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Well, I guess we can see who really dives and who is bullshit. Thanks , Sean. Let everyone else take care of this moron - this stuff is too obviously stupid. I like him teaching really dumb things - let him preach it a while longer and then I dispense with his bullshit after he has made a complete ass of himself everywhere. -----Original Message----- From: Sean T. Stevenson <ststev@un*.co*> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; trey@ne*.co* <trey@ne*.co*> Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 7:33 PM Subject: Tech 2000 conference in Nanaimo >Never wearing negatively buoyant back tanks, discussing weighting when >wearing steel vs. aluminum stages, wing inflation from the left post to >"avoid the confusion created when crossing hoses behind the head", >switching the additional buckle (the one that holds the light, ie. your >ditchable weight, in place) inside out so that the lever is against the >body to "avoid accidentally opening it or confusing it with the harness >buckle", using double wings when not wearing a drysuit... These are a >few of the points that immediately come to mind. > >There was also a rebreather Q&A forum, that seemed to be much too >docile, so I questioned the panel as to how they could justify the >additional inherent complexity of a fully closed system over a passive >semi-closed, given that the SCR provides most of the benefits, and that >the CCR divers were not taking these units to the limits of their gas >endurance anyway. The response was somewhat long winded, but boils >down to the fact that the CCR is lighter (assuming insufficient OC >bailout) on Tom's bad back, and that it doesn't scare the fish. Some >people have different priorities, I guess. > >Highlights include an excellent presentation by Dr. David Sawatzki on >Vancouver Island cave exploration, and Jarrod's talk on Wakulla. Also, >thanks to Jarrod, Andrew and all other participants in the DIR dives on >Monday. > >-Sean > > >On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 15:55:17 -0400, trey@ne*.co* wrote: > >>Sean, put some of the more ridiculous stuff on techdiver so I can hammer >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Sean T. Stevenson <ststev@un*.co*> >>To: Jammer Six <jammer@oz*.ne*>; wkpp@eg*.co* <wkpp@eg*.co*> >>Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 3:47 PM >>Subject: Re: [wkpp] Thank you, Andrew! >> >> >>>After taking ferry, food, and accomodation costs into account, that >>>conference wasn't really worth the cost, but then, looking at the >>>lineup, what did I expect...? I sat in on Tom Mount's gear workshop, >>>and walked out after biting my tongue for as long as I could. Check >>>this out: the title of the presentation was "Thinking it Through". JJ >>>pointed out that he has traded DIC for TIT, which I suppose is a step >>>in the right direction... >>> >>>-Sean >>> >>> >>>On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:10:04 -0700, Jammer Six wrote: >>> >>>>Andrew, thank you for the presentation and critique on Bryce's boat, and >>>>thank you for your presentations at tech 2000. >>>> >>>>Didn't like finding out I'm not as good as I thought I was, but I like it >>>>better than not knowing. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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