Do players really consider taxation when choosing who to play for? What’s the max difference at the end of the day? Two or three percent? On a six-figure contract? I really dont know; please explain what I’m missing here.

The F-117’s stealth tech may be obsolete, but those Skunk Works kooks figured out how to make a brick fly, which is a legacy that outlasts those few days of “Shock and Awe".

It doesn’t cure anything, and racism will never be “cured”. It’s a step in the right direction, and a long time coming. Some scrap of good might have come of young Mr. Roof’s mission, if not the sort of “good” he had in mind.

Christ, Rogoway. Your inbox must be packed with stupid-awesome photos like that one up top. I don’t know how you do it, or how you came to be stuck in the deepest, darkest corner of the Gawker network, but don’t ever stop.

I’ve heard tell of the battle between the Third Reich and USSR, but never that the conflict was motivated by an altruistic defense of racial equality. Stalin and Hitler each systematically slaughtered millions of Jews, after all. The Communist ideal is friendly enough, but in practice, its track record scores poor…

Uhhh, so his “deranged manifesto” proves he wasn’t/isn’t insane? I’m only questioning the sloppy phrasing here, as the definition of deranged is “insane”.

The idea that a weapons manufacturer, aided by computer modeling, modern material science and other fragmented improvements in design and construction techniques realized over the last 20 years, can design something so complex yet so perfect on the first try, that testing it is more of a formality than a necessity, is…

You’d think they’d have retired the model after the fortieth or fiftieth pilot was killed. 99 fatalities is what, like 99% of the Swedish air force? This has to be some kind of record.

Tabbing through you works-in-progress would be fascinating, no doubt. But what’s your wallpaper look like? I assume there is some sort of flying machine represented.

Um, is the dolphin OK?

Luckily, “the components that weren’t [a]ffected” include the man behind the stick. This bent bird’s most irreplaceable system will keep on flying. These photos suggest that the pilot and avionics are fairly well insulated from this seemingly inevitable sort of catastrophic event. It’s a degree of damage beyond what…

Sucks for Bill Simmons. The Cleveland Curse strikes again, and it’d take Ol’ Bill 80,000 Twitter posts to pontificate on the topic.

I wish some team would build a bench that’d let them send five J.R. Smith/Matt Barnes-types out at the same time. It’d be like a Globetrotters-Fury Road mashup. Any opposing coach could basically do nothing but award himself two techs and go home the second he saw that lineup stepping onto the floor.

Love this shit: In-depth, authoritative breakdowns of military tech old and new. Foxtrot is like Christmas every day. If you ever run low on ideas...maybe the B-29’s gunnery system? For whatever reason, it’s fascinated me for decades, but data is scarce.

Beat me to it. I’ve purchased that book several times. I re-read it, give it away, and eventually have to buy it again.

Imagine those Eagles Avenger pilots doing the same thing 70 years ago, minus the HUD, plus two other guys whose lives depended on you not blowing it. Helluva legacy to live up to.

How does an Eagle driver relieve himself during a 12-hour mission? What does he eat? What sort of stimulants is he using? I assume you’ll just direct me to a previous post where all these things were explained in detail.

You haven’t had the pleasure of visiting Baltimore’s lower-class neighborhoods, I take it.

I’ve wrecked more hardware than I could attempt to list, but my single most expensive and spectacular ragequit occurred during a round of BF2. I tried to hurl my headset across the room, not realizing that its heavy-duty cord was tangled up with all the cables behind the PC. There was much less slack than I’d…

Thanks, my tax dollars.