ROFL We've got it all wrong.

Adex_Xeda · Post by **Adex_Xeda** » February 19, 2004, 1:59 pm

Maybe I've been without sleep for too long but when I bumped into this I laughed.

38A.2 Radial Overfilled Launch (ROFL)
A Radial Overfilled Launch is created when a multimode optical fiber is illuminated by the coherent optical
output of a source operating in its lowest order transverse mode in a manner that excites predominantly the
radial modes of the multimode fiber. This contrasts with the OFL, which is intended to excite both radial and
azimuthal modes of the fiber equally. In practice an ROFL is obtained when
a) A spot of laser light is projected onto the core of the multimode fiber,
b) The laser spot is approximately symmetrical about the optical center of the multimode fiber,
c) The optical axis of both the fiber and the laser beam are approximately aligned,
d) The angle of divergence of the laser beam is less than the numerical aperture of the multimode fiber,
e) The laser spot is larger than the core of the multimode fiber.
An ROFL cannot be created using a multi-transverse mode laser or by simply projecting a speckle pattern
through an aperture.

So I guess the next time I see the term that means you were shot in the ass with a laser beam?

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 19, 2004, 2:09 pm

Or we can assume they're an illiterate, inbred fuck like Sweetkastings and just shake our heads in shame for the human race.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » February 19, 2004, 2:19 pm

ROFL!!!1!!!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 19, 2004, 3:20 pm

BLEVE

Under rapid heating (for example, from a pool fire engulfing the tank), a tank containing pressurized liquid may fail suddenly producing an explosive effect. The liquid in the tank absorbs energy from the surrounding fire and heats up rapidly. The resulting increased rate of vaporization produced increases the ullage pressure. When this pressure exceeds a certain limit (characteristic of the material properties of the tank wall, wall thickness and temperature), the tank fails. The liquid released from the tank boils rapidly and expands. The resulting explosion may fragment the tank into pieces and propel them over large distances. If the hazmat is flammable, it may ignite and form a fireball posing additional hazard. This phenomenon is called a BLEVE or Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion.

BLEVE accounts for the following key coupled processes:

heat transfer:
from flame to tank
from tank walls to the liquid and vapor phases
between liquid and vapor phases
thermodynamic transformations within the tank and pressure buildup
activation of pressure relief valve (or PRV) and venting
wall stresses and material property degradation
tank failure
depressurization of liquid upon tank failure with concomitant thermodynamic transformations

I ate too many tacos last night, and I feel like I'm about to BLEVE.

Ogbar · Post by **Ogbar** » February 19, 2004, 5:05 pm

38A.2 Radial Overfilled Launch (ROFL)
A Radial Overfilled Launch is created when a multimode optical fiber is illuminated by the coherent optical
output of a source operating in its lowest order transverse mode in a manner that excites predominantly the
radial modes of the multimode fiber. This contrasts with the OFL, which is intended to excite both radial and
azimuthal modes of the fiber equally. In practice an ROFL is obtained when
a) A spot of laser light is projected onto the core of the multimode fiber,
b) The laser spot is approximately symmetrical about the optical center of the multimode fiber,
c) The optical axis of both the fiber and the laser beam are approximately aligned,
d) The angle of divergence of the laser beam is less than the numerical aperture of the multimode fiber,
e) The laser spot is larger than the core of the multimode fiber.
An ROFL cannot be created using a multi-transverse mode laser or by simply projecting a speckle pattern
through an aperture.

Finally - a post on VV that I understand!

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » February 19, 2004, 5:55 pm

hrmm...

that's not the defination of bleve that Miracle Max had in The Princess Bride... wtf?

(in the seen where he claims that Wesley said "Too Bleve" means too bluff, and therefore he wants to come back alive to pay off debts to Inigo Montoya, where in actuality Wesley said "True Love")

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » February 19, 2004, 7:55 pm

ROFLWYGFOMRSMTOTOAHEOMS!

Rolling on Floor Laughing while young girls feast on my ruddy scrotum mositening the ornate tattoo of Al Haig embroidered on my Sack.

TheDarkreigns · Post by **TheDarkreigns** » February 19, 2004, 8:57 pm

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » February 19, 2004, 9:28 pm

Pahreyia wrote:Or we can assume they're an illiterate, inbred fuck like Sweetkastings and just shake our heads in shame for the human race.

Woot im famous

Faggot

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » February 19, 2004, 11:53 pm

you're infamous

moron

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » February 20, 2004, 1:11 am

to bad i didnt know where you lived this would be so nice to deal with face to face

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » February 20, 2004, 1:27 am

haha scooter thinks he is bad irl!! keep swinging for the fences tiger.

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » February 20, 2004, 2:11 am

His sig shows his l33t RL fighting strats... no one can stand up to a fat kid with a boxing glove....

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » February 20, 2004, 2:24 am

sweetkastings wrote:to bad i didnt know where you lived this would be so nice to deal with face to face

...

Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Posts: 209
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yeah... too bad.

BeatSoggybiscuit · Post by **BeatSoggybiscuit** » February 20, 2004, 3:09 am

lived drinsic, that looks to me like your current address.

he definitely said liveD

VeeshanVault

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