"the only place for it is /dev/null" --> hi Achim, I bet this is a
nice fortune candidate :)

Regards,
Yihui
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Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
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On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Simon Urbanek
<simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote:
> On Mar 16, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
>
>> Network access is *not* a given, nor is the privilege of installing 
>> arbitrary "uncertified" and "non-essential" tools - whatever the meaning of 
>> "uncertified" and "non-essential" are, those being defined, as is "design 
>> goal", etc, by some small committee.
>>
>> It is a very common scenario, e.g. banks & telecom, some part of 
>> public/government service and health care. This does not seem to sink in 
>> without repeating.
>>
>
> Network access is not needed to build R - apparently that fact did not seem 
> to sink in, either. This entire thread is based on false assumptions and as 
> such the only place for it is /dev/null
>

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