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Pete, it is about not knowing what you are talking about - you proved your point. Give it a rest. We cave dive , you do not. What makes you think you are the only guy who ever heard of a rebreather? If they worked, everyone would be doing it. It appears that the same guys who do everything, in fact do everything - rebreather or no rebreaher. pH wrote: > > Ray - > > This really isn't about electronics. You can believe they will kill you and > I can believe that they usually will not. Forget the electronics for a > moment - I can fly my machine manually. So now, tell me you don't believe > in the Geo Tooth Fairy who will save you from deco with a handful of pills > and a stiff workout. I think/know/math/reason that a higher pO2 short of > toxicity is a better choice for deco. It's that simple. > > pH > > At 05:27 PM 8/3/98 -0400, RLatulip@ao*.co* wrote: > >In a message dated 8/3/98, 4:41:30 PM, heseltine@ea*.ne* writes: > > > ><<Ray - This is hogwash and you know it! Sooner or later we will ALL die and > >so will our machinery. Debating the relative merits of MTBF of your air > >computer (whose battery you probably didn't check before the dive), an > >SC-RB and OC is not the point. They ALL fail, occasionally. But, you are > >changing the subject. > >>> > > > >Give me a %^$# break all failures had nothing to do with the battery > rather it > >started telling me I had twice the gas I had when I started and for your > >information it was not an air computer and it was supposed to monitor my > >breathing rate as well which it did like shit. The point is not that it is a > >computer but that it is a device that contains electronics you moron. And > >secondly if they all fail occasionally all the better to not be depending on > >them to maintain your PO2. I would rather die old and dreaming about the > >dives I used to do than young and leaving behind a widow. > > > >Electronics in a circuit are only as good as the components the vendor sends > >you and if you think that their quality control is %100 all the time then you > >are living in a fantasy world. Did you sit there and run an oscilloscope on > >every component to ensure that it met the specifications that it was > supposed. > > > >Having tested power supplies for I.B.M. for several years and having had to > >analyze the fallout I still will not bet my life on an electronic circuit. > > > >>>>The fundamental issue, which Geo refuses to address with any logic or > >scientific rationale, is why would you believe a guy that tells you that > >swallowing a few vitamin pills and doing works outs 'til you have > >buns-o'-steel makes you invulnerable to the basic laws of gasses and > >physiology?<<< > > > >No the fundamental issue is who will be the next to die on an electronic > >rebreather! > > > >Ray LaTulippe > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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