tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post163980266985087011..comments2024-03-29T03:37:50.224-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: A Cut Too FarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-15120298954347594182012-07-09T21:00:39.967-07:002012-07-09T21:00:39.967-07:00Ahhhhh, can't you just feel the love coming ou...Ahhhhh, can't you just feel the love coming our way?<br /><br />--<br />(Reuters - July 9th) - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the West's influence was waning as its economy declines but warned Russian diplomats to be on their guard against a backlash from Moscow's former Cold War enemies.<br /><br />...Putin's speech was sprinkled with the hawkish rhetoric that has made many foreign policy experts predict a turn for the worse in relations with the United States following his return to the Kremlin in May.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-38650971274363149782012-07-08T06:55:57.083-07:002012-07-08T06:55:57.083-07:00For the PhDs that may be involuntary entrants to t...For the PhDs that may be involuntary entrants to the job market soon, take a look at the Washington Post article from today (July 8). Unemployment for PhDs is at all time record high levels. Never easy to be told that you have to find another job, but extra hard to swallow when the economy is in the ditch, and there is a glut of PhDs already on the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-61282848667493599842012-07-07T10:01:22.287-07:002012-07-07T10:01:22.287-07:00I have great faith in LLNL managers to wriggle out...I have great faith in LLNL managers to wriggle out of technical failure yet once again; it's a time honored tradition. I also expect that LLNL will insist that a slightly bigger laser will do the job just fine, and that they have a barrel full of computer simulations to prove it (and by the way, a bigger, faster computer would also help). So, taxpayers, look forward to a $B upgrade in your future, NIFU!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-54307693369816210942012-07-02T17:39:10.860-07:002012-07-02T17:39:10.860-07:00By the way, Jas Mercer-Smith asked McMillan what w...By the way, Jas Mercer-Smith asked McMillan what would happen to LANL when LLNL doesn't meet the NIF Ignition goal next month. McMillan said that "LLNL doesn't have a chance in hell of surviving this". Too bad Parney wasn't in the audience to see and hear McMillan kiss X-Division asses with his response. It's what LANL X-Division wanted the hear, i.e., "LLNL is going down in smoke next month".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-27024075482100260412012-07-01T11:08:58.738-07:002012-07-01T11:08:58.738-07:00You're living in the 1970s, 6:01 pm.
The US n...You're living in the 1970s, 6:01 pm.<br /><br />The US no longer has the nuclear arsenal to destroy the world "10 times over".<br /><br />Maybe enough to destroy one-quarter of the world once, but that's about it. You can sleep well now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-58670230864420831062012-06-24T18:01:46.770-07:002012-06-24T18:01:46.770-07:00Good. It's about time! The US nuclear arsenal...Good. It's about time! The US nuclear arsenal is too expensive. Why do we need enough nukes to destroy this planet 10 times over???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-68966524338536869342012-06-21T19:23:24.341-07:002012-06-21T19:23:24.341-07:00Let's just get to the Barney Fife nuclear weap...Let's just get to the Barney Fife nuclear weapons posture. There will be 1 nuclear warhead. The different services will need to pass that one warhead amongst them. They get the key to the warhead from Obama, when he is finished campaigning, vacationing and blaming Bush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-62814876616143104082012-06-21T10:03:58.199-07:002012-06-21T10:03:58.199-07:0010:16 is flat-out false. 557 people took the volu...10:16 is flat-out false. 557 people took the voluntary separation and were not "layed off." 55 contract positions were subsequently eliminated, and the memo says 80 more now will be eliminated.<br /><br />10:16 either cannot read, or intentionally exaggerates, or both. Shocking for this blog, I know.<br /><br />Call it bleak if you want, but at least get the numbers right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-91849709892596879862012-06-21T06:29:07.649-07:002012-06-21T06:29:07.649-07:00This is a good one. Earlier this year it was leake...This is a good one. Earlier this year it was leaked that the number could go as low as 300 and now it is leaked that it may be 1000. So the REAL story here is an increase of three-fold! <br /><br />June 21, 2012 5:55 AM<br /><br />Are you talking about the number of UUhhhs and UUhmms that Charlie will say during his all-hands?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-89947390800249650792012-06-21T05:55:25.118-07:002012-06-21T05:55:25.118-07:00This is a good one. Earlier this year it was leake...This is a good one. Earlier this year it was leaked that the number could go as low as 300 and now it is leaked that it may be 1000. So the REAL story here is an increase of three-fold! There can be honest differences between policy types on the preferred size and composition of the strategic deterrent, but a three-fold difference in numbers of warheads does not equate to a three-fold difference in budgets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-66130013336884111902012-06-21T04:47:27.232-07:002012-06-21T04:47:27.232-07:00Charlie will "speak" to the staff to add...Charlie will "speak" to the staff to address his concerns on Wednesday afternoon. I expect the usual high frequency of uhhhhhs and ummmms..., particularly during the question and answer session.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-41184304186098745602012-06-20T22:16:09.295-07:002012-06-20T22:16:09.295-07:00Director Charlie McMillan at LANL issued a memo to...Director Charlie McMillan at LANL issued a memo today. After laying off nearly 600 regular staff during the VSP (voluntary) followed by 80 contractors, Charlie has decided to go forward with plans to lay off an additional 115 skilled contractors ASAP.<br /><br />No word yet on whether that will be followed by another VSP or perhaps even an involuntary layoff of more regular staff. Charlie says he'll get back with employees on that one at a later date.<br /><br />It's getting pretty bleak up on the Hill. You can't even find a UHaul to rent what with all the recently fired lab contractors leaving town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-75058874373291819372012-06-20T21:39:59.937-07:002012-06-20T21:39:59.937-07:00There's room for debate. General Cartwright, f...There's room for debate. General Cartwright, former head of STRATCOM, is supportive of considering such cuts.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/world/cartwright-key-retired-general-backs-large-us-nuclear-reduction.html" rel="nofollow">Recent NY Times article</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com