View Single Post
Old 07-22-2012, 07:10 PM   #157
chumdawg
Guru
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Cowboys Country
Posts: 23,336
chumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond reputechumdawg has a reputation beyond repute
Default

Does it bother any of you nerds out there when commentators talk about "velocity" when what they are really talking about is "speed"? Velocity is a vector quantity, speed is a scalar one. It bugs the hell out of me. What's wrong with just using "speed?"
chumdawg is offline   Reply With Quote