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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: thermographic vision-question
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:59:00 +0100
According to David Woods, at 21:04 on 3 Feb 99, the word on
the street was...

> > Further, if you're leaning up against a wall, there is no air flow
> > between you and your shirt, or between the shirt and the wall. This
> > airflow is necessary for convective heat transfer (heretofore
> > undiscussed).
>
> Assuming your only wearing a shirt. If your wearing armour it's not
> going to be far above ambient.

Not immediately. But if the armor is pressed against your body (which it
will be, if you're leaning against a wall with the armored part of your
body) it will eventually heat up, and after that the wall will heat up
with it. It might take longer, but it _will_ happen.

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