Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWouldn't the movie Alien³ actually be the same movie as Alien since Alien has a value of 1?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down115
arrow-up1145arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareKichae@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoYou need to consider units! 1m ≠1m³
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month 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-squareCrabLord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoHey, if my Big Gulp doesn’t come in Xenomorph ounces I don’t want it.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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.
You need to consider units! 1m ≠1m³
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.
Hey, if my Big Gulp doesn’t come in Xenomorph ounces I don’t want it.
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.