[R] An unprofessional message

[Ivan Gregoretti]

Great animation, really amusing. Merry Christmas gone Psychedelic Christmas.

Ivan


Ivan Gregoretti, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
5 Memorial Dr, Building 5, Room 205.
Bethesda, MD 20892. USA.




On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Yihui Xie <xie at yihui.name> wrote:
> I have wrapped it into a Flash animation, so we can really see it now:
> http://yihui.name/en/2009/12/merry-christmas-using-r/
>
> Regards,
> Yihui
> --
> Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com>
> Phone: 515-294-6609 Web: http://yihui.name
> Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
> 3211 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Yihui Xie <xie at yihui.name> wrote:
>> As a useR, you'd better present this message in a more professional
>> way :) Let's see Christmas shining in R:
>>
>> n = length(speed <- runif(angle <- runif(x <- strsplit("MERRY
>> CHRISTMAS", "")[[1]], 0, 360), 0, 15))
>> x11(10, 3)
>> par(mar = rep(0, 4), bg = "black")
>> for (j in 1:1000) {
>>    angle = angle + speed
>>    plot.new()
>>    plot.window(c(1, n), c(0, 1))
>>    for (i in 1:n) text(i, 0.5, x[i], srt = angle[i], cex = runif(1,
>> 1, 4), col = sample(colors(), 1))
>>    Sys.sleep(0.02)
>> }
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Yihui
>> --
>> Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com>
>> Phone: 515-294-6609 Web: http://yihui.name
>> Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
>> 3211 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Maithili Shiva
>> <maithili_shiva at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Dear R helpers,
>>>
>>> I understand that this is absolutely unprofessional on my part and this group doesn't entertain such things. I have been associted with this group since last 1 and half years and have been immensely benefited by the noble service rendred by many R helpers.
>>>
>>> So I take this opportunity to thank all of you and wish you all
>>>
>>> "MERRY CHRISTMAS".
>>>
>>> I sincerely apologize for using this platform for writing such an unprofessional message and especially when I am aware that nobody has ever done such thing but I really mean it.
>>>
>>> Warm Regards
>>>
>>> Maithili
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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