Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:18:39 -0700
Reply-To: Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
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From: Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Calculating averages within 1, 2, 3 miles from each point
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On Sep 26, 2009, at 12:09 am, Murphy Choy wrote:
> Not to mention that people who are assisting him might get
> implicated with the law.
>
> But I think such probability of people using SAS to plan attacks
> will be quite low. Unless they have a SAS programmer who is the head
> of terror strategy.
You never know! The next terrorist attack may well come from an
American-born grandmother with a name like Mary Smith. Why couldn't
she be a computer programmer too?
--
Jack Hamilton
jfh@alumni.stanford.org
Tots units fem força!
On Sep 26, 2009, at 12:09 am, Murphy Choy wrote:
> Not to mention that people who are assisting him might get
> implicated with the law.
>
> But I think such probability of people using SAS to plan attacks
> will be quite low. Unless they have a SAS programmer who is the head
> of terror strategy.
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>
> --
> Regards,
> Murphy Choy
>
> Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS V9
> Certified Basic Programmer for SAS V9
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:05:32
> To: <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Calculating averages within 1, 2, 3 miles
> from each point
>
> I hope the Secret Service is a bit more careful about engaging in
> religious and racial profiling.
>
> And the idea of using SAS to plan a terrorist attack, and asking for
> advice on a public newsgroup, is simply absurd. Surely MapInfo would
> be a better choice.
>
> --
> Jack Hamilton
> jfh@alumni.stanford.org
> Tots units fem força!
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:16 pm, Mary wrote:
>
>> I did forward this to the Secret Service just to make sure
>> everything is OK.
>>
>> -Mary
>>
>> --- KevinMyers@AUSTIN.RR.COM wrote:
>>
>> From: Kevin Myers <KevinMyers@AUSTIN.RR.COM>
>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Calculating averages within 1, 2, 3 miles
>> from each point
>> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:24:53 -0500
>>
>> Imam -
>>
>> Your request worried several of us, not just Carl. Your name
>> suggested a
>> possible Islamic connection, and the analysis that you requested
>> could have
>> been interpreted as an analysis to determine optimmal points of
>> detonation
>> for a WMD attack. I personally researched your background, and
>> found that
>> you appear to be doing legitimate geographical research regarding
>> health
>> care issues. However, that was not at all obvious from your initial
>> post.
>> So I think that you should cut Carl some slack. He was just trying
>> to do
>> you a favor by warning you of these concerns.
>>
>> s/KAM
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Imam Xierali" <imamx8@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:49
>> Subject: Fwd: Calculating averages within 1, 2, 3 miles from each
>> point
>>
>>
>>> You are out of your mind!!! I don't know what to say about you. I
>>> hope
>>> folk on this community be aware of folks like Carl.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Carl Denney <cdenney@healthinfotechnics.com>
>>> Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:36 AM
>>> Subject: RE: Calculating averages within 1, 2, 3 miles from each
>>> point
>>> To: Imam Xierali <imamx8@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is not being sent to the SAS-L list, just to you.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope what you are doing is legit. But just so you know, the next
>>> time someone sends out a list of lat/longs which contains points
>>> which
>>> include,
>>>
>>> - the Naval Observatory, the official residence of the vice
>>> president,
>>> - the dead center of the ellipsis in front of the White House
>>> - a point 400 feet from where the rail lines converge near Union
>>> Station
>>> - a point dead in the middle of an interstate
>>> - a point in the Potomac 1500 feet from the runway at Reagan
>>> National
>>> Airport
>>> - a point in Georgetown at 39th St NW at Reservoir Rd NW
>>> (reservoir??)
>>>
>>> to mention a few of the 30 "random" points, (the centroid of which
>>> is
>>> about 1500 feet from the Capitol Building), I will send that to the
>>> FBI as well.
>>>
>>> And when specifying a lat/long to the 6th decimal place, that point
>>> is
>>> specified to within 6 inches on the surface of the earth, probably
>>> far
>>> more specific than needed for workforce planning.
>>>
>>> And just so you are aware, I did send it to the FBI.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Imam Xierali [mailto:imamx8@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:38 PM
>>> To: Carl Denney
>>> Cc: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu
>>> Subject: Re: Calculating averages within 1, 2, 3 miles from each
>>> point
>>>
>>> Hi Carl,
>>>
>>> This is definitely not related to White House. It is related to the
>>> health workforce and the points are simulated random points. Well,
>>> DC
>>> is small but lots of health workers.
>>>
>>> Imam
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Carl Denney
>>> <cdenney@healthinfotechnics.com> wrote:
>>>> Can we be a bit cautious when requested to help someone compute
>>>> distances
>>>> from the White House?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
>>>> Of
>>>> Ya Huang
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:18 PM
>>>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: Calculating averages within 1, 2, 3 miles from each
>>>> point
>>>>
>>>> How do you define the distance between each id?
>>>> I tried d=sqrt((x1-x2)**2 + (y1-y2)**2), all the pairs has
>>>> distance << 1?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:59:01 -0400, Imam Xierali <imamx8@GMAIL.COM>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi programmers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone has a code for calculating averages of k2 within 1, 2, 3
>>>>> miles
>>>>> from each point from the following dataset? So the output would be
>>>>> three distances d1, d2, d3 that get the mean k2 of points within
>>>>> 1, 2,
>>>>> 3 miles for each record.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> data dck;
>>>>> input Id x y k1 k2; cards;
>>>>> 1 -77.073923 38.912835 3.951 2.183
>>>>> 2 -77.005398 38.872825 3.229 11.472
>>>>> 3 -76.925642 38.896538 3.628 3.015
>>>>> 4 -77.000521 38.908816 3.508 4.346
>>>>> 5 -77.01099 38.835734 3.671 8.485
>>>>> 6 -77.036519 38.893915 3.301 1.476
>>>>> 7 -76.987287 38.860589 3.163 8.15
>>>>> 8 -76.986608 38.874276 3.856 4.213
>>>>> 9 -76.954017 38.892108 3.236 6.544 10
>>>>> -77.065562 38.921784 3.598 1.571
>>>>> 11 -77.045664 38.967122 3.342 4.662
>>>>> 12 -76.938105 38.892845 3.481 9.245
>>>>> 13 -77.099989 38.936615 3.796 1.247
>>>>> 14 -76.989294 38.860997 3.466 34.195
>>>>> 15 -76.978554 38.91056 3.398 5.112
>>>>> 16 -77.004724 38.954793 3.383 5.502
>>>>> 17 -77.038823 38.827295 3.819 2.568
>>>>> 18 -77.004309 38.891357 3.486 0.719
>>>>> 19 -77.022845 38.917487 3.29 3.326 20
>>>>> -76.991717 38.930888 3.691 3.368
>>>>> 21 -77.002052 38.850847 3.413 13.903
>>>>> 22 -77.031384 38.889208 3.431 1.026
>>>>> 23 -77.032186 38.839916 3.619 9.474
>>>>> 24 -76.983342 38.938643 3.715 3.681
>>>>> 25 -77.017804 38.916986 3.235 0.583
>>>>> 26 -76.990369 38.928989 3.68 11.22
>>>>> 27 -77.090834 38.948038 3.29 13.499
>>>>> 28 -76.988995 38.83509 3.251 3.268
>>>>> 29 -77.025107 38.91746 3.684 1.165 30
>>>>> -77.073613 38.944412 3.472 7.902 ; run;
>>>>
>>>
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