Gavin Simpson wrote: > >> my whole posting is an attempt, may you try to notice. >> >> vQ >> > > Did you read what you wrote. And you still wonder why you get little > response from certain quarters? > > 1) Don't say "no further comment" - that is quite arrogant to think that > you are right and everyone who disagrees is wrong. >
that meant 'i won't further comment on this, i give up'. i thought for a while about explaining this, but then i though i might use the r strategy -- let it be ambiguous. > 2) You are being critical of other people's work in a manner that is not > polite or respectful of the efforts of others. > i can certainly agree that i don't pay attention to diplomacy. my favourite philosopher said 'you should seek friends, not truth'; i betray him here, fortunately or not. anyway, if you mean a post raising serious issues should be ignored just because it is not polished enough, let it be. you gain peace, you lose feedback. i can promise to make more effort to wrap the essence in a cake, and drop unnecessary pun (you know, i have drop=FALSE by default, because that's the way many languages other than r have), if this helps. vQ ______________________________________________ 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.
