Out of the Blue [Apr 07, 2005, 10:28 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
With the fantastically beautiful spring weather now upon us (thank goodness!) we
finally have the fence doctor in to examine what it will take to better confine
our canines, who have basically turned the wooden barricade fencing around our
yard into a patchwork collection of repaired toothpicks. This is especially
timely, as Gunnar the still-nicknameless puppy is probably about at puberty, at
which point his motivation to break out and be a man-about-town will be that
much greater. Also, Hudson the wonder dog's glacial maturation process seems to
have accelerated with the presence of her little charge, and she is
demonstrating an ever-greater degree of dominant behavior lately (she mounted a
pretty successful challenge to the alpha dog in her group of trail friends this
morning, and he is a 100+ lb Scottish Deerhound!), so we are also that much more
concerned that her escaping might lead to some sort of dogfight, which nobody
needs.
Meanwhile, as MrsBlue tours the grounds with the fence doctor, Hudson is whining like she's being tortured... I'm sure this is because she can't go out and make friends with him, but knowing what I do, it almost seems like she is ruing the plan to close off her escape routes.
Meanwhile, as MrsBlue tours the grounds with the fence doctor, Hudson is whining like she's being tortured... I'm sure this is because she can't go out and make friends with him, but knowing what I do, it almost seems like she is ruing the plan to close off her escape routes.
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<i>Why? Because in the case of a false positive all you have to do is try again. On the first test you could probably even let this occur immediately.</i>
You're assuming the sensor gave a false positive because of random noise. Not true, it could be systemic, for instance:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=484275
Cigarette smoke can cause a falsely elevated breathalyzer test. "In all cases, exposing the sensor to any type of smoke or oxygen ion generator will produce false positive test results and inaccurate readings. This includes residual smoke in the lungs of a smoker and ambient smoke that may be present in the immediate area. Do not use an alcohol breath analyzer near any type of ion generator including popular air cleaners and central hvac electronic filtration systems. Smokers must wait a minimum 8-10 minutes after smoking to use a breathalyzer to insure that all residual smoke is absent from the lungs."
You're assuming the sensor gave a false positive because of random noise. Not true, it could be systemic, for instance:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=484275
Cigarette smoke can cause a falsely elevated breathalyzer test. "In all cases, exposing the sensor to any type of smoke or oxygen ion generator will produce false positive test results and inaccurate readings. This includes residual smoke in the lungs of a smoker and ambient smoke that may be present in the immediate area. Do not use an alcohol breath analyzer near any type of ion generator including popular air cleaners and central hvac electronic filtration systems. Smokers must wait a minimum 8-10 minutes after smoking to use a breathalyzer to insure that all residual smoke is absent from the lungs."
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