On Friday, March 02, 2001 7:58 PM, Confucio wrote:

(snip)
> >What an amazing machine your AI computer must be.  Doubtless you've
shared
> >this insight with all of those researchers studying the bends?  :-)

> Of course I did. The software stored in an AI dive computer
> has not been written by a dentist or by a lawyer.

I never thought for a minute that it had!  :-)

> It has instead been written by researchers studying the bends.

I also assumed that that might be the case!  :-)

It's just that, in your earlier post, you'd written ...
>> Fortunately the AI computer take this into account and
>> doing the proper calculation, beats the bends.<<
... and I got the impression, from what you were saying, that you somehow
believe that the user of an AI computer who follows its 'advice' will be
immune from the bends? :-)

Just to quote the book back at you, (page 88):  "The recipe for absolute
safety - Don't dive!" :-)

Strike