> > > > > On Nov 9, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Cem Girit wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> Is there a web version of this R-Help user group
<snip> > > > > Yes. You were offered an option to get a digest when you signed up. > I'm not sure if this response answers the question. It seems to me that > there is not an option to ask for help in R and get the answers to your > questions interactively on a webpage without involving your email address. > Unfortunately, I see this a lot with many computer based help/communities. > What I sometimes do to cope is make a separate email address with google > where I just add ".whatever" to the username part and subscribe with it. > Then I bother to make a different user on my computer so I don't have to > login and out of google on firefox to check it. It seems to me that this is > bending over backwards instead of a more obvious solution, but it's the only > solution I have found because the people who have helped me the most on this > site don't seem to be any different than myself in terms of them being users > like you and me without some sort of resource or credential or interest in > making the more obviously useful help webpage that your email speaks clearly > to me about. I mean, I write that email in my head every time I have a > question in R and I think this is a very legitimate question. > > > >> > >> 3. I can arrange to receive only the responses to my posts > >> automatically > > > > Most people reply to both the poster and the the list, but there is no > > enforcement mechanism. Your unwillingness to do any extra work to > > educate yourself is duly noted. > This seems to be an offensive comment from one of the "Asperger's" > people that the posting guide refers to. Your question is a good one. I > think what R has going for it is that it is really convenient and that there > are often very quick and easy answers if you can get to them. The idea that > you should have to do extra work to answer simple questions is ludicrous, There are really many possibilities to find answers. Some of them were shown in earlier posts. I work with R maybe more than 10 years and I still first try to search an answer by CRAN search options and use R-help only as a last resort. I sometimes manage to answer questions of others and more than often I just consult help page and recite part of it to the poster. > and what's worse about the current system is that you also have to be > exposed to people's negative attitudes such as the one just displayed. > Unfortunately, I haven't seen any progress. All I can say is that if you can I admit I do not know other help system than MS Windows and some other commercial programs. R seems to me far better because if you really are willing to learn it is extremely helpful to read answers from others. I sometimes check an answer to other question just because I want to see what is going on. And some answers are worth saving as they can be extremely helpful for further work. Regards Petr > learn to ignore the emotional tolls that people like this charge, they can > be helpful. I don't think we can ever teach them about the consequences of <snip> > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
