tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post253080440837308374..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Thursday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-27596689166493892782006-11-16T20:54:00.000-08:002006-11-16T20:54:00.000-08:00Happy birthday!
Regarding the poor grammar of the...Happy birthday!<br /><br />Regarding the poor grammar of the emails in question, I have seen a lot of poor grammar, spelling, etc. in English writing by native, monolingual English speakers. Seems to me the same is possible for Les Francaises aussi, n'est pas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-83965657862172128652006-11-16T20:11:00.000-08:002006-11-16T20:11:00.000-08:00Happy B-Day TBV! Ahhhh watching the lab, wada, us...Happy B-Day TBV! Ahhhh watching the lab, wada, usada, and the uci struggle to grab at the deck chairs as the titanic sinks is going to be fun. I guess they can't deal with being on the wrong end of the public scrutiny. Keep it up Floyd! BTW, how is the frankenbike coming?<br /><br />Mike<br />Green Mountain Cyclery<br />Ephrata, PA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-88247350735652300102006-11-16T11:38:00.000-08:002006-11-16T11:38:00.000-08:00You'd be better off asking that question to someon...You'd be better off asking that question to someone who works in a crime lab or something of that nature...in production-related GxP labs the results are about quality, efficacy are safety of the product - where I work the job of the lab is to objectively prodce the correct result...the interpretation of those results is up to others (e.g., the quality folks, the trial sponsors, etc). <br /><br />Obviosly the lab guys are going to have an opinion, but in most cases the guys conducting the test don't have access to all the relevant data (they're usually not the people designing the studies). However, since its recognized that having a lab that's compromised can impact the quality of the data, the idea is that you do your best to ensure that the lab is objective, well controlled, and conducts themselves professionally and according to approved procedure.Burt Friggin' Hoovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273797531067256254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-14597086848881768622006-11-16T10:56:00.000-08:002006-11-16T10:56:00.000-08:00So, Burt (as the scientist), or anyone, once the l...So, Burt (as the scientist), or anyone, once the lab conducts a test and turns over its results to their client, whom requested it, is it ethical for them to comment on the ultimate outcome of the test? Meaning, are they within their rights to say, "Oh yeah, Landis is guilty" or are they only supposed to provide the results and their analysis of the data and shut up? <br /><br />The fact that no one seems to be able to follow a process (if A happens, then B happens) pisses me off. Everyone involved here seems to be running around in circles acting like a bunch of morons.<br /><br />Accountability is a two-way street. If Floyd is guilty, he is accountable. However, WADA, LNDD, the UCI and anyone else has puffed out their chest to prove how great they are while simultaneously ignoring procedure should be held accountable if the process finds otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-10510608660925292252006-11-16T09:55:00.000-08:002006-11-16T09:55:00.000-08:00Responding to "anonynomous"...its clearly amature-...Responding to "anonynomous"...its clearly amature-hour over there at Châtenay-Malabry. I hope from this whole thing WADA recognizes that they're going to have to beef up their accredidation and oversite processes, or their going to face more of this type of embarassment in the future. <br /><br />We need a system that catches and punishes the bad guys, not one that wastes everyones times with fundamentally indefensible data..or worse, implicates innocent people.Burt Friggin' Hoovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273797531067256254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-18320561599119626022006-11-16T09:29:00.000-08:002006-11-16T09:29:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday TBV! As a close contemporary, now ...Happy Birthday TBV! As a close contemporary, now I understand why we are both familiar with Super Chicken and Monty Python.<br /><br />With the IHT's article, the plot thickens. What I want to know is how a hacker could have poor French in the cover letters and yet be able to read science French documents on the LNDD server. Remember your loyal readers needed Marc to translate the science French for the Ferret documents. Composition in a foriegn language is much more difficult than reading, but still ...Cheryl from Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410608438374264074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-72272220383658822992006-11-16T06:07:00.000-08:002006-11-16T06:07:00.000-08:00WEll...first order of business..Happy Birthday TBV...WEll...first order of business..Happy Birthday TBV! And again, I appreciate your site, especially the tol;erance and balance that you provide. OK, now for Floyd, this is a true "chink" in the armour. I wqork in the area of radiation protection, and part of my job has been to manage the contracts that cover bioassay sample analysis and whole body counting for monitoring individual for exposure to radioactive material. Accredidation of labs that perform these services and management oversight of these contracts is intense. Everything from sample csubmittal provceudres, maintenance of chain of custody, sample transmittal, sample analysis, document control, training, analysis of s"unknowns" prepared by an independent third party, hard copy and electronic records management are covered in this process. From I have seen already, this lab has blown it. Their reputation is in tatters and in my area of expertise, their data would be worthless. Having said that, I am hoping for additional evidence because many people will see this type of victory as hollow and contrived....which isn not the case. But a victory without appreciation and acknowledgement of his real effort will not be satisfying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com