Re:[sdpd] EPDIC-11 - September 2008

[Lubomir Smrcok <uachsmrk...@savba.sk>]

Armel,
when solving a structure from powder one should think of old, though a 
little bit profaned "the end justifies the means" :-)
lubo



On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Armel Le Bail wrote:

>
>> Many thanks for telling me about this website. I think it will help me a
>> lot in
>> powder diffraction.
>
> "EPDIC conferences are intended to be the place where all powder
> diffractionists, independently of whether they are more interested in the
> theoretical advances or in the application of the techniques, can meet and
> exchange ideas and experiences"
>
> In that declaration, you can replace "EPDIC conference are"
> by "SDPD mailing list is" etc ...  can virtuallly "meet and exchange ideas
> and experiences."
>
> I suspect that real meetings have the advantage on virtual meetings
> to allow for undiscussed shows : celebrities tell their own truth to a silent
> audience.
>
> Here, a stupid guy may well say "hey, OK, Genetic algorithm may
> also provide sometimes the structure solution, but can you give us
> any argument that it is much better than by using simulated
> annealing or other direct-space approaches, and that we shall use
> it preferably ? Anyway, is your software available ?".
>
> The problem here is also that no answer will be obtained whereas
> no such question will be asked at the EPDIC.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Armel
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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