N8N wrote: > > powrwrap wrote: > > > > Chalo wrote: > > > > > > Glasshunter wrote: > > > > > > > > I have decided to buy a rimless glass. However I think that I need to > > > > pay more attention in choosing a rimless glasses than other designs. > > > > > > But why? Would you drive a chassis-less car that uses the windows > > > instead of sheetmetal for the body? Live in a wall-less house that > > > uses window glass to hold up the roof? > > > > > > Lenses are _optics_ and they should be picked for their ideal > > > _optical_ qualities. Glasses frames are structures and should be > > > chosen for their structural qualities. Rimless designs use the lenses > > > as the main structural element, and amount to putting the cart before > > > the horse from a design standpoint. > > > > Yes, and some people choose eyeglasses for fashion reasons. Cars too. > > Hard to believe, I know... > > not only that, the windshield is a structural element of pretty much > any new car.
Is that why it's bedded in rubber? I can imagine the craptastic engineering minds at GM or the like wanting to cheese out and have the windows function structurally so they could save another nickel's worth of steel, but I doubt that the windows themselves would get behind that program. I've noticed a few windshields that cracked from the latent stresses of poor installation, without even being used as a structural member. Chalo -- Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en
