Re: xls workshop?
Jan de Leeuw <[email protected]> Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:32:31 -0700
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You can download the old xlispstat.org website at http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/pub/xlispstat.tgz It's about 31MB. Good luck ! --- Jan On Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003, at 16:10 US/Pacific, [email protected] wrote: > I have the okay from my chair to host the xlispstat.org domain name, > and I > plan on snapping it up for ten years. I hope to take that over this > week. > > I'm now interested in knowing what folks would like provided from the > website, and how they would like it provided: > files provided > upload capabilities > format > etc. > I imagine that it would be easiest if I could start with the format of > the > old xlispstat.org site, and then grow the site. > Andy > > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Pedro Valero wrote: > >> Hello lispers, >> >> Well, it looks like we have three tasks: >> >> 1. Organizing the workshop. >> 2. The special issue of the JSE >> 3. Setting up back the xlisp.org domain >> >> I would say that the different tasks might be carried by different >> people >> so that the workload would not be too concentrated. I have already >> volunteered for number 1 but I think this could be decided later, >> depending >> on the geographical situation of the people interested on attending in >> order to keep costs lower as possible. It would be useful to have a >> first >> expression of interest of people interested on the workshop so we >> might see >> if it is is really worth of the effort. >> On the other hand, the special issue of the JSE is an offer that we >> can not >> turn down. Again, I would volunteer for doing the work, preferably >> with >> somebody else. The issue might include descriptions of actual work >> carried >> out with xlisp-stat but it would be nice to devote some papers about >> general computational statistics matters. >> About the xlisp.org, I would suggest a new approach to the site. This >> suggestion stems from my experiences with the code in this site. When >> I >> download something and try to run it, it is very usual that I can not >> get >> anything sensible happening. The problem is that every piece of code >> seems >> to be reinvent basic issues such as data formats, opening files, etc. >> I >> think that a good project would be to create workspaces that would >> include >> as much of this code already loaded and to specify a minimum set of >> conventions so that playing with a new piece of software was made >> easy. >> This could be the subject of a paper. Another approach, of course, >> would be >> to take advantage of the two big projects in xlisp-stat (Arc and >> ViSta) and >> use the framework they provide. >> >> Pedro >> >> >> >> At 19:27 07/07/2003, [email protected] wrote: >>> I may be willing to host the xlispstat.org domain name at Northern >>> Kentucky University. What's involved, and how much will it cost? If >>> you >>> know, and want to spare others the details, email me directly. I'm >>> sure >>> that we have the disk space, and a machine that could handle the >>> hits. >>> >>> I'd also like to participate in a conference on lispstat, in Spain, >>> France, or the US (maybe at NKU? I'd be willing to work to set it >>> up). It >>> would be a shame to let this software die a death of a thousand >>> cuts. It's >>> wonderful stuff which I routinely use, and I hope that we can make it >>> vibrant once again. I'm glad to see so many of the old names >>> floating up >>> from the past: clearly there's still lots of interest. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Jan de Leeuw wrote: >>> >>>> Well, obviously one could. But the question is, as always, who will >>>> host and maintain and hopefully grow it. >>>> >>>> --- Jan >>>> >>>> PS: http://www.stat.ucla.edu:16080/xlispstat/code/ >>>> >>>> On Monday, Jul 7, 2003, at 07:54 US/Pacific, >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Another thing mentioned was that xlispstat.org is free to register >>>>> again. Maybe we can try to set it up again, such that the >>>>> repository >>>>> of xls code is accessible again? >>>>> >>>> === >>>> Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; >>>> Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical >>>> Software >>>> US mail: 9432 Boelter Hall, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 >>>> phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: >>>> [email protected] >>>> homepage: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ---- >>>> ------------------------- >>>> No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo >>>> Banzai >>>> http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/sounds/nomatter.au >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ---- >>>> ------------------------- >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Stat-lisp-news mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://muskrat.stat.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/stat-lisp-news >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Stat-lisp-news mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://muskrat.stat.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/stat-lisp-news >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Stat-lisp-news mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://muskrat.stat.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/stat-lisp-news >> > > _______________________________________________ > Stat-lisp-news mailing list > [email protected] > http://muskrat.stat.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/stat-lisp-news > > === Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical Software US mail: 9432 Boelter Hall, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: [email protected] homepage: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo Banzai http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/sounds/nomatter.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- _______________________________________________ Stat-lisp-news mailing list [email protected] http://muskrat.stat.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/stat-lisp-news