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Hallelujah, Brothers and Sisters!
JT
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John Taylor, Marketing and Trading Systems, IT Development
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Cobb [SMTP:cobber@ci*.co*]
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 6:39 AM
> To: Case; Tech Diver
> Subject: Re: Abyss Explorer Nitrox
>
> Uh, Case, are you using the old sherwood wind-up bottom timers to avoid
> this problem?
>
> Jim
>
> Sender: Case Date: 5/15/99 11:40 AM
>
> >Guys....we're forgetting THE MOST important reason why I'd rather dive
> >tables than a computer ..... electronic devices can and will fail
> >underwater! I believe the question was posed as "What is the difference
> >between following a deco schedule produced from a set of
> >(computer-generated) tables, and following a deco schedule produced by a
> >computer on your wrist?" That's easy....if your 500 MHz Pentium III
> >running Z Plan fails while calculating your dive information, chances
> >are, you're not underwater in a life threatening situation.... When (not
> >IF...but WHEN) your CockRing, or NiTEK (I hate that name!), or any deco
> >computer fails in the middle of the dive, you're left with either backup
> >tables and a timer, or pulling deco out your butt....
> >
> >since electronics do fail underwater, why not just skip that whole step
> >and rely instead on the computer between your ears and a set of good
> >tables....?
> >
> >-Case
> >diveman@cy*.co*
> >
> >Frank Riffel wrote:
> >>
> >> "Taylor, John" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Dear List,
> >> >
> >> > Please enlighten me:
> >> >
> >> > What is the difference between following a deco schedule produced
> from a
> >set
> >> > of (computer-generated) tables, and following a deco schedule
> produced by
> a
> >> > computer on your wrist? (Apart from algorithm differences and that
> the
> >> > computer produces a schedule for the dive you actually did)
> >>
> >> Basicaly none. But you cannot account for deco related issues that are
> not
> >> addressed by the implemented algorithm. I mean which schedule would you
> >> follow if you got into strong current and had to expend some work? A
> table
> >> would give you at the chance to select the next deeper/longer schedule
> a
> >> computer won't.
> >>
> >> My impression is that a computer is nothing worth without a proper
> planing,
> >but
> >> then where is the advantage? You have to select the right gases, make a
> gas
> >> volume planing, make the deco calculations and tables in any way -- or
> do
> you
> >> want to dive without having a contingency table?
> >>
> >> A thing I worry about is that computers will make divers more slopy.
> They
> >allow
> >> users to shift away from the "Plan your dive, dive your plan!"
> paradigm.
> >> Also computers give more information than required. Hell, why do I need
> to
> >know
> >> the current pO2 or CNS% ? There is enough task loading we don't need
> such
> an
> >> information during a dive! You select your gases _before_ to stay out
> of any
> >> tox. problems!
> >>
> >> Greetings, Frank
> >>
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