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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
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 19:54:07 1985
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Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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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)

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