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bombcartoday at 2:45 PM7 repliesview on HN

"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.


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flexagoontoday at 2:47 PM

The only better thing is the organization being called "International Earth Rotation Service"

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CommieBobDoletoday at 3:22 PM

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"

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steve1977today at 2:51 PM

Sounds like something out of a Douglas Adams novel.

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srdjanrtoday at 3:03 PM

They should call themselves Time Lords

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declan_robertstoday at 3:14 PM

"Director Earth Orientation Center of IERS Observatoire de Paris, France"

Even the titles are sci-fi.

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