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translation: "I read somewhere that 1 year in computer terms is 7 years in the 'real world', so I actually have 14 years experience." I got bored of programming after about a year out of university. So I'm now doing performance testing and love the look on the developers faces when you...

LOL! It's the GI3 of C coding! Spectre... I think you just got served. oh, and btw while we are at it, there's no #defines for each const in the switch either..

See, thats the sort of thinking you get with an "all or nothing" paradigm, like (for example) DIR diving. You are suggesting that if you have a computer then your only option is to "blindly following the NDL or deco numbers that it gives you". So you either have a computer and it rots your...

Hi BCS, How do you find out your depth every 5 minutes? How do you verify that your bottom timer is working correctly? Isn't this "blindly following the digital readout"?

Usually the most conservative - which turns out to be the bottom timer + tables (my primary method) by a country mile. I just stay at the 6m stop until both computers clear if they still have time left after following the tables. (One's an AI nitrox console, the other a 3 gas wristmount)...

I wear two computers + a uwatec bottom timer ;) But lets face it.. getting distracted for 5min is a much more likely scenario (even with the coveted GUE training).

Are you picking on my qualifications? All I'm saying is: ------------ If I had to make a list (in order of importance) of skills I deem important to a technical diver, how to assemble doubles would be WAY down the list, right near the bottom. ------------ What I think you're...

You still reply on a computer. An electronic computer is subject to battery failure and electronics failure. Your computer is subject to narcosis, co2 retention and tiredness. What if, for some reason, you can't log your depth. Maybe a hammerhead swims by at that moment. Maybe you...

Yeah, because let's face it.. when you accidently loose half your deco gas due to a freeflow and you need to readjust your deco schedule while shooting a bag to do drift deco because you have lost the upline due to bad vis, knowing how your doubles go together is important.

Not really wanting to add fuel to a fire that died over a year ago... but: I'd say "setting up doubles" has about the same about of relevance to technical diving as servicing a 1st stage. Okay, a lot of technical divers can service a 1st stage, but it's not really a pre-requisite to be able...

I usually cut multiple tables. Increased depth, increased time and both. Depending on how deep, I also cut using lost deco gas.

That is AWESOME. If I had the cash, I would buy it and live on it..

I've never understood the American thinking of "It's higher pressure so it is subject to higher stress and wont last as long". Over here, our "Low Pressure" tanks are 232 bar or 3400 psi. EVERYBODY has their tanks filled to at least this pressure. Our "high pressure" tanks are 300 bar or...

Haven't seen anyone answer the question yet... If analogue SPG's are the dogs bollocks, why don't DIR divers also use analogue depth gauges?

I think I remember this. I was speaking to a guy once who dove independents. He said his reason was that once at 60m (180ft) on trimix, he was just about to start his ascent when he had a giant freeflow. He said he literally thought "wtf???" and started to reach behind his head when all...

I agree. Sometimes there's too many "You mean you DIDN'T get your Drysuit O2 cleaned before using it with 32%??????????? OMG OMG WTF LOL!" posts for my taste.

NO idea about the housing... but the 650 was Canon's first attempt at the EOS line with the new EF (electronic) mount. All the current (modern) lenses should work fine - but you may not be able to use IS (Image Stable) feature on lenses that have it. Also, you cannot take advantage of the EX...

- Your suit is nowhere near fully compressed at 15ft - You cant assume fully compressed = -4lbs (different suit = different buoyancy) - You should check it with a near empty tank and all your normal gear. So Bretagne, the reason you called the dive was because you felt that you couldn't...

The shadow is the lens blocking the flash.. You could try not using the flash (available light) - you will probably have to increase ISO though. A powerful (HID) torch will help - but costs more than a reasonable flash... As others have mentioned, you can also zoom in or crop it out.

by gum you're right! steel cylinder are 4-5mm thick (wall) Aluminium cylinders are 11mm thick. I've got a .pdf here with the info... I remember being surprised..