tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post1533052021963957495..comments2024-03-28T22:32:26.220-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Many, many base camps for NIFUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-83774308546861602182015-06-08T06:31:48.783-07:002015-06-08T06:31:48.783-07:00I'd forget about Moses and focus on what Omar ...I'd forget about Moses and focus on what Omar Hurricane is telling you. That's your future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-2293650639730947252015-06-06T14:04:48.576-07:002015-06-06T14:04:48.576-07:00Goin' to cross off Livermore Valley wines. The...Goin' to cross off Livermore Valley wines. The grapes are way too sour down there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-88190524659275224172015-06-02T05:14:22.300-07:002015-06-02T05:14:22.300-07:00No Program Leader is worth a c...p if they don'...No Program Leader is worth a c...p if they don't push hard and GO BIG. Thanks Ed for giving it a go and giving us with 30+ years in ICF a fighting chance !<br /><br />May 31, 2015 at 5:50 PM<br /><br />Yeah, thanks Ed for leading us down the path of no where only to bail out. For ensuring no one takes your seat at the table. And lastly, for those hateful stare downs when you didn't get your way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-20777775772498081462015-06-01T14:50:04.612-07:002015-06-01T14:50:04.612-07:00I think some of this effort is to rewrite history,...I think some of this effort is to rewrite history, taking credit away from the NIC people like Lindl and giving it all to Hurricane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-13615796719479936062015-05-31T17:50:55.709-07:002015-05-31T17:50:55.709-07:00Actually good article. Will print to PDF and read ...Actually good article. Will print to PDF and read it in more detail later. Nice detail on the target.<br /><br />“The NIC implosion was the most difficult implosion you could do.”<br /><br />Well yes it was ! But then again given the strict time crunch for the ignition campaign, you could say once again "GO BIG or GO HOME"<br /><br />Didn't we see that at Regal Cinema ? <br /><br />Ed used the "basecamp" to Everest idea many times in his program wide pep talks. <br /><br />No Program Leader is worth a c...p if they don't push hard and GO BIG. Thanks Ed for giving it a go and giving us with 30+ years in ICF a fighting chance !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-48427316116627451842015-05-22T15:22:15.546-07:002015-05-22T15:22:15.546-07:00Article was put out as a press release. It is ment...Article was put out as a press release. It is mentioned at the end of this article:<br /><br />http://phys.org/wire-news/193129944/scientist-omar-hurricane-discusses-llnl-fusion-program.html<br /><br />Only picked up by phys.org. Sorry Omar, your 15 minutes have expired. No one cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-85553690094634371852015-05-19T05:02:27.305-07:002015-05-19T05:02:27.305-07:00Basecamp equates to political "Safecamp"...Basecamp equates to political "Safecamp". Personally getting tired of all the LLNL NIF strategic ploys. "If it smells and looks like a turd, it might be a turd". Call it turd guys!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-91069761567414846012015-05-17T17:39:48.548-07:002015-05-17T17:39:48.548-07:00Laser people like to make these favorable comparis...Laser people like to make these favorable comparisons to the weapons program. Comparing a failure (ICF) to a success (nuclear weapons) seems to prop up their questionable enterprise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-57019366577908932292015-05-17T17:36:23.471-07:002015-05-17T17:36:23.471-07:00No, that's a myth. The stockpile was created b...No, that's a myth. The stockpile was created by miniaturizing big, robust designs that worked. Not much computing power in the late 50's when the first Livermore designs appeared in the stockpile. Also, you can't put tens of thousands of warheads in the stockpile and be stuck at base camp. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-60877474481728075262015-05-17T11:15:33.328-07:002015-05-17T11:15:33.328-07:00Uh? Except that's the way the entire modern U....Uh? Except that's the way the entire modern U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile was designed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-90837298173063533472015-05-17T10:52:18.913-07:002015-05-17T10:52:18.913-07:00NIF is never going to ignite by staying at "b...NIF is never going to ignite by staying at "base camp" and doing perturbations around the high-foot design. Good political strategy to keep the $350 million per year flowing. It's flawed thinking to believe that you can get the codes to agree with a mediocre experiment and then use that as the basis to achieve incredible results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-63420693314505984872015-05-16T18:42:16.455-07:002015-05-16T18:42:16.455-07:00All your base are belong to us.All your base are belong to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-35139593600182017082015-05-15T07:59:55.007-07:002015-05-15T07:59:55.007-07:00The cult of the Omar thing is getting tedious. Som...The cult of the Omar thing is getting tedious. Someone should really tell the WCI AD that this is only going to get them ridiculed in the physics community. It works inside the lab where everybody cowers to those in positional power and accepts whatever they are told. In open society, not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-43736013010013559942015-05-15T06:09:48.873-07:002015-05-15T06:09:48.873-07:00NIF - Never Ignited Fusion.NIF - Never Ignited Fusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-49151162674225147362015-05-15T06:08:58.187-07:002015-05-15T06:08:58.187-07:00NIF... to Mount Everest, the planets and beyond! L...NIF... to Mount Everest, the planets and beyond! Leading the way to a cure for cancer, the meaning of life and interstellar travel. Just a few more billion and all the kinks will soon be worked out.<br /><br />May 14, 2015 at 7:34 PM<br /><br />is that you Ed Moses. Give up the sinking ship bro! Actually, I knew you already did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-8335518714647806202015-05-14T19:52:37.630-07:002015-05-14T19:52:37.630-07:00You know... that Nobel prize is just around the co...You know... that Nobel prize is just around the corner for NIF...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-72693833830722840132015-05-14T19:34:12.992-07:002015-05-14T19:34:12.992-07:00NIF... to Mount Everest, the planets and beyond! ...NIF... to Mount Everest, the planets and beyond! Leading the way to a cure for cancer, the meaning of life and interstellar travel. Just a few more billion and all the kinks will soon be worked out.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-79170799983221369822015-05-14T18:01:33.236-07:002015-05-14T18:01:33.236-07:00more like flatulencemore like flatulenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-35325449137428334892015-05-14T17:34:00.455-07:002015-05-14T17:34:00.455-07:00It wiped out by a hurricane.It wiped out by a hurricane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-51846080108337039482015-05-14T15:09:53.799-07:002015-05-14T15:09:53.799-07:00
I though base camp got wiped out by an avalanche....<br />I though base camp got wiped out by an avalanche. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-64306686105352196602015-05-14T10:32:41.691-07:002015-05-14T10:32:41.691-07:00Talk about "lowering the bar". The artic...Talk about "lowering the bar". The article is pure narcissism. The subject gets to define his own importance and the significance of his achievements. Classical narcissistic personality disorder. I bet they tried to publish this in a magazine and it was rejected.<br /><br />The NNSA really needs to get rid of this garbage. In tens years we will have spent $5 billion to get stuck at base camp. Get your shovel ready. No bathrooms at base camp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com