On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Patrick Connolly wrote:
> Methinks you flatter with the word "estimate". I used the tried and
> untestable 'best guess' method which is frequently necessary even in
> scientific work (and always necessary in sample surveys). Suffice to
> say that email addresses give a useful indication. People who work
> for an organisation nearly always acknowledge assistance I've given
Does this imply that you think Universities are not organizations? Or are
you taking .org addresses to be organizations and .com not? (Takes tounge
out of cheek.)
> them; those with a .edu or .ac address and without an indication of
> being staff thereof seldom do. Details on the GLM used and the
> F-statistics available on request. :-)
I wish that were my experience. I find people whose emails imply they work
for commercial companies rarely acknowledge free advice, and also that some
vigorous questioners with .edu addresses actually work for companies (this
usually emerges when they complain about the excessive cost of software).
I have become wary of the demands of some of those, but usually u/grads
are nowhere near as persistent.
Brian Ripley
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Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
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