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In article <ENAG.90Feb6050604@slembe.uio.no> enag@slembe.uio.no (Erik Naggum)
writes:
> ...
> 
> GMT is not tied to whatever political decisions some stupid island-
> government would make concerning daylight saving time.  That's why we
> (the part of the world with no "Greenwhich" complex) call it UTC
> (Coordinated Universal Time).
> 
> Another thing is that daylight saving time does not constitute moving
> that silly island, or Greenwhich in particular, 15 degrees east, and
> neither does it move the sun, so it really wouldn't matter what kind
> of daylight saving time those islanders were to elect.  Greenwhich is
> still where it was when someone discovered the need for a 0 meridian,
> and it's gonna be for a long time.  In fact, even if they renamed New
> Zealand to "Greenwhich" or you consider South-West Connecticut the
> center of the world, "GMT" would be the same abstract reference point
> for time measures.
> 
> Let's all switch to call it "UTC", instead.  That way, no petite
> island gets all the fame.  Remember the Incas, now but a memory.
> Remember the ancient Greek, now but a memory.  Remember the British
> Empire...

        ... remember the Vikings?
> 
> "We apologize if you have gotten the impression that the British Isles
> are a bunch of wasteland with an incestuously degenerating population,
> their very own set of `standards' for everything, and a mail system
> that invites to long tales of sarcasm.  Such was not at all our
> intention."  [private communication]

        I think what we have here is one embittered Viking!
        I had no idea they were still carrying grudges :-)

        Onward to European unity!  Best of luck in '92 y'all.

                - Robert Stephens

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