Words of Mass Destruction. President Bush’s appointment of John Bolton to the UN has indeed created a disasterous relationship with the organization, as many predicted. Bush ignored the Senate in order to confirm Bolton perhaps because someone (Cheney and Rumsfeld) believed that the only way to right (what they saw as) the wrongs of Colin … Continue reading Bolton launches WMDs at UN→
Happy Duan Wu Festival day! Also known as the Dragon Boat Festival this Chinese holiday commemorates the death of Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), a poet from the kingdom of Chu (楚) during the Warring States Period. It is celebrated each year on the fifth day of the fifth month (in the Chinese lunar calendar). Perhaps … Continue reading Duan Wu and the Lament for Ying→
While I was reading about the chip fraud in China, I noticed their news agency also reported some interesting news: California plans to map the homes of nearly 2,000 sexual offenders by using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology to certify they are staying far enough from schools, local media reported on Sunday. […] According … Continue reading CA to monitor sexual offenders with GPS→
A researcher was found to have fabricated chips, and not in the good sense of the word. The BBC has the story: China’s Xinhua state news agency said that the Hanxin digital signal processing chips were not based on research carried out by Mr Chen. Nor could the chips carry out the functions, such as … Continue reading Chinese uncover fake chips→