OMG LOL Geeks! Dog bless you all!!! On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Bosch, Juergen <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > > > > > >
