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Conspiracy theory: that incident was on purpose to generate massive PR. Argument: seriously, how hard would it be to rehearse that thing so that it does not ha

by Ecco 7y ago

Conspiracy theory: that incident was on purpose to generate massive PR. Argument: seriously, how hard would it be to rehearse that thing so that it does not happen live twice?

Someone 7y ago
They could have rehearsed too often. For example, Duralex drinking glasses, which are made from tempered glass, dropped on a hard floor have a habit of bouncing once and exploding on the second impact (cause: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage. Classical example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert's_drop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert's_drop) These windows could have a similar weakness, being fine on x huge impacts, to shatter on a relatively weak later impact.
bob1029 7y ago
I actually believe this is probably the case. Watching MKBHD's ride on YT indicated they replaced the glass prior to riding the press around, so they probably had this planned in advanced to some extent. I don't think anyone should have realistic expectations of the outer layer of glass not shattering. That is why there are multiple layers. If you threw a big metal ball really hard at the president's limo, it would likely crack the outer layer as well in similar ways. What fundamentally controls the strength of armored glass is how many layers you have.
- kohtatsu 7y ago
  ATTENTION CITIZEN Your online transmission contains material deemed threatening to the United States of America: "... threw a big metal ball really hard at the president's limo ..." Please volunteer yourself immediately to the nearest CYBERTRUCK for autonomous transport to a Security Processing Facility.
- double0jimb0 7y ago
  Elon is a lot of things, but a good actor he is not. Watch the livestream for a few mins before to a few minutes after the throw. He was noticeably thrown off and flustered. The audience knew he was uncomfortable and cheered him for support. The whole thing was cringe inducing.

by Ecco 7y ago

Conspiracy theory: that incident was on purpose to generate massive PR. Argument: seriously, how hard would it be to rehearse that thing so that it does not happen live twice?

Someone 7y ago

They could have rehearsed too often. For example, Duralex drinking glasses, which are made from tempered glass, dropped on a hard floor have a habit of bouncing once and exploding on the second impact (cause: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage. Classical example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert's_drop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert's_drop) These windows could have a similar weakness, being fine on x huge impacts, to shatter on a relatively weak later impact.

bob1029 7y ago

I actually believe this is probably the case. Watching MKBHD's ride on YT indicated they replaced the glass prior to riding the press around, so they probably had this planned in advanced to some extent. I don't think anyone should have realistic expectations of the outer layer of glass not shattering. That is why there are multiple layers. If you threw a big metal ball really hard at the president's limo, it would likely crack the outer layer as well in similar ways. What fundamentally controls the strength of armored glass is how many layers you have.

kohtatsu 7y ago
ATTENTION CITIZEN Your online transmission contains material deemed threatening to the United States of America: "... threw a big metal ball really hard at the president's limo ..." Please volunteer yourself immediately to the nearest CYBERTRUCK for autonomous transport to a Security Processing Facility.
double0jimb0 7y ago
Elon is a lot of things, but a good actor he is not. Watch the livestream for a few mins before to a few minutes after the throw. He was noticeably thrown off and flustered. The audience knew he was uncomfortable and cheered him for support. The whole thing was cringe inducing.