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>YES.  Computers think bouncing is OK, the conservatism is fixed, half use
>Haldanean bullshit algorithms, they don't support correct profiles, most
>recommend ascent rates that are too fast, etc., etc. All the same reasons
>they aren't OK for bigger dives, as recently discussed, still apply.

Agreed they may not be optimum.


>But, In addition to all their technical shortcomings, the biggest problem I
>have with computers is that reliance on computers promotes a diving
>population with no knowledge of decompression theory and how it applies to
>what they're doing.  So, instead of knowledge, we have reliance on gadgetry,
>and most of the diving population appears to gravitate towards replacing
>knowledge and technique with gadgets and shortcuts. This is the mentality
>that gets people bent and killed.

So you _fully_ understand all of the equipment that you use ?, car ? pc ?, 
the list is almost endless.

PRC

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