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Maffatone makes it what now, 73 reasons to shut the fuck up and listen? Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: <billy@bd*.co*.au*> To: "TechDiver Message" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 1:24 AM Subject: Re: Diving the San Diego > At 11:15 4/08/00 , Jerred Cook wrote: > >Please excuse my ignorance... > > > >Is it really bad for someone like Tony Maffatone to work with new ideas and try them out? > > Jerred, > > Maffatone didn't have any new ideas. His rig was just multiple > cylinders cobbled together with swagelock and delivering a > variety of gasses through a manual gas switching block. The only > thing new about it was that it reached new heights in complexity > and danger. > > The manual gas switching block is a known killer from way back > because it has the potential to deliver a lethal hot mix to the > diver. That is why no-one in their right mind would design one > into any technical diving equipment. The rebreather guys use > a physically separated tail to connect their deco gas to the > loop instead of a gas switching block. > > From the moment Maffatone built that rig, he was a dead man > walking. > > Now you may not understand the well-known principles of putting > together a safe technical diving rig, Jerred, so for now, we > won't go there. > > But here's something you don't need any expertise to understand. > > Just before he died, Mafatone was held up to the media as an > example of the technical diver in action. None of his 'friends' > said to the media "Nah, he's not typical of technical diving. > He's an idiot. His rig's dangerous. That's not what we do." > None of them said "Tony, you idiot, you've set your rig up to > kill yourself." Or "Tony, for your own good, you're not getting > on my boat with that deathtrap rig." Or, "Fuck you crazyman, I'm > not gettting on a boat with you while you're diving that piece > of shit." > > So Tony appears in the press as another of us wierd fucked-up > death-wish technical divers. Then, in front of the media, the > general public, legislators, insurance companies, and our relatives, > the inevitable happens. He kills himself. > > Now, you go tell your insurance company you're a technical diver > and you like diving deep in the ocean using mixed gasses. Then > thank idiots like Maffatone for the response you get. > > rgds billyw > > > >Peace, > >Jerred > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <mailto:ez@ez*.co*>H2Ocaver > >>To: <mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com>TechDiver Message > >>Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 4:11 PM > >>Subject: RE: Diving the San Diego > >> > >> > > From: <<mailto:billy@bd*.co*.au*>billy@bdi.com.au> > >> > > Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 20:37:41 +1000 > >> > > To: <<mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com>techdiver@aquanaut.com> > >> > > Subject: Re: ABC on Diving the San Diego - STROKE ALERT > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >> on 7/31/00 2:24 AM, speez3 (Techdiver) at <mailto:speez3@ea*.ne*>speez3@earthlink.net wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> As for Tony Maffatone, he takes his > >> > >>> ideas, puts them on paper and makes them work. Everything he builds > >> > is from > >> > >>> his own design. This whole thread really shows ZERO intelligence from > >> > this > >> > >>> list. A proper apology is definitely in order. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Seems Maffatone is determined to take an outdated > >> > > and terminally stupid idea and grind it around and > >> > > around some-more. > >> > > > >> > > The old Kevorkian rig rears its ugly head again. > >> > > > >> > > rgds billyw > >> > > > >> > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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