Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Discrepancies (Dune and Ringworld) Message-ID: <518@psivax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 19:54:07 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.518 Posted: Mon Jun 24 19:54:07 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 18:52:27 EDT References: <2039@iddic.UUCP> <161@drivax.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Distribution: na Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 21 Summary: >> Stillsuits wouldn't work. As I read it, the idea behind a stillsuit is >> that it allows cooling by evaporation while trapping the moisture. >> >> Rick Coates >> ...!tektronix!iddic!rick >> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Actually, the thing to remember here is that stillsuits are based to a large extent on the actual desert suits of nomadic Arabs, you know, those all-over wrap-up robes they wear. Since the Arabs find these robes so useful, it seems reasonable that the stillsuits would work. So, the question becomes, what do these robes do for Arabs and how do they accomplish it? Then we can try to determine if the stillsuit would perform the same function or not, and if it would do it better. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|aero!uscvax!akgua}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesen