[ WP ] You work at the Office of Weights and Measures . In the middle of the night , your pager went off , with a message that read as follows : IT 'S HAPPENED . ACTIVATE OMEGA PROTOCOL .

The Omega Protocol is the protocol by which the Office of Weights and Measures is to change the official measurement system to SI units. To activate it requires a critical mass of mentions of SI units from US citizens within the landmass of United States. 
 
 Evidently, there's this new game out there that has people out walking, and it measures all distances in kilometers. Most of the critical mass is of people saying things like `` I just hatched a 10km egg!''. 
 
 So now, the entirety of the senior staff of OPM has now been told to activate the protocol. 
 
 Now, bear in mind that this protocol has been in place ever since US joined United Nations. So the next step is to take it to the House and the Senate, and have them act to make it law. But nothing's ever simple. We have to find a friendly sponsor, and it's gotten more politicized in 3 or 4 generations -- or about 20 political generations -- since the protocol was first developed. And then we have to lobby enough of the rest of the House and Senate to get it passed. 
 
 Wish us luck. We're gon na need it.
