pest, are not altogether off the mark but
to really capture the experience, Don Rickles should be the mascot.
Spencer Graves pdf.com>
reposting...
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From: Rau, Roland
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 2:57 PM
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Dear all,
browsing through the suggestions, I have the impression that the general
direction is towards an animal from New
I prefer not to consider the implications of associating ourselves
with something extinct. Beyond that, I'm more into reptiles that
insects. On the other hand, I don't care much. I'm happy with the
status quo and would be happy with whatever others decide.
Best Wishes,
spenc
On Dec 6, 2004, at 3:15 PM, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:
Thomas Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
ps. Ross has Maori origins, so a native NZ animal is a better idea
than usual.
The native animals of New Zealand include no mammals except for
- marine mammals in the coastal waters, such as
Thomas Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
ps. Ross has Maori origins, so a native NZ animal is a better idea
than usual.
The native animals of New Zealand include no mammals except for
- marine mammals in the coastal waters, such as the Hector's dolphin
- a few species of bat which got
On 4 Dec 2004, at 16:19, Martin Maechler wrote:
"DScottNZ" == David Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:04:52 +1300 (NZDT) writes:
<>
DScottNZ> As to an animal mascot, I think a New Zealand
DScottNZ> mascot is a must,
well, thinking that "must" is bit strong, I
Ruud,
try something like the following (not debugged, no coffee yet):
xyplot(coupon.period ~ median, data=prepayment,
subscripts=T,
panel=function(x,y,subscripts,...){
panel.xyplot(x,y)
panel.segments(deel1$lcl[subscripts], deel$ucl[subscripts])
}
)
I hope that this helps,
And
Hello, I have a dataset with three numerical variables, and two factor
variables, one of which is shown:
> deel1[,1:4]
median ucl lcl coupon.period
1 10.894672NA 14.255623 fixed0-1
5 12.536729 11.658164 13.341038 fixed1-5
9 10.616561 9.979676 11.039264
When I think of New Zealand I think "Rabbit" :)
How 'bout something like the Monty Python rabbit from
"the Holy Grail" ("nasty pointy teeth...", "look at the bones!")
Doug
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hi,
some weka guys use "kea" (..with the same intenion to the bird in nz!)
for a automatic keyphrase extraction tool (java).
http://www.nzdl.org/Kea/
regards, christian
Martin Maechler wrote:
"DScottNZ" == David Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:04:52 +1300 (NZDT) writes:
> "DScottNZ" == David Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> on Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:04:52 +1300 (NZDT) writes:
<>
DScottNZ> As to an animal mascot, I think a New Zealand
DScottNZ> mascot is a must,
well, thinking that "must" is bit strong, I agree that
I have had the s
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 03:04:52PM +1300, David Scott wrote:
>As to an animal mascot, I think a New Zealand mascot is a must, and
>suggestions of Australian ones would not be warmly received by New
>Zealanders. (To clarify, despite the address, I am Australian.)
>
>My suggestion is the Kea: inquisi
Kjetil Brinchmann Halvorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Philippe Grosjean wrote:
>
> >I'd vote for the inchworm because what is more representative to stat? The
> >Gauss curve, of course! What looks like a Gauss curve? The inchworm:
> >
> Erling B. Andersen tells in his paper in "Rasch Models:
Philippe Grosjean wrote:
I'd vote for the inchworm because what is more representative to stat? The
Gauss curve, of course! What looks like a Gauss curve? The inchworm:
Erling B. Andersen tells in his paper in "Rasch Models: Foundations,
Recent Developments, and Applications"
edited by G. H. F
I'd vote for the inchworm because what is more representative to stat? The
Gauss curve, of course! What looks like a Gauss curve? The inchworm:
http://www.floridanature.org/photos/Geometridae,_Tallahassee,_20011230.jpg
http://www.daniellesplace.com/Images2/inchwormcoloractivity.gif
Best,
Philip
David Scott wrote:
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Patrick Connolly wrote:
On Thu, 02-Dec-2004 at 02:08PM -0600, Erin Hodgess wrote:
|> How about an R-madillo?
I'm for R-gnu which already has a song (as pointed out by Murray
Jorgensen some time back). I'm sure an arrangement could be worked
out with the Emacs
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 22:56, Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Damian Betebenner wrote:
> > > R users,
> > > How come R doesn't have a mascot?
> >
> > Perhaps someone with artistic flair could create a mascot based on
> > this image? It would help to give newc
David, you raise an interesting point. However, my wife reminds me
that another reason to consider the use of the kangaroo is the popular
story that the origin of the word, far from being the name of the
animal, is the local dialect for "I don't know".
The OED notes this origin in passing, along
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Patrick Connolly wrote:
On Thu, 02-Dec-2004 at 02:08PM -0600, Erin Hodgess wrote:
|> How about an R-madillo?
I'm for R-gnu which already has a song (as pointed out by Murray
Jorgensen some time back). I'm sure an arrangement could be worked
out with the Emacs people.
The Flande
Given R's origin in Auckland, NZ, perhaps something a little less
North American than a raccoon might be appropriate.
If a mascot didn't have to be animate, a pohutakawa flower
(metrosideros excelsa) would be an excellent choice:
- The Pohutakawa is called 'The New Zealand Christmas Tree',
the
My handy copy of the Oxford English Dictionary attributes the
association that you quote, including the reference to lepping, to
Yule and Kendall 1937, p. 165. The entry is under "platykurtic".
Andrew
> Ted Harding wrote:
> >
> >But what appeals to me about this suggestion is that it made
> >me
Apologies for that I meant only to send it to Ted
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Ted Harding wrote:
On 02-Dec-04 Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
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I vote for R-madillo!
