Allow me to introduce myself

[Sternvogel]

Are you a man of wealth and taste?

[Cat_Whisperer]

@Buck_Godot

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Regarding high dimensional genetic data, I deal with such things as gene expression data in which we measure which gene in a given patient sample are being expressed as RNA and so are active in a given sample. There are generally thousands of such measurements for each sample, and you generally have maybe few dozen samples whose behavior you are attempting to model. So with many more variables than samples the statistics become somewhat interesting.

-Buck

I win!

[Miller]

Welcome, Buck. How’s things on New Hong Kong?

[Claude_Remains]

@Sternvogel

Are you a man of wealth and taste?

Damn, that’s one hell of an excerpt.

[kaylasdad99]

@Marley23

We’ve been waiting for you!

Six hours and nineteen minutes. Ya beat me by a lousy six hours and nineteen minutes.

@Oakminster

Three minutes. Ya beat me by three lousy minutes.

And welcome new dude.

Six hours and sixteen minutes. Ya beat me by a lousy six hours and sixteen minutes.

Welcome aboard, Buck.

[kaylasdad99]

@Oakminster

I think he’s working on raising an army of Godzillas, supported by a Mothra air force, to take over the world. We should have a betting pool on whether he succeeds before the Mayans kill us in a couple years. I’ll hold the money…

@Cat_Whisperer

My money’s on evil clones.

@Buck_Godot

Regarding high dimensional genetic data, I deal with such things as gene expression data in which we measure which gene in a given patient sample are being expressed as RNA and so are active in a given sample. There are generally thousands of such measurements for each sample, and you generally have maybe few dozen samples whose behavior you are attempting to model. So with many more variables than samples the statistics become somewhat interesting.

-Buck

@Cat_Whisperer

I win!

Good luck getting the evil clones to give you the money, now that you’ve gone and handed it to them…

[Boyo_Jim]

Hey, I have a friend named Barry who’s a micribiologist at NIH. Early 50s, looks a but like a slightly greying leprechaun. Works in the Pukmonary section, I think, overseeing clinical studies.

Welcome. You will be surpised at the low level of importance that facts have in our debates.

[kaylasdad99]

@Buck_Godot

Thanks for the welcome. I’ll try to live up to expectations.
Buck Godot is one of my favorite comic book characters (see http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php).

@kaylasdad99

Welcome aboard, Buck.

And damn you for posting that link.

[Quasimodem]

… since we’re gonna do all kinds of “play on words/themes/titles” welcoming our new friend, let’s at least do it right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heXGH7XwZyk

It’s BS&T, but there’s nothing to see, so just listen to some great vocals and musicianship!

Might wanna turn it up. too!

PLEASED TO MEET YOU!

Quasi

[WordMan]

Welcome to the open side of being a Doper - you sound like you have stuff to contribute; look forward to hearing more…

[Marley23]

@Oakminster

Three minutes. Ya beat me by three lousy minutes.

Sorry. You know how hard it is to be the first to make a joke with this crowd.

Anyway, Buck Godot, I look forward to hearing what you have to say and maybe learning a little about your field of expertise if I can manage to understand it.

[garygnu]

Welcome!
Have you been to Baía, Buck Godot?

[Oakminster]

@Marley23

Sorry. You know how hard it is to be the first to make a joke with this crowd.

It’s ok. You won fair and square. I needed a new hobby anyway. Like this little Marley doll I’m making. Say…you wouldn’t wouldn’t happen to have a lock of hair or a blood sample I could borrow, would ya?

[Balance]

@Buck_Godot

I have a PhD in statistics and am putting it to use analyzing high dimensional genetic data for the National Institutes of Health.

So, Zap Gun for Hire is just a sideline?

(I’m a Girl Genius fan, myself.)

[Mama_Zappa]

@Jimmy_Chitwood

Is that Buck as in Mulligan?

Most like as in “zap gun”.

Welcome,** BG**! Don’t kill the squid with the zap gun!

[Gary_Robson]

Welcome aboard, Buck! We can start your initiation as soon as the goat recovers from the last one.

[E-Sabbath]

Oh, we’re not using the goat on him.

We’re using the Winslow. (Hi!)

[Tastes_of_Chocolate]

From one Phil Foglio fan to another, HI!.

While Buck/Zap Gun for Hire is good,
The Winslow ROCKS!!!