Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Discrepancies (Dune and Ringworld) Message-ID: <8200053@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 12:32:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.8200053 Posted: Wed Jun 19 12:32:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:14:52 EDT References: <2039@iddic.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:iddic:-203900:hp-pcd:8200053:000:251 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Jun 19 08:32:00 1985 <<< Regarding Ringworld, I seem to recall that the flycycles worked by repulsion from the surface. That would work if you were close enough to the plane of the surface but would be ineffective out in space. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john