Erin Hodgess wrote:
How about an R-madillo?
Erin from Texas
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Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Damian Betebenner wrote:
> > R users,
> > How come R doesn't have a mascot?
>
> Perhaps someone with artistic flair could create a mascot based on
> this image? It would help to give newcomers to R-help the right idea:
>
> http://www.accesscom.com/~alva
On Thu, 02-Dec-2004 at 02:08PM -0600, Erin Hodgess wrote:
|> How about an R-madillo?
I'm for R-gnu which already has a song (as pointed out by Murray
Jorgensen some time back). I'm sure an arrangement could be worked
out with the Emacs people.
The Flanders and Swann song, the exact title of wh
I think "Ross & Robert" should be consulted...
Tux was born because Linus happend to say in a forum that he was rather
fond of penguins ;-)
May be these guys have a favourite animal... and it would be cool if
each had a different favourite animal and thus one mythic "beast" could
be created from
Damian Betebenner wrote:
R users,
How come R doesn't have a mascot?
Perhaps someone with artistic flair could create a mascot based on this
image? It would help to give newcomers to R-help the right idea:
http://www.accesscom.com/~alvaro/alien/thepics/ripley1__.jpg
Tim C
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How about an R-madillo?
Erin from Texas
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why the marmot, would you tell us?
simply, because, when a marmot sleeps (6 months a year), the only sounds
that you can hear is.
RRR
RRR
RRR...
P. Bady & Y. Reyjol :-)
At 20:41 02/12/2004 +0100, Pierre BADY wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>The
Hi all,
The person next to me at desk thinks that marmot (Marmota marmota) is maybe
more appropriate ...;o))
Take a look at:
http://images.google.fr/images?q=marmot+&hl=fr&btnG=Recherche+Google
otherwise Rooster ("R Object Oriented STatistics EnviRonment") is very funny !
hope this hekp ... ;o
On 2 Dec 2004, at 19:46, (Ted Harding) wrote:
On 02-Dec-04 Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
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Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 12:21 AM
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Ahh, to heck with all them animals. R is a system of interacting components,
so I suggest Mr Gearhead as a suitable mascot.
http://www.bitwrit.com.au/gearhead.png
Ahh, to heck with all them animals. R is a system of interacting components,
so I suggest Mr Gearhead as a suitable mascot.
http://www.bitwrit.com.au/gearhead.png
Jim
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PLEAS
Or a furry and cuddly raccoon?
Peter Dalgaard wrote:
Damian Betebenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
R users,
How come R doesn't have a mascot? Linux has one and so does LaTeX, so shouldn't R? I
personally think that associating a "friendly face" with R would be a good
thing for R (one letter na
On 02-Dec-04 Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
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>> Betebenner
>> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:07 PM
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>> Subject: [R] How
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 17:01, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> Marc Schwartz wrote:
>
> > Well...curiously, O'Reilly has selected the Ram for the cover of an as
> > yet unpublished work on R for Bioinformatics:
>
> And how come Amazon are selling non-new copies of unpublished books?
> Is someone selli
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 12:07 -0500, Damian Betebenner wrote:
> Excellent replies,
>
> So a couple of questions about preferences for the mascot:
>
> 1. Does the mascot need to have a name that starts with R? Is that
> usually the way it works?
>
> So far the possibilities put forward are: Ray, Ra
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 17:01 +, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> Marc Schwartz wrote:
>
> > Well...curiously, O'Reilly has selected the Ram for the cover of an as
> > yet unpublished work on R for Bioinformatics:
>
> And how come Amazon are selling non-new copies of unpublished books?
> Is someone
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 06:18:39PM +0100, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
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> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Damian
> > Betebenner
> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:07 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PRO
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Damian
> Betebenner
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:07 PM
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> Subject: [R] How about a mascot for R?
>
>
> Excellent replies,
>
Excellent replies,
So a couple of questions about preferences for the mascot:
1. Does the mascot need to have a name that starts with R? Is that usually the
way it works?
So far the possibilities put forward are: Ray, Ram, Inch Worm, Rhinoceros
2. Should the depiction of the mascot be more "li
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 16:40, Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> Damian Betebenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > R users,
> >
> > How come R doesn't have a mascot? Linux has one and so does LaTeX, so
> > shouldn't R? I personally think that associating a "friendly face" with R
> > would be a good thing
Marc Schwartz wrote:
Well...curiously, O'Reilly has selected the Ram for the cover of an as
yet unpublished work on R for Bioinformatics:
And how come Amazon are selling non-new copies of unpublished books?
Is someone selling a review copy?
Mascot eh? Hmmm. Let's change the name of R to "Rooste
Damian Betebenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> R users,
>
> How come R doesn't have a mascot? Linux has one and so does LaTeX, so
> shouldn't R? I personally think that associating a "friendly face" with R
> would be a good thing for R (one letter names can be quite intimidating).
>
> I apolo
What about a Ray ?
Take a look at:
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.cfm?ID=15487
a shark family called "Rhinobatus rhinobatus" check
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.cfm?ID=5016
;-)
regards
EJ
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 16:12, Damian Betebenner wrote:
> R users,
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 11:12 -0500, Damian Betebenner wrote:
> R users,
>
> How come R doesn't have a mascot? Linux has one and so does LaTeX, so
> shouldn't R? I personally think that associating a "friendly face"
> with R would be a good thing for R (one letter names can be quite
> intimidating).
R users,
How come R doesn't have a mascot? Linux has one and so does LaTeX, so shouldn't
R? I personally think that associating a "friendly face" with R would be a good
thing for R (one letter names can be quite intimidating).
I apologize if this is addressed in the FAQ. I searched the FAQ as w
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