Tub 'o water is more to deal with the heating of the tank when it is filled.

NS Savannah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah

Nuclear powered freighter...

Except there is no affect on the driver's skill and attention if a passenger is texting. Why restrict the passengers when it is the driver we need to worry about.

Likewise, this solution would prevent texting on buses, trains, and other mass transit.

Use APL much?

IBM's Microchannel?

Live backups are HIGH AVAILABILITY - NOT BACKUP.

Both can be part of a Disaster Recovery plan.

HA protects you from (some) hardware failures and site failures.
Backup protects you from mistaken deletes, bad programs, malware etc.

Ahh.. big iron

So much stuff that would be useful at home here in the data center. At least in the winter, when excess heat is a good thing.

I was sooo hoping this was about a revival of the Avengers...

Now I have the theme song stuck in my head.

That or...

Supreme leader, I regret to inform you that our forward observation post on the moon orbiting the third planet has been destroyed by enemy action...

Commercial licenses in the US do have different endorsements for different equipment -- air brakes vs 'normal' brakes