I had the impression that it was the International Earth Rotation
Service (www.iers.org), also headquartered in Paris, that was in
charge of leap seconds, as stated here
http://www.iers.org/nn_11252/IERS/EN/DataProducts/EarthOrientationData/bulC__MD.html
Thanks,
Donald
=============================
Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
155 Beaver Street
Milford, MA 01757 USA
d3e3e3(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Marshall Eubanks
<tme(_at_)americafree(_dot_)tv> wrote:
On Jan 21, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Clint Chaplin wrote:
Hey, Paris lobbied heavily to have the Prime Meridian be fixed in Paris.
That would have really made them the center of the navigational world.
Yes, and then they got the BIH, which got them the power to change GMT to
UTC. (GMT no longer has any official existence.)
Marshall
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM, todd glassey
<tglassey(_at_)earthlink(_dot_)net> wrote:
On 1/21/2011 10:22 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ole Jacobsen <ole(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Does anyone see the irony of us even discussing concerns about, of all
things, FOOD when it comes to Paris?
What else is there to discuss in Paris?
Making Paris the center of the world - ever look at French Navigation Charts
- relative to Admiralty charts from any other nation?
Todd
--
Website: http://hallambaker.com/
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3394 - Release Date: 01/21/11
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
--
Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin
Principal Engineer
Corporate Standardization (US)
SISA
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf