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Why use a computer program when you have a computer in your head? Why not just make one up? With a little common sense and some Black Magic you'll find you'll be close enough to somebody's table that it wont matter. Scott At 19:59 6/02/97 -0500, you wrote: >Anyone who uses a computer program to calculate dive profiles is basically >creating their own algorithm (by setting parameters) and the doppler is >helpful. > >---------- >> From: anscott@hi*.ne*.au* >> To: Jim Cobb <cobber@mi*.co*> >> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com >> Subject: Re: Doppler Meters >> Date: Wednesday, February 05, 1997 5:50 PM >> >> At 17:00 5/02/97 -0500, you wrote: >> >>Does it matter if you detect bubbles after a dive? What can you do >about it >> >>then anyway? >> > >> >> >I think that being down there in oz is making the blood coagulate in >your >> >head. The reason you look for bubbles is to check the accuracy of your >> >tables. If you have pushed your decom, more bubbles. No bubbles and you >> >are either OK or your stops are too long. There is some argument as to >> >validity of this correlation as this measures only the gas in your blood > >> >stream, not the gas trapped in tissues, but it is better than nothing. I > >> >believe both current Navy and PADI tables were developed using a >doppler. >> >You *do* scuba dive, don't you? >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > >> >> Yes Jim I do scuba Dive but I already know that tables are inaccurate so >as >> I said 'Who Cares?' Unless of course you're writing your own algorithm >based >> on your testing. Then I would consider it something science related and >not >> really relevent to most divers. Then again i could be wrong. Hands up >those >> on this list writing their own algorithms like Jim. >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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