Scrooge's other money bins?

[Kriton Kyrimis]

LGIVER:

> the dimensions of this bin are
> much too small to hold 3 cubic acres of cash;

Um, what would the dimensions of a bin that could hold 3 cubic acres of
cash be? As we've often discussed in this list, "3 cubic acres" can only
refer to a six-dimensional object.

[No, it is not a cube whose sides are three acres each, the same way
that three cubic feet is not a cube whose edges are three feet each!
The latter is 27 cubic feet. As for the former, I can only describe
how to make it: take a square having a surface of one acre and cube it
(how?) to get a six-dimensional object. That's one cubic acre. Now take
a six-dimensional object that is three times as large. It's volume is
six cubic acres!]

This term was probably a nonsense term that Barks invented because it
sounded impressive, not to mention funny. If Don's plans describe a
space with a square floor and a height of 100 feet, then he can claim
conformance with Barks' facts, even if its volume is not 3 cubic
anything. [Of course, if Scrooge's bin is *really* six dimensional,
Don can make that space as small as he likes, claiming that the other
three dimensions of the bin, which we cannot see, are large enough that
the product of all six dimensions is three cubic acres!]

> Scrooge complains to Gyro that rats are in his overflow bin

DON:

As long as this has been brought up, why did you change Barks' text to
mention an overflow bin, rather than the regular one?

	Kriton	(e-mail: kyrimis at cti.gr)
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