Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-10-02 Thread Dirk Hohndel
On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 02:10:03PM +0200, Davide DB wrote: > In the end "The Brick" is out: > > https://vimeo.com/107682486 > > https://vimeo.com/107790358 > > You can appreciate its dimension in the the second video. I own several dive computers that are of similar or bigger size. I think this

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-10-02 Thread Davide DB
In the end "The Brick" is out: https://vimeo.com/107682486 https://vimeo.com/107790358 You can appreciate its dimension in the the second video. -- Davide https://vimeo.com/bocio/videos ___ subsurface mailing list subsurface@hohndel.org http://lists.

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-12 Thread Davide DB
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Willem Ferguson wrote: > > The question is much more fundamental. It is about the way that a > recreational diver needs to take care of her/his own safety and not to > depend on others except in an emergency situation. Dive safety is largely > dependent on consiste

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-12 Thread Guillaume Gardet
Le 12/09/2014 09:34, Willem Ferguson a écrit : Le 12/09/2014 01:25, Davide DB a écrit : OMG! https://aqwary.com Davide@mobile Wonder if they thought about the many aquatic animals that are sensitive to ultrasound. Technology for technology's sake? wf So, you can dive but you cannot

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-12 Thread Willem Ferguson
Le 12/09/2014 01:25, Davide DB a écrit : OMG! https://aqwary.com Davide@mobile Wonder if they thought about the many aquatic animals that are sensitive to ultrasound. Technology for technology's sake? wf So, you can dive but you cannot see animals? ;) Maybe they choose good frequen

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-12 Thread Davide DB
davide@mobile Il 12/set/2014 09:07 "Guillaume Gardet" ha scritto: > Le 12/09/2014 08:58, Willem Ferguson a écrit : > > On 12/09/2014 08:44, Guillaume Gardet wrote: > > Awesome! :) > > Not sure if there are deco features. Otherwise, lots of infos shared. > > > Guillaume > > > > Le 12/09/2014 01:2

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-12 Thread Guillaume Gardet
Le 12/09/2014 01:25, Davide DB a écrit : OMG! https://aqwary.com The (very short) spec : https://aqwary.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tech-Spec-Aqwary-SC-v1.pdf Guillaume ___ subsurface mailing list subsurface@hohndel.org http://lists.hohn

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-12 Thread Guillaume Gardet
Le 12/09/2014 08:58, Willem Ferguson a écrit : On 12/09/2014 08:44, Guillaume Gardet wrote: Awesome! :) Not sure if there are deco features. Otherwise, lots of infos shared. Guillaume Le 12/09/2014 01:25, Davide DB a écrit : OMG! https://aqwary.com Davide@mobile Wonder if they thou

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-12 Thread Guillaume Gardet
Le 12/09/2014 08:56, Joakim Bygdell a écrit : On 12 September 2014 08:44, Guillaume Gardet mailto:guillaume.gar...@free.fr>> wrote: Awesome! :) Not sure if there are deco features. Otherwise, lots of infos shared. Like the size... Height: 205.3 mm / 8.08 inches Width: 86 mm / 3.38 i

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-11 Thread Willem Ferguson
On 12/09/2014 08:44, Guillaume Gardet wrote: Awesome! :) Not sure if there are deco features. Otherwise, lots of infos shared. Guillaume Le 12/09/2014 01:25, Davide DB a écrit : OMG! https://aqwary.com Davide@mobile Wonder if they thought about the many aquatic animals that are sens

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-11 Thread Joakim Bygdell
On 12 September 2014 08:44, Guillaume Gardet wrote: > Awesome! :) > > Not sure if there are deco features. Otherwise, lots of infos shared. > Like the size... Height: 205.3 mm / 8.08 inches Width: 86 mm / 3.38 inches Depth: 42.8 mm / 1.68 inches Weight: 435 grams / 15.3 ounces (without batteries

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-11 Thread Guillaume Gardet
Awesome! :) Not sure if there are deco features. Otherwise, lots of infos shared. Guillaume Le 12/09/2014 01:25, Davide DB a écrit : OMG! https://aqwary.com Davide@mobile ___ subsurface mailing list subsurface@hohndel.org http://lists.hohnde

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-11 Thread Davide DB
OMG! https://aqwary.com Davide@mobile ___ subsurface mailing list subsurface@hohndel.org http://lists.hohndel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-11 Thread Davide DB
>From the image you may realize his thickness... BTW Same design :) http://static.bakeca.it/immagini/501/501788b0139c176aa24cc9d7f3ccec47.jpg On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Jef Driesen wrote: > On 2014-09-10 19:18, Dirk Hohndel wrote: >> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 06:59:35PM +0200, Davide

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-11 Thread Jef Driesen
On 2014-09-10 19:18, Dirk Hohndel wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 06:59:35PM +0200, Davide DB wrote: Il 10/set/2014 15:39 "Dirk Hohndel" ha scritto: It's supposed to be top secret and not to be shown to anyone until its official launch (which I heard rumors was supposed to be this week). I'm s

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-11 Thread Martin Gysel
Am 10.09.2014 18:21, schrieb Robert C. Helling: > > On 10 Sep 2014, at 15:42, Martin Gysel wrote: > > Martin, > >> the company I work for has that experience (electronics, watertight >> and pressure related stuff) but I personally doubt there's much >> demand for such a device in the diving com

