On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 16:32:04 +0000, Andy Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Totally confused wrote: If THAT what "Confucio" means in Italian? I didn't know that! :-)) >> Based on the bubbles theory RGBM of Dr. Wienke the SUUNTO viper computer >> reduces the M-values of a diver who used a reverse profile thus helping >> him in beating the bends. > >You still miss the most basic point, the computer does NOT determine a >Reverse Profile; some git plucks the figures from the air & stuffs them in >the algorithms. The computer then calculates that the requirements have >been met to decide this, and penalises accordingly. Forget (largely) >irrelevant concepts like day & night & this might become a bit clearer - >there are just dives & surface intervals. Think man, think !!! "Think"? !!! That man (Giovanni Marola) advocates leaving one's brain at home and trust his AI computer 100%. You're asking the impossible! ;-) >And before you ask, yes, I've got an Air-X AND a SUNTO VYPER !! (plus a >Citizen Analogue which I just bought, the one with the yellow face & >I love it). Lucky you that you didn't own a Cockroach. :-)) Lucky Giovanni/Confucio who didn't own a Cockroach in 1994. He may not be here today while his brain is buried 3 msm (meters soft mud) underground for putting complete trust in the Cockroach. :-) -- Bob.