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From: rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates)
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Subject: Discrepancies (Dune and Ringworld)
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Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 15:08:54 EDT
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Here are a couple of discrepancies (one large, one small) that I have
run across lately:

Dune:

Stillsuits wouldn't work.  As I read it, the idea behind a stillsuit is
that it allows cooling by evaporation while trapping the moisture. 
Thermodynamics does not allow this.  Any cooling action gained by the
evaporation inside the suit would be offset by the condensation process.

The net result would be a steam box that would be hot on a cold day with
any insolation at all.


Ringworld:

After the Liar had been zapped by the ringworld meteor defense and was 
falling towards the ringworld, why didn't they use the flycycles to change
their orbit?  Obviously they had considerable thrust since a single one
could move a large building about, and they had four while still in the
ship.  It wouldn't take a tremendous thrust to allow them to miss, given
the distance they were traveling.


I haven't seen these recently, so please excuse me if these have been
beaten to death all ready.

Rick Coates
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