LOL. It was written right on the tin, and the still’s right in the post, but this was exactly what I said when I saw it ( in that slightly high-pitched voice that denotes incredulity).

Seems like the camera man must’ve been thinking the same thing because he was WAY too close to that one.

I was a little late to the party and am just playing through ACIV right now. Totally agree with your analysis, though. The assassin’s part is kind of lame; the pirate part is amazing. It’s at the point that I can’t even be bothered to go deal with the main missions, as sailing the rolling blue and picking fights with…

It seems like you can actually hear the motor running through the back half of the video. I think you’re right about the explosion sound being the rocket actually firing.

Edit: Watching a few other videos of S-300 test fires, it does seem like there’s the initial launch charge and then the rocket motor fires a few…

Is that the USS Pueblo on the Raytheon sheet? Is there a story there?

They just need to weight the points by the number of players per faction.

Man that guy is a silver fox. Anderson Cooper may have to surrender his title...

For the campaign he’s going to grow a mustache and only answer to the name Colonel Decker.

Little known fact, Huma Abedin is terrified of flying. They have to pump her full of tranquilizers anytime the C Team takes to the air.

Blech... iReport is CNN’s biggest problem right now. A lot of people complain about this host or that content, but the fact that iReport allows randoms to generate whatever content they want, with zero fact-checking by the network, and then hide behind the credibility of the CNN brand (the BS little not-vetted boiler…

I think it might’ve been the St. Petersburg race. He was beautifully sweary after he ended up on the mountain bike.

It was an episode that actually made me like the Hamster quite a bit more. Like one of those People Magazine features, “Stars, They’re just like us!”

(And I can’t speak for the version that made air, but…

The Fast and the Furious 8 will destroy the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man when it crosses the bars.

If I remember right, the Increment I used a huge, compound bank of what were essentially off-the-shelf cellphone cameras around the 5 megapixel range. Any word on if the Increment II uses a similar approach or is this thing pulling from some of the higher DARPA shelves?

While I think our thread leads might be a bit too paranoid about the creeping security state, the Predator has a service ceiling of around 25k feet. The drones certainly aren't small, but part of their survivability stems from relatively small size, drab gray paint, and an uncanny ability to functionally "disappear"…

I'm on board with you out to a point, Stef. This wasn't intended to be a universal license for businesses to discriminate, merely a legal protection for those who objected to participation in a ceremony they see as religious. A "Christian" owned bakery wouldn't be allowed to refuse service in day-to-day sales or…

The cynic in me would point out that the "right thing" for a company is to continue to make money. Everything a company does is "selling" out in one form or another. Conversely, if a company can "do the right thing" then companies must implicitly have a moral code or system of ethics. (To "do the right thing" one must…

I used to live down there and attend the GP nearly every year. It really is a great setup they've got, and the access fans get to the Pirelli pits is unparalleled. It's a great event and the combination of tight corners with two significant straight aways leads to lots of passing as teams take advantage of different…

I'm not sure I agree. (Nothing against Harris.) He seems likable enough, but a bit too cool for the show. Top Gear works because it juxtaposes awesome cars with idiot hosts (well, one big idiot host). Jeremy worked because he didn't mind making himself look like an idiot (for that matter Richard and James don't mind…

Ironically Tymon hasn't had all that much to do with it. It was Clarkson who reported himself for the altercation. I suppose the guy must've made a statement to the inquiry panel, but he certainly didn't initiate anything. Tymon's hands are clean (although I wouldn't wait for them to bring me my dinner), Clarkson's…

Kind of a throwback, but this dyno pull by a TT Grand National was always kind of a game-changer for me... (And yeah, that's a burnout on a dyno...)