Hi Juergen, Your scheme as printed has two J's - so January and July are indistinguishable! I would suggest the letters should instead be JFMAYULGSOND.
Happy apocalypse! Tom On 21 Dec 2012, at 01:52, "Bosch, Juergen" <jubo...@jhsph.edu> wrote: > May I introduce you to another fool proof way: > 12d12 > year-month-day > This is in particular useful in a mixed lab with american and europeans > labeling Eppendorf tubes differently. The month has a defined letter, like > this you know that your buffer was made on June 9th and not September 6th > J, F,M,A,Y,J,U,G,S,O,N,D for the months, simply first letter, but if taken > move to the second letter etc. > > I'm sure you guys know about the two Bohemian mathematicians who figured out > that the Apocalypse as predicted by the Mayan calendar is due in 104 years > because the alignment of events was done incorrectly. > > Jürgen > > ...................... > Johns Hopkins University > Bloomberg School of Public Health > Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology > Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute > 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 > Baltimore, MD 21205 > Office: +1-410-614-4742 > Lab: +1-410-614-4894 > Fax: +1-410-955-2926 > http://lupo.jhsph.edu > > > On Dec 20, 2012, at 12:17 PM, David Schuller wrote: > >> On 12/20/12 11:23, Edward A. Berry wrote: >>> No, No- in scientific circles we go from MSB on the left to LSB on the >>> right: >>> 2012 12 20 (still a sort of palindrome). >> >> This is the best method if you are going to incorporate the date into a >> file name. That way alphanumeric and chronological searches come up the >> same. >> >> It's a pity it took us so long to figure this out, and the world is >> ending tomorrow. >> >> http://www.makemeacocktail.com/cocktail/7209/mayan-apocalypse/ >> Maya Apocalypse cocktail >> >> -- >> ======================================================================= >> All Things Serve the Beam >> ======================================================================= >> David J. Schuller >> modern man in a post-modern world >> MacCHESS, Cornell University >> schul...@cornell.edu > > > >
