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[Peter Dalgaard]

Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

> First, you replied to the list and not to me, which was discourteous.

You mean that he replied to the list *only*, I hope. 

I usually consider it offensive when people reply to me and not the
list (reasons including: It feels like being grabbed by the sleeve, I
might not actually be the best source for the answer, and it's
withholding the answer from the rest of the subscribers.)

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