[8541] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Rolodex Addition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Sat May 31 03:14:00 2003
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 03:13:56 -0400
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathan D Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <87vfvsuu7f.fsf@cag.lcs.mit.edu> <200305301545.LAA06619@infinite-loop.mit.edu>
Jonathan D Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU> wrote on Fri, 30 May 2003
at 11:45:54 -0400 in <200305301545.LAA06619@infinite-loop.mit.edu>:
> I think it would be useful to add the local (Verizon) time-check number
> for people who don't fell like calling long-distance to Colorado to get
> NIST time. The local number, which provides the time and temperature,
> is 617-NERVOUS (617-637-8687). Of course, they could just as easily run
> /etc/athena/gettime time.mit.edu, but it seems silly to provide a long
> distance number and not a local one.
The canonical number is MEridian7-1234. As David notes, anything
in the MEridian7 exchange works. I've updated rolodex:
[bart-savagewood!jhawk] /tmp> rolodex -t time
303-499-7111 NIST time check (voice)
303-494-4774 NIST time check (data; 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit)
617-637-1234 MEridian7 automated time announcement exchange
[bart-savagewood!jhawk] /tmp> rolodex -t 617-637-1234
617-637-1234 MEridian7 automated time announcement exchange
[bart-savagewood!jhawk] /tmp> rolodex -t 617-637-1235
617-637-1235 MEridian7 automated time announcement exchange
617-637-1235 BOSTON, MA (BSTNMAHA637) BELL ATLANTIC NE
--jhawk
1. MERIDIAN, N.
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[< Anglo-Norman meridien midday, the south, and Middle French meridien
the south (c1170 in Old French), celestial and terrestrial meridian
(1546; 1377 in form meridian; French méridien), and their etymon
classical Latin mer{imac}di{amac}num midday, the position of the sun at
midday, the south, use as noun of neuter of mer{imac}di{amac}nus
MERIDIAN a. Cf. MERIDIONAL a. and n. Cf. also ancient Greek {mu}{epsilon}{sigma}{eta}{mu}{beta}{rho}{giacu}{alpha}
midday, the south (see MESEMBRYANTHEMUM n.), and its corresponding
adjective {mu}{epsilon}{sigma}{eta}{mu}{beta}{rho}{iota}{nu}{goacu}{fsigma}
relating to midday, southern, also used as noun in sense 3.
In sense 2c after post-classical Latin meridiana noon, siesta (early
11th cent., prob. short for classical Latin mer{imac}di{amac}na h{omac}ra;
from late 11th cent. in British sources). Cf. Old French meridiane (c1240),
meridienne (1213 in phrase dormir a meridienne) midday, French méridienne
midday rest, siesta (1680), and MERION n. (In quot. c1450 at sense 2c
translating post-classical Latin somno meridiano, ablative of somnus
meridianus (see MERIDIAN a.).)
In sense 3a (a) ult. after classical Latin mer{imac}di{amac}na l{imac}nea
(in Vitruvius in directions for how to draw up a circle or octagon of
the winds; from 13th cent. in post-classical Latin in British sources);
cf. later meridian line s.v. MERIDIAN a. 5. With celestial meridian cf.
French méridien céleste (1765); with terrestrial meridian cf. French méridien
terrestre (1701).
In quot. 1607 at sense 4c meridian app. translates Hellenistic Greek
{hasper}{lambda}{iota}{kappa}{giacu}{alpha} prime of life (Clemens
Alexandrinus Paedagogus 2. 2. 20. 3).
In sense 6 after German Meridian or French méridien (both c1957 in
this sense: see quot. 1959), themselves after Chinese j{imac}ng channels
(also used in senses `warp', `longitude').]
{dag}1. The south. Obs.
{dag}2. a. Midday, noon. Obs. (arch. in later use).
night's meridian poet., midnight.
b. Used as a proper name for: the Devil (with allusion to Psalm
91:6: see the note s.v. MERIDIAN a. 1a).
c. A rest taken at or around midday; a siesta.
d. Sc. A midday drink.
3. a. (a) Astron. The great circle of the celestial sphere which
passes through the celestial poles and the zenith of a given place on
the earth's surface; more fully celestial meridian; (b) Astron. and
Geogr., the great circle of the earth which lies in the plane of the
celestial meridian of a place, and which passes through that place and
the terrestrial poles; (also) that half of the latter circle which
extends from pole to pole through the place, corresponding to a line of
longitude; a line representing this, or part of it, on a globe, map,
etc.; more fully terrestrial meridian.
The sun crosses the celestial meridian of a place at noon (local
time). A terrestrial globe or a map of the earth usually has a number of
meridians drawn upon it at convenient distances, each marked with its
angular distance or longitude east or west of the prime meridian, which
since 1884 has been internationally accepted as the meridian passing
through Greenwich in London: see PRIME a. 8.
magnetic meridian: see MAGNETIC a. 4.
b. A graduated ring or half-ring within which an artificial globe is
suspended and revolves concentrically.
c. In extended use: a great circle passing through the poles of any
sphere; a notional line on the surface of a spherical or other curved
body, esp. the eyeball, analogous to or resembling a terrestrial
meridian.
