I was just at the Canadian Foreign Affairs website poking around and came across a solicitation for feedback. They ask: “What do you think are the most important security issues facing the world today? What are they for Canada? What should our responses be to them?” During the current session of Parliament, the Government will …
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UNSC dithers on Darfur
It’s happening again. There is a critical issue facing the UN and all they can do is dither and disagree. This time its’ Darfur. The UN report has come back and stated Genocide is not happening in the Sudan, however, very serious war crimes happening that deserve sanctions and even more serious action by the …
Transistor, meet Vacuum Tube.
It appears that we may be on the verge of the next great transition in electronics. First we had the relay, then the Vacuum Tube, then the transistor. Soon, there will be: “the crossbar latch”. Hewlett Packard scientists have published a paper in the Journal of Applied Physics describing a new way to perform the …