If you were trapped in a desert, what three things would you take along with you?

[Eris]

A giant sand worm from planet Arrakis.
A sand rider.
The usual survival equipment.

See, then I'd have the sand rider ride the sand worm to nearest civilization, giving me a ride.

[overwatch]

That's cheating Eris!
Firstly it says "thing" and survival equipment is many things
Then you go on to be racist - by laballing a fremen a "thing" rather than a person - chances are your fremen would leave you in the desert

is not bitter

[mikadzuki]

Huey Chopper ( To fly home in )
Bottled water (To drink )
Newspaper or a Book ( So I won't Get Bored )

So, we're relocating to the sand dunes eh?
anyway, back to the thread... *ahem*

(1) Izumi Kaminari--so I can make him share his 3 supplies and have someone to pester *evil laugh*
(2) 35+ SPF Sunblock
(3) dark shades for UV protection

[Myrra]

I'm so taking Eris. She knows how to survive anywhere.
And as long as I have a stilt suit, Eris and all her equipment and her Freman, we'll be fine.
And if I can't manage that, I'd still take a stilt suit, my own Freman (preferable Paul, before he went crazy) and my own Maker.

*edit* the Freman comes fully equipped with Thumper and all trimmings for riding the Maker

[Eris]

That's cheating Eris!
Firstly it says "thing" and survival equipment is many things
Then you go on to be racist - by laballing a fremen a "thing" rather than a person - chances are your fremen would leave you in the desert

is not bitter

But a can of Yoghurt clearly is an object, so there is no reason living things can't be objects!

I'm so taking Eris. She knows how to survive anywhere.

You are forgetting that I am a born and bred northerner. I think of a sunny 20C/70F day as a blazing inferno. I would probably be useful at night when it gets cold, but during the day, I would literally melt.

[overwatch]

True, but try telling that to the fremen and seeing if you get a ride afterwards

[Myrra]

You are forgetting that I am a born and bred northerner. I think of a sunny 20C/70F day as a blazing inferno. I would probably be useful at night when it gets cold, but during the day, I would literally melt.

true...I'd have to figure out a way to keep you from melting.

[Renzoil]

OK...?I guess I'll play along.
Motorized wheelchair.
Cane.
Dentures.
I'm too old for this....

[niKopol]

Not to crush your hypothetical dreams but... um.
To the few people that said they'd bring lots of water, how are you going to carry all that water around?

[Eris]

true...I'd have to figure out a way to keep you from melting.

Actually, you bringing me, and me bringing a Fremen sand rider gave me an idea. One could start a pyramid scheme, where you sucker people into bringing two friends, and one useful item; where people up in the hierarchy get first dibs on the items. After just 10 generations, we would have 2047 useful items. The good part is that the item I brought was a trailer truck, which we (me and my generals) load all the useful stuff in and drive off, leaving the 2044 suckers that aren't me and my generals to die in the desert without their stuff.

[Hyrule]

hmmm..
999,999,999,999 wishs, a cat and, a computer.

[realms89]

rifle , water , more water

[overwatch]

All these people that bring water - and not a single one brings a bottle to hold the stuff!

[Eris]

All these people that bring water - and not a single one brings a bottle to hold the stuff!

Maybe they bring such quantities of water that it forms a lake in the desert?

[overwatch]

True, but then they can't go far from the lake, unless they bring enough to turn the whole desert into a lake - but then they would need a boat to cross

[Eris]

True, but then they can't go far from the lake, unless they bring enough to turn the whole desert into a lake - but then they would need a boat to cross

But surely it's going to raise a few eyebrows when suddenly a large lake has appeared in the middle of the desert, one that spells "HELP, I'M TRAPPED"; and surely, helicopters are going to be dispatched to examine this phenomenon...? and until that then, you've got a beach, a lake to swim in, and clouds to shield you from the sunshine.

[overwatch]

Chances are that the sudden appearance of a lake that size and one guy in the middle will be the least of problems - consider the flooding, erosion and damage done to more settled areas - in the sea of that chaos, one little person would easily be overlooked

[ChibiSasukex]

I see no one has mention suncream either

I would take
compass
penknife
food
and a book & some matches

[AnkoMitarashi]

I would take:

-a sword
-a huge bottle of gatorade
-a supply of food that's enough to let me live

[OminousCloud]

I see no one has mention suncream either

I would take
compass
penknife
food
and a book & some matches

actually someone did say suncream, and sunglasses too!

I laugh at anyone who said a map, the ever shifting sands make maps rather redundant.

When someone says they'd bring water, it's a given that it would be in some sort of vessel unless otherwise stipulated.

[Eris]

Chances are that the sudden appearance of a lake that size and one guy in the middle will be the least of problems - consider the flooding, erosion and damage done to more settled areas - in the sea of that chaos, one little person would easily be overlooked

But it's in the middle of the desert! There is by definition no settled areas nearby.

[overwatch]

depends on how much water it would take to seed a lake in a dessert as to how far its effects would reach

[Eris]

depends on how much water it would take to seed a lake in a dessert as to how far its effects would reach

From what I understand, deserts aren't actually that deep. Just a few meters of sand upon the rock face. So it certainly wouldn't "drain away in the sand". I suppose you could use ground penetrating radar and laser based surveying tools to find a natural hollow in the rock face, and dump the water there. Or, you could somehow melt the sand into glass, and pour the water in the "glass bowl" you've created.

[KuroTan]

Actually, you bringing me, and me bringing a Fremen sand rider gave me an idea. One could start a pyramid scheme, where you sucker people into bringing two friends, and one useful item; where people up in the hierarchy get first dibs on the items. After just 10 generations, we would have 2047 useful items. The good part is that the item I brought was a trailer truck, which we (me and my generals) load all the useful stuff in and drive off, leaving the 2044 suckers that aren't me and my generals to die in the desert without their stuff.

You could start a city with that many people and turn the desert into a Las Vegas rip off. Then no one would want to leave.

[overwatch]

I would suspect through flow to be the major problem
However a giant glass bowl - sounds interesting - but I think we are now way beyond 3 objects in a dessert (I mean you either need a power line/a generator that runs on sand or a heck of a lot of mirrors)