Comments on: Thank you for having me (but I think you’ve been had) http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/04/03/thank-you-for-having-me-but-i-think-youve-been-had/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:04:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Helen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/04/03/thank-you-for-having-me-but-i-think-youve-been-had/#comment-257823 Helen Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:22:55 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/04/03/thank-you-for-having-me-but-i-think-youve-been-had/#comment-257823 <i>And to pull off the number of technical jokes and references to personalities in the field would have required a huge amount of background research.</i> Much of it in an era where he wouldn't have had Google or Wikipedia. That makes it all the more of an achievement. And to pull off the number of technical jokes and references to personalities in the field would have required a huge amount of background research.

Much of it in an era where he wouldn’t have had Google or Wikipedia. That makes it all the more of an achievement.

]]> By: Chris Lloyd http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/04/03/thank-you-for-having-me-but-i-think-youve-been-had/#comment-257671 Chris Lloyd Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:55:35 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/04/03/thank-you-for-having-me-but-i-think-youve-been-had/#comment-257671 At the 1998 Statistical Society of Australia conference, there was a scheduled after dinner speaker from the Nevada division of the US Foundations for Standards in Geological Statistics. He had a long list of honours after his name and the abstract for the talk ran to a page and a half of meaningless jargon. I considered walking out after the main course and missing the sweets and coffee, and I very nearly vented my spleen at the organiser who was at the table next to me. Luckily I stayed. The speaker was McComas. He did a masterful job. And to pull off the number of technical jokes and references to personalities in the field would have required a huge amount of background research. Statistics conferences have never been the same since! At the 1998 Statistical Society of Australia conference, there was a scheduled after dinner speaker from the Nevada division of the US Foundations for Standards in Geological Statistics. He had a long list of honours after his name and the abstract for the talk ran to a page and a half of meaningless jargon. I considered walking out after the main course and missing the sweets and coffee, and I very nearly vented my spleen at the organiser who was at the table next to me. Luckily I stayed.

The speaker was McComas. He did a masterful job. And to pull off the number of technical jokes and references to personalities in the field would have required a huge amount of background research. Statistics conferences have never been the same since!

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]]> By: Patrick http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/04/03/thank-you-for-having-me-but-i-think-youve-been-had/#comment-257490 Patrick Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:43:54 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/04/03/thank-you-for-having-me-but-i-think-youve-been-had/#comment-257490 He spoke at my school once. A very warm and lovely person. He spoke at my school once. A very warm and lovely person.

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