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To: rbell@cp*.or* (Ronnie Bell)
Subject: Re: Descent Rates
From: story@be*.en*.sg*.co* (David Story)
Cc: dan@sh*.ne*
Cc: d.giddy@tr*.oz*.au*
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 19:15:14 -0800 (PST)

Ronnie Bell writes:
> 
> You are quite wrong if I may say so. When carefully reading THE BOOK I 
> realized that I did not need to code for the descent (in my table 
> generating program). Buhlmans model and all TABLES generated from 
> a true implementation thereof implicity ongas "as if" you had made a 
> instant drop to the bottom. Buhlmans model assumes a 60 fpm descent rate, 
> and any descent faster that that reduces ANY conservatism that instant 
> descent may have provided.  

I'm not sure what part of my message you consider "quite wrong."  If
you'd like a reply, could you please re-read my original message and
be more specific?

Cheers,

David Story                        NAUI AI Z9588, PADI DM 43922, EMT
story@be*.wp*.sg*.co*		    Better diving through lithium.

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