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There are many theories as to the cause of Gulf War Syndrome, but scientific analysis suggests there was nothing special about the Gulf War in terms of the long-term symptoms of its veterans.  (That's not to say that some Gulf War veterans don't have real and debilitating symptoms, but the...

Several opinions have been voiced already... http://army.ca/forums/threads/18069.0.html

The following has nothing to do with reality TV, but is definitely involved in the decline of civilization: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/08/09/dogsupport_040809.html EDMONTON - For the first time in Canada, a court has ordered a man to give his ex-wife monthly support payments...

While the term incompetent is pretty harsh, the current recruiting system certainly has lots of room for improvement from what I've read on this site.  I joined the reserves in 93, and it was a very simple process.  I walked into CFRC in mid-March, had an interview with the unit about a week...

Yes.  I imagine an envelope of supercavitating bubbles isn't all that quiet either.  But if Hollywood is to be believed, conventional torpedoes aren't exactly silent themselves.  With a torpedo that does over 200 knots, I don't think stealthiness was a design requirement.

I really don't know anything about the Shkval torpedo, but looking at the physics of the situation, the obvious solution lies in the envelope of supercavitating bubbles it produces to reduce drag.   The solid rocket motor (which cannot be throttled or turned off once ignited) will produce a...

Rumour has it the White House is not amused. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-08/03/09.00.rumors I have faith that Matt Stone and Trey Parker can make anti-terrorism funny.  I wonder if a no-holds-barred movie making fun of the US government and various Hollywood stars will...

I have absolutely none.   As has been pointed out, alternate energy sources represent non-trivial engineering problems.   Many will take years (decades) to develop.   If we wait until the market forces the price of oil into the stratosphere, we may not have a viable alternative at the ready.  ...

Drilling in the arctic isn't the cure all that many people seem to think it is.  The Prudhoe Bay field is in serious decline, but added production from some satellite fields that have recently come on line (Alpine, Northstar, Atlas) are making up the deficit.  Further exploration is happening...

Yep.  My great uncle was a Spitfire pilot, got his wings as a Sgt, and worked his way up to F/O.  The US army currently has WO's flying helicopters, as well.

I might agree with that statement, if I had a friggin' clue what his real personality is.  The spin doctors on both sides have gone into overdrive, and I'm too dizzy to figure out who Kerry really is.  I'm not fond of Bush, but at least I know where he stands.

Actually John Kerry said last week during the convention that he was going to invest in alternate energy sources and eliminate the dependency on Middle East oil.   Not quite the same thing, and he didn't give a time frame.   He's certainly not guaranteed the election (probably because very few...

My experience working with Americans comes from participating in several Ex Final Drive's.  This is the final exercise for the students that are learning to be staff officers at the staff college in Kingston.  The students run a divisional HQ for several days, and they require support from a few...

Washington eventually asked for bids, but several contracts were given out without going to tender.  One of the first contracts given out, IIRC, was for fighting potential oil well fires, and it was given to Halliburton without going through the tender process.  I was working in the Gulf of...

Actually the US is fingerprinting everybody except Canadian tourists.  If you are a resident alien on a work or student visa, you get fingerprinted, even if you are Canadian.  Canadians with work visas used to be able to go through the "American" line at US customs, but now we have to go through...

Earlier this week, I was on a flight from Atyrau, Kazakhstan to Amsterdam.  The flight was almost entirely filled with oilfield workers, most of them going on days off.  With the exception of the Syrian nationalities, the people on this flight exhibited very similar behaviour to that described...

Actually that's pretty much exactly what he's saying.  It's quite clear he committed an offence of the Canada Elections Act.  I appreciate the contrariness of your views, but you're grasping at semantic straws here. But why stop at Michael Moore.  With the pervasiveness of American media in...

If you google "stephen harper" & "michael moore" & election you get about 5000 hits, including CBC, CTV, Globe and Mail, etc. http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&q=%22michael+moore%22+%22stephen+harper%22+election&meta= http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/24/canada/moore040624

The movie was released in Paris this Wednesday, and I went to go see it last night, but it was sold out.  I went to see it this afternoon, and the theatre was much more packed than is normal for a Saturday afternoon.  The French are eating this up.  Anyway, on to the movie.  I was completely...

That's what I was told by a member of the PWOR I knew in the mid 90's.  (I left Kingston in early 98).  You seem to be a little closer to the situation, so perhaps he was full of crap.  Sorry to mislead anyone. Cheers