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Wouldn't the movie Alien³ actually be the same movie as Alien since Alien has a value of 1? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, if my Big Gulp doesn't come in Xenomorph ounces I don't want it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

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.