A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2015

Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by uniformlyrandom on Monday January 05, 2015 @02:06PM (#8840490)

> Daniel Gambis

> Head

Daniel is clearly missing out on an opportunity to have the coolest title ever.

'Head of Earth Rotation', or 'Earth Rotation, Director of' would sure look nice on a business card.

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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by cperciva on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @01:49AM (#8843206)

The Earth Orientation Center of which he is head belongs to the IERS which, until 2003, was the International Earth Rotation Service (it is now the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service).

So until 2003 there was, in fact, someone whose job title was "Head of International Earth Rotation Service".

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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by xg15 on Monday January 05, 2015 @03:42PM (#8841014)

Being able to address, in all seriousness, the "authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" seems like a good second place to me though.

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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by joshschreuder on Monday January 05, 2015 @03:49PM (#8841049)

Daniel Gambis, Time Lord would go well on a business card.

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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by twic on Monday January 05, 2015 @06:24PM (#8841945)

That is a cool title. But i'm not sure it's actually cooler than 'Planetary Protection Officer':

http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/contacts

Particularly given that her job genuinely is to protect the Earth from alien life. Well, and also to protect the rest of the universe from Earth life - which, predictably, is the more difficult bit.

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