Hi all Since this is a discussion by protein crystallographers about a possible standard, I will expect a consensus (or several conflicting consensuses*) to be reached sometime after I have retired...
I'll look forward to the discussions spilling out into the CCP4 Study Weekend. * Since "consensus" was originally a fourth (not second) declension Latin noun, the nominative and accusative plurals are also "consensus" (but with a long "u"). "Consensi" is just wrong... Have a nice break! On 21 Dec 2012, at 14:45, Bosch, Juergen wrote: > Hi David, > > on a computer I agree 20121221 is the way to go (but even then you could > still do ls -lta), but on Eppendorf tubes that is precious real estate for > other important numbers or letters hence the 12d21 :-) > > And thanks for catching my double "J" this was just a test if somebody would > actually read what I wrote :-) > And the corrected values were indeed right, aka following the simple rule I > mentioned. > > Jürgen > > On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:15 AM, David Schuller wrote: > >> On neither case does an alphanumeric sort coincide with a chronological >> sort. The obvious solution is to petition to have the months renamed >> alphabetically. >> >> On 12/21/12 03:23, Tom Murray-Rust wrote: >>> 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. >>> >>> On 21 Dec 2012, at 01:52, "Bosch, Juergen" <jubo...@jhsph.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> May I introduce you to another fool proof way: >>>> 12d12 ... >>>> 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. >>>> >> >> -- >> ======================================================================= >> All Things Serve the Beam >> ======================================================================= >> David J. Schuller >> modern man in a post-modern world >> MacCHESS, Cornell University >> schul...@cornell.edu > > ...................... > Jürgen Bosch > 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 > > > > Harry -- Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH Chairman of European Crystallographic Association SIG9 (Crystallographic Computing)
