Rob J Hyndman

Giving a research seminar
Thursday, 08 May 2008

With conference season almost upon us, it is timely to discuss what makes a good conference presentation. Here is a suggested structure.

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Changes to Monash proxies
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
The recent changes to Monash University proxy servers require the settings that we use in R and MikTeX to be changed also.

• In R, the program should now be called without any additional arguments.
• In MiKTeX Update, remove all information from "Connection Settings".

I think it will be necessary to log-in to the internet service via a web-browser at the start of each day. After that, R and MikTeX should communicate seamlessly with the outside world.

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Recommended forecasting and time series books
Monday, 28 April 2008
People often ask me for recommendations on forecasting books and time series books. I have now provided a list of ten good books to which I often refer.

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Creating a BibTeX file from a Google Library
Thursday, 27 March 2008

As you will have seen if you poke around these pages, I have a Google Library of books in statistics and forecasting. This is intended to be a complete copy of what is on the shelves in my office (about 400 books), plus books that I would like on my shelves if I had more space.

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R Workshop
Thursday, 27 March 2008
There is an R workshop planned for 28-29 June, just before the Australian Statistics Conference. I will put in an appearance on the second day giving two talks: 1. Time series and forecasting in R; and 2. Creating R packages. Slides, etc., will be available closer to the date.

Postscript: The registration form is now available.

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Can we really move mountains?
Sunday, 04 May 2008

Jesus said (Matthew 17:20)

I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

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What does "Lord" mean in the Bible?
Sunday, 04 May 2008

Lord is used for God, Jesus and for other people in positions of authority. For example:

Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Here, "Lord" is clearly referring to Jesus.

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Does the law of Moses apply to Christians today?
Friday, 25 April 2008
No. This was debated at length in the early days of Christianity and the apostles all agreed that the Old Testament law of Moses does not apply to Gentile Christians.

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Who is God speaking to in Genesis 1:26?
Friday, 25 April 2008
When God created human beings he said

Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. (Genesis 1:26)

In saying "Let us", he appears to be speaking to someone.

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Where did the name "Jehovah" come from?
Friday, 25 April 2008

"Jehovah" is a mispronunciation of the Hebrew name of God, resulting from a confusion over what vowels were to be included when saying the name.

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