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"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.
by bombcar 4mo ago
"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.
- flexagoon 4mo agoThe only better thing is the organization being called "International Earth Rotation Service"
- nullorempty 4mo agoOh boy :) I think that would come with IERS Tax.
- kevin_thibedeau 4mo agoYou have to go to the ends of the earth to cancel.
- summarybot 4mo agoThe real problem is finding the antipodal help desk without digging.
- layer8 4mo agoSomeone should establish the Interplanetary Sun Orbiting Service.
- firefax 4mo ago>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.
- steve1977 4mo agoSounds like something out of a Douglas Adams novel.
- srdjanr 4mo agoThey should call themselves Time Lords
- dotwaffle 4mo agoTraditionally, that was the email address for the NTP service at various organisations, in the same way that postmaster was for the mail service.
- ninju 4mo agoFor 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Lord
- latexr 4mo agoFor further context, Doctor Who is a member of the species.
- tialaramex 4mo agoI think if we're being pedantic, the character's name is "The Doctor". The TV show is named "Doctor Who" but the character doesn't call themself that and a name is what something is called. [Edited to avoid assigning a gender to a character who has had different genders]
- latexr 4mo agoI wasn’t being pedantic, I was (as per my words), providing further context. Anyone who has watched the show knows these things, they are basic information from it. My post and the one I replied to are (obviously) for people who know close to nothing about it, and those people won’t know who “The Doctor” is, the point was to make it clear it’s the main character. Also, not only is “The Doctor” not the character’s real name, they have been called “Doctor Who” multiple times, including in credits, so you pedantry isn’t even right. https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-name-debate-settle-explainer/ https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-name-debate-settle-explain...
- declan_roberts 4mo ago"Director Earth Orientation Center of IERS Observatoire de Paris, France" Even the titles are sci-fi.
- 404mm 4mo ago“Time Lord” could have been used instead of Director. At least once. Please.
- layer8 4mo agoBeing located in Paris, it would have to be "maître du temps".
- creamyhorror 4mo agoMaster of Time. One of the Masters of the Universe.
- 0xfab1 4mo agoMaybe shorten it to Maître d'
- CommieBobDole 4mo agoFor many years, the title of the leadership role over the various precise time products at the USNO was "Director of the Directorate of Time"
- MengerSponge 4mo agoDo they have an insignia or patch? Can we buy it?
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- danbruc 4mo agoPlanetary Defense Officer [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Defense_Coordination_Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Defense_Coordination...