<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi,<br><br><br></div><div><br>Am 18.06.2015 um 02:09 schrieb Rick Walsh <<a href="mailto:rickmwalsh@gmail.com">rickmwalsh@gmail.com</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>However, I think a more intuitive output would be:</div><div><br></div><div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">depth<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>dur.</font><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">runtime</span><span class="" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">gas</span><span class="" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">20m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>air<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">20m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">20m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>15min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>EAN80<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">20m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>20min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>air<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">9m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>21min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span><-for the segment of 1min duration leading up to the 21min runtime (we ascend to 9m), we are still breathing air</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">9m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>21min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> EAN80 </span><-there is zero time at 9m, but this is where to change to EAN80</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">6m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>17min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>39min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span><-keep breathing EAN80</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">0m<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>41min<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div></div><div><br></div><div>Do you think this is a clear and reasonable approach?</div></blockquote><br><div>This is definitely a correct approach. It is not what I had in mind, though, but it is very close. These notes are supposedly copied to wet notes and taken underwater. So, to avoid task overloading, the display should really be minimal and contain no clutter. </div><div><br></div><div>A 0min stop looks a bit weird to me. So my plan was to merge that segment with the preceding transition an thus place the ean80 there. </div><div><br></div><div>After all, the printed gas indicates the diver should do a gas switch.</div><div><br></div><div>Look at it from this point of view: the table row. </div><div><br></div><div>9m x min y min EANzz</div><div><br></div><div>Should really be read as the instruction to the diver:</div><div><br></div><div>Go to 9m. There switch to the gas. Then stay there until runtime y. Then go to the next line. </div><div><br></div><div>At least that supports my intended way of doing things. </div><div><br></div><div>BTW this whole discussion is a bit academic: gas switches without stop that we are worrying about do not appear in real dives. As no stops come with short shallow dives for which you would not take additional gases. Or we could resolve it by stating a gas change is automatically followed by a stop of at least one minute. After all the gas change takes some time. Not to mention esoteric topics like the oxygen window. </div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div>Ps: this is probably the longest email I ever typed on the phone. </div></body></html>