Quote: (Originally Posted by
wedivebc)
So Karl, ket me see if I have this. You are anti training and feel that our training system has completely failed to make Rebreather diving safer so you would rather make the RB units themselves idiot proof and they will be designed to protect us from ourselves.
Building idiot proof rebreathers will just create superior idiots don't you think?
First, I am not "anti-training". I am
anti-force. If the failure to understand the distinction is due to lack of attention that is excusable; if it is due to other factors it is not.
Second, there is no such thing as an idiot-proof device, as Darwin continues to make more and more clever idiots.
However, proper engineering principles remain proper whether you're an idiot or not. It is not good engineering practice to design a device that allegedly relies on some measurement device without first verifying that the device can actually read over the entire range of interest.
That consumers
accept improper engineering (because they don't know any better) speaks to the fact that we've given up in this country (and perhaps in the world generally) on critical thinking and analysis as a core part of any educational curriculum, and is sad. If consumers accept it
knowing that it should be there - when it can be - then that's even worse.
If your device was not properly engineered to insist on "in-device" validation of measurement range than the only check and balance against this failure is for you, the user, to perform that test using something like a portable pressure pot on a set schedule. Given how simple this is to add to the contoller firmware I find this a particularly offensive omission - but heh, its your money (and life)