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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
project.org] On Behalf Of Ben Bolker
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 7:19 PM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] protentially serious R error
Cutting and pasting from the R posting guide -- I think this advice
has special force when responding to FAQ 7.31 questions (I've seen
several within the last few days, and at least two were answered by
three different people:
When responding to a very simple question, use the following algorithm:
compose your response
type 4*runif(1) at the R prompt, and wait this many hours
check for new posts to R-help; if no similar suggestion, post your
response
(This is partly in jest, but if you know immediately why it is
suggested, you
probably should use it! Also, it's a nice idea to replace 4 by the
number of
years you have been using R or S-plus.)