tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post7621438981091709561..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Monday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-2203096537369447642007-04-23T11:55:00.000-07:002007-04-23T11:55:00.000-07:00Editorial cartoons on the news can be found over a...Editorial cartoons on the news can be found over at <A HREF="http://www.bicycle.net/2007/floyd-landis-synthetic-testosterone-found-b/" REL="nofollow">Bicycle.net</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-87556386003254424152007-04-23T11:41:00.000-07:002007-04-23T11:41:00.000-07:00Could we get clarification from Marc on some of th...Could we get clarification from Marc on some of the points of translation?<BR/><BR/>First of all, "traces". In french, is this explicitly a word that indicates a small amount? The IRMS test can not find "traces" of synthetic testosterone. Perhaps if "traces" was translated from a word that meant something more akin to "signs" or "indications" it would make more sense, but that's the less common usage for "traces" in english.<BR/><BR/>Second, when they say "distinguish", I take that to mean "can tell apart", which (as with the first time around and the "foolproof" quote) is an extreme mischaracterization of how this test operates.<BR/><BR/>tomThomas A. Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15734341507092908270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-35824027407967494402007-04-23T10:31:00.000-07:002007-04-23T10:31:00.000-07:00CNN International also prints the Reuters story on...<I>CNN International also prints the Reuters story on new positives being found in the Landis "B"...</I><BR/><BR/>As far as we know the new tests did not produce any positives. The leak said "traces of exogenous testosterone", which suggests to me that they found nothing more convincing than the stage 17 IRMS tests. A "trace" could be nothing more than a single metabolite slightly out of the "normal" range. If they found something more definitive, why didn't they leak that?<BR/><BR/>~ CubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com