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Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 19:08:04 +0200
From: mat.voss@t-*.de* (Matthias Voss)
Organization: Harry Haller Memorial Fund
To: Joel Markwell <joeldm@mi*.co*>
CC: David Norton <davidnor@ho*.co*>, Trey <trey@ne*.co*>,
     Techdiver
Subject: Re: Trimix Computers
Perhaps it should be read "renamed" not "renown" ;-)?
Matthias

Joel Markwell schrieb:
> 
> On 6/1/01 8:52 PM, "David Norton" <davidnor@ho*.co*> wrote:
> 
> > I'm sorry, but I'm unsubscribing from this news-list.  I am a world-renowed
> > expert in diving physiology.  One day you will all grow up.
> 
> David,
> 
> I did a Google search for your name and didn't find any "world renown"
> experts on diving physiology. There was a David Norton, bug guy, a David
> Norton who is a painter, a David Norton who is a student and a David Norton
> who is a teacher who hasn't been diving in the last five years.
> 
> On the other hand, I did a search for my name and got over 15 hits, mostly
> associated with diving and computers, and I'm not a "world renown" expert at
> anything.
> 
> By comparison, I did other searches for "diving physiology" and
> "decompression theory" & etc. and got these names:
> 
> Dr. R.W. Bill Hamilton
> Jolie Bookspan
> B.R. Wienke
> Brian Hills
> Dr. Claes Lungren
> E. B. Maiken
> E.D. Thalmann
> R.D. Vann
> Kenneth Donald
> Professor David Jones
> Richard Pyle
> Dr Al Behnke
> 
>  . . . and then Boyle, Triger, Pol and Wattelle, Bert, Haldane, Kindwall,
> and Lambertson.
> 
> Some of these guys are dead and they're on the 'net! But in doing several
> searches using various terms, I could find NO mention of you as an expert in
> anything.
> 
> Then I went to the IANTD page as you claim to be an IANTD EANx Instructor
> Trainer, and did a search using your name and the only instructor named
> Norton is a Robert Dale Norton from Missouri. Who the hell are you?
> 
> Later,
> 
> JoeL (expert BS spotter)
> 
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