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Re: Возможно, ко
>>... где учились люди из более "продвинутых" слоёв населения - чьё время сейчас и пришло.
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>В Америке "непродвинутых" всё же поболее будет, и попытка (фантастическая) ввести метрическую систему будет встречена, мягко говоря, "непониманием"
В данном случае речь идёт о месте с высокой концентрацией продвинутых. Попытка, кстати, была не фантастическая:
U.S. Code
Title 15
Commerce and Trade
Chapter 6
Weights and Measures and Standard Time
Subchapter II
Metric Conversion
[...]
It is therefore the declared policy of the United States--
(1) to designate the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce;
(2) to require that each Federal agency, by a date certain and to the extent economically feasible by the end of the fiscal year 1992, use the metric system of measurement in its procurements, grants, and other business-related activities, except to the extent that such use is impractical or is likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to United States firms, such as when foreign competitors are producing competing products in non- metric units;
(3) to seek out ways to increase understanding of the metric system of measurement through educational information and guidance and in Government publications; and
(4) to permit the continued use of traditional systems of weights and measures in non-business activities.
См. "Metric Conversion Act of 1975".