tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post6392729346431397208..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Cover-up?Frank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-2284113502505383952010-01-19T12:36:53.619-07:002010-01-19T12:36:53.619-07:00Another post that is receiving nothing but garbage...Another post that is receiving nothing but garbage. Time to turn it off too.Doug Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09584327679578206598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-27344270193899857142010-01-19T11:57:54.395-07:002010-01-19T11:57:54.395-07:00Let's go a bit further. How about shutting dow...Let's go a bit further. How about shutting down this post, too? Do it for your buddy, Pete Nanos.<br /><br />No need to stop while you're on a good run. The Nanos' era has now been successfully validated by the recent turn of events. <br /><br />Time to re-write LANL's history. I, Pete Nanos, was the one who picked up LANL from the gutter and directed it on its current "path to greatness". LANS is just finishing up what I started. <br /><br />It's time for LANS to think about naming a new building in my honor. That will show those remaining buttheads and cowboys at LANL who really won this epic battle.<br /><br />- PETE NANOSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-64077289705585129352010-01-09T22:33:14.900-07:002010-01-09T22:33:14.900-07:00"True, but the impacts are felt a lot less if..."True, but the impacts are felt a lot less if your budget is $20-30MIL versus a P.I. who is pulling in what, $500K-$1mil?"<br /><br />1/9/10 5:50 PM<br /><br /><br />Not true. If a $30 million program is cut by 33% ($10 million), then about 20 TSMs need to be laid off.<br /><br />However, if a single PI who brings in around $500k is short by 33% ($165k), then they can likely find some way to cover for that "small" amount at the end of the year.<br /><br />You have it backwards, 5:50 PM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-15238898484775148592010-01-09T19:49:02.522-07:002010-01-09T19:49:02.522-07:00"...a P.I. who is pulling in what, $500K-$1mi..."...a P.I. who is pulling in what, $500K-$1mil?"<br /><br />Only if your name is Klimov or Hollingsworth or Nastasi, etc. In other words, if you do quantum dots or nano. If you do condensed matter physics or work with plutonium or blow shit up ... not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-59600943702688689182010-01-09T18:36:06.249-07:002010-01-09T18:36:06.249-07:00Hey 6:55 am, get your facts straight. Carol Burns ...Hey 6:55 am, get your facts straight. Carol Burns met Mikey in good ole' LA. Hometown sweethearts. Mike followed Carol first to Rice and then Berkeley, where he started his career as a non-PhD engineer working at Livermore. I admit Carol could do much better but please get your facts straight or else the rest of your point seems like caca.<br /><br />1/9/10 11:10 AM<br /><br />I agree the grades were caca!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-17275192421119655402010-01-09T17:50:13.252-07:002010-01-09T17:50:13.252-07:00"Except, now the outrageous costs at LANL are..."Except, now the outrageous costs at LANL are even beginning to cramp the programmatic weapons work, too! There are no safe places left to "hide", except in management and possibly in certain support orgs at the lab."<br /><br />True, but the impacts are felt a lot less if your budget is $20-30MIL versus a P.I. who is pulling in what, $500K-$1mil?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-64778986271852134182010-01-09T12:47:05.356-07:002010-01-09T12:47:05.356-07:00"...it was becoming harder and harder to make..."...it was becoming harder and harder to make a living doing R&D. I followed the funding trail to programmatic weapons work."<br /><br />1/8/10 9:57 PM<br /><br /><br />Except, now the outrageous costs at LANL are even beginning to cramp the programmatic weapons work, too! There are no safe places left to "hide", except in management and possibly in certain support orgs at the lab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-91091146321554783892010-01-09T12:22:36.175-07:002010-01-09T12:22:36.175-07:00Yeah, that's right 11:12 am. Just a bunch of ...Yeah, that's right 11:12 am. Just a bunch of dumb chicks! We all know girls should not be scientists. Even Mary Neu supports that sentiment. Scientist jobs are for men. Women should know their place at LANL and sign on to be technicians and work for the smart men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-78304165116757127692010-01-09T12:03:20.713-07:002010-01-09T12:03:20.713-07:00No wonder you couldn't sustain an R&D prog...No wonder you couldn't sustain an R&D program and had to leave.<br /><br />1/9/10 11:12 AM<br /><br /><br />Apparently you haven't noticed, but the cost of doing business at LANL makes it extremely difficult for anyone to maintain an R&D program, no matter how good they are. Where the hell have you been?