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To: Doug R who wrote (268891)7/1/2002 4:55:08 PM
From: PROLIFE  Respond to of 769670
 
how about weapons at school too, I hear the schools do not approve of that...wonder why?

My daughter got beeped at the airport not long ago, went through a wand search... no bombs,(although I was suspicious of that suitcase she calls a purse)..funny tho...it did not ruin her life...



To: Doug R who wrote (268891)7/1/2002 5:22:58 PM
From: jlallen  Respond to of 769670
 
If you get a false positive, what prevents a repeat test again to prove it was in fact false? This is done all the time with DUI cases. Multiple samples are collected and the accused always gets to have an independent testing.

You are tilting at windmills....

JLA



To: Doug R who wrote (268891)7/1/2002 6:01:42 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Respond to of 769670
 
Well dougie you are asking a question in the realm of test engineering. A false positive says a test indicated a pass when a failure, error or defect should have declared.

False negatives or a pass that is wrong kill thousands more than false positives. In almost if not all accidents caused by human failure a human failed the test thinking something was safe. In many cases of mechanical failure a manufacture somehow tested and passed a defective product.


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