ERRATA
In the last issue we reported that Eugene Marcus was able to pass a validation test after practicing the protocol for three months. The day the newsletter was mailed I received the following e-mail message:
alan its a good article. thanks. it has one big mistake. the second test came a year and three months after the first. your friend
eugene.
We apologize for the mistake. 15 months is very different than 3 months!
This demonstrates even more clearly that FC users participating in validation tests need lots of practice with the specific testing protocol.
Thank you Eugene.
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