"CNN reports unidentified white powder."
They'd have a field day at my place. No, not that - I'm not a good housekeeper.
Biosensor programs are a great subject, because they have all the elements. We could start with detect to warn vs. detect to treat, coupled with federal funding, and it's right up Coli's alley. SDS's too, as a matter of fact. Could be fun. Could spend some good time on NSPD 33 alone. We can even throw in the military setting up totally inefficient in a domestic environment BIDS systems. How about the DFU samplers that were purchased for several American cities, but not buying the 8 primary agent field assay kits to do a spot analysis because certain Congresscritters demanded that all initial analysis go to an EPA approved lab? Initial field screens?
New thread? Or should it be ignored because it wasn't on the news today? Several billions of dollars aside, of course.
Cost of designed failure. Did you know that the "positivity percentage" for the nerve agent test in the M256 kit was actually decreased by switching from horse cholinesterase enzymes to eel cholinesterase enzymes, but gave a better read on whether an anti-cholinesterase was present?
The other side of 90% is that nasty little 10%. 9/11 taught the cost of failure, it's already been forgotten. Depends on how one looks at it, I guess.
But, I know I can always count on you to catch all that. People don't get how smart you really are, Tom.