Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWouldn't the movie Alien³ actually be the same movie as Alien since Alien has a value of 1?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWouldn't the movie Alien³ actually be the same movie as Alien since Alien has a value of 1?Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoSo you’re saying Alien is a measure of length and Alien³ is a measure of volume? Americans will do anything but use the metric system.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoBasically any unit can be squared, cubed or whatever, but the resulting unit doesn’t always make sense in the physical world. For example, m/s^2 isn’t velocity. It’s acceleration. If you have a formula that gives you an answer in kg^3, you probably made a mistake somewhere.
So you’re saying Alien is a measure of length and Alien³ is a measure of volume?
Americans will do anything but use the metric system.
Basically any unit can be squared, cubed or whatever, but the resulting unit doesn’t always make sense in the physical world.
For example, m/s^2 isn’t velocity. It’s acceleration. If you have a formula that gives you an answer in kg^3, you probably made a mistake somewhere.