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Just thought I'd repeat some key stuff here. ;)

You mean she is over there with a razor giving que ball haircuts? Happy New Year's, Conchs!! Find Marta of Castaway tonight at the springs and tell her 'Bait' said Happy New Year.

Yes. No.

OOooo, she can be too much fun at those events. I've seen it. I'm up for that!

Mazel Tov!!

In other words, it still leads to death. -=[Pessimist]=-

From what I've heard from my sister (shrswnm), her instructors were demanding a higher level of competence and a lot more drilling than I've seen for BOW here in The States. That's a good thing. (I've got to dive with her.) It's not surprising to me that it's taking a few more lessons to get...

Senses are not to be trusted solely in a non-Terra firma, non-normal weight/gravity environment. (See flying-on-instruments.) Gauges are a necessary reference. Don't trust a pilot flying in a cloud visually, even a very experienced pilot. And gauges that do calculations for you (e.g., an...

Bear and Pug, thanks for outstanding answers. Eastcoast bedtime. G'night.

I really am sincere with these questions. I've got learning to do here. Yes, you can accurately judge. But you reference them anyway. As a regular check on your judgement, I'll assume. Yet other gauges (ascent meter, decompression meter) that could be used as a similar judgement check are...

Charlie, I'd sign up for your DIRF course. Despite the fact that it seems to ruffle Uncle Pug, I thought that thread was a great bit of sarcasm very well targeted. UP, yes the regs stuff was overboard. The depth gauge stuff was supposed to be as well, but reconsidering it, you probably could...

Using a regulator to assist in underwater swimming will, for the majority of divers, keep them from ever developing the skill to do so without it. For those who have developed the ability to freedive, going back to regulators will most likely prove to be skill-degrading. Where do you draw...

:newbie: Welcome to the board, old woman. (You're not middle aged; I'm middle aged and you're my BIG sister!) (But you're in better shape than me :11doh:)

Ok, I can dig that. And this is what Snowbear is teaching me also, yes? But, also note this statement by Marroni, found here: "Lewis showed that the stop is in fact preferential to slowing the ascent rate. Thus, as indicated previously, a 5 min safety stop is much more effective than a...

DiverBuoy, why would you O2 clean a reg for <40% nitrox?

Marroni's work is not theorizing, it's testing and statistical analysis of Haldane's original work. And although "some others" may think the curve should be smooth (like Hill did), Marroni's analysis is rather compelling. The idea of "bend and treat" (which is ascending directly to the...

Ya know, maybe I'm agreeing with those folks saying that the "shape" of the ascent is what it's all about, but disagreeing on what that shape should be. Based on on Marroni's work, the shape should have steeper inclines to the steps and longer flat parts. Less smooth curve and longer landings...

Geez, Charlie, reading that thread gave me more frustration than education. I did agree with what you were saying there. And questions in that thread never did get answered. Yes and no. I agree with the concept of instantaneous ascent rates being less important, but as I understand the...

While not directly related to computers, regarding this discussion I've found the studies by A. Marroni of DAN-Europe regarding ascent rates and stops very interesting. What surprises me about these studies are the conclusions regarding relatively long deep stops to be considerably more...

Yeah, I'll rescind my remark... I wasn't thinking of penetration at all. I don't, at least not further than 10 feet or so in.