Jim, I'd rather think after he blew all the fuses on the E-meter, and other clear episodes, he could fly anyway, so why bother 'bout diving ? Lacking leadership makes his restless inventory soul now wander, by chance he has found tech-diver. Matthias Jim Holcomb schrieb: > > Jim > Were you a recreational diver before you were a technical diver? I was. > Jim Holcomb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Cobb" <cobber@ci*.co*> > To: "Jack Farmer" <jack@ma*.th*.co*>; "Jim Holcomb" > <jimholcomb@x-*.co*> > Cc: "Techdiver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 8:31 PM > Subject: Re: Word of advice, Jack > > > What is this rec.scuba crap doing on Techdiver to begin with? Those idiots > > over on rec.scuba are beyond all salvation. Hardcore rec divers live in an > > alternate reality, they cannot relate to tech diving anymore than a mole > can > > relate to walking on the moon. > > > > That entire list and the idiots who hang out over there are not worth the > > electricity it takes to run a computer. > > > > The only thing we can do is let Darwin decide who can progress to > technical > > diving. We will be waiting for them over here in Techdiver if and when > they > > survive. Then maybe we can teach them something. > > > > Jim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > > > > > From: Jack Farmer <jack@ma*.th*.co*> > > > Organization: The Crusader BBS > > > Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 06:27:12 -0700 > > > To: Jim Holcomb <jimholcomb@x-*.co*> > > > Cc: Techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > > Subject: Re: Word of advice, Jack > > > > > > And why NOT call a spade a spade? And why SHOULD Bullshit be ALLOWED in > the > > > first place? > > > Re-read what i wrote it's ALL explained in there IF you READ. > > > > > > L8R > > > > > > Jim Holcomb wrote: > > > > > >> Why do you NEED to call a spade a spade. Why do you NEED to wade into > the > > >> bullshit. Look Jack, the DIR philosophy can stand on its own merits > without > > >> a bunch of bullshit. You aren't going to convert the opponents by > arguing > > >> with them - but by explaining specific issues in a rational tone the > word > > >> will be out there for the others to read. Here is an example, several > days > > >> ago on one of the recreational forums someone was asking something > about > > >> rigging a pony. This was my response: > > >> http://www.scubadiving.com/talk/read.php?f=1&i=330635&t=330567 > > >> Not once did I even mention DIR - not once did I say the dude was an > idiot > > >> for contemplating his idea. As the thread unfolded the two individuals > > >> began to rethink their idea. That's all you can do. Say what you got > to > > >> say and move on to the next topic or question. Don't involve yourself > in > > >> the bullshit. > > >> Jim > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Jack Farmer" <jack@ma*.th*.co*> > > >> To: "Jim Holcomb" <jimholcomb@x-*.co*>; "Andrew Georgitsis" > > >> <andrewg@fi*.co*>; "anthony rue" <true@gu*.co*>; "Chris Werner" > > >> <clw5232@ga*.ac*.fs*.ed*>; "Dan Volker" <dan@sf*.co*>; "Jarrod > > >> Jablonski" <JJ@gu*.co*>; "John Walker" <techdive@ea*.ne*>; "MHK" > > >> <mhkane@pr*.ne*>; "Michael Hobson" <mhobson@pa*.ne*>; "pina" > > >> <pina3@be*.ne*>; "Sally Hooper" <sallyhpr@ea*.ne*>; > "tleemay" > > >> <tleemay@ne*.ne*>; "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*> > > >> Cc: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>; "Techdiver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 3:02 AM > > >> Subject: Re: Word of advice, Jack > > >> > > >>> Well here at least we are in partial agreement. YES DIR will grow from > the > > >> rec > > >>> divers somewhat interested in Tech side of things. Right now over > there > > >> with > > >>> gray etc on the loose anyone even asks a question about DIR gets > swamped > > >> with > > >>> bullshit and maybe you don't remember what it's like at that level BUT > new > > >>> divers ARE impressed by NAMES attacking esp when no NAMES are in > there. > > >> BUT ya > > >>> get a few guy's who call a spade a spade and are NOT afraid to wade in > > >> SHIT and > > >>> are willing to go tooth and nail even when they are NOT qualified that > > >> says to > > >>> the new guy hey there SOMETHING there maybe it's shit maybe it's NOT > but > > >> it is > > >>> SURE as hell getting people all fired up maybe I'll go check it out > for > > >> myself. > > >>> > > >>> THESE are the LURKERS who will hardly ever post. I've gotten many a > > >> PRIVATE > > >>> message thanking me for at least presenting a different side and being > > >> REAL > > >>> about it in a real way. They've told me they went on to the GUE ot > WKPP > > >> site to > > >>> see for them selves. > > >>> > > >>> These are the ones I'm talking to NOT rec.scuba know it all bull shit > > >> artists > > >>> like gray etc. > > >>> > > >>> Am I the best there is? HELL NO. I'm just in there trying. WHY? Well > as > > >> you > > >>> point out I'm NOT a TECH diver I'm NOT a NAME BUT I do know enough > from my > > >> own > > >>> experience to know JUST how NEEDED DIR is esp for the