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Post by ScoobieDoo on May 1, 2004 16:59:06 GMT -8
Caveman, I think you might be suffering from nitrogen narcosis, or PP02 issues! LOL!
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Post by caveman on May 1, 2004 17:00:51 GMT -8
I was going to let you off the hook, but the laptop made me change my mind.....LOL.......caveman
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Post by caveman on May 1, 2004 17:03:44 GMT -8
My problems run much deeper then that, HPNS.....................caveman
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Post by ScoobieDoo on May 1, 2004 17:10:53 GMT -8
I see...
Well, it IS an IBM laptop. In fact, I have 2 of them, and an Alien Ware server! Kinda goes with my MCSE cert...
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Post by caveman on May 1, 2004 17:13:17 GMT -8
WOW, my dumb old pc is a home made one that I built myself. caveman
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Post by ScoobieDoo on May 1, 2004 17:14:40 GMT -8
Well, thats ok sometimes.
Whats in it? Intel or AMD? I'm running XP on a Linux platform. Very stable. Never crashes. I also run a 40 gig iOmega external HD as my backup with Ghost. In the event of a crash, I cna be abck up and running with 60-90 mins.
Alien's are hot. I was going to add some mpg's to my web site - showing installing of my adapters, disassembly of regs, setting IP pressure, etc.
A lot of Java
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Post by caveman on May 1, 2004 17:23:32 GMT -8
Intel, overclocked with 4 HD's and 3 optical drives and 1 external HD and 1 external optical drive. Running XP. caveman
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Post by ScoobieDoo on May 1, 2004 18:50:50 GMT -8
Caveman, You 'Geek-ster.'
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Post by seakrakken on May 2, 2004 13:39:13 GMT -8
Just thinking about all the liability issues you've discussed make me wonder how anyone would actually go to the effort of making life support or sporting gear at all. Shouldn't there be an inherent risk clause with any risky activity? This could make for ground breaking legislation here. What if with every risky activity you should elect to undertake such as scuba diving, there was a precedent set which put you as the one responsible for your life. Why has it turned out that "We the People" can no longer engage in the "Pursuit of Happiness". What would it take to get something like this rolling as a bill? Who out there knows someone in either State or Federal level?
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Post by caveman on May 2, 2004 13:45:57 GMT -8
I think we would have to nix the lawyers first. caveman
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Post by caveman on May 2, 2004 13:46:57 GMT -8
Scuba diver first, geek much later.....caveman
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Post by Dave H on May 2, 2004 14:15:50 GMT -8
You know what you have when you find six lawyers at the bottom of the sea?
A good start!
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Scott
Regular Diver
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Post by Scott on May 2, 2004 16:04:54 GMT -8
This discussion borders on the rediculous. I've been diving vintage equipment since 1982 and have NEVER thought to blame others for my own actions. The fact remains that Aqua Lung, Dacor, etc, have stopped providing service/parts/tech training for their double-hose regulator models for well over 20 years now and there is no factory authorized repair facilities for these models. Why? Because 99.9% of the recreational diving community prefer to dive with up-to-date, modern scuba equipment 100% of the time! To put that into layman's terms, "vintage divers" are in the MINORITY! We are ON OUR OWN! We operate outside the spectrum of the recreational diving community and are not anywhere near large enough to merit the attention of any diving equipment manufactureres who may have produced the vintage scuba gear we continue to enjoy using today. It is simply not cost-effective or profitable for, say, Aqua Lung to provide "banjo adaptors" or "duckbill valves" for the .01% of people who want to dive 40+ year-old regulators. Face it: We're a group of divers who have a love and appreciation for scuba diving's "golden age" and attempt to recapture it through the preservation and use of the equipment and techniques of a bygone era. To achieve this goal, some re-manufacturing of crucial parts is often necessary to dive this equipment safely. I heartily commend the efforts of Dan Barringer and others who have taken the initiative to reproduce hoses, mouthpieces, gaskets, valves, what-have-you, to ensure that yesterday's gear continues to provide great memories for divers well into the 21st century. But if, however, you're the sort to engage in vintage diving with an eye on legal issues (ie: "If the heel strap breaks on one of my vintage Duck Feet fins and I panic and drown on the way up from 115' due to the lack of sufficient air delivery from my 1959 Voit 50 Fathom regulator, will my family be able to successfully sue the e-Bay seller who originally sold me this equipment?"), you have no business engaging in this activity and we'd appreciate it if you'd take up some other sport or hobby that would appeal more to your litigious nature. We're here to have fun, swap info, and learn from one another, not single each other out for potential lawsuits.
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Post by ScoobieDoo on May 2, 2004 16:20:55 GMT -8
Scott, I agree with what your saying however, have someone tell YOUR wife or significat other that when you turn up dead, she's pissed and decides to take here 'grief' out on the person who fixed HER husbands gear, etc.!
I agree in that if USD or Aqua Lung DID make these parts still - then they might have a pregnant dog about others installing them in their own regs or clones of them being produced. I don't think USD or Aqua Lung gives a hoot about it - since its THEY who stopped SELLING them long ago.
Its not you that I'd be concerned about...it'd be a spouse or relative that would sue someone.
Look at the lawsuits today. Woamn spills hot McDonald's coffee on her lap and sues McDonalds for a nice settlement - since it was McDonalds fault the coffee was TOO hot - never mind the fact that she just scrwed up and had an accident and spilled it on her lap. Sadly, happens all the time!
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Post by ScoobieDoo on May 6, 2004 11:26:16 GMT -8
Hello, AquaBuddy is back in business. However, all of our products will carry the following disclaimer and be sold on eBay. Thanks to all those who bombarded us with their e-mails of support, interest, and disappointment when it appeared that we would not be able to continue selling AquaBuddy adapters. All of our products sold will be packaged with the following disclaimer in each pkg:
Disclaimer: Scuba diving is inherently dangerous. Purchase of scuba-related gear does not imply proper knowledge in its use. Seller assumes no responsibility for proper use, safety, injury or death related to the use of these items. AquaBuddy cannot and will not assume liability for any injury of death in the use of AquaBuddy products. AquaBuddy is in no affiliated with Aqua Lung / US Divers. I am not an authorized Aqua Lung dealer nor certified service technician. Since we have no control over the actual manufacturing of these parts nor can we control the installation or use of such adapter(s) - we cannot be liable for any mishaps that may occur. We have no control over the maintenance of your regulator, quality of parts, and quality of installation since these regulators are obsolete and no longer in production by Aqua Lung or US Divers. Purchase at your own risk! Dive at your own risk!
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