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Steve Butler
On 09/10/2014 02:24 AM, Jef Driesen wrote: On 2014-09-10 05:56, Dirk Hohndel wrote: Linus started this on Google Plus... https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/jHFZnQzmDhQ It looks like some people at Suunto are also reading Linus' post. The comment by Jukka Saarikorpi is basically an

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Davide DB
Il 10/set/2014 19:18 "Dirk Hohndel" ha scritto: I actually really like the design. I guess > it's all a matter of taste. I like divecomputers to have a readable > display in bad viz... :-) > Me too. I have a oled BT but it's unreadable for other reasons :) Of course is a matter of taste. I don't

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Davide DB
Il 10/set/2014 18:09 "Robert C. Helling" ha scritto: > > I was (once more) not thinking so much about the general diver but more in the high end technical diving segment, people who would buy an OSTC or a Petrell or even (for philosophical reasons) only use a bottom timer (which can cost up to 280

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Dirk Hohndel
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 06:59:35PM +0200, Davide DB wrote: > Il 10/set/2014 15:39 "Dirk Hohndel" ha scritto: > > It's supposed to be top secret and not to be shown to anyone until its > official launch (which I heard rumors was supposed to be this week). > > I'm surprised your local shop has one a

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Davide DB
Il 10/set/2014 17:42 "Linus Torvalds" ha scritto: > > So I don't think that's _crazy_, but you'll find that it has several problems. > > For example Ok. No Kickstarter :) ___ subsurface mailing list subsurface@hohndel.org http://lists.hohndel.org/cg

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Davide DB
Il 10/set/2014 15:39 "Dirk Hohndel" ha scritto: > It's supposed to be top secret and not to be shown to anyone until its official launch (which I heard rumors was supposed to be this week). > I'm surprised your local shop has one already... > I'm just coming back from the dive shop. I played agai

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Robert C. Helling
On 10 Sep 2014, at 15:42, Martin Gysel wrote: Martin, > the company I work for has that experience (electronics, watertight and > pressure related stuff) but I personally doubt there's much demand for > such a device in the diving community. most people I can think of care > for the tank pressu

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Robert C. Helling
On 10 Sep 2014, at 17:42, Linus Torvalds wrote: Linus, all your points are of course very valid. > And the > air-integrated computer is, I think, a much larger market. You can > sell air integration to "normal divers", and in fact that is currently > the main market, because so many serious di

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Robert Helling wrote: > > So let’s combine that information: It seems to me what you want is not an > air integrated computer but in fact a data logger that is in a small box > that sits on the first stage of your regulator like the transmitters do. So I don't th

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Robert Helling
On 10.09.2014, at 14:20, Davide DB wrote: Hi everybody, > The case shouldn't be something very different from this: > > http://www.scubapursuits.com/User/Products/LrgImg/94/apeks-hp-port-button-gauge.jpg > > Maybe that it's too little bbut just add electronics, battery and some USB > port.

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Martin Gysel
e others here to share their own >> stories. >> >> http://subsurface.hohndel.org/misc/dive-computer-ramblings/ > > Nice one. Reading Linus’ opinion and in particular the „why air > Integration?“ part let me have an idea what would be nice to have > (build?): As Linus

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Dirk Hohndel
On Sep 10, 2014, at 5:40 AM, Davide DB wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:56 AM, "Paul-Erik Törrönen" > wrote: > >> Regarding Suunto otherwise: I completely agree with Linus critisism. The >> lack of illuminated display (which may change soon though) is the biggest >> issue. Another one is the

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Davide DB
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:56 AM, "Paul-Erik Törrönen" wrote: > Regarding Suunto otherwise: I completely agree with Linus critisism. The > lack of illuminated display (which may change soon though) is the biggest > issue. Another one is the quality of their devices. I have, during my 6 > year care

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Davide DB
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Robert Helling wrote: > > On 10.09.2014, at 05:56, Dirk Hohndel wrote: > > So let's combine that information: It seems to me what you want is not an > air integrated computer but in fact a data logger that is in a small box > that sits on the first stage of your r

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Jef Driesen
On 2014-09-10 05:56, Dirk Hohndel wrote: Linus started this on Google Plus... https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/jHFZnQzmDhQ It looks like some people at Suunto are also reading Linus' post. The comment by Jukka Saarikorpi is basically an invitation to get in touch with them. Maybe

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Paul-Erik Törrönen
> (build?): As Linus writes, during the five the air Integration is of > little use, but the information is interesting afterwards. I have argued differently. The reason being that looking in one place (the DC) for all information is much more practical than having 2-3 data sources strewn here and

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Benjamin
ed. I’ll invite others here to share their own stories. > > http://subsurface.hohndel.org/misc/dive-computer-ramblings/ > > > Nice one. Reading Linus’ opinion and in particular the „why air > Integration?“ part let me have an idea what would be nice to have (build?): > As Li

Re: Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-10 Thread Robert Helling
page (sorry Linus, the URLs have > changed slightly). > > Linus and I each have posted a page with our thoughts about the dive > computers we have used. I’ll invite others here to share their own stories. > > http://subsurface.hohndel.org/misc/dive-computer-ramblings/ Nice one.

Dive Computer Ramblings

2014-09-09 Thread Dirk Hohndel
ted a page with our thoughts about the dive computers we have used. I’ll invite others here to share their own stories. http://subsurface.hohndel.org/misc/dive-computer-ramblings/ /D___ subsurface mailing list subsurface@hohndel.org http://lists.hohnde