Quotes About Detection

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material.

The strongest signals leaking off our planet are radar transmissions, not television or radio. The most powerful radars, such as the one mounted on the Arecibo telescope (used to study the ionosphere and map asteroids) could be detected with a similarly sized antenna at a distance of nearly 1,000 light-years.

Mercaptan. They add it to natural gas so you can smell it if you have a leak in the house.

Psychology's loss," said Strike, "is private detection's gain.

Os sofismas do fazendeiro seriam "desmascarados; suas objeções, refutadas; seus artifícios, detectados; e suas galhofas, ridicularizadas".

I have a lab filled with millions of dollars' worth of equipment, and I can tell you none of it works as well as a good dog's nose. I've witnessed canines hitting on hundred-year-old remains. What they even smell, none of us can tell you. At that point, there's no organic matter left; the bone is little more than a dried sponge. But the dogs always know.

But emotions and detective work did not always mix; there was something about that in Clovis Andersen's The Principles of Private Detection. What had he said? Emotions have the same effect as a magnet has on a compass…Yes, that was it. The needle swings around in a confusing way and you lose direction.

minds had not only detected this subtle sign of arousal," she continued, "but had known it for what it was. And had even managed

If we happen to pass within fifty yards of any of our other drones, so that they become operable again, let me know.

Studies show that while few people are good at detecting factual lies, most of us can determine when someone is distorting, manufacturing, or withholding an emotion.

Our inability to identify rotten fruit on the branches means that we are especially unable to identify a problem at the root.

It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.

Shit my pants, see how long it takes them to notice.

To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot easily be placed in or on a shipping container.

This program has been successful in detecting and preventing attacks inside the United States.

I have four things to be concerned about: prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and breast cancer. The rest of my life I have to be very much aware and conscious and do all of the early detection.

Beliefs about how lying looks are plentiful and often contradictory: depending on whom you choose to believe, liars can be detected because they fidget a lot, hold very still, cross their legs, cross their arms, look up, look down, make eye contact or fail to make eye contact.

How do you observe something you can't see? This is the basic question of somebody who's interested in finding and studying black holes. Because black holes are objects whose pull of gravity is so intense that nothing can escape it, not even light, so you can't see it directly.

Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks.

Running the test suite like this allows us to catch problems when they are just introduced.

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.

there is no single behavior that is indicative of deception—not one (Ekman, 1991, 162–189).