I’m shocked. No really, I am. I was annoyed that I couldn’t switch the digital displays to kilometers when I drove to Ontario on my Passat. But to not have kilometers on the speedometer? I guess VW doesn't want to sell those cars in Canada.

Hinsdale Hospital in Illinois put their helipad on top of the parking garage, which is below the roofline of the hospital itself and well within 50 yards of hospital walls.

Cruise control.

Frankly, the whole movie still holds up. Even the age of the military equipment works for the part of the world the movie takes place in.

Except that minigun. Fuck that thing, biggest waste of weight in that entire squad.

Predator was a straight-up action movie? Surely you jest. Predator was a war movie wrapped around a sci-fi horror movie.

Jerry Jones’ helicopter registration ends in -DC? Did somebody at the FAA intentionally troll the man, or was it just a happy little mistake?

No. What you heard was the team physician and head trainer make the final decision of a player getting pulled/going back, not the independent neurologist.

Kapernick's original statement was somewhat ambiguous, which lead people to believe he was protesting everything American and not just the actions of some police officers. It wasn't until Kapernick had a conversation with Nate Boyer that Kapernick understood how his actions were seen as disrespectful towards US…

Makes sense, as some of the cruise ships sailing are more than three times the displacement as the Iowa.

Both Ireland and Apple are at fault. Ireland is at fault for offering the sweetheart deal. Apple’s fault is accepting the deal. Either Apple’s legal department signed off on the deal without doing their due diligence on the deal (noting the potential issue of EU law). Or the legal department’s findings were overruled…

That's...not how paying taxes works. If you short your payment, even though you were given incorrect information, you owe the difference.

Apple benefited from Ireland's disregard of EU law.

Short form: Ireland's tax breaks are granted on a company-by-company basis. EU tax laws say the rate has to be the same for all companies. Ireland is part of the EU, so what they're doing is illegal.

It shouldn’t be baffling. A good cop will often protect a bad cop because the good cop may be in a situation where he needs the bad cop to save his life. It's rather pathetic, but it's true.

One thing to remember is none of those games were launch titles. The FF teams were able to get the performance because people had been hammering the respected consoles for a few years when each of those games launched, they knew the tricks at that point.

JPP settled his lawsuit with the hospital a while back.

Another fun fact: Dr. No’s “lair” from the movie by the same name was a bauxite loading facility in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. It was shut down due to the drop in demand for bauxite after aluminum recycling became economical.