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: inquisitive and intelligent. See: > >http://www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/001~Plants-and-Animals/001~Native-Animals/Kea.asp
Hello,
I endorse David's comment that an Australian mascot chosen for R would not be warmly received by New Zealanders! But at the end of the day, Ross and Robert ought to give whatever choice the definitive yes or no.
ps. Ross has Maori origins, so a native NZ animal is a better idea than usual. One good thing about the Kea is that another native NZ bird, called a Weka, is the name of a well-known machine learning software package (also free) which was developed about 100 miles south of Auckland, at the CS department of Waikato University. See http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~ml However, having R indirectly associated with a similar free software package has its good and bad points.
cheers Thomas
Thomas W. Yee, Telephone: 64 - 9 - 3737599 extn 86857 or 85055 Department of Statistics, Fax: 64 - 9 - 3737000 or 3677149 University of Auckland, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Private Bag 92019, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Auckland 1001, New Zealand.
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