So, just who is George Irvine III?????

[danvolker]

Yeah, this was one of the things George did to "generate" thousands of people following his threads....exactly the reason people watch WWF Wrestling, or whatever is the name of the month for these today. I'm not saying it was nice, or right. At the time, it was fun for the large numbers of divers that followed George--or the message would not have gotten out. You might say you are shocked that any one would read this day after day..... and also be shocked people would watch Pro Wrestling on TV, or the Jerry Springer Show...but people do. This was a "Media" game George was playing.

Like I indicated, I am trying to be repentant these days

---------- Post added April 8th, 2013 at 06:44 PM ----------

Maybe I just got lucky, but it took just a few minutes to find the following gem.

-----Original Message----- From: Marie [mailto:scubagirl@divemail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:19 PM To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: RE: DCS incident HI Sergio, If you want sound, factual, research based answers and/or recommendations to this and any other question regarding DCS, you might try asking Dr. Michael Powell. Dr. Powell is the head of the Environmental Physiology and Biophysics lab at NASA, specializing in decompression problems associated with Extravehicular Activity. NASA spends more money on decompression research than all other organizations in the world, including the US Navy. In fact, Dr. Powell's research provides the basis for most of the US Navy's physiological studies and research. In 1969, Dr. Powell started working for the Ocean System Division of Union Carbide studying problems concerning decompression sickness. In 1975, Dr. Powell went to Seattle, Washington, to work with Merrill Spencer, MD, at the Institute of Applied Physiology and Medicine. In 1977 he took a leave to work in Germany for three years at the Institute for Aerospace Medicine in Bonn. He returned and remained at I.A.P.M. until 1989, during which time he directed the human-subject tests of the DSAT/PADI Recreational Dive Planner. He joined NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1989. You can see that Dr. Powell has an extensive background in the effects of decompression on the human body. He is the foremost leading authority in this field and I would trust his opinion and advice above any other in matters of DCS. If you would like to have Dr. Powell publicly answering your questions, he regularly spends time at ScubaBoard - Scuba Diving Forum - Diving Social Network - ScubaBoard Home You will most commonly find him posting in the Dr. Deco section of the forum. Cordially, Marie
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While I would have preferred a very different response from George than we saw in your re-post.....what became significant was that as the WKPP created their own special dive tables, with the help of Dr Bill Hamilton, Bill Mee, and George..... The shape and duration of the deco for the 6 hour and longer dives at depths averaging 280 feet deep--was very different for George and JJ and the other team members on the exploration pushes, than any Navy schedule that had ever been run....In fact, once WKPP began their successful series of big pushes using their own dive tables, NAVY Spec Warfare began showing up to monitor for themselves how it was possible for George to do a 6 hour bottom time at 280 feet, and then do only 12 hours of deco.

 

[rjack321]

The problem that I believe is that these guys are still around, and new recruits are behaving very much the same way.

I have not seen this on SB, or any other forum, or in person for that matter. If you see anyone on SB behaving like George you can click the "report post" button at the bottom of the offending post. Other that 10+ year old quoted text for other websites, those kind of negative personal attacks just aren't here.

 

[chrpai]

If you see anyone on SB behaving like George you can click the "report post" button at the bottom of the offending post.

Now we have the opposite problem. Every time someone's **** hurts they hit the report button and the thought police come.

 

[rjack321]

Now we have the opposite problem. Every time someone's **** hurts they hit the report button and the thought police come.

There are places you can call someone a moron here on SB in the finest GI3 traditions. They are not public forums however. TDS is accessible to anyone regardless of qualifications (you do need to be >18yo). So you can cuss away over there.

 

[chrpai]

So you can cuss away over there.

I never said cuss. My point is I don't want the flame wars from 10-15 years ago ( I was there, I remember it. ) but I also get sick of the scuba police coming in to silence people and hide threads every time someone with "connections" gets upset. There has to be a middle ground and I don't believe we've found it yet.

 

[BDSC]

Now we have the opposite problem. Every time someone's **** hurts they hit the report button and the thought police come.

There was a time, like when I was younger, that parents taught their kids the old "Stick and Stones" rhyme. But that doesn't seem to apply to life anymore.

 

[Superlyte27]

I have not seen this on SB, or any other forum, or in person for that matter. If you see anyone on SB behaving like George you can click the "report post" button at the bottom of the offending post. Other that 10+ year old quoted text for other websites, those kind of negative personal attacks just aren't here.

I was talking real life, at dive sites, not on the forums.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Volker, you are not just trying to be repentant, you are trying to revise history. I call "B.S."

 

[Pullmyfinger]

I find it hard to believe that some people are really that bent out of shape over some Internet posts from over a decade ago.
Seriously??

These old posts have limited the growth of GUE?? How so?

Internet posts haven't affected my decision to take classes with any agency; PADI, GUE, or any others.

I find it amusing that some grown men and women are actually upset over things written long ago.....or at least pretend to be.

There must be a lot of fragile egos out there.

Cheers,

Mitch

 

[lindenbruce]

Well...if the shoe fits.................................................................

Eerrr........ Fin? Nothing like reviving an 11 year old thread. B