Actually, I do call them hexacopters and octocopters. I believe in consistency

I have two quadcopters (I really don't like the term "drone" for these things; the term implies "wartime"). I use them for aerial photography of landscapes. Unfortunately, there are many ordinances against flying that in their absolute prohibitions are unreasonable. For example the absolute prohibition against flying in National Parks and Monuments. I have no problem with the idea of registering with the office before flying, or prohibiting flying in crowded areas; but that is not what exists. And the excessive prohibitions do not stop those with lawbreaking proclivities, just those of us who would like to take beautiful pictures while obeying reasonable laws.

I think they are among the most graceful flyers in existence. When in flight they are truly beautiful. Your pics do them justice.

The first thing my Friend from Barcelona told me when we met a few years ago was: "I am not a Spaniard. I am a Catalonian." In Catalonia they do not fly the Spanish flag, they fly the Catalonian one (for the most part). I must admit, Barcelona is my favorite city in that part of the world. It used to be Venice.

I recently attended a wedding as a guest. I also have a brand new 360 camera I wanted to try out. I approached the photographer, showed him the camera and offered to give him any shots I got. He took me up on the offer, and I was able to give him 20 or so shots he can put on his or anybody's facebook page. I got my experimental shots and everybody was happy.

I started by replacing 2 fluorescents with "keep the ballast" LEDs a few years ago. At the same time I replaced another fixture with "rip out the ballast" LEDs so I could compare them in performance. After about a year the ballast quit working (as ballasts have done periodically around here for the past 40 years), and I replaced the LEDs with non ballast ones. That stimulated me to replace the other 20 or so fluorescent tubes around the house and shop with Non ballast tubes. It has been about 5 years now, and everything still works perfectly.

My recommendation: get rid of the ballasts when installing LED tubes and get full benefit of the economy and lifespan. It is not a difficult job. Instructions are on the tube package, or online.

Spent some time there a few years ago. Near Busan don't miss Beomeosa, and Gyeongju. If you have time in Seoul go to the Yongsan Electronics mart http://www.seoulemio.com/shopping-in-yongsan-electronics-market-2/. It is mind blowing for size and diversity of product. Or, go to Kangbyeon Technomart http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SHP/SH_EN_7_2.jsp?cid=1843991 similarly huge.
Nothing in Korea is cheap.

Ahhh, that makes sense. Thanks.

Golly, if I were that young man's teacher, I would not really appreciate Springsteen's advice: "When I was your age, I brought my first guitar, and I realised, it wasn’t how well you played it, but how good you looked doing it". Maybe as a photographic model, "looking good" will suffice. But in most other professions, the quality of the action, whether as a welder, doctor, carpenter, or musician, looking good alone will not suffice if the product is no good.

I've been to 14 of them. Probably won't make it to most of the rest.

They all seem to have been photographed in HDR style.

Maybe I don't understand. Around here, if you get a ticket based on a camera, you are allowed to contest it in court using whatever evidence you may have. Same as if a police officer stops you and gives you a ticket. In both cases you present your evidence/testimony, and the officer/camera present theirs. And the judge/jury rules.

Is there no mechanism for appeal here? If there is none, then it certainly is unconstitutional; otherwise not.

I was there 1965-66. The South Vietnamese were already capitalists, even though the government was corrupt. If we had dropped the money on the Communist North, it would have been confiscated by the government and the people would have gotten none of it. So, the idea would clearly not have worked.

In fact, the North only won the war in 1975 after we stopped supporting the South. Interestingly, when we visited Vietnam a couple years ago, our guide whose father was a North Vietnamese soldier told us that his father was astounded when invading South Vietnam cities and Saigon that everybody was driving motor bikes. In the North people only had pedal bikes, and old ones at that. But the North was continuing to get support from the Soviet Union to continue the war.

I did get a bit of effect when looking from about 6 feet away, and moving my head. The steelwork in the background seemed to move independently from the globe when moving my head while wearing the glasses.

Of course. I tried several different pairs of red/blue lenses, paper and plastic mount. Did not work for me with this image.

A wonderful video. Makes me want to go back again. Our latest trip there was a coastal cruise from Bergen to Kirkennes and back with Hurtigruten. Highly recommended.