4. a. The celestial meridian as the line crossed by the sun at noon;
the point on this line where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its
highest point.
b. fig. The point or period of highest development or perfection,
after which decline sets in; culmination, full splendour.
c. spec. The middle period of a person's life, when his or her
powers are at the full; one's prime. Freq. with of.
{dag}5. A locality, situation, or constituency considered as
separate and distinct from others, and as having its own particular
character; the special character or circumstances by which one place,
person, set of persons, etc., is distinguished from others. Obs.
Chiefly in fig. uses of astronomical phrases, as calculated to (also
for) the meridian of: suited to the tastes, habits, capacities, etc.,
of. Cf. frequent use in the titles of almanacs from the mid 16th cent.
6. Acupuncture, etc. Any of the pathways in the body along which qi
or vital energy is said to flow; esp. any of a set of twelve such
pathways associated with specific organs.
2. MERIDIAN, A.
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[< Middle French meridien of midday (c1280 in Old French as meridiane;
cf. Anglo-Norman meridien), southern (1529; French méridien), and their
etymon classical Latin mer{imac}di{amac}nus relating to midday, southern
< mer{imac}di{emac}s midday, the south (< early Latin med{imac}di{emac}s,
with dissimilation of -r- to -d- (cited by Varro; cf. Cicero, Orator
47.158 `ipsum meridiem cur non medidiem? credo, quod erat insuavius') <
medius middle (see MEDIUM n. and a.) + di{emac}s day: see DIURNAL a. and
n.) + -{amac}nus -AN. Cf. slightly earlier MERIDIONAL a.
In phrase devil meridian (see quots. c1540 and 1550 at sense 1a) after
post-classical Latin daemonium meridianum (Vulgate, corresponding to
Hellenistic Greek {delta}{alpha}{iota}{mu}{goacu}{nu}{iota}{omicron}{nu}
{mu}{epsilon}{sigma}{eta}{mu}{beta}{rho}{iota}{nu}{goacu}{nu} in the
Septuagint: see note below); cf. Anglo-Norman diable meridien (first
half of the 12th cent.).
With meridian sleep, meridian slumber cf. classical Latin somnus
meridi{amac}nus. With meridian hour cf. classical Latin mer{imac}di{amac}na
h{omac}ra, Old French eure meridiane (c1280). With meridian sun cf.
classical Latin mer{imac}di{amac}nus s{omac}l, Middle French soleil
meridien (1542).]
I. General uses.
1. a. Of or relating to midday or noon. Often spec. with reference
to the position, strength, etc., of the sun at midday. Now chiefly
literary.
In quots. a1550 and 1550 with allusion to Psalm 91:6, rendered in the
Authorized Version of the Bible (1611) as `the destruction, that wasteth
at noone-day'; cf. etymological note above.
b. fig. Relating to or characteristic of the point or period of
highest development or splendour of a person, state, institution, etc.
Now rare.
{dag}c. Of supreme excellence; consummate. Sometimes modifying a
depreciative term. Obs.
2. a. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a meridian (MERIDIAN n.
3). Chiefly in compounds (see sense 5), some of which were originally
referable to sense 1a.
{dag}b. Following the line of a meridian. Obs. nonce-use.
{dag}3. Southern, meridional. Obs.
{dag}4. Geol. Of, relating to, or designating the eighth of fifteen
subdivisions into which the geologist H. D. Rogers divided the
Palaeozoic strata of the Appalachian mountain system. Obs.
An extended use of sense 1a: cf. quot. 18582.
II. Special uses.
5. meridian altitude [cf. post-classical Latin meridiana altitudo
(5th cent. in Augustine)], the altitude of the sun at noon, or of any
celestial object as it crosses the meridian. meridian distance, (a) the
distance between the meridians of two places, or between one place and
an agreed meridian; (b) distance as measured along a meridian. meridian
line [after classical Latin mer{imac}di{amac}na l{imac}nea (see
discussion s.v. MERIDIAN n.); cf. French ligne méridienne (1685)] =
MERIDIAN n. 3a, b; a north-south line; (also) an actual line on the
ground for indicating the course of a portion of a meridian. meridian
mark Astron., a mark fixed due north or due south of an astronomical
instrument, by means of which the instrument is aligned with the local
meridian. meridian passage Astron., (a) the passage of a celestial
object across an observer's meridian; (b) (in full central meridian
passage) the transit of a celestial object (esp. a satellite) or a
surface feature across the central meridian of one of the superior
planets or the sun. meridian ring, {dag}(a) = MERIDIAN n. 3c (obs.); (b)
a graduated ring serving as a sundial or used to measure the altitude of
the sun at midday. meridian transit Astron. = meridian passage.
3. MERIDIAN, V.
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rare.
[< MERIDIAN n.]
intr. Of a celestial object: to reach the meridian.