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-5801337637963391942010-01-09T11:12:52.054-07:002010-01-09T11:12:52.054-07:00To 9:57 PM: On that list, not too many impressive...To 9:57 PM: On that list, not too many impressive names. No wonder you couldn't sustain an R&D program and had to leave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-59121632999067704862010-01-09T11:10:25.457-07:002010-01-09T11:10:25.457-07:00Hey 6:55 am, get your facts straight. Carol Burns...Hey 6:55 am, get your facts straight. Carol Burns met Mikey in good ole' LA. Hometown sweethearts. Mike followed Carol first to Rice and then Berkeley, where he started his career as a non-PhD engineer working at Livermore. I admit Carol could do much better but please get your facts straight or else the rest of your point seems like caca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-47230578774287400462010-01-09T07:12:31.032-07:002010-01-09T07:12:31.032-07:00Given that the PBIs are solely based on security a...Given that the PBIs are solely based on security and safety, those of us who are doing technical work are the most likely to cause security and/or safety incidents. THUS, it is quite clear that such scientists, engineers, and technicians represent threats to Mikey's bonus. We must be eliminated.<br /><br />Quite a change from the days of Oppenheimer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-73222193702765315432010-01-09T06:55:46.685-07:002010-01-09T06:55:46.685-07:00I think extremely highly of Carol Burns. There...I think extremely highly of Carol Burns. There's only one problem and she met him at U.C. Berkeley, her husband. I had the honor to see Mike's credentials and grades from Berkeley. They were in one word "poor". To say that Mike "squeaked through" at Berkeley is an understatement. He's got all you guys in his Directorate "snookered". Unfortunately, most if not all of our Senior management are in this category of "flukes".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-16235917142574960722010-01-08T22:12:40.719-07:002010-01-08T22:12:40.719-07:00and Mary Barr was never in C Div. I think she spen...and Mary Barr was never in C Div. I think she spend most of her career in the former NMT, the to D and AET.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46862645510831709452010-01-08T21:57:19.449-07:002010-01-08T21:57:19.449-07:00As one of the women listed in 1/8/10 6:23 PM--For ...As one of the women listed in 1/8/10 6:23 PM--For the record, I left C Div not because I was being discriminated against as a woman but because it was becoming harder and harder to make a living doing R&D. I followed the funding trail to programmatic weapons work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-26285129671955926482010-01-08T18:23:30.650-07:002010-01-08T18:23:30.650-07:001/8/10 4:43 PM wrote "you forgot mary. :) hon...1/8/10 4:43 PM wrote "you forgot mary. :) honestly, why women continue to stay in c-division is beyond me..."<br /><br />And many women have left C-Division ... Nan Sauer, Sara Scott (10:59 am was wrong), Jenn Martinez, Jackie Kipplinger (aka Doc Aq), Lia Thomson, Eleanor Dixon, Tamara Taylor, Amanda Bean, Liz Bluhm, Jan Danis, Kim Thomas, Judy Eglin, Eve Bauer, Barndy Duran, and many, many more. Why Rebecca Chamberlin came back is a mystery.<br /><br />In fact, I think more women have left C-division than stayed in C-Division. Something to think about, Mary. Why is that? And what are you going to do to change that and make it so women actually WANT to work in C-division? <br /><br />Now THAT is where you impact the diveristy element ....<br /><br />Nah, Mikey, give the blonde witch another bonus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-1200529170450248712010-01-08T18:03:24.872-07:002010-01-08T18:03:24.872-07:001/7/10 7:49 PM You are right; the decline in reade...1/7/10 7:49 PM You are right; the decline in readership interest is much less prounounced than the decline in posts:<br /><br />2007: 177,122 Returning visitors<br />2008: 158,861 Returning visitors<br />2009: 138,490 Returning visitors<br /><br />So Mr. sheeple and Mr. !!! appear to have an interested audience well into the next decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-68923768204743507112010-01-08T16:43:11.024-07:002010-01-08T16:43:11.024-07:00"young and talented women like fran stephens ..."young and talented women like fran stephens need to leave. they are getting nothing from this place and they could easily have successful programs elsewhere.<br /><br />3:45 AM, this statement represents A LOT of the women in chemistry at LANL. It is truly a shame so many are treating like shit. Carol Burns, Ann Schake, Rebecca Chamberlin, Mary Barr, Sara Scott, Christy Ruggerio, among others, have had to deal with this for years - all brilliant and all marginalized compared to their male peers.<br /><br />1/8/10 10:59 AM"<br /><br />you forgot mary. :) honestly, why women continue to stay in c-division is beyond me. and the "liberal supporters" are just blowing smoke up their asses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-91130745920130386852010-01-08T16:38:32.760-07:002010-01-08T16:38:32.760-07:00"DOE Gives Nuclear Labs One Heck of a Long Wi..."DOE Gives Nuclear Labs One Heck of a Long Winter Vacation<br /><br />Enjoy your vaction.<br /><br />http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2010/01/doe-gives-nuclear-labs-one-heck-of-a-long-winter-vacation.html<br /><br />1/8/10 6:36 AM"<br /><br />hmm...i thought this was going to be a complaint about the excessive winter break on the taxpayer's dime. you know, you don't need to take off 6 work days. many of you don't deserve it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-76256989540505748042010-01-08T16:30:03.868-07:002010-01-08T16:30:03.868-07:00I don't think that we want to count the number...I don't think that we want to count the number of posts on the blog. The number of poste is, I believe, driven by what is going on.<br /><br />More relavent statistics would be the number of comments and the number of readers.<br /><br />However, I do feel that many LANS employees have a strong sense of hopelessness. Those above the age of 50 are just keeping their heads down until retirement. If the job martket were better, I think that we would be losing even more of our mid-career top people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-84945126405204510662010-01-08T12:00:33.782-07:002010-01-08T12:00:33.782-07:00LANS has been very bad for science, but great for ...LANS has been very bad for science, but great for the BMW car dealerships down in Santa Fe and ABQ!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-66506537725134093502010-01-08T11:53:59.882-07:002010-01-08T11:53:59.882-07:00ORNL has said they're hiring one new computer ...ORNL has said they're hiring one new computer scientist each week. Their science budget has increased by over 30% just this last year. <br /><br />Not all the national labs are in trouble. It is LANL and LLNL that are in decline. The other DOE labs (and the semi-NNSA lab at Sandia) are doing just fine, thank you very much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-36001305658515417802010-01-08T11:40:24.517-07:002010-01-08T11:40:24.517-07:00My guess is the NNSA is keeping the Performance Re...My guess is the NNSA is keeping the Performance Reports secret because they clearly demonstrate that the *only* issues the NNSA cares about involve safety and security at the labs. Nothing else has any importance to them.<br /><br />Given this, the best way for LANS to achieve a perfect 100% rating (and the maximum profit fee) would be to simply shut the lab down. LANS is working hard at trying to achieve this goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-55061536704907441722010-01-08T11:30:44.808-07:002010-01-08T11:30:44.808-07:00The major NNSA PBIs involve security and safety is...The major NNSA PBIs involve security and safety issues. Morale doesn't count, and strangely enough, neither does science! <br /><br />Since PBIs bring in the LLC profits and support the big executive salaries, the only things really important to LANS are safety and security issues. I'm sure most of you picked up this not too subtle hint during Mikey's recent All-Hands meeting on Wednesday.<br /><br />Given this awful truth, is it any wonder that LANS values management and support above all else? It is managers and support people who are involved in keeping the safety and security problems to a bare minimum. <br /><br />Conversely, LANS sees the science side of LANL as *CREATING* safety and security issues! Guess who is going to be most valued, rewarded and secure in their job positions moving forward given this setup? Also, realize that LANS only needs a very small number of "favored" scientists to create a massive amount of PR based on minimal research output. <br /><br />Employees do not work for LANL, they work for a profit-based LLC called LANS. It seems to me that many employees at LANL still do not realize this fact. If the LLC sees their annual profit fees are in danger from of one particular group of employees, they'll take actions against the employees causing risks to the employers' profits. <br /><br />Under this ugly scenario, LANL is no longer a genuine science lab and will only continue its long slide into mediocrity. No amount of Director view-graphs trumpting lab "sucesess" will change the reality of this situation. The truly bizarre part of this whole messed-up situation is that this setup is perfectly OK with NNSA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-78633967519763645722010-01-08T10:59:33.848-07:002010-01-08T10:59:33.848-07:00young and talented women like fran stephens need t...young and talented women like fran stephens need to leave. they are getting nothing from this place and they could easily have successful programs elsewhere.<br /><br />3:45 AM, this statement represents A LOT of the women in chemistry at LANL. It is truly a shame so many are treating like shit. Carol Burns, Ann Schake, Rebecca Chamberlin, Mary Barr, Sara Scott, Christy Ruggerio, among others, have had to deal with this for years - all brilliant and all marginalized compared to their male peers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com