At 06:21 AM 10/27/96 -0800, you wrote: >>(it actually often *reduces* the "required" >>portion of the deco). As you know, > > Rich - right on. The only mistake you made was the last three words - if these >guys knew , they would not be bullshitting so severely. > > Examples.. Sample dive, 200ft for 30 minutes on AIR. Depth Stop 60 3.0 50 5.0 40 7.0 30 12.0 20 23.0 10 59.0 TOTAL DECO = 109 Same dive with Richards "Deepstop" inserts 0 0.0 200 30.0 130 2.0 Artificial DEEP Stop 95 2.0 Artificial DEEP Stop 60 1.0 -2 over standard table 50 6.0 -1 over standard table 40 7.0 +0 over standard table 30 14.0 +2 over standard table 20 24.0 -1 over standard table 10 63.0 +4 over standard table 0 TOTAL DECO = 115 + 4 Deep. This is the aberration that I was referring to in my first posting. Tissue models simply don't handle these extra stops well as a part of the model. This IN NO WAY deminishes the reality of the potential positive impact that the stops actually have. It simply points out a shortcoming of tissue based models. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christopher M. Parrett, President Abysmal Diving Inc. 6595 Odell Place, Suite G. Boulder CO, 80301 USA Makers of ABYSS, Advanced Dive Planning Software. Phone: (303) 530-7248 Fax: (303) 530-2808 File Transfer Site: ftp://ftp.abysmal.com/pub/abysmal World Wide Web Site: http://WWW.ABYSMAL.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rule #1 If We Don't Take Care Of The Customer.....Somebody Else Will. "Its not so much what we do, but how we do it that really matters."
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