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on 5/7/01 7:14 AM, Ed Street at blacknet@ph*.ne* wrote: > First almost everyone here has never even > seen me let alone dove with me. To imply things about that only puts these > statments into question and also the validity of the speaker. Bravo Ed! You just slammed the very method by which you obtained your so called "DIR" knowledge. You think that because you bought a long hose you are diving "DIR" :-) Certainly you need to be configured safely to dive DIR, but it's what is going on between your ears that really matters. Your posts clearly indicate, you are not ready to have this discussion. All sniping/flaming aside, here's some honest, no bullshit suggestions: 1) Take an evening and spend a few hours trawling the GUE site and it's links. read everything CAREFULLY and think about it. 2) Pay the measley ($29) to get into DIR Quest and read the back issues. (Eddie Brian's physiology stuff is particularly good). 3) SIGN UP FOR A GUE COURSE AND THEN YOU CAN GET IT STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH !!! (You're located where ? .. Alabama ? That's not that far from Florida or some other GUE instructors) 3) Look past Trey's understandably impatient tone with having to deal with idiots like you ... time and time again ... and read the CONTENT. 4) Wonder why it is ... that although Trey's tone gets up people's noses a lot, he has NEVER lost an argument ON THE FACTS on this list. Ask yourself WHY does the WKKP hold all the world records for the most demanding of diving and with ZERO fatality rate in the last (ten?) years. (Forget the Parker Turner freak cave in) Follow the logic about why the gear hasn't "evolved" over the last few years ... answer ?: Because once it reaches an optimal state there's no need to change it. Why does the above point piss off the dive industry ? ... because they can't sell you this years "latest + greatest" Tech BC ... slobwinder .... sooper dooper regs ... and all the other bullshit. Which accounts for a lot of the "negative sentiment" by the so called "experts" in the dive industry. The gear doesn't change that much because from 10 years ago the conditions are the same. The caves and the ocean haven't magically changed in the last ten years. Finally here's a couple of sig lines to ponder: 1) You can't learn to dive on the net .. sooner or later you have to get in the water. 2) In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice ... but in practice there is. regards *** dean laffan real world productions melbourne, australia ph +613-9419-3966 Mobile - 0418-525-315 It said on the box: 'Requires Windows 95 or better' ... so I bought a Mac ! -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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