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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Getting your professional drone license
Take a look at the DJI blog item that describes the licensing process and requirements for becoming a drone pilot.Main point: "Before you can join this global community of commercial drone operators, however, you need to know the rules of the game and follow the...
Becoming a professional drone pilot
A DJI blog item contained advice for aspiring drone pilots.Main point: The path is straightforward - "The journey begins with a clear understanding of the rules for being a compliant, responsible operator, and ultimately – getting the necessary training to help...
New York scientists unveil ‘invisibility cloak’ to rival Harry Potter’s
Via Yahoo News: …this is the first cloaking device that provides three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking. Click the link to see more: New York scientists unveil 'invisibility cloak' to rival Harry Potter's - Yahoo News More progress in bringing Star...
New York scientists unveil ‘invisibility cloak’ to rival Harry Potter’s
Via Yahoo News: …this is the first cloaking device that provides three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking. Click the link to see more: New York scientists unveil 'invisibility cloak' to rival Harry Potter's - Yahoo News More progress in bringing Star...
Why Academics’ Writing Stinks
Via Arts and Letters Daily and The Chronicle of Higher Education: Why should a profession that trades in words and dedicates itself to the transmission of knowledge so often turn out prose that is turgid, soggy, wooden, bloated, clumsy, obscure, unpleasant to read,...
Why Academics’ Writing Stinks
Via Arts and Letters Daily and The Chronicle of Higher Education: Why should a profession that trades in words and dedicates itself to the transmission of knowledge so often turn out prose that is turgid, soggy, wooden, bloated, clumsy, obscure, unpleasant to read,...
Religion and war
Via Arts and Letters Daily and The Spectator: On the whole, though, for a millennium in which religion has loomed so large, as a motive for actual war it seems to have been rather secondary. What then explains this obstinate modern conviction that religion is the...
Religion and war
Via Arts and Letters Daily and The Spectator: On the whole, though, for a millennium in which religion has loomed so large, as a motive for actual war it seems to have been rather secondary. What then explains this obstinate modern conviction that religion is the...