StackOverflow has certainly its merits, although I miss a bit the good ol'
Oxford sarcasm gems you find in this list.

This said : Beginner's list. Bad, bad idea. First rule in my classes is:
RTFI (Read The Fucking Internetzz). Anybody using R should be able to do a
basic Google search. A beginner's list is not going to help them in
learning that.

If beginners do the effort of following the posting guidelines, netiquette
or any other guide to getting help on the internet, they can safely use
this list.

Cheers
Joris




On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Rolf Turner <r.turner@auckland.ac.nz>wrote:

> On 11/25/13 09:04, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote:
>>
>>  Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially
>>> good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug
>>> reports). The better place for questions is a web forum.
>>>
>>
>>   I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora
>> require
>> one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as
>> convenient.
>>
>
> Well expressed Rich.  I agree with you completely.
>
>     cheers,
>
>     Rolf Turner
>
>
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