On Tue, 16-Mar-2004 at 04:50PM -0500, Jeff Gentry wrote: |> > Some web sites have "hit counters". It should be possible to get |> > a counts of the numbers of times different parts of R are downloaded. |> > Do the CRAN web sites include any such? |> |> But how would CRAN know what sort of activity its mirrors is |> receiving? And what does a 'download' mean in an environment like this - |> I could download R 10 times, or 10 people could download it ... or even |> one person could download it and then give it to 50 people. The numbers |> don't necessarily reflect usage patterns, IMO.
Yes. Such meters are almost, but not quite completely useless -- rather like Arthur Dent's attempts at getting a cup of tea from the Nutrimatix drink dispenser. -- Patrick Connolly HortResearch Mt Albert Auckland New Zealand Ph: +64-9 815 4200 x 7188 ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ I have the world`s largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world ... Perhaps you`ve seen it. ---Steven Wright ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