NEW guy like me > and > > >> many > > >>> others. > > >>> > > >>> The main reason I'm CC'ing in so many is that I'd like THEIR opinion > not > > >> just > > >>> yours or a few others. > > >>> > > >>> L8R > > >>> > > >>> Jim Holcomb wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Well, IMHO the DIR movement is going to grow through recreational > divers > > >>>> with an interest in technical diving. Most of those who are already > > >> cave > > >>>> diving / wreck diving ect.. beyond recreational limits are already > > >> doing it > > >>>> their way. Be it DIR or whatever. Where the advocates of DIR can > have > > >> a > > >>>> profound effect is with these recreational divers. The exposure they > > >> are > > >>>> currently getting in technical discussions consist of Gray on one > side > > >> and > > >>>> Farmer "articulating" the DIR philosophy. That's kinda fucked up - > > >> don't ya > > >>>> think? The first exposure some of these folks have to DIR is out of > > >> Farmer's > > >>>> mouth! As I've told Dan, I will address anything I PERSONALLY know > > >> about > > >>>> through my OWN limited experience - but what a lot of these various > > >> forums > > >>>> need are experienced DIR advocates who can articulate a message to > the > > >>>> uninformed without pissing all over their foreheads. THAT is where > the > > >>>> change will take place - NOT after someone has already bought $10,000 > > >> worth > > >>>> of dive shop to clip off to themselves. Get them before they take > the > > >> first > > >>>> Cavern class OR, better yet, get them before they take their Advanced > > >> O/W > > >>>> class. > > >>>> > > >>>> Jim > > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>>> From: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*> > > >>>> To: "Dan Volker" <dan@sf*.co*>; "Jack Farmer" > > >>>> <jack@ma*.th*.co*>; "Jim Holcomb" > <jimholcomb@x-*.co*>; > > >>>> "Andrew Georgitsis" <andrewg@fi*.co*>; "anthony rue" > <true@gu*.co*>; > > >>>> "Chris Werner" <clw5232@ga*.ac*.fs*.ed*>; "Jarrod Jablonski" > > >>>> <JJ@gu*.co*>; "John Walker" <techdive@ea*.ne*>; "MHK" > > >>>> <mhkane@pr*.ne*>; "pina" <pina3@be*.ne*>; "tleemay" > > >>>> <tleemay@ne*.ne*> > > >>>> Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > >>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 9:03 PM > > >>>> Subject: RE: Word of advice, Jack > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Dan, we can't post there because we can not go into enough > background > > >> info > > >>>>> to get these people to where they can understand what we are talking > > >>>> about. > > >>>>> They know you and you know how to deal with them. I can not be > talking > > >> a > > >>>>> serious talk and have a piece of shit like Mike Gray yapping at me. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Just break is down to two components: bullshit and diving. Tell Gray > > >> and > > >>>> the > > >>>>> other morons to skip the bullshit and discuss the diving. They can > not > > >> do > > >>>> it > > >>>>> intelligently, so they should be no problem. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>> From: Dan Volker [mailto:dan@sf*.co*] > > >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 5:33 PM > > >>>>> To: Jack Farmer; Jim Holcomb; Andrew Georgitsis; anthony rue; Chris > > >>>>> Werner; Jarrod Jablonski; John Walker; MHK; pina; tleemay; Trey > > >>>>> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com > > >>>>> Subject: RE: Word of advice, Jack > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> REc.scuba has a couple of anti- DIR people with huge amounts of time > > >> on > > >>>>> their hands, and an axe to grind against any DIR idea or person. > Mike > > >> Gray > > >>>>> is one, Dan Brakuk is another. Gray actually created a "movement" in > > >> which > > >>>>> he has been getting recreational divers to "want" to call themselves > > >>>>> "Strokes", and he calls himself a member of "Team Stroke". > > >>>>> > > >>>>> While Jack Farmer has made few friends on rec.scuba with his style > of > > >>>>> posting, if he has the time, and wants to throw the bullshit flag at > > >> Mike > > >>>>> Gray several times per day, that might not be such a bad thing ;-) > > >>>>> > > >>>>> As long as Jack does not actually "represent" DIR, and as I > remember, > > >> he > > >>>> has > > >>>>> stated that he does "NOT" on multiple occaisions, he can be a > > >> positive > > >>>>> force--in that he could "tie up" an extremely negative force ( Mike > > >> Gray). > > >>>>> To this end, I'd tell Jack to "go get'em ". > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Better still, a few GUE or WKPP trained divers could post more on > > >>>> rec.scuba > > >>>>> , and occaisionally get a WKPP or GUE endorsement ( George or > Jarrod) > > >> for > > >>>> a > > >>>>> controversial position which is being argued in one of the longer > > >> threads. > > >>>>> Regards, > > >>>>> Dan Volker > > >>>>> www.sfdj.com > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>> From: jack@we*.th*.co* > > >> [mailto:jack@we*.th*.co*]On > > >>>>> Behalf Of Jack Farmer > > >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:45 PM > > >>>>> To: Jim Holcomb; Andrew Georgitsis; anthony rue; Chris Werner; Dan > > >>>>> Volker; Jarrod Jablonski; John Walker; MHK; pina; tleemay; Trey > > >>>>> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com > > >>>>> Subject: Re: Word of advice, Jack > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> OK Jim #1 I'm in NO WAY trying to be a cheer leader for anyone. