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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Book
Hi Anthony,
> From: TeslaTony@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 16:38:34 EDT
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Book
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
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> In a message dated 9/14/00 1:08:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> vulcania@interpac.net writes:
>
> > The ultimate book for PSUB builders could be this website. Here, we are
> > trying to collect "everything you ever wanted to know about PSUBS", and
> > hopefully then-some. I think most of the general topics of "what should go
> > into it" are already addressed here; and if something new comes to mind,
> > there's a good chance it will probably turn up here, too.
>
> This is a good place for tossing around ideas, getting help with getting an
> idea of what you are getting into and finding out about what other people
> have done, but when it comes down to "How thick should the dome be if I want
> to go down x feet?" or "How do I keep the stuff sticking through the hull
> from leaking and rupturing it?" there is either no info or the available info
> is buried under a couple hundred or more e-mails talking about everything
> from swimsuit calenders to whether or not the sub in Colombia was going to be
> used for drug smuggling or not.
> Now I'm not trying to bash the list since I think that it can be a very
> valuable resource and there is nothing wrong with talking about 4 inch
> minisubs getting attacked by killer guppies, it's just that there is no
> centralized source of info that I can go to and look up a bit of info and get
> it within 5 minutes of the beginning of my search at 2 AM.
Well, why not pick your favorite subject, do the research and put together
a white page. I'll add it to the web. Problem with getting the information
on the site is that we all have opinions but only a few of us actually
have done the detailed research and gained the experience by doing it.
Those that have done this either do this for a living and consider the
information a bit propriatory (SP?) or are too busy squeezing in
their hobby into their lives.
Of course some of us are scared. If we say that a dome has to be x
think to go down to y feet and some idiot goofs in the construction and
dies at y-z feet, we might get sued.
So pick a topic and the rest of us will direct and philosophize you along the
way.
>
> > We've got it all: past and current projects; design and construction
> > techniques; sources and suppliers of equipment; links to related sites;
> > spontaneous communication amongst submarine fans Worldwide; etc. Now, if
> we
> > could just feature a few of those bikini clad women we were talking
> > about.... ;-)
>
> How about some nude pictures of DeepWorker?
Sorry, we get school kids looking at the site. I have had several
students ask me questions. Got to keep the content clean.
I'll have to nix the Official Swimsuit Issue for the same reason.
Now a calendar with a different PSUBS for each month would be cool.
>
> Anthony
Regards,
Ray