Tom Murray-Rust <tom.murray.r...@gmail.com> writes: > 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.
Or there’s the Japanese system, using characters which unambiguously identify which field is which. Happy 21日12月24年! > 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. Will there be egg on their faces in 104 year’s time! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a sober & instructive CCP4. -- Ian ◎
