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[nimoh]

If Cash_Available>=(Computer_New_Price - ComputerBetterTablesFactor + Groceries_Price + Mortgage + OtherDiveGear + Vacation - Weight_Limit - ConcealabilityFromWife) * Yearstouse - Usetables then BuyComputer=1

If my cash available is ever greater than or equal to even just my mortgage, I'll be buying a hell of a lot more than just a dive computer

 

[Pavao]

Maybe. If you buy a computer, you may not have beer money. I think the equation should check for that.

I know, I bought way too many over the years, now I have more computers than beer, trying to sell them though so I can afford beer, I'm trying to solve the equation in reverse

 

[Storker]

Dive computers do have dive plan functions. You should be using that to plan your dives.

I'd rather not. Planning a dive on my computer is slow and cumbersome and require a lot of button pushing. Although I dive with a computer (and carry a backup computer as well), I prefer to plan my dives with a table. A table is fast, doesn't require me to push a single button and is easily available in the back of my logbook binder.

Just as I prefer to plan my hikes on a real map even if I almost always carry a GPSr

 

[T.C.]

Btw T.C., we can even buy Dogfish Head 60 minute, 90 minute and 120 minute IPA's and see how those numbers relate to how fast we can get drunk.

Hmmm....ask for a government grant to explore this area of complex higher mathmatics.

If my cash available is ever greater than or equal to even just my mortgage, I'll be buying a hell of a lot more than just a dive computer

Ah! The algorithm already accounted for that!

"If Cash_Available>=(Computer_New_Price - ComputerBetterTablesFactor + Groceries_Price + Mortgage + OtherDiveGear + Vacation - Weight_Limit - ConcealabilityFromWife) * Yearstouse - Usetables then BuyComputer=1"

 

[boulderjohn]

I use tables because they never fail due to being flooded or battery failure. But that's me. I also never take them out of my dive bag and accidentally forget them, or forget to turn them on, like I have with my computer.

I have had three technical failures in my scuba career. Fortunately, all were while teaching in a pool. All were with an expensive dive watch stopping for a while and then starting again. All would have been disasters if I had been diving tables.

 

[T.C.]

I have had three technical failures in my scuba career. Fortunately, all were while teaching in a pool. All were with an expensive dive watch stopping for a while and then starting again. All would have been disasters if I had been diving tables.

Not really. You have a buddy, right?

His watch/computer displays bottom time, right?

I know, I bought way too many over the years, now I have more computers than beer, trying to sell them though so I can afford beer, I'm trying to solve the equation in reverse

It doesn't work in reverse. In reverse, the variable "ConcealabilityFromWife" goes to negative infinity and cancels out PurchaseBeer; so all you're left with is "Cry".

 

[buddhasummer]

Just because you said something silly and got your feelings hurt doesn't mean I was being "snide".

Well, it's really more of an algorithm:

Check ComputerAvailable_Friendslist

If ComputerAvailable_Friendslist=<0 then PurchaseBeer

If ComputerAvailable_Friendslist>0 then check Borrow

If Borrow=0 then exe Hate_Friends+ PurchaseBeer

If Cash_Available>=(Computer_New_Price - ComputerBetterTablesFactor + Groceries_Price + Mortgage + OtherDiveGear + Vacation - Weight_Limit - ConcealabilityFromWife) * Yearstouse - Usetables then BuyComputer=1

If 0 then PuchaseBeer+Cry

Like I said; it's only a small part.

Busted. I will try to be more thoughtful in the future before posting.

 

[Ricky B]

Wow: Reading so many 1/2 A4 page replies makes it hard to believe the original post was a yes/no question.

Yoda once told me: On ScubaBoard, there is no yes/no. There is only argue.

 

[boulderjohn]

Not really. You have a buddy, right?

His watch/computer displays bottom time, right?

In all three cases, the watch stopped for a while and then started up again. In all three cases, I did not notice until I realized my watch time no longer matched the time on the clock on the wall. In all three cases, I could have overstayed my planned bottom time significantly on a real dive, because I would have thought that I had been done a shorter time than I actually was. I would not be checking with my buddy every few minutes to see if our watches were still giving the same time.

Or are you arguing that I should do all my dives with a dependency on my buddy to tell me when I need to ascend? What if he or she is not paying attention?

My point was in response to the generic statement so often used in these threads: "I don't use a computer because there is a chance it could fail. I use a bottom timer or watch instead." I am just pointing out that a bottom times is just a computer with fewer functions, and both a watch and a bottom timer can fail as easily as a computer.

 

[T.C.]

Or are you arguing that I should do all my dives with a dependency on my buddy to tell me when I need to ascend? What if he or she is not paying attention?

If your watch is your primary timing device, you should be paying more attention to it. You'd notice the drop in time. Second, your buddy should be on the same profile; if you're on tables, he's on tables. When he notices your time is low, he'd signal to ascend. You'd then notice that there was a discrepancy in times. Shorter time always dictates your ascent time.

You other option is to carry a second watch on the same wrist. For twenty dollars, you can have a second watch, and you've solved your problems.

Lastly, if my $185 watch fails once, I'd send it back for repair immediately. Not keep diving it, vainly hoping it doesn't fail again. If you dive a important but failing piece of equipment three times; you're nominating yourself for a Darwin Award.