On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:56 PM, Marshall Eubanks 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.)
Wasn't the official definition of the meter also tied to Paris? Bob > > Marshall > >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM, todd glassey <tglas...@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> On 1/21/2011 10:22 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ole Jacobsen <o...@cisco.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@ietf.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@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin >> Principal Engineer >> Corporate Standardization (US) >> SISA >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