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> If that's the impression you got it's WRONG. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> #2. I'm NOT nor ever WAS trying to sell anything to anyone and > stated > > >> MANY > > >>>>> times I spoke ONLY for myself and my own experiences and opinions. > > >> When > > >>>>> people > > >>>>> there twist that to mean what they want it to then argue about what > > >> THEY > > >>>>> think > > >>>>> I MEANT rather that what i plainly SAID I could care less what THEIR > > >>>> opinion > > >>>>> is. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> #3. It's been my experience from lurking on rec.scuba for several > > >> years > > >>>>> BEFORE > > >>>>> I ever posted anything that there are a few figure heads in there > who > > >> make > > >>>>> up > > >>>>> that cliché and THEY run rec.scuba the rest follow along. Mike Gray, > > >>>> PopEye > > >>>>> to > > >>>>> name 2 of the more obvious ones. Then there is a guy names ZACK whom > I > > >>>>> forced > > >>>>> over several days to admit publicly there he's lied about a > statement > > >> he's > > >>>>> made > > >>>>> about something Trey was supposed to have done that i called him a > > >> liar > > >>>> on. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> These are the guy's I'm out to deal with NOT CONVINCE OR CONVERT > just > > >> show > > >>>>> up > > >>>>> for what they are. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Frankly George can speak for himself and does not need me OR you to > > >> speak > > >>>>> for > > >>>>> him I don't and never tried to. if he wants me to shut up HE'll be > the > > >> one > > >>>>> to > > >>>>> tell me and until he does I'll assume he could care less and do what > i > > >>>> feel > > >>>>> like like the rest of us do. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Dive Safe. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> L8R > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Jim Holcomb wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I know we have already discussed this once, but let's try again. > > >> The > > >>>>> REASON > > >>>>>> why some people seem to carry more influence on rec.scuba than they > > >>>> should > > >>>>>> is because there are some (with no personal technical experience) > > >> that > > >>>>>> insist on trying to be a cheerleader for George and his team. When > > >> your > > >>>>>> general diving population reads some of these folks posts and later > > >>>> learn > > >>>>>> that they have no personal experience in the area they are trying > to > > >>>> speak > > >>>>>> it adds credibility to those who have some technical experience but > > >>>> insist > > >>>>>> on doing it wrong. The folks on rec.scuba are rec divers. They > > >> will > > >>>>> listen > > >>>>>> to the person who seems to have the most experience on a particular > > >>>>>> subject - right or wrong. On the flip side - when folks lacking > > >>>> experience > > >>>>>> in a particular arena attempt selling of a philosophy it results in > > >> the > > >>>>> rest > > >>>>>> of us being called DIR fanatics, mindless drones, George wannabes, > > >> WKPP > > >>>>>> wannabes and the list goes on. > > >>>>>> With George and his team's list of accomplishments, they are quite > > >>>> capable > > >>>>>> of spreading the word and educating the recreational diving > > >> population, > > >>>> in > > >>>>>> general, and the technical diving population, specifically. > > >>>>>> So as a favor to me and many other inexperienced cave and wreck > > >> divers > > >>>> who > > >>>>>> have adopted the DIR philosophy toward our > > >>>>> diving..........Please......Shut > > >>>>>> up! > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Jim > > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>>>>> From: "Jack Farmer" <jack@ma*.th*.co*> > > >>>>>> To: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>; "Sally Hooper" > > >> <sallyhpr@ea*.ne*> > > >>>>>> Cc: "Marie" <scubagirl@di*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > >>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 9:18 AM > > >>>>>> Subject: Re: DCS incident > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Ya know Trey over in rec.scuba HE would be considered to be a > > >> supreme > > >>>>>> authority > > >>>>>>> on Tech diving. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Man it just keeps going on and on and on and on etc....... > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> I finally REALLY understand why you seem at times short tempered. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> hahaha > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Safe Diving. