[Gabor Grothendieck] >[...] this list is inhabited by some rather rude participants but >everyone puts up with them in the hope that they do have some useful >remarks.
I've been witnessing this list for about one year, and also read *lots* of archived messages. While it is true that a few members do not use white gloves, are rather fond on concise replies, and do express strong opinions at times, they never went overboard insulting people and always kept a reasonable measure, at least so far that I could see (yet who knows, outliers might happen! :-). (*) Our whole society is a bit shy and shivers easily when opinions are expressed nowadays, I often observed than people quickly get insecure, feel attacked, and overreact (by running away or starting a fight). >there is even a group of thought that feels it is a justifiable way to >keep the list volume under control. This may work because of the starred paragraph above, that is, for wrong reasons. Best is, and this often occurs on the R list, when everything (facts, opinions) is being shared efficiently, without useless arguing. Then, threads quickly fade out. -- François Pinard http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
