nice thing about standards [ a bit of "humor" ]

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

from The mini-Annals of Improbable Research ("mini-AIR")


5. Once again, we salute those members of the international
scientific and technical community who arranged the details of
World Standards Day. This year, World Standards Day was October
14.  In the US, the day was marked on October 11.  In Finland,
World Standards Day occurred on October 13.  Italy held its own
standards conference on October 18.