ぎょーむ日誌 2003-10-28

2003 年 10 月 28 日 (火)

• 0700 起床． 朝飯． コーヒー． 0820 自宅発． 曇． 0830 研究室着．
• なぜか昨日ぎょーむ日誌に時間とられる．
• 釧路大会雑用いまだ終らづ． これで午前終了． いやはや．
• 1300 講座セミナー， 今日はあやしげ屋久島調査隊のあやしげ報告． あやしげだった．
• 北大で開催される動物行動学会大会に参加するために来ている 粕谷さん が遊びにきてくださる． 難しいハナシなどはせずに 2 時間ばかり雑談．
• インドネシアからきたシンボロンさんの PC を 北大 DHCP 接続する設定． ゐんどーづ98 なので winipcfg コマンドで LAN チップの MAC アドレスを調べる． また不条理なる再起動強要．
• 大澤君と Poisson モデル談義．
• 釧路大会雑用． これの一番まずいところは 「何か仕事をやってる」 という錯覚におちいるところだ． これは仕事ではない．
• お茶部屋雑談．
• 自分の仕事も下請け仕事もススまずに一日が終了． まあ， たまには口頭情報やりとりで終始する日があってもよいか． 2140 研究室発． 2200 帰宅． 体重 72.2kg．
• [今日の素読]
  • Salsburg, D. 2001. `` The Lady Tasting Tea -- How statistics revolutionized science in the twentieth century''. Owl Book.
  • Chapter 17. When Part Is Better Than The Whole
    • Jerome Cornfield
    • Economic indices
  • One of Cornfield's most important achievements was in the design and initial analysis of the Framingham Study, begun in 1948. The idea was to take Framingham, Massachusetts, as a ``typical town,'' measure a large number of health variables on everyone in the town, and then follow these people for a number of years. The study has now been running for over fifty years. It has had a ``Perils of Pauline'' existence as, from time to time, attempts have been made to cut its funding in the interests of budget reduction in goverment. It remains a major source of information on the long-term effects of diet and lifestyles on heart disease and cancer.
  • They explained to the goverment accountant that, while this was theoretically something that a person could do, no one would be able to live long enough to do it. The accountant was sympathetic, but he could not see a way around the regulation. Cornfield then made a suggestion. As a result, bureau issued a purchase order for capital goods. What capital goods? The invoice called for the bureau to purchase from Harvard ``one matrix, inverted.''
  • When the conference closed, the attendees went their separate ways. As they arrived home, they heard the news. R.A. Fisher had died of a heart attack on the boat returning him to Australia. He was seventy-two years old. His collected scientific papers fill five volumes, and his seven books continue to influence all that is being done in statistics. His brilliant original accomplishments had come to an end.
• [今日の運動]
  • あ，うんどうしてない
• [今日の食卓]
  • 朝 (0740): 米麦 0.7 合． ハクサイ・タマネギ・卵の炒めもの．
  • 昼 (1310): 弁当． 研究室セミナー室． 米麦 0.7 合． ハクサイ・タマネギ・卵の炒めもの．
  • 晩 (2240): 米麦 0.7 合． ハクサイ・タマネギ・豆腐・煮干の味噌汁．