[TriLUG] T-shirt 2.0

[Glenn Hennessee]

I agree -- black gets hotter in the sun than other colors. I wore black 
jeans to an NC State baseball game and got a 1st degree burn from the 
amount of heat that they absorbed.
glenn

Scott Lambdin wrote:
> No No - I am not particularly against black shirts.  I just think it is
> silly to say they don't get hotter than white shirts in the sun.
>
> On 5/5/08, Shane O. <shaneodonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> WTF?
>>
>> T-shirt designs are being submitted on both colored "shirts" (read:
>> templates) as well as white.  If you don't want a black shirt, don't vote
>> for a black shirt.
>>
>> And if a black shirt wins, don't by one.
>>
>> Obviously, of key import -- show up at the July meeting so you can vote.
>> Unless one of the God-less Libertarians on this lists coerces you not to...
>>
>> Shane O.
>>
>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> But those Bedouin-style robes are made to draft air.  I don't think our
>>> tshirts are going to do that.  And they won't be plummage.
>>>
>>> Black shirts get hot.  Some things don't need to be over-thought.
>>>
>>> On 5/5/08, Tarus Balog <tarus at opennms.org> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On May 4, 2008, at 5:13 PM, David McDowell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> lived in NC long?  the summer heat bakes you if you are in a black
>>>>> tshirt.
>>>>>           
>>>> Actually, black is both better at absorbing heat energy as well as
>>>> radiating it. Thus it may take you longer to get hot in a white shirt,
>>>> but a black shirt will keep you cooler over time, especially if there
>>>> is wind:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mblackcool.html
>>>>
>>>> There are a lot of people in hot climates (i.e. northern africa, the
>>>> middle east) who wear loose fitting black clothes all of the time.
>>>>
>>>> -T
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Glenn Hennessee
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