"Stop whining," Mr. Clow told the estimated 380 attendees.
While the Republicans are still counting, the Democrats estimated 244,458 attendees at their caucuses.
At $30,000 a ticket for the estimated 600 attendees, it is expected to raise $12m for the Costume Institute.
The Grace Hopper Celebration of women in computing is the largest gathering of women in technology with an estimated 18000 attendees.
The entreaties of the speakers may have influenced the estimated 1,200 attendees at the conference, based on results of instant polls during two general sessions.
But her role in making the first Star Trek convention happen — in New York, with an estimated 3,000 attendees — was a lasting achievement.
Last year saw its largest ever festival with an estimated 60,000 attendees; satellite events in Paris, Los Angeles and Atlanta; and the decision to begin charging for admittance.
Movie theaters in storm-torn areas hosted free screenings with an estimated 8,500 attendees, who gathered in half-empty theaters to watch celebrities take the stage on their behalf.
So the estimated 475 attendees at the conference, which ended here on Saturday, frequently heard panelists describe television as a "lean back" medium because it is meant to be experienced passively, and the Internet as a "lean forward" medium because it is meant to be experienced actively.
And while it was difficult to find any of the estimated 400 attendees of the conference who would admit to being terror-stricken, concern about the abrupt and wrenching dislocations of the last year in interactive marketing and advertising were evident in many of the questions asked of the speakers.
