New prime meridian after Brexit

[Zigenare]

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The scientific establishment throughout Europe - from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

The heroic against the establishment, sometimes things need shaking up and for the little man to have his say against an elitist tyranny.

That is a fantastic book.

[vetran]

Stevie Nicks?

Yes I would, until it stopped being sore and fell off!

Damn both of you beat me to it...

and back to Stevie Nicks!

[Zigenare]

Yes, it would be a Fleetwood Mac LP.

Stevie Nicks?

Yes I would, until it stopped being sore and fell off!

[Gibbon]

We invented longitude

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time: Amazon.co.uk: Dava Sobel: 8601410024017: Books

The scientific establishment throughout Europe - from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

The heroic against the establishment, sometimes things need shaking up and for the little man to have his say against an elitist tyranny.

[Mordac]

Well, he’s listening to “rumors”. If it were rumours, that might be different.

Yes, it would be a Fleetwood Mac LP.

[chopper]

There is a rumor going around in the eu commission that post brexit the new prime meridian will be Paris. This was the case some years ago anyway.
Nice one brexidiots.

Uhh, so you think the EU are about to move the Earth or something?

The EU doesn't control the Prime Meridian, this is set by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. It is embedded in GPS systems, mapping, aviation and shipping, and pretty much anything. The EU aren't proposing to move 0° 00′ 00.00″.

(Did you know that there are three different Prime Meridians in Greenwich alone, one being the IERS above, but the Greenwich Meridian and the Ordnance Survey Meridian are in different places.

The EU may choose to document everything in GMT+1 rather than GMT, but who cares? I doubt this is keeping anybody awake at night.

[Zigenare]

There is a rumor going around in the eu commission that post brexit the new prime meridian will be Paris. This was the case some years ago anyway.
Nice one brexidiots.

Try talking out of your mouth and giving your arse a rest.

[WTFH]

That's the "Gullible Moron Of The Year" Award sorted...

Well, he’s listening to “rumors”. If it were rumours, that might be different.

[Mordac]

There is a rumor going around in the eu commission that post brexit the new prime meridian will be Paris. This was the case some years ago anyway.
Nice one brexidiots.

That's the "Gullible Moron Of The Year" Award sorted...

[GreenMirror]

And we will all speak French too?

Oh wait, the Germans will want it to be German.

Of course, the French and Germans will end up speaking to each other in English.....

[pscont]

There is a rumor going around in the eu commission that post brexit the new prime meridian will be Paris. This was the case some years ago anyway.
Nice one brexidiots.