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> L8R > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Trey wrote: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Marie, you are a complete moron. I run the most successful dive > > >>>>> project > > >>>>>> in > > >>>>>>>> diving and have LONG AGO sought out and used the real resources > > >> in > > >>>>> this > > >>>>>> game > > >>>>>>>> that have allowed us to do what we do so successfully, and have > > >>>>>> accumulated > > >>>>>>>> a track record that you will never understand, as well as > > >> developed > > >>>>>>>> decompression techniques that are now recognized as the correct > > >> way > > >>>> to > > >>>>>> do > > >>>>>>>> this, and have nothing to do with the slop out of DAN , PADI or > > >>>> Navy. > > >>>>>> Why > > >>>>>>>> don't you find out who and what we are before you get on here > > >> like > > >>>> an > > >>>>>> idiot > > >>>>>>>> and start recommending that we all go re read our PADI tables. > > >>>> Should > > >>>>> we > > >>>>>>>> stay three squares from a black box, Marie, or is the good "doc" > > >>>> still > > >>>>>>>> trying to figure that one out? > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Notice that the original question addressed me, not you, and the > > >>>>> correct > > >>>>>>>> answer was given. This is not rec scuba, by the way. If you > > >> think > > >>>> the > > >>>>>> word > > >>>>>>>> "bullshit" is "profanity", then maybe you should stop > > >> bullshitting. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> I'll start sending everyone to you , PADI and DAN when they ask > > >> me a > > >>>>>> deco > > >>>>>>>> question. Your vast experience reading "Alert Diver" will be a > > >> big > > >>>>> help > > >>>>>> to > > >>>>>>>> them all, I am sure. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>>>>> From: Marie [mailto:scubagirl@di*.co*] > > >>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:03 PM > > >>>>>>>> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com; trey@ne*.co* > > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: DCS incident > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Well Trey, > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Here are some tips for you: > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> 1) Look before you leap. > > >>>>>>>> 2) That looks like a pretty nasty case of hoof in mouth. > > >>>>>>>> 3) It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth > > >> and > > >>>>> remove > > >>>>>> all > > >>>>>>>> doubt. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> All I was trying to do was help you guys out, but you obviously > > >>>> don't > > >>>>>> care > > >>>>>>>> to know the truth. If you were interested in expanding your > > >>>>> knowledge, > > >>>>>> you > > >>>>>>>> would have looked into what I said before you open your mouth > > >> and > > >>>>> spewed > > >>>>>>>> profanity (obviously the only way you know how to communicate). > > >> Try > > >>>>>>>> checking with DAN or PADI or try reading any one of the over 100 > > >>>>>> studies, > > >>>>>>>> articles, and papers he has had published. Or contact the > > >> Undersea > > >>>>>> Medical > > >>>>>>>> Society about the many presentations he has given or > > >> participated > > >>>> in, > > >>>>> or > > >>>>>>>> contact the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society and find out why > > >> Dr. > > >>>>>> Powell > > >>>>>>>> is a high respected member. Or you could contact NEDU (Navy > > >>>>>> Experimental > > >>>>>>>> Dive Unit). > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> For any of the rest of you who may be interested in expanding > > >> your > > >>>>>> knowledge > > >>>>>>>> of DCS with more than just Trey's hot air, feel free to follow > > >> up on > > >>>>> any > > >>>>>> of > > >>>>>>>> the resources I have mentioned. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Marie > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> trey@ne*.co* wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> Bullshit. My favorite line here is "during which time he > > >> directed > > >>>>>>>>> the > > >>>>>>>>> human-subject tests of the DSAT/PADI Recreational Dive > > >> Planner." > > >>>>>>>>> This give > > >>>>>>>>> new meaning to the term "face the wheel". > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> The fact is that the guys who know the most about this are the > > >>>>>>>>> ones who work > > >>>>>>>>> with sources who actually are involved in serious diving . If > > >>>>>>>>> this guy had > > >>>>>>>>> any contribution to make to this game, we'd know about it. > > >> What > > >>>>>>>>> he has is > > >>>>>>>>> the party line that does not work and is why we see these > > >>>>>>>>> accidents. Wake up > > >>>>>>>>> and smell reality. > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> The Navy comment is also just too funny. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>>> 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'. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> You Don't HAVE to be NUTS to be a SysAdmin./WebMaster. 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