I remember, a very long time age, reading a post-apocalyptic sci-fi story were it was related that, just before 'The Collapse' folks had taken to routinely wearing 'street suits' when in public. The 'suits' were unpowered but still impervious even to the lasers also avail..

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On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 05:01:03 PM MST, David Jaques-Watson <xxxxxx@pcug.org.au> wrote:


Dear Folks –

 

I figured “cloth” is something akin to Larry Niven’s full-body armour that Louis Wu wears in _Ringworld_.

 

No, we can’t build it now, but that’s probably a materials technology issue.  ;-)

 

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David "Hyphen" Jaques-Watson ..at.. Beowulf Down (Tavonni/Vilis/SM 1520)
http://www.tip.net.au/~davidjw                    xxxxxx@pcug.org.au
"I file things in historical order, with a hashing algorithm of gravity"

 

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