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From: "Eric Maiken" <EricMaiken@ms*.co*>
To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: RE: MORE:: RGBM vs VPM Deco Models
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 21:18:08 -0800
Bruce:

Maybe people are just a little too concerned with the recent allegations
those on the Q-cleared side of LANL releasing "the people's software"
from their home offices!



Eric Maiken




>
>   FYI Collective Info,
>
>     1)  CRAY YMP work (many 12 yrs ago) was done on Haldane
> repets (using
>   USN Tables), published in open literature, and adopted by
> NAUI AS SUCH --
>   has nothing to do with RGBM nor codes;
>
>     2) SAME thing about SGI ORIGIN risk analysis performed on
> rec repets
>        using Haldane and phase risk indicators -- nothing to
> do with RGBM
>        nor codes used for staging.
>
>     3) recall that I work in a TOP SECRET side of LANL;
>
>    Cheers,
>
>    BW
>
>
> >I like to ask for some clarification on this. In several of
> his papers,
> >there are references of run time on CRAY Y-MP which  is
> installed at Los
> >Alamos Nat. Labs. This include the one on Abyss web site
> with reference for
> >1 min run time to compute the trimix table.
> >
> >In his latest book, Technical Diving in Depth, page 160, he
> also reference
> >that simulation was done on a SGI Origin SMP - that Origin 2000 is
> >government property. It also listed that the code was done
> in FORTRAN 77/90
> >and BASIC. Source code size is 1,640 line and cost was $4,500.
> >
> >
> >It seems that portion of the work was done with government
> resource. Is
> >there something I miss reading?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Leonard Tsai
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Christina M. Young [mailto:christina@ch*.co*]
> >Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:34 PM
> >To: trey@ne*.co*; brw@la*.go*
> >Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> >Subject: Re: MORE:: RGBM vs VPM Deco Models
> >
> >If RGBM was developed, tested, etc under contract with the
> US Govt, or by a
> >govt employee using govt resources, then it is required to
> be public domain
> >(by law).  Back when I worked in the aerospace industry, all
> source code for
> >the weapons system software I developed under US govt
> contract was owned by
> >the US govt, not the contractor.
> >
> >Privately developed stuff is totally different - we do not
> use govt labs for
> >product development.
> >
> >As it is, Bruce Wienke e-mailed me privately, and said that RGBM was
> >developed using his own personal resources (in Fortran on
> his PC).  I assume
> >this includes all of development - design, coding,
> simulation, testing, etc.
> >Somehow I was under the assumption that this was developed
> and / or tested
> >at Los Alamos National Labs, using LANL resources.
>
>
>
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>
>

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