Comment by bombcar
2 days ago
"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.
2 days ago
"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.
The only better thing is the organization being called "International Earth Rotation Service"
Someone should establish the Interplanetary Sun Orbiting Service.
>Someone should establish the Interplanetary Sun Orbiting Service.
I hope they have one of those logos with a bunch of weird freemason symbols that freak people out.
Oh boy :) I think that would come with IERS Tax.
You have to go to the ends of the earth to cancel.
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For many years, the title of the leadership role over the various precise time products at the USNO was "Director of the Directorate of Time"
Do they have an insignia or patch? Can we buy it?
"Director Earth Orientation Center of IERS Observatoire de Paris, France"
Even the titles are sci-fi.
“Time Lord” could have been used instead of Director. At least once. Please.
Being located in Paris, it would have to be "maître du temps".
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Sounds like something out of a Douglas Adams novel.
It’d fit right into Thief of Time by Pratchett - the monks literally measure and distribute time.
Or XKCD. I love patch day.
They should call themselves Time Lords
Traditionally, that was the email address for the NTP service at various organisations, in the same way that postmaster was for the mail service.
For those who need more context of who the Time Lords are
The Time Lords are a fictional ancient race of extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In-universe, they hail from the planet Gallifrey and are stated to have invented time travel technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Lord
For further context, Doctor Who is a member of the species.
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