On 09-04-2014, at 00:56, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Bert Gunter wrote: > >> Just for the fun of it, I searched for "R package moses extreme >> reaction test" on google. The 8th hit was the package DescTools, but >> that included the 3 earlier hits and responses from r-help. >> >> So I guess the point is that "Learn to Search" may even be a bit over >> the top -- is there anyone on the internet who does not use standard >> search engines like google, bing, and yahoo? > > I don't think I'm the only one. Using Spencer Graves' excellent package is > very convenient and has delivered many answers to questions posed on R help. > It pops up a browser window directly from an R console command. I like the > fact that I get an R help page with `findFn`. I suspect it has prevented many > more questions that we never see. > > The other search tool I have used in preference to Google is Markmail. I find > Google to be sometimes non-specific and possesses an very annoying tendency > to give priority to Nabble citations. None of the first page Google citations > actually answered the question when I tried. Rseek was much better, but I > have found it to be less focused than sos::findFn. De gustibus non > disputandem, I suppose. > For the record: De gustibus non est disputandum See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_gustibus_non_est_disputandum Berend ______________________________________________ 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.
