Panama City's got a bit of everything—history mixed with the new and modern, a low-key but still metropolitan vibe. And with two new resorts on Playa Bonita, it's got a beach within a stone's throw. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
10/16/2012 – The 2012 CBC Massey Lectures, ‘The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos’
October 16, 2012 by
The 2012 CBC Massey Lectures, The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos, will be delivered by Neil Turok, Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. Every technology we rely on today was created by the human mind, seeking to understand the universe around us. Scientific knowledge is our most precious … [Read more...]
More internal strife within the BC Conservative party
September 25, 2012 by
Despite avoiding a leadership review last weekend BC Conservative party leader John Cummins is facing more internal strife. The party's Vancouver Kingsway constituency association has announced it will deregister as soon as possible. In an email the board of directors blames the failure to make a change in the party's … [Read more...]
More signs of internal woes within the BC Conservative party
September 4, 2012 by
The Vice President of the BC Conservative party is urging members to vote yes to a leadership review at the party's annual general meeting. In an email obtained by CKNW Ben Besler says a yes vote in a leadership review would help the provincial Tories to a better outcome in the next election. Besler also tell members … [Read more...]
Trying to change the RCMP–from within
August 14, 2012 by
In the midst of growing tensions between RCMP brass and the rank-and-file, a new group has been formed to change the force from within. Calling themselves "the Re-sergeance Alliance," they claim to be 500-strong, made up of retired and current members of the RCMP in BC, with one goal: to "restore faith" in the force. The "re-sergeancy" takes … [Read more...]
Microsoft details memory reclaiming process within Metro-style apps
April 17, 2012 by
Microsoft has made clear that Metro-style apps will be "suspended" when they aren't the foremost app that's running, enabling the associated CPU to divert its power to more... shall we say, pressing matters. But for those wondering about memory in the aforesaid scenario, there's an entire post now dedicated to explaining precisely that. Microsoft's … [Read more...]
Quantum speed limits within reach, present moves ever closer to future
January 29, 2012 by
Got your wire-rimmed spectacles on? Had a full night's rest? Eager to get those synapses firing? Here's hoping, because Marc Cheneau and co. are doing everything they can to stretch the sheer meaning of quantum understanding. The aforesaid scientists recently published an article that details a method for measuring quantum particle interaction in a … [Read more...]
