OK, Dr. Black, Tom Mount, it's time for you to teach us. When you are
working up your dives with Decoplanner or other tables programs which use
"conservation factors" how do you fellows determine what these factors are?

In Decoplanner both ends of the gradient are adjustable, the variances you
can apply to a profile are practically infinite. Dr. Black, being a man of
Science, surly you must have a thoughtful answer to this question?

Pray tell us, oh learned ones, how you fellows determine how to adjust this
profile? Clearly you think my technique is either inadequate or completely
wrong. So could you tell the list how you calculate your gradients or
"conservation" factors?

Tom, how did you know that you needed the "less conservative" VR-3? What if
you had gotten bent on the first dive with this unit without trying the
"more conservative" VR-3 first? Would this not indicate that you
"intentionally" bent yourself, too?

Help us poor, dumb, uninformed idiots. Please grace us with your years of
experience and thousands of dives. Surely there must be something you
fellows can contribute to the common good?

   Jim
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> From: "Michael J. Black" <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>
> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 14:57:20 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Aquanaut Mail <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Cc: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@in*.at*.ne*>
> Subject: Re:  Trimix Computers
> 
> "Jim Cobb" <IMAMORON@ci*.co*> wrote:
> 
>> Shoot, half the fun of deco diving is doing the pre-dive
>> calculations.  It up's the ante in that you are experimenting
>> with your own body finding out what the best profile is for
>> you. When you start getting indications of your limitations,
>> i.e. joint pain, slobitus, that tired feeling, fried lungs,
>> etc. you adjust the calculations until you are dialed in.
> 
> Oh man, talk about a winner!  Techdiver's poster boy coughs up
> a doozy.  Cobb, you need help, LOTS OF HELP.
> 
> MJB
> 
> (P.S.  Thanks Tom...I wouldn't have seen this if I hadn't
> clicked on your post.  Cobb's posts aren't worth the click.)
> 
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