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--0-1804289383-958961717=:11956 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii David: I just don't see any good coming of it. Apparently Black's only goal is to to be right about something and he keeps walking into a buzz saw by picking the wrong things. While I do believe there are types of diving where full DIR as I understand it (which may be flawed) is not the best way to go, but none of those have anything remotely to do with tech diving. After all, this is a tech diving list. I've only been reading here a few months and have picked up quite a bit already. There are now several pieces of gear that I will never buy and a few more that will be upgraded when they fail. There is an event at work on Thursdays that I am trying to get automated. Once that happens I plan to go see Capt JT and his bunch to get some hands on with some of this stuff. The things Black comes up with are so off the mark that I have no trouble punching holes in them. For the people here who know what the hell they are doing it must be like shooting skeet while they're still in the box. I just read what I wrote and I'm obviously tired. A rewrite would be worse, so I'm leaving it as is. I'm going to STFU and go back to reading. Thanks to everyone who responded to me. "David B. Widen" wrote: You have to understand the nature of this list. The wars between Mike Kane, Capt JT, Trey (George), the NE guys, etc. are stable or have evolved into friendships. Mike has dove w/George several times now in Florida. VB Tech with Capt JT, David W., Jim C., Ike B., Rick A., Brad B., and Bill R. out of the Mid-Atlantic (Va Beach) headed south to dive w/George and DAN and also Mike Kane last March. Black is the only activie radical element active right now. It is the nature of the list. Yes it is a waste of BW, but good info does come out of it. You just have to read between the BS. From: Don Burke [mailto:donburke56@ya*.co*] Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 8:27 PM To: Eric Nelson Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Re: DIR - v - BLACK. MD? I blocked his address weeks ago. The only evidence I have that he is still alive is that people insist on quoting him. I believe the people here just swat at him for the entertainment value and don't really want him gone. It's the email version of "catch and release." Eric Nelson wrote: 2) TO THE LIST. As a lurker my comments should legitimately carry little weight but as a student I will just add this before I STFU until I can add something positive. Way too much bandwidth has been wasted addressing the whining crap from MJB. I think the best way to address any posts of his from now on is to ignore them. Or as the Amish would put it Shun Him. Or as I would put it Ignore the Ignorant. Even as a court Jester this guy is about as humorous as cancer. No response equals no stimulus equals no more childish tirades. --0-1804289383-958961717=:11956 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P> David:</P> <P>I just don't see any good coming of it. Apparently Black's only goal is to to be right about something and he keeps walking into a buzz saw by picking the wrong things.</P> <P>While I do believe there are types of diving where full DIR as I understand it (which may be flawed) is not the best way to go, but none of those have anything remotely to do with tech diving. After all, this is a tech diving list.</P> <P>I've only been reading here a few months and have picked up quite a bit already. There are now several pieces of gear that I will never buy and a few more that will be upgraded when they fail.</P> <P>There is an event at work on Thursdays that I am trying to get automated. Once that happens I plan to go see Capt JT and his bunch to get some hands on with some of this stuff. </P> <P>The things Black comes up with are so off the mark that I have no trouble punching holes in them. For the people here who know what the hell they are doing it must be like shooting skeet while they're still in the box.</P> <P>I just read what I wrote and I'm obviously tired. A rewrite would be worse, so I'm leaving it as is.</P> <P>I'm going to STFU and go back to reading. Thanks to everyone who responded to me.</P> <P><BR><B><I>"David B. Widen" <DWIDEN@HO*.CO*></I></B>wrote: <BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3017.1000" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=753294912-21052000>You have to understand the nature of this list. The wars between Mike Kane, Capt JT, <BR>Trey (George), the NE guys, etc. are stable or have evolved into friendships. <BR>Mike has dove w/George several times now in Florida. VB Tech with Capt JT, David <BR>W., Jim C., Ike B., Rick A., Brad B., and Bill R. out of the Mid-Atlantic (Va Beach) headed south to dive w/George and DAN and also Mike Kane last March.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=753294912-21052000>Black is the only activie radical element active right now. It is the nature of the list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=753294912-21052000>Yes it is a waste of BW, but good info does come out of it. You just have to read <BR>between the BS.</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Tahoma <br><BR><B>From:</B> Don Burke <BR>[mailto:donburke56@ya*.co*]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 20, 2000 8:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Eric Nelson<BR><B>Cc:</B> techdiver@aquanaut.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: DIR - v - BLACK. MD?<BR><BR></FONT><BR>I blocked his address weeks ago. The only evidence I have that he is <BR>still alive is that people insist on quoting him.</DIV> <P>I believe the people here just swat at him for the entertainment value and <BR>don't really want him gone.<BR></P> <P>It's the email version of "catch and release."<B><I></I></B></P> <P><B><I>Eric Nelson <ENELSON@OP*.NE*></I></B>wrote:<BR><BR>2) TO THE LIST. As a lurker my comments should legitimately carry little <BR>weight but as a student I will just add this before I STFU until I can add <BR>something positive. <I>Way too much</I> bandwidth has been wasted <BR>addressing the whining crap from MJB. I think the best way to address <BR>any posts of his from now on is to ignore them. Or as the Amish <BR>would put it <I>Shun Him.</I> Or as I would put it <I>Ignore the <BR>Ignorant. </I>Even as a court Jester this guy is about as humorous as <BR>cancer. <I> </I>No response equals no stimulus equals no more <BR>childish tirades.</P></BLOCKQUOTE> --0-1804289383-958961717=:11956-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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