Recent content by hank970

Don't believe everything you hear. The person spewing that stuff, the one who has recently been so dismissive of Canada, has a long, well documented history of saying things that aren't quite accurate.

Another good reason to stay away from Florida: too many people, too many palmetto bugs, too many hurricanes, too much humidity, too many mosquitos, rising sea levels, and a crazy state government.

But then Elise Stefanik might claim, with greater credibility, that DJI and the CCP could simply dial our drones to access the latest information about the whereabouts of the Blair Witch in New Jersey and other sites of strategic importance.

It might work if the sensors could detect IR. There are drones with IR sensors which are purpose-built to detect body-heat for search operations and wildlife counts, etc., but I've never been impressed by the quality of the images they capture. Most just appear as blobs of light against a dark...

Paper maps published by the USFS are good.

One need not rely on the mainstream media for information about tariffs or anything else. Just listen to the flimsy rationales the executive puts forth at those staged proclamation-signing ceremonies in the oval office. They're not filtered by any media; they're straight from the horse's...

A tariff is a tax levied by an importing nation on goods and commodities produced by an exporting nation. The tax is paid at the port of entry by the importer and is eventually passed down, in whole or in part, through distributors and vendors to the customer who buys the product. Customers...

A bit of trigonometry, which involved calculating some tangents: My Air 3 measures about 15 inches diagonally from motor to motor and about 22 inches diagonally across the outer arcs of its propellors when they're rotating. Most of those 22 inches, however, consist of rather skinny arms and...

Why would that matter? When the prosecution submits evidence at trial, however it's obtained, the defense will routinely challenge its legitimacy. On the witness stand, the officer who made the observation would be obliged to testify how he or she obtained the evidence. If it were ascertained...

I'm not a lawyer, but I had a federal law enforcement commission for several decades. And I have questions: Would it be possible to take a picture of a friend or family member on any residential street in Florida without including private residences somewhere in the background? Would it be...

Poor analogy. Under the right circumstances, the lack of toilet paper might be considered a substantial deficit.

You must have skipped class or been napping when your history teacher discussed France's involvement in our war of independence. Without France's support, it's unlikely that we'd have won. But enough of this. Be happy for the places you're allowed to fly your drone legally. More...

Does the imposition of higher tariffs on goods from China mean that red baseball hats with garish logos, cheap guitars, and $59 Bibles are going to cost more, or has there been a special carve-out to protect those precious commodities?

You have the choice to respect and obey the law, no matter how much you may disagree with it, particularly if you're a guest in another country. There's no reason that other countries need to cater to the whims of guests who bring unwelcome toys.