From gkerns at ysu.edu  Fri Mar 13 00:56:38 2009
From: gkerns at ysu.edu (G. Jay Kerns)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:56:38 -0400
Subject: [Rd] analogy was: surprising behaviour of names<-
Message-ID: <a695148b0903121656y59f4877fxdd3e730f09ed5d7f@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Josh,

> Your analogy may overstate the case a bit,

Agreed.  :-)

> since R volunteers - while
> providing a valuable service to the community - are not dealing with
> matters of life and death.

I see your point, and it is well taken.  At the same time, in my view,
statistics are like firearms in every respect save one: they typically
don't rust when you leave them outside in the rain.

Regards,
Jay




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[Rd] analogy was: surprising behaviour of names<-
G. Jay Kerns