Model 3 crash @ +100MPH

[qdeathstar]

This "rate of speed" debate reminds me of the equally cringe worthy "focused like a laser". Lasers emit a beam of parallel photons that do not come to a point or focus. If you want something to come to a point (focus), you need a lens. Drives me crazy, like I want to pop the car into plaid and take out the nearest small forest doing well over a buck twenty.

Btw. In an un-scientific poll, asked my physic teacher wife what "rate of speed" was, without looking up from her iPad in that patronizing teacher tone she said "acceleration".

tell your wife she is wrong so we can know your rate of speed.

 

[qdeathstar]

This "rate of speed" debate reminds me of the equally cringe worthy "focused like a laser". Lasers emit a beam of parallel photons that do not come to a point or focus. If you want something to come to a point (focus), you need a lens. Drives me crazy, like I want to pop the car into plaid and take out the nearest small forest doing well over a buck twenty.

Btw. In an un-scientific poll, asked my physic teacher wife what "rate of speed" was, without looking up from her iPad in that patronizing teacher tone she said "acceleration".

also,

Focusing Your Laser 101 with J Tech Photonics, Inc.

 

[Whitehawk]

They will let him go...rules are not enforced in Oregon. That dude should buy lottery tickets...

 

[ThomasD]

Too bad he wasn't on Meth. It's legal in Oregon now

 

[MP3Mike]

Too bad he wasn't on Meth. It's legal in Oregon now

While it may be legal to posses, or even use, it still isn't legal to drive under the influence of it.

 

[GHammer]

They will let him go...rules are not enforced in Oregon. That dude should buy lottery tickets...

Too bad he wasn't on Meth. It's legal in Oregon now

Why of course, we are an "anarchist jurisdiction" after all.

 

[pilotSteve]

what is the opposite of smart summon?

Dumb Luck Eject

 

[alexgr]

sooo the rate of speed equals an amount (55) of something (miles) measured per unit of something else (hours)

That will be the rate of distance, not speed.

 

[alexgr]

tell your wife she is wrong so we can know your rate of speed.

Telling your wife she's wrong may easily get you fired. (works in both directions according to the Newton's third law)

 

[Kevin-rf]

also,

Focusing Your Laser 101 with J Tech Photonics, Inc.

If you actually read it, they are talking about adjusting the lens put in front of the laser to bring the parallel beam from the laser to a sharp focus. Without that lens it will never come to a focus. You always need a lens to focus a laser.

Reading between the lines, that diode laser is far from ideal and leaves the front surface of the diode in an expanding cone (again never coming to focus) similar to how light exits a fiber optic with a f1.8 cone (standard dispersion cone for a fiber optic without a lens or collimator on the end).

 

[qdeathstar]

I’ll be focusing my laser if y’all need me...

 

[Occar]

You can travel at a high rate. You can travel at a high speed. Combining the two is just redundant gibberish that people use because for some bizarre reason they feel it sounds educated.

 

[qdeathstar]

A high rate of what? Cost? Comfort? Efficiency? NO! speed.

 

[dmurphy]

Wow, what a thread!

Everything from a Model 3 torn in half, to flying tires, flaming batteries, Mad Libs, The Doors, meth, frickin’ laser beams and one of the most pedantic arguments I’ve ever seen.

Gotta be an award for this thing!

 

[adrianp89]

Too bad he wasn't on Meth. It's legal in Oregon now

I saw this and thought - oh he must have been on drugs that are all but legal now.

 

[scaesare]

This one time this came true

Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the bed on fire

 

[Altes]

Batteries EVERYWHERE!
Tesla Model 3 crash sends scorching battery cells into a nearby house


Oh SO SORRY THIS IS TWO DAYS OLD, APPARENTLY THATS A SIN

(moderator note: merged into existing thread on this topic)

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Model 3 crash @ +100MPH

It's 2 day old news that was posted 2 days ago.

 

[Kevy Baby]

Model 3 crash @ +100MPH

It's 2 day old news that was posted 2 days ago.

You beat me to it. That thread also has a photo of a bunch of the batteries on the ground

 

[SageBrush]

That will be the rate of distance, not speed.

Amazing this discussion is still going on LOL

'Speed rate' sounds redundant to my ear but not wrong.

It would be similar to this conversation
"How far did you walk ?"
"5 miles distance"
"Do you mean 5 distance miles ?"
"Whatever."