Two of the greatest and most productive were the famous Bei Alenga (10712-10821) and the greatest of the intellects, Kurill S. Siuag (14071-14204). Suag is of special importance. His intellect was so powerful that even though his lips were never ruby red from sapho and though he lived at the time the spice was running out, he was able to produce more research than any individual before him. He discovered the secret of the time-light dependency as hypervariables which permitted the Ixians to develop prescience machines. Without his discoveries man's continued intellectual progress would have slowed to pre-spice dimensions as spice became nonexistent. However, with the ability to interface the human mind and a prescience computer, new frontiers of knowledge never dreamed of are now opening before us, The Suagasian-Alenga theorems for trans-light portation give some indication of recent progress in polymathematical theory: Trans-light Portation Formulas Theorem 1 Let G be a left consistent Fullic space with invariant mass measures {Wa : a in Lambda}. If T is a flow smooth egoditol-ogy contractively on G then /G Twa(t) converges to the unique mass location. Theorem 2. The minimum mass location interface is given by Further references: HOLTZMAN, i v ; NAVIGATIONAL MACHINE, DEVELOPMENT OF; Th. B L. Alenga, Introduction to Suagasian Hypervariables with Holtzman Applications (Richese: New Caledonian State UP) SPICE MINING SPICE MINING SPICE MINING. Mining of melange was technically a stnp or surface mining operation disturbing the ecostructure of the planet's surface to a depth of no less than one meter and no more than twelve The spice itself was found in beds usually within centimeters of the surface that had a mean depth of five meters with a standard deviation of 1 623 meters Occasional beds of unusually rich, powerful spice were found with mean depths of ten meters The origin of such unusual veins is not known Spice mining was one of the most hazardous and consequently well-paid occupations in the universe- Mining operations were sub ject to constant dangers from sandstorms, tidal dust basins, spice-blows and, always, the worms The necessity of rapid transport of huge pieces of equipment added to the hazards Because of such hazards, members of the Union of Spce Miners (USM) developed a tight society with a strong work ethic philosophy EQUIPMENT The spice era saw little change in mining equipment The standard single-bed operation consisted of one or two carryalls, a harvester and a factory, which were often attached, four sandcrawlers, and four orni thopters Carryall The carryall or wing was a standard airfoil single-wing craft with remarkable lift It possessed almost no cargo capacity inside the fuselage its main pur pose being to transport the harvester-factory to the spice beds and once there to stay close in order to effect a rapid evacuation should a worm appear A complex system of winches under the wmg made quick lifting possible Records show that 96 7 percent of the opera tions were interrupted by the appearance of a worm Harvester The harvester was the piece SPICE MINING 472 SPICE MINING of equipment which changed most dramatically throughout the years of spice muring.