...Except that DWT, or Dead Weight Tonnage, is not a measurement of displacement. It's a measurement of how much weight the ship can safely carry. By that measurement, Orlove is correct in asserting that the Seawise Giant holds the world record for deadweight tonnage.

I love ships, but the sheer arcane nerdery and the general lack of consistent metrics and standards in the nautical world is a confusing pain in the ass. There is so much bullshit and manipulation of facts and figures that it makes GM's accounting procedures seem downright simple.

And the Italians lost a beautiful, if somewhat improperly designed, ocean liner. It's really a shame because, from a historic standpoint, that loss of the Andrea Doria arguably hastened the already-coming end of the ocean liner era.

There are a couple of issues of with the Seawise Giant argument, as it wasn't technically the largest as-built; that award goes to the also-mentioned Pierre Guillaumat.

By Maranello's estimate, October 30th, 1963.

What TTAC is doing is a very big and very cool reader project to get a generate more reader involvement, and I think it's great. However, I'm just not sure that I understand how the car they are ordering is somehow a comparable challenge to the to the 320i ZPS/ZMT. It's a more powerful, more expansively optioned, and…

I believe she is still fitting out, but she is structurally and mechanically complete. In terms of the classification of size as applied to luxury yachts, she's still bigger.

Points for the basic understanding of biology and human physiology, and points for giving a reasonable explanation of why you dislike the car.

I can't decide if this or that childish argument made by some commenter named "klinging" or something like that in the Stirling Moss post is the most nonsensical thing I've read on Jalopnik this week.

Well, a car is merely an inanimate object. It does not possess any characteristics beyond the fact that it is a car. It is we, as humans, that tend to anthropomorphize them and associate human characteristics with them. Thus, there is no such thing as a "chick car." There is only a car, and whatever characteristics we…

Unlike merchant vessels, whose size tends to be measured by Gross Tonnage, luxury yachts are frequently categorized by length. In that regard, the Eclipse has actually just recently been surpassed by newly-launched Project Azzam, which is almost 20 meters longer. Gross Tonnage on either yacht is unknown.

There is no such thing as a "girly car." There are only men who are so insecure in their masculinity that they actually care what other people think of their car and inexplicably feel it necessary to imply that femininity is somehow inferior to masculinity.

Though the answer to this question may seem simple, it's actually quite complex, and is dependent upon any number of variables. Though it may seem unimaginable to those of us car nerds familiar with every kind of car and brand from Cleveland Diesel to Toyota and beyond, the world of maritime history is vastly broader…

Actually, no, the first image is an early P-51A/B razorback Mustang. The second image is a P-51D. But in any case, it was the cars that we were talking about.

Yes and no.

I know Ford always auctions off a specially-themed Mustang for the Gathering of Eagles (and I'm guessing this is one of them), but I haven't seen that one before. Is that their 2013 offering?

I tend to agree. While I know it is an unpopular opinion, I respect that CARB has achieved a great deal in its existence, and much of what it has achieved has been very positive. On the other hand, much of what they have achieved has also been counter-productive at best, and I don't always like their approach to…

The two-seat, mid-engined Mustang I concept that was built was never a prototype for the Mustang, but rather an altogether different project. It was a one-off built as an idea for tackling the Corvair Monza, and one that died a quick death. The Mustang I concept shared virtually nothing with the actual 1964 1/2…

Skay, don't get me wrong: you've never posted anything but beautiful women. But wow is this one a knock-out. Short of my two perennial favorites, I don't think I've seen a more stunningly pretty woman.

Amen. Sign me up for a chance to date a woman like her.