Happy new year to everyone and the annual thanks to Steve in particular for keeping the list in working order. Before we start writing guidelines for guidelines or a manual for the use of this list just follow the simple rule that my brother had attached to his radio system in times long gone by were what you sent into the air could be heard immediately by lots of radio amateurs. !!! ACHTUNG !!! !!! Bevor Inbetriebnahme !!! !!! des Mundwerks !!! !!! Gehirn einschalten !!! which translates into Attention Before activation of mouth (or sending email) switch on brain I still fail to do so on occasions - being a registered TOG now which should allow for an unlimited amount of disclaimers, even for failing not to explain what TOG stands for! I took Paul's comment as a good joke following (already including an apology within) particularly after all the debate on being more specific with our comments, and the definition of the fluorescent channels. I had a laugh and tried to develop a diluent "QC" that would allow instant compensation to improve the kit. When I run the assay the result was 42 in agreement with the DNA constant (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/dna/) and as I found out later the potential Hubble constant. Unfortunately despite the much shorter assay time (20 minutes compared to seven and a half million years needed by Deep Thought and 3 years for the Cambridge astronomers http://sirlou.best.vwh.net/42.html) I forgot the question as well - a clear sign of a TOG who has to keep coffee breaks short in order to avoid retraining for the job afterwards. May the farce be with you all for this and other years to come. Thanks to all that contribute to this list. Lets enjoy and keep up the good scientific discussions and the generous helpfulness of the cytometrists and enjoy the odd cyto-comics. And always remember, life is too short to take everything serious. Wishing you all health, wealth, everlasting beauty, IgNobel worth datasets and many many children Gerhard Nebe-von-Caron Research Scientist Applied Science & Technology Group SEAC - Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre Unilever Research, Colworth Laboratory, Sharnbrook, UK - MK44 1LQ Tel: +44 (0)1234 264822, Fax: +44 (0)1234 222552 E- mailto:Gerhard.Nebe-von-Caron@unilever.com
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