Comments on: Reasons for Using the Upline http://precisiondiving.net/blog/reasons-for-using-the-upline/ Building the Next Generation of Thinking Scuba Divers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Core http://precisiondiving.net/blog/reasons-for-using-the-upline/comment-page-1/#comment-1602 Core Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:38:31 +0000 http://precisiondiving.net/blog/?p=953#comment-1602 Thxs for the reply! It's a tough jungle, to sort out the many sources of DIR on the web. I do not belong to any DIR-group, but i am a (bit unexperienced) thinking diver, and i'm learning a lot, also by readings in rule focused DIR-sites and discussiongroups. I like your answer, and i'm looking forward to browse your site even further. Thxs for the reply!

It’s a tough jungle, to sort out the many sources of DIR on the web. I do not belong to any DIR-group, but i am a (bit unexperienced) thinking diver, and i’m learning a lot, also by readings in rule focused DIR-sites and discussiongroups. I like your answer, and i’m looking forward to browse your site even further.

]]> By: Duane Johnson http://precisiondiving.net/blog/reasons-for-using-the-upline/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 Duane Johnson Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:57:27 +0000 http://precisiondiving.net/blog/?p=953#comment-1595 It depends on how people view DIR. DIR should be viewed as the path to better diving rather than the goal, the thinking diver is what DIR is evolving to. When DIR is the goal (and label), then it becomes subjective and your example of a certain degree of rightness applies. There are many people, like myself and UTD, that are trying to evolve DIR into the thinking diver by applying the spirit of DIR into the decision making process. Thanks for the comment. Duane It depends on how people view DIR. DIR should be viewed as the path to better diving rather than the goal, the thinking diver is what DIR is evolving to. When DIR is the goal (and label), then it becomes subjective and your example of a certain degree of rightness applies. There are many people, like myself and UTD, that are trying to evolve DIR into the thinking diver by applying the spirit of DIR into the decision making process.

Thanks for the comment.

Duane

]]> By: Core http://precisiondiving.net/blog/reasons-for-using-the-upline/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 Core Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:56:14 +0000 http://precisiondiving.net/blog/?p=953#comment-1590 xcuse my english (i'm danish). Thinking divers and DIR is not easy to balance. With the introduction of rules the thinking part is sort of neglected. "we should be moving towards a thinking diver". We start with rules and we end up with the perfect utopia of thinking 100% (aka no rules). Somewhere in between are u and me. If DIR-diver means that u are at a specific place in this multidimensional function, or in a spesific area of the euclid vectorspace if u like, then there is nothing right about it, and everyone calling himself DIR should rephrase. Right is not obtainable unless we rephrase to somekind of a degree og rightness, and if we do that DIR should be DITACDOR (doing it to a certain degree of rightness). Since that's a little to close to the word DICTATOR it would probably be better to cal it DIR, keeping in mind thats it not really right. This is all philosophically speaking. If the word rules could substituted to something like: the intersubjective understanding of what is the best solution(s) of whatever solutions we had up til present time reflected on regarding various aspect of (scuba)diving. We are of course talking intersubjectivity confined to the group of people who calls themselves DIR-divers. If the site where i'm posting this dont find my post relevant u are welcome to remove it. xcuse my english (i’m danish).

Thinking divers and DIR is not easy to balance. With the introduction of rules the thinking part is sort of neglected. “we should be moving towards a thinking diver”. We start with rules and we end up with the perfect utopia of thinking 100% (aka no rules). Somewhere in between are u and me. If DIR-diver means that u are at a specific place in this multidimensional function, or in a spesific area of the euclid vectorspace if u like, then there is nothing right about it, and everyone calling himself DIR should rephrase. Right is not obtainable unless we rephrase to somekind of a degree og rightness, and if we do that DIR should be DITACDOR (doing it to a certain degree of rightness). Since that’s a little to close to the word DICTATOR it would probably be better to cal it DIR, keeping in mind thats it not really right. This is all philosophically speaking.

If the word rules could substituted to something like: the intersubjective understanding of what is the best solution(s) of whatever solutions we had up til present time reflected on regarding various aspect of (scuba)diving. We are of course talking intersubjectivity confined to the group of people who calls themselves DIR-divers.

If the site where i’m posting this dont find my post relevant u are welcome to remove it.

]]> By: Dan http://precisiondiving.net/blog/reasons-for-using-the-upline/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Dan Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:06:24 +0000 http://precisiondiving.net/blog/?p=953#comment-1582 Or you could flood your suit to maintain bouyancy and keep in trim like a real man. Or you could flood your suit to maintain bouyancy and keep in trim like a real man.

]]> By: David Lent http://precisiondiving.net/blog/reasons-for-using-the-upline/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 David Lent Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:58:06 +0000 http://precisiondiving.net/blog/?p=953#comment-1580 If you put on a different undergarment and find out that you are now 3 lbs. positive, you'll need to use the upline to keep from floating to the surface during deco. Of course, this has never happened to me :-) If you put on a different undergarment and find out that you are now 3 lbs. positive, you’ll need to use the upline to keep from floating to the surface during deco. Of course, this has never happened to me :-)

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