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The human brain has about 100 million MIPS worth of processing power. Of course that´s an average. How much processing power does a PDC have? If we factor in Narcosis, I would still go for using a PDC backed up by an analog watch, SPG and dive tables. Keep brain in good working...

John Thank you. I still think it's a valid exercise. My objective is to look at training organiztions from a positive point of view instead of continuing on the road of "bashing". Let's look at why (these are examples only) we might think that one is better than he other. As a PADI...

I am more than amazed at what you have written here To defend a profession is not to defend a title. Show me where I have defended such a thing. Just for the record,as far as I know, there are only noble titles, academic titles and ocassionally, honorific titles. In the military, the Pollce and...

Thal, I love you.

Walter, It's perfectly reasonable to say that you have an opinion based on your impressions, especially if it's coming from you.

John, Where the heck can I post it? I already tried on I2I and got nowhere there! Cheers.

There are hundreds (thousands?) of posts about the low standards of "certain recreational certification agencies" primarily related to the Open Water Diver course and its equivalents, suggesting that the instructors of those agencies don't require mastery of a full skill set so that an OWD is a...

DCBC. It's not about how things used to be. It's not about what should have been done. It's about what are we going to do now? Actually I did start a thread on this topic on the I2I forum and got no reponse about any association being BETTER than PADI. So I'll paste my OP again here and now...

DCBC, Let's face it. We're seeing the same wornout discussions over and over again on Scubaboard. Sweeping generalizations: armchair dive gurus, PADI is Satan, Instructors are a bunch of junk, I only have 40 dives but I know it all, in the old days eveything was better now it's load of...

Best thread I ever read.

Peter, I'm not familiar with the Fusion... does it have a PV?

The Abyss.

I SAID: I don't feel that I, as an individual, am being attacked. I think that there are some people putting forward a case with which I don't agree as a generality. What are you saying I said? You said that on Scubaboard I was just another diver and that I was on my self important soapbox...

I would ask you, please, to take more care with your language. If I'm working at an LDS and it's my call, I don't make the decision based on liability because although there may be one, it's the person's safety I'm interested in. Let me qualify this. Actually, I'm interested in the safety of the...

I am opposed on principle to the goverment taking over anything. IMHO "the goverment" has already taken over too much, to the point that our civil liberties are being restricted. I live in a country where the government now has taken over instructor certification and all it involves so far is...

Paladin954, thank you. This is Scubaboard at its best. We can agree and disagree and try to find common ground or not. I am not against mentoring. I've mentored myself before having a recreational scuba instructor card and I've been mentored by others. Of course both types of training...

C'est vrai. ;)

You are entitled to your opinion, however baseless or lacking in knowledge that may be. However, the phrase "Cut the self serving crap guys, you're selling air." is not only untrue, it's also rude.

:superman: :rofl3: There are many ways to fill a tank with air. Why do you have to go to a dive shop? The dive shop can do what the heck it wants. It's their compressor. A case in point. I was on the counter one day at a dive shop. Guy comes in and asks if I can fill his tank. I asked him...

Dale, For whatever reasons, our paths have not crossed before on Scubaboard. So let me clarify a few things for you. 1. I read other people's posts. Even the people that I sometimes have a difference of opinion with know that, as they also know that I am prepared to modify or change my...