While I am agnostic on the issue of nomenclature of the effect in question, far be it from me to deny Matthew (or anyone else) his right to a quality rant. Well done!
That said, this: On 04/03/2016 10:15 PM, Matthew Marcus wrote:
I might also note that although many elaborate schemes have been proposed for correcting for the effect, they all require knowing things about the sample that you don't always know, e.g. the exact geometry of something that isn't planar, or the exact composition.
is the most important comment in this thread. I would go a small step farther -- they all require knowing things about the sample that, except in certain contrived situations, you almost certainly don't know. B -- Bruce Ravel ------------------------------------ bra...@bnl.gov National Institute of Standards and Technology Synchrotron Science Group at NSLS-II Building 535A Upton NY, 11973 Homepage: http://bruceravel.github.io/home/ Software: https://github.com/bruceravel Demeter: http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/ _______________________________________________ Ifeffit mailing list Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit Unsubscribe: http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/options/ifeffit
