Yep, phenix.fake_f_obs is available for use since April 22, 2011, but I made it such that it will only do "the right thing" in experienced hands -;) and I wouldn't teach it unless you sign a disclaimer -:) It's good for developers though who want to do fully controllable numeric experiments to test ideas. Pavel On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:39 AM, James Kiefer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Jacob, > > With all due respect, you have left out a key component to successful > data fabrication in the modern age: software. It is quite obtuse not > to have allocated at least one day of the workshop for practical > applications of Photoshop to diffraction image generation and at least > a passing coverage of whether or not Adobe Lightroom and > crystallographic presets therein will be sufficiently capable of > muddling the RCSB staff analysis of data feasibility checking. > > I would very much like to see Gerard Bricogne present a keynote > lecture entitled something like, "The R-Fake Parameter: A Maximum > Likelihood Modulus to Define a Minimum Acceptable Data Drift > Coefficient for Use in the Fabrication of Credibly Artificial > Diffraction Data." > > I also believe that we are perhaps full of hubris as a > crystallographic community, because an entire field of faked > structural data has existed long before crystallographers even > considered manufacturing their data. Specifically, the molecular > modeling community has already surpassed us in their thinking on the > subject. While we idly discuss how to properly generate false data, > they have had the foresight to abandon ALL data...and even the > starting coordinates in crystal structures - be they real or > fictitious - and publish volumes of papers entirely unencumbered by > reality or plausibility. My hat is off to them. > > Best regards, > Jim > > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Jacob Keller > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear CCP4BB, > > > > due to increasing demand, it seems we should put together a workshop on > data > > fabrication, covering the various important topics (chaired by JHo): > > > > --Images: the future of fabrication? How long can we rely on database > > Luddism? > > --Ways out: how to leave a trail of "accidental" data mix-ups > > --Publish large or small? Cost-benefit analyses of impact factor vs. > risk of > > being discovered > > --Pushing the envelope: how significant is two [sic] significant > > --Crossing discipline boundaries: are data fabrication procedures > universal? > > --Build a better "hofkristallrat"-trap: utilization of rhetorical bombast > > and indignation in reply letters > > > > --Break-out support-session with survivors: comforting words on careers > > after the fall > > > > --Session on the inextricably-related topic of grammatical pedantry, to > be > > followed by a soccer (football?) match Greeks Vs. Latins > > > > Ample funding will be available from big pharma and other industry > sectors > > > > Please submit further topics to the CCP4BB list > > > > JPK > > > > ps I can't believe no one mentioned the loathsome Latino-Greek > "multimer" in > > the recent curmudgeonry postings. > > > > > > ******************************************* > > Jacob Pearson Keller > > Northwestern University > > Medical Scientist Training Program > > email: [log in to unmask] > > ******************************************* > > > > -- > > James Kiefer, Ph.D. > Structural Biology > Genentech, Inc. > 1 DNA Way, Mailstop 27 > South